The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-04-20
4 wHoLEs DECISION.

A WHOLESOME DECISION.
The supreme court has recently rendered deci
sion in case from Ward county that is very whole.
some in its effect 1t in reference to the
foreclosure of small mortgage for $25 90, adverts
ed in paper distant seventy miles from the land
with the evident purpose Of defrauding the
gagor by having the time eapse for redemption be-
fore he aware of it, besides which fact he had
made a tender for the amount due before foreclo-
sure being short, however, 30 cents in his cal.
culaton, and he had neglected to keep the tender
up by depositing it in bank The time fer re-
dempton expired and the sheriffs deed was issued
and the matter came up under an action to quiet
title The supreme court very properly holds that
it was foreclosure in bad faith and therefore
ineffective and should have been set aside and de-
clared null and void, which the court does. This
is a most whole .ome and healthy decision and one
which will give great credit to the court ITSELF
and will check and stop great many fraudulent
deals-Fargo Searchlight.
The goas-you-please methods are no longer IN
vogue Scientific farming holds sway The farmer
who does not his brains is a back number. The
farmer is getting more out of the soil every year
without robbng the soil Under the present
methods the soil should actually be getting better
every year The United States should prove to
be self supporting for many years to come The
high price that the farmer has been enabled to
get for his grain mas encouraged him. He has
better home than he used to have. He rides in
his auto His children are given better educa-
ton The family wears better clothes and has the
advantages of a better library. If the Canadian
reciprocity pact is adopted, these conditions may
change. We can't afford to take any chances.
1t begins to look as tho Pres Taft knew what
he was doing when he ordered the troops to proceed
to the Mexican border without delay. A secre!
service has secured a photograph OF secret
treaty between Mexico and Japan, which was about
to be signed and he got out Of the country, follow
ed closely by Mexican officials. He hurried TO
Washington with it, and the night after his arrival
the troops were oroered out. The Monroe Doctrine
must be respected. Neither Japan nor any other
nation shall have privilege of maintaining a coal
ing station the Western hemisphere.
There seems to be misunderstanding in regard
to the present status OF the game laws as far as
they refer spring shooting. 1t is fact that the
twelfth legislative assembly took backward step
in the matter of game conservation and passed
law permitting the spring shooting of geese but
the vote upon it sufficient to carry the emer-
gency clause and for that reason the law Will not
60 into effect until July /. There will be no spring
shooting this year.
The Fargo Forum tells of somebody sending an
anonymous letter the wife of Judge Cowan, stat
ing that she had lost her social position Some
che also sent envelope full of clippings to the
Judges. daughter who is attending schoo! in St.
Paul, telling about the trial, in which witnesses
made serious accusations against her father.
Whether Judge Cowan is innocent guilty, a cur
who will op do these things is too low down to
mingle with his fellow beings.
The farmers are not going to bite the state
hail insurance scheme. The assessors will urge
them to leave the proposition strictly alone. 1t
looks to the Independent tho its skin game OF
the worst sort. The farmer has to pay for the
policy in advance and hs isn't that he will
get anything in of loss. The law would be all
right with little fixing.
Norman B. Black has been suggested good
gu bernatoria timber. The popular publisher OF
the Grand Forks Times is built along the right
lines to be governor Of this state of ours, and if