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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09
JUST A WORD TO OUR ADVERTISERS.

Remember that the Independent is the peoples
paper. We have views various subjects and
are not afraid to express them, nevertheless we
are glad to throw open columns to those who
do not agree with This makes the Independ-
ent a valuable advertising medium, because our COL
,mns are necessarily filled with good live interest
ing matter The readers the pages from xiv
err to kver,' advertisements and all Its hard to
tell how many thousand people read the Independ-
ent each week. for paper often serves half
dozen or more people. If you regular adver
tiser you can afford to take special pains to change
your advertisements often. Nothing helps a paper
more than a lot OF well written fresh ads. If you
are not an advertiser you cannot afford to let an
other week go by without securing attractive
space, which doesn't cost you great deal. Just
stop and consider what we just told you.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09
THE SCHOOL SOCIAL CENTER.

The town of Prescott Wis, has done something
along the line Of community activity that is we'll
worth looking into. Prescott has made its school
house the socia; center Of the town. In other
words, Prescott has found ITSELF During the sum-
evenings, the young folks and some of the old
er ones, gathered at the school campus where the
young people engaged in basket ball IN the vol
ley ball court the men Of the town played games.
The little did ring around the rosy stunts. At
nine O'Clock the smaller children sent home.
The rest of the folks would gather at the big
OF the high school building occasionally after that
hour, where impromptu program would be given.
At ten O'Clock everybody would go home happy.
The boys gave UP hanging about the streets and
the Prescott girls were not to be seen hanging
around the depot and postottce any longer. Dur
ing the present winter, THE Peoples Club holds
forth in the school house. They will have speech
es and lectures. and possibly demonstrations and
lessons in domestic science, and along other use
full lines.
The school social center idea isn't really new;
it's only revival. It's Old the public school
itself. In pioneer times the district school in
reality social center and the spelling bees
and terares and exhibitions and select schools Of
those days were its activities
Nowadays however, the social center idea has
Deen lOst by most or the people OF this country.
The school house has become merely place where
children meet. The only common meeting place
the here have is the saloon The only forum
the women have is the grocery.
It remained for Rochester to revive the social
center idea, and make it all over, and give it
rame Rochester schools really neighbor-
hood social centers. Prescott is merely following
in small way, the example Of Rochester
And its good example to follow Most of our
school houses lie idle ISL per cent OF the total
time they might be in USE We've got thouands OF
dollars tied up in them. Why not get all that We
lave coming investment?
Why not make tho school house a common meet
ing place, polling place, a neighborhood club,
forum place whore folks can gather in the eve
ming to do anything from playing checkers to
studying political economy to talk about any
thing in public interest from cooking and the cure
Of babies to the recall of judges?
For. after all they're school houses We
built EN-.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09
A WORLD MOVEMENT.

Sometimes the question is asked, is commercial
club work really worth while? Is it helpful way
in which to spend your energies? The answer to
this question is emphatic YES! Intelligence
can have no more useful field than the study OF
how to guide development in direction that shall
be for the economic, political mot partsan),
moro strength OF civilization.
The best brains Of the greatest as we'll As tho
lesser communities now giving their time and
thought to commercial and civic organization activ
tiles. The movement is world movement-it 10
the forerunner OF the general close cooperation
between all men, which will result in new order
OF things that will bring greater and ever greater
human happiness through Justice to all.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09
TAKES HIMSELF TOO SERIOUSLY.

The political stock of Usher l.. Burdck has drcp
ped several points during the past few weeks be-
Of the Juggling he apparently has done. Bur
dick is free man and if he does not desire to be
candidate for governor, that's his business.
From the statement that he has made to the pub
lie, it looks very much to the Independent as tho
Mr.. Burdck is taking himself too seriously. He
apparently believes that upon him alone depends
the Of the republican party Of the state
All that he has to do to insure republican vic
tory is to announce his withdrawal from the fight
and Presto! Change! the election is won whomever
Mr.. Burdck should However good Mr.. Bur
dicks intentions may have BEEN he has lost what
following he had.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09

able labor and investment. Consequently IL farm?
ers would devote third OF their land to growing
corn and alfalfa. neither of which interleres with
the time and labor, thus made available on only
two-thirds many acres of wheat they would
grow more wheat than where they spread their
energies one third larger aceage. The corn
and alfalfa fed to livestock would insure them
large additional income, and enc that Is not often
adversely influenced by climatic conditions, while
the fertility deposited upon the farm resulting from
feeding the and alfalfa to livestock would vast
ly improve the productveness of the SOIL
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09
THE EXTRA DOLLAR.

Pres. Worst Of the agricultural college gives the
farmers good food for thought in the follow
ing paragraph:
1t requires approximately seven dollars per acre
to grow crop This includes interest on the in
yestment, cost of seed, and tear on farm ma
chinery, labor, etc BY adding one dollars worth
Of labor to each acre. there is little question but
that the average profits would be doubled In 9th
er words, much profit should be realized from
the one additional dollars worth of labor is now
realized from the seven dollars worth Of unavoid-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09
sEARcHLIGHT ON THE FUTURE,

A large number Of states now has tho recall for
judges This is popular movement that has come
to stay. 1t is no fad Some day North Dakota will
adopt the recall just as day follows night
The recall for judges was carried in California re-
Gently with 100000 majority, nearly four votes to
one. This vote is searchlight that reveals the
shores of the future. The people Of the United
States will settle their problems INCLUDING the
bread and-butter problem in the interest of hu
manity-and the courts will not stop them.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09
500 AN ACRE .

North Dakota farmers forming associa tons
under the name of 500 Acre Clubs The idea
is by means OF scientific and intelligent
methods, to make their land earn 500 an acre net
next year.
AS North Dakota farms are usually $50 acres
EACH that would mean a family income of $4,000
year Pretty good, isn't it? Even 80 acres would
be nice; 40
Say, fellow could scrub along 10 acres, yield
ing total of $1,000 year. And that, you see.
would take Of 16 families on a quarter sec
ton instead of one family
Human happiness and comfort at the rate of Is
to 1!-San Diego (Cal) Sun.
The above is not bad editorial, altho it is not
exactly true The members Of the s1Oo an Acre
Club are not striving primarily to make their
land produce 500 worth of products per annum
but to adopt diversified farming methods so that
acre, considering the value of the crops
that can be raised The editor Of the Sun has set
US to thinking. Why not strive to have our land
produce $500 year? OF course this can
not be done with wheat but many is the farmer
who has grown 500 worth of vegetables on an
acre of his North Dakota land Some farmers hav.
done almost this we'll with potatoes alone this year
Mnot gardener disposed Of S70o worth OF vege-
tables from five this year and he is now
mourning the fact that he busy marketing
his truck that he overlooked $500 worth Of fine
garden sass" that nipped by the frost Why,
it will be easy matter to increase the value Of
our land to 800 when once get 60
ing With cows, corn hogs and vegetables.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09
MINor EDUCATOR hoNoRED

Prof. s. H Wolfe. who for the past twelve years
has been at the head Of the Minot schools,
given a signal honor at Fargo last week, by being
elected president of the North Dakota Educational
association. This is the first time that this i'm
rortant Office has gone to located in the west
part Of the state would not have been Civ
en- to Mr.. Wolfe at this time, had not his worth
been well recognized in educational circles
the state.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09

81 am pleased to recommend Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy as the best
thing know Of and safest remedy
for coughs, colds and bronchial trOu
ble," writes Mrs. L. B. Arnold of
Denver. Colo. I'VE have used it re
peatedly and it has never failed to
give RELIEF For sale BY all dealers.
Three little babes, teeming with
health,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09
RAUs NIT GERMAN POLITICS.

Germany has from 10 to IS political parties, the
number varying from year to year. Think Of It!
Eighteen campaign funds eighteen campaign CON-
mittees eighteen anxious crowds around the bule
tin boards anxiously awaiting the returns. It must
be hard matter for German voters to keep tab on
the political situation, to say nothing Of the poll
tician No wonder the Germans emigrate!
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09
LAND BARGAINS.

have three farms for sale or trade
In Minnesota. My client would like
Ward county farms.
farm, three miles from Ebro,
Mimi, with $1,000 mortgage, due IN
I'VE years, at per cont. Will trade
this farm at $40. 90 per acre.
2Fsrm, II miles northeast Of Bag.
ley, has mortgage Of $1,000 due in s
years, at 6 per cent, has house and
barn. VIII sell It for $3.50 per acre.
farm, 10 miles north Of Leonard.
hrs $500 mortgage, due in years. st
per cent, has house ana barn and
some good timber on It. VIII eel tor
e1S. so per acre. b. H. Stenvick.
Room l, p. P. Lee Blk.
You en- depend % perfect u. efySe
ana tho best Of voFknAnsh1D 4 yos
have your clothes na1s at sehiewek's
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09
CARELESS ABOUT Appendix
GIFTS IN M)NoT

q 10 IN WJNOV
Many Minot people have stomach
or bowel trouble Which is likely to
turn into appendicitis. II you have
constipation, sour stomach, or gas on
the stomach, try simple buckthorn
bark, glycerine, etc., az compounded
in Adler-i-ka, the new German appen-
dicitis remedy. Mccoy 4 Co. state
that A SINGLE DOSE OF this remedy
will relieve bowel or stomach trouble
almost INSTANTLY. Mccoy & Co.,
Druggists.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
County of Ward-ss: In District
Court, Eighth judicial District.
Rose Clauson, Plaintiff, W. jacob
Clauson, Defendant.
Summons.
The State of North Dakota 20 the
Above Named Defendant:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint in the
above entitled action, q copy of which
is now on file in the Office Of the
clerk OF this court, and to
serve copy OF your answer
to said complaint on the sub
scribers At their ONCE in the city Of
Minet, in the County Of Ward and
State Of North Dakota, within thirty
days after tho servics Of this sum-
mons upon you, exclusive Of the day
Of such service; and in case Of your
failure to appear or answer, Judgment
will be taken against you By default
for the relief demanded In the COM
plant.
Dated 1t Ainot, North Dakota, tits
and day Of September, A. d. 1911.
JAMES JOHNSON,
Attorney for the Plaintiff.
Postoffice address and Office, Cor
ner Main and Third streets, Minot,
N. D. 10 - u
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
County Of Ward. In County CoaIt.
Before Hon. N. Davis, Judge.
In the Matter of the Estate Of John
p. Schneider. Deceased
Margaret 8. Schneider, Petitioner vs..
Anna Wazodlo, John Schneider. VIII
liam Schneider, Emily A. PEEK, Joe
Schneider, Francis Otto AM Mary
Hale, Respondents.
Citation Hearing Petition for Appoint
nent OF Administrator.
The state of North Dakota 20 the
above named Respondents and al
Peraons interested In the Estate Of
John P. Schneider, Decea sed:
oYu, and each Of you are hereby no
titled that Margaret Schneider. the Pc
:itioner herein, has fled In this court
her petition, praying that letters Of
administration upon tho estate Of JohA
P. Schneider, late Of the city OF MI
not, in the county of Ward and stste
of North Dakota, deceased, be rranted
to Margaret Schneider, and tina! the
said petition be heard and duly con-
sidered by this court ON Saturday, the
End day Of December, A. D. 1911, at
10 o'clock in the forenoon Of tina. day,
at tho court rooms Of this court, in
the county court house, in the city q
Mipot, county Of Ward auj State OF
North Dakota, and you, and each Of
you, are hereby cited to be and ap-
pear before this court 1t said time
and place, and answer said petition,
and show cause, II any there be. why
the prayer Of said petition should not
be granted.
BY the Court
N. DAVIS.
Judge Of the County Court.
JAMES JOHNSON,
Attorney for the Estate
Dated the 23rl day Of Oct. A. d.
1911. 1855
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-08
ANOTHER B. C. G. C. RUN.
Six-Mile Open Handicap to Be Held
Anril I.

A A. L. sanction has just been granted
the Baltimore Cross Country Club TO
hold its third annual siX-mile open-handi-
cap cross-country run Saturday, April l..
at o'clock pm. The race will be held
in Baltimore, of course, and will he over
the same course as that of last year,
starting at North and Fulton avenues.
Unusually handsome prizes will be
offered. a handsome gold medal going to
the winner and a silver medal and three
bronze ones going to the next four men
to finish. handsome team trophy Will
be awarded to the team of four men
which scores the least number of points.
The team of Elphinstone. Geller Kelly
and Ryan, which won the recent South
Atlantic A. \. L. championship run,
taking first. second, third and seventh
places and thereby setting a new record,
is entered and expects to repeat. The
chances are, however, that IL will not. as
Rip Stecker. the local crack, has entered
this one and expects to repeat his victory
Of last year. Freddie" Lee of Johns
Hopkins is also a dangerous contender
who did not compete in the ruA OF Wash
ington's birthday and who expects TO
show up well in the coming event. Entry
blanks will be issued today and may be
obtained at any of the local sporting
goods stores. Entries will close with
Manager E. A. Cellar March -. 1911.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-08
BY J. ED GRILLO.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ATLANTA, March Swallowing the
inauguration of the system of having
the players work out but once each day.
Manager McAleer has installed another
innovation in that he will not make any
trips to neighboring cities from here to
play exhibition games.
There is no doubt that he could book
a great many of these games. but he
figures that since it is the purpose to get
the players in condition here, nothing
should be done to hamper them in their
work, and taking trips to play games
is not believed to be beneficial to the
players.
I'VE have a good place to train, players
enough to make up two teams. and
should therefore. be able to get all the
work necessary while we are here with
out playing any exhibition games away
from here" said he. THE latter part
of this week We will get up two teams.
the Regulars and the Colts. The Colts
will have the pick of the pitching staff.
while the regulars will have the recruit
twirlers, and in this way We hope to even
up matters and incidentally the regulars
will get good batting practice facing the
best pitchers we have. III this way L
leave here.
In Bunting the Nationals have picked
UP a most promising player. The young
ster handles himself ON the infeld like
a veteran and he stands up we'll at the
plate and is fast on his feet. There is.
of course, no immediate danger of his
breaking into the game. but he Will be a
valuable youngster to have around, as ne
seems able to play most any or the in
field positions.
He is tall and slender and loose jointed.
covering lot of ground and being able
TO throw from any position. Brs'ting has
caught McAleer'S eye and there is not
much chance of his being allowed to
leave the team unless he is farmed so
that he will have an opportunity to play
every day and thus get the experience
which he probably needs.
There was fear expressed this spring
that Walter Johnson might have trouble
getting down to playing weight. this
because he had abandoned his former
custom of pitching during the winter. but
the fact of the matter is that Walter is
1--WE pounds lighter now than he was at
any time last season. He is in perfect
condition, but has not been pitching much
and will require week or so to get his
ARA good and strong.
During the teams stay here Johnson
will come to terms with Manager Nc
Aleer. There Is a salary difference be-
tween them which will be adjusted the
first time they have conference. john
son has made known what he expects to
draw this year and McAleer has virtually
consented to meet his terms.
When Johnson signs it will be for a
much larger figure than any pitcher has re-
ceived in this league. and not far from
the salary Mathewson is repTted to draw
from the New York National League club
There is really no difference between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-08

Gotham base ball fans are roasting Hal
Chase for releasing Channel to In
dianapoliS.
The Forrest City times., 1911-02-17

The Times is greatly disappointed as are all loyal southerners, in the victory of San Francisco over New Orleans in securing the great Panama Exposition. We believed, and do yet, that New Orleans was the logical place for this grand affair, and were no little surprised that congress ig- nored the recommendations of the committee to whom the matter was referred, and gave the plum to the Golden Gate City.
The Forrest City times., 1911-02-17

that rented for sl0and SIP per acre per annum
 Mr L. II. McGufIey was recognized, and said that he could see no sense in fixing 20 cent tax forever upon the people fl less was actually needed He said that the argument about the worth of the land and the amount of rent was mg8nshine and had nothing to dc with the proposition The dues- tion, said he. is, what are the actual necessities of the Levee Board. and what rate Of tax is necessary to raise sufficient funds to pay for them l am opposed to the proposed 20 cent levee tax; let the Board ask for just what is necessary and no more
 Squire C. T Moore of Colt. asked if disinterested party might be allowed to speak in the meeting, and being in- vited to proceed, made one Of his char acteristic speeches. in which he said that ito man up a tree. it looked as fl there was something under the sur face that he could not understand. '
 Hon. T. 0. Fitzpatrick, arising un- der the disinterested party" courte- sies of the floor, made a characteristic speech, which was frequently inter rupted by questions He opposed giv- ing the Board power to levy 20 cent tax He also spoke in favor Of the peo- pie choosing their own Levee Board. and said that the present method of selecting the Board was the cause of much strife, and compared 1t to the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution against taxation without representation
 MT. Eugene Williams, Judge Rolfe, Mr. T. A. Buford Mr l. Bonner. MT. S. NJ Blalock, and perhaps others. made few remarks pro and con dur ing the meeting, and at the close of Mr. Fitzpatrick remarks, the meet ing adjourned without taking a vote on the questions discussed
The Forrest City times., 1911-02-17

In another column in this paper may be seen the text Of bill now pending in the Arkansas senate that should 1t become a law will take the power Of appointing levee directors for the St. Francis Levee Board out of the hands of the governor and vest Il in the people where 1t belongs and as they seem to desire And this, or some other bill properly drawn and passed, would, ill our judgment, be a great blessing to the people, as it would largely do away with the DO litical machine feature Of this Board as it now is, and do much toward eliminating the regretable, hurtful and unfortunate factional feeling among our best and foremost and most progressive and enterprising citizens. There is some objection to the Turner bill a. to the qualification of voters and this should be carefully watched so that the home people rather than the nonresident land owners shalt have al least ali equal voice II the selection of tlis board
The Forrest City times., 1911-02-17

The following from the Paraaoa.d Soliphone-NgHne Progress k afpfecf- ated. IL shows a felow=feeliue au understanding of the fife the editoE leads which few. other than news paper men can understand. There is meaning between tine lines which few will grasp e. il would be a history Of boosting Boosting tIrelesSlYs and with every discouragement. and an occasi0nal triumph. which. taken al together have made Forrest City what il k today. one of the best and most substantial towns il the world
 L. l. N adakin, Of The Forrest City Times. has last rounded outa quarter Of a century service on his paper. Nadakin went to Forrest City when he was pennileSs. To use his own language T had to borrow money for two or three months to pay my board The paper was without friends Gr business Today, how ever The Times | one Of the best pieces Of weekly newspaper property in the state, and l. l. yadakiu Is still at it's head No doubt a personal history of his trials and vicissitudes during his twenty-five years service on the paper woula make all interest ing history l. would show the hard ships the pioneer newspaper men CT. countered II would be a story of boosting, for no paper ever lived long that did not labor earnestly for the upbuiiding Of its community Ne congratulatg Brother Eadakiu on completing q quarter of century af editorial work. and stia further re- )oice with him in the well earned prosperity he k now enjoying
The Forrest City times., 1911-02-17

A mass meeting of Arkansas levee taxpayers met in Memphis the other night and memorialized the Arkansas legislature to permit the Levee Board to issue 32,000, ,000 more bonds with which to get money to finish the leyee, and raise the taxes high enough to pay the interest on these and all the others already issued and create a sinking fund to pay the bonds, when due, and furnish money to discharge the other obligations and expenses Of the Board. If there is anything else you want, gentlemen, don't fai to ask for it, but we venture the asser- tion that you wont get il We print elsewhere in this paper an account of their meeting Read il