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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-12-07
South Side Items.

Mr.. Strickland helped John Dinger
move his house up on the place.
L. ID. Goodwin is ere citing new sod
house.
Mrs Lille Jacobs is staying with her
father and mother while her husband
is < one TO Illinois.
Lawrence Walker is working for l..
d. Goodwin.
Miss Anna Strickland is living in one
room of John Dinger's house. Her sis
ter is staying with her and attending
school at Cottonwood.
The spelling school at Cross Roads
last Friday night was well attended.
When your feet are wet and cold
and your body chilled through and
through from exposure, take a big dose
of Chsmberlain's Cough Remedy
bathe your feet in hot water before go
ing TO bed, and you are almost certain
to ward off a severe cold. For sale by
all dealers.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-12-07

Every family has need of good, re-
liable liniment. For sprains, bruises,
soreness of the muscles and rheumatic
pains there is none better than Cham
berlain's. Sold by all dealers.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-12-07

Hartford Royal Phillips and ]. s. John
son. Mr.. Hartford bought mate to
his mule.
Leonard Girton and A. w. McClurg
started TO Higgins Wednesday.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-12-07
Official Directory

Dist, Judge r ". Loofbourrow
Co. Atty. John A. spohn
Co Treasurer John Sims.
Co. Clerk Geo. H. Wright.
Co. Judge Geo. ii. Healy
Co. Supt. John r. Swain.
Clerk of Dist. Court o. +. Pruett.
Clerk Of 10. Court Miss Mae Maple.
Sheriff II d. Peckham.
Reg. of Deeds II NJ Bulick
Surveyor Oscar Gardner
Com. lst Dist A. II Fox, lvanhoe.
Com. 2d Dist. A. A. Haskell, Elmwood.
Com. 3D. Dist W. 5. Vandeburg, Couch.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09
The Human and Animal Brain.

It is safe to say that, in the most
important sense of all, there is but
little basis for comparison between
the brain of man and that of the
highest animal below him. The
1martest educated chimpanzee" is
but q feeble reflection Of intellec-
tual man, just enough Of a resem-
hlance to him to make US laugh.
Not only in volume, but in the fine
21ess of the convolution, the human
brain is immeasurably superior to
that of the lower creatures, and be-
tween the finest products of what
We are pleased to call the animal
fnstinct" and the creations Of the
mind Of man there is a distance
that is inconceivably vast.-New
York American.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09
NeWton's Apple 1roo.

The story that it was at Wools-
thorpe, while sitting under an ap-
PIE tree in the summer of 1866,
That Newton saw the apple fall that
uggested to him the theory of uni
sversal gravity has never been d.
rectly disproved. Voltaire is the
authority for the story. He got it
from Newton's favorite niece, Cath
crime Barlow, who married mem
Der Of the Royal society, one OF
Newton's most intimate friends.
The story may or may not be false,
but it is certain that tradition mark
ed tree as being the one from
which the apple fell till so late as
1920, when, owing to it's decay, the
tree was cut down and it's wood
carefully preserved.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09
The Room Full.

An Irishman went to England in
search of work, and when shown his
room in the boarding house the
landlady remarked:
"There's your bed, Pat, and there
are two more to sleep with you, but
they won't be in till late, so don't be
alarmed"
"They're welcome" said Pat.
Before retiring Pat locked his
bedroom door and during the night
was reused by great knocking.
"Who's there ?" asked Pat. ..
eve are the dodgers. Open"
"No room for ye,' replied Pat.
Chow many Of you are in the
room ?" they asked.
Enough" said Pat. "There's
myself, Paddy Murphy, a man come
over from Ireland, man looking
for work, a man with wife and six
children, an a Tipperary man toop
BY this time they had fed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09

WANTED-Man to work on farm,
married man preferred. Good
wages, steady employment. phone,
Burlington 7O3. Chas Fuller, Bur
lington, N D. 81
FOR SALE or RENT-The Harvey
Wheeler Farm. NEA 4-157-S4,
40 acres broken. Lyman Land Co.,
Minot, N. D.
have leased the "LittIe Minnie"
mine, one mile east from Foxho'm.
Will have on hand at all times, nice
clean and dry coal; satisfaction guar
anteed; no charge for slack. G. WAL
don. t."
FARM LOANS-Easy terms, lowest
rates, see Matthew 8. Olsen, Room
II, Brauer Block, Write Box, 55S,
Minot. 81 u =.
A piece of flannel dampeAsd with
Chamberlain's Liniment and bound On
to the affected parts 10 superior to
any Plaster. When troubled with lame
back Or pains in the side or chest,
6 We it a trial and you are certain -
be more than pleased with the prompt
relief which it affords Sold by al
Dealers.
FOR SALE-Brown and Buff Leghor1
and white Plymouth Rock hens and
Rhode Island Red, Buff OrpinSton
and Partridge Wyondotte Cocksrsas
All thoroughbred stock, address p
w. Myers or telephone. 294. 12t6
SEED GRAIN FOB SALE.
1000 bushels No. 2 Northern vhsa'
s1.oC 1000 bushels No. 2 White oat
u cents. 1000 bushels No. 1 Waits
pats 43 cents. Above prices =. o. B
aere. A. F. Brown, WaWota. 0ask..
Canada. ......... 1-15-tS
70 RSALE-A tanning mill almost
new. Cash Feed and Fuei Store
l21 8. Ramstad st. l rs tt.
Willamette Valley, Oregon. Or
chards sold on Is per cent cash
payment and balance on easy
terms, see Matthew S. Olsen, room
II, Brauer Block, local representa-
tive, Minot. .~.. 22 Z -.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09
TIE SIMPLE THUMB TACK.
Whish rusws Out 70 d, Attsv Az, hist |
II " - oiRppls 90 ~ osSms. |

Whish rusns Out 70 d, AStsv Az, Ns&
" - oiwpls ss1it ossms.
The thumb tack may seem TO be
. very ample thing, and so in fact
II is, but at the same time there Is
more in the thumb tack than you
might think. We are likely to con-
slder the thumb tack merely as a
short, sharp pointed tack with .
1T smooth head that webuy at the
stationers with which to fasten
down the blotter on our desk or
writing table, and we may be famil-
iar With only one sort, such as we
always buy, but they are really
made in hundreds of varieties, and
when even at that there is not found
Inst what is wanted they are some
times made to order.
Thumb tacks are made Of brass,
q steel and with German silver
finish, and in these plain commonly
used sorts they are made in various
styles and sizes for various pur-
poses, for thumb tacks are not only
used in homes and Offices to keep
down blotting pad, but they are
used also by artists, engineers,
architects, craftsmen and by many
professional people who have occa-
sion to keep papers of one sort and
another spread out and secured.
And then there are thumb tacks
With heads enameled in various COL
ors, and such tacks as these are
made not only of the appropriate
color, but with the appropriate
Initial letter on them for colleges
and schools. All these various sorts
II thumb tacks are sold for their
various more or less familiar uses
On desks and tables, and these great
numbers of colored thumb tacks are
sold for various ornamental uses
In pinning up picture mats and cur
tains and in fastening up drapings
and decorations in bathrooms and
dining rooms and for various festal
occasions. For all such uses thumb
tacks may be found to match the
decorations.
So when you come to ask about
thumb tacks the response is very
likely to be surprising. One New
York concern in whose business
they are small item carries in
stock a thousand gross of thumb
lacks, this stock being kept con-
stantly renewed. There are sold in
the United States millions of thumb
tacks annually.-New York Sun.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09

When her child is in danger q wo-
man will risk her life to protect It,
No great act OF heroism or risk OF
life is necessary to protect a child
from Group. Give Chamberlain
Cough Remedy and all danger is
avoided. Fer sale BY all Dealers.
Eggs are retailing 1t so cents
dozen, are you getting any of this
money? You can by feeding oyster
shells and bone meal. Cster she'll
are $1.35 per 100 lb. sack. Bone meal
IL $500 for . 80 lb. Sack, at the Roell
Hardware Co., Minot, N. d.
F. NJ Bacon of Granville attended
the farmers institute in this city
Saturday.
Read the Display Ad Regarding
Boulder Springs.
LOsT-scotch Collie cog; color white
and light yellow. Very election.
ats ana answers to name Of scotty
Suitable reward, G. N. Christensen,
Minot. N. D., Route 10 q.
You are probably aware that pneu
monia always results from 4 cold, but
you never heard Of . cold resulting
in pneumonia when Chamberlsin's
Cough Remedy wa used. why take
the risk when this remedy may be had
for TT fie? For sale by Ill Dealers.
How to cure cold is a question n
which many are interested just now.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
won it's great reputation and immense
sale by its remarkable cure of colds.
1t can always be depended upon.
For sale by all Dealers.
Choice 100 acre farm to trade for city
property. Seed wheat and seed
max for sale. Otto Bonness, Mi
not, N. D. R D. 136 t4s
One hundred and sixty acres of No.
l wild land to trade for an auto
mobile, which will have to be in
good condition. Write A. G.
Reiter, Powers Lake, N. D.
l 26 IA CO.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09
Or Colin Campbell. Commission.

When the Duke Of Wellington
was in India he discovered" the
soldier who afterward became Sir
Colin Campbell. That dashing war
rior was in the commissariat serv-
ice and had volunteered for an as
sault on a hill fort. The duke saw
. little round man run up ladder
and, receiving a pike thrust at the
top, roll down like ball to the bot
ton. He was, however, up again in
IN instant and, running up like a
squirrel, was the first or among the
first in the place. The duke laugh
cd, inquired about him and pro-
cured him a commission.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09
oettina Down Into the corr.r..

Gone sure sign Of the sort Of
stuff q boy has in him." said the
boss, els found in the way he wash
es windows. If he not only washes
the window clean, but gets down
into corners and washes clean-in
other words, if he not only makes a
good, but a thoroughly good, job
Of it-why, there you've got boy
that will bear nursing and that is
bound to amount to something. If
he does one thing thoroughly you
can generally count on his doing
everything that way, / like people
that get down into the corners. /"
New York Sun.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09
THE PARROT HELPED.
4 lsaosW IN vsies cvkUss Tkae ~
a quilted In libsral Tipe.

a Lsassa II vs'es cvksss That ~
quilted IN Literal Tipa.
A young woman who left On up
town hotel In New York the other
day was much more liberal in her
dps during this visit to the city
than she had ever been in tho
course Of her many visits TO the
hotel. After she had gone to tho
train one Of the managers over
heard scraps Of conversation BE-
tween two Of the bellboys and made
them tell him the facts in the case.
The woman has = parrot which
converses az 'fuently as any parrot
can in half q dozen tongues. Hav-
ing had occasion to test the birds
powers, bellboy in the New York
hotel conceived an idea.
The next day at lunchtime, the
owner of the bird. having left her
door open, two bellboys repaired to
the room, and while one remained
on guard the other approached the
parrot.
"say Give the boy a dime,'" said
the page to the parrot. The parrot
paused and cooked his head on one
side.
"Give the boy dime," repeated
the bellboy encouragingly, and he
kept it up until he had said it full
fifty times. The parrot seemed in
terested, but that was all. The bell
boy got scared. Then he went out,
and the other bellboy went in and
gave the bird a lesson in voice cul-
tufe. " : .5'' r.. '''-
These lessons went ON for three
days before the bird seemed to real
he that he was expected to do any
' thing, and then on the fourth day,
when one Of the boys entered the
room, he was greeted with "Give
the boy dime" The news spread
! among the conspirators, and before
the end of the week they had the
! bird so that he would exclaim "Glve
the boy dime" at sight Of uni
form.
There came a day when the bird
rose to the occasion as expected. A
! bellboy took an express package up
to the rooms, knocked, opened the
door and entered. As he handed
the package to the woman deep
voice was heard to exclaim, "Give
the boy dime" The woman start
ed, gasped and then as the bird re-
peated his injunction said, eyes, Of
course" and she fished into her
purse for coin. The birds owner
up to the time of her departure had
not been heard to brag about this
new linguistic accomplishment Of
her pet.-New York Sun.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09
William Baxter. while bachinG q

William Baxter. while baching .
his ranch south Of Baxter this wintsP,
has been experimenting in the poultry
business on small scale From No
vember l to January Is the eggs from
80 hens netting $40, exclusive of those
consumed at home, and Mr. Baxter
says that II the price of eggs had held
they would have averaged a dollar
each during the winter. All OF hds
chickens are full-blooded Rhode Is
land Reds.
The Ambrose Newsman has cut
every subscriber from its list who is
in arrears. Most of the publishers
are following this practice, which is
a good one for all concerned. The In
dependent is revising its list at the
present time and will weed out the
dellnquents. This may not be from
choice, but we do not wish to take
any chances Of clash with the postal
department. Our subscribers who are
in arrears, should pay up at once.
Judge Leighton announces that ne
will hold court in Mohan Feb. "a.
That Is the first session of District
court to be held i'll that city.
The month of January in North Da-
kota was the coolest since 1898 &C
cording to the University report. The
mean temperature for the month was
81 degree below zero. There are but
three Januaries on record when the
average for the month was below
zero.
Two fires in one week at Deering
Is rather unusual. Some kindling
caught fire in the basement of the
Deering State bank, but the flames
We're soon put out The barber shop
came near going the fame route
County Auditor Abbott of Burke
county is up to his old tricks. The
publishers in that county are up in
the air because the auditor handed
the commissioners proceedings to the
Bowbells Tribune, which is not on
cial, a week before the official papers
received them.
The plugging case against Chef of
Police James Brown of Stanley wac
dismissed at its hearing.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09
NOTICE FOR BIDS.

Sealed bids will be received for the
construction of a oneroom school
house in District 149 Hilton, located
in Twp. 1922. Bids will be receiv-
ed up to March 10Th, 1911. A certi-
fed check of $500 must accompany
all bids, building to be completed Oh
or before June 18th, 1911, Plans and
specifications are to be found on file
at the office of the County Superin-
tendent in the city of Minot, N. D.
The board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids
Address AL bids to O. e. Galusha.
Route, No. 3, Minot, N. D.
BY order Of School Board
No. 149, Hilton.
F. M. Galusha
193 50 Clerk.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09
Twain. Cent. Rspre.eh.

In New York the novelist Miss
Nay Sinclair met Mark Twain at a
dinner party Naturally, their
neighbors at table we're curious to
learn what the two famous person
ages would find to talk about. 1t
seemed that they were not going to
find anything Miss Sinclair waited
efficiently for the great man, so
much her senior, to begin the con-
versation. He, in turn, waited for
her.
Minutes passed in silence. At last
he turned to her.
"Child, child" said be in tones
Of gentle re proach, edo not be so
boisterons. Youths Companion
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09
What She Could Do.

The guests were temporarily abb
sent from the room when the hus-
band said to the wife: 81 am be-
ginning to feel as if | would like
our house to ourselves. | wish the
guests would go home"
$50 do |, DEAR" said the wife.
sBut you can't turn them out
DOORS"
NO." replied the husband, "but
you might play the piano"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09
'That Foolish Passion Called Love!

''That Foolish Passion Called Love-"
There have been illustrious dis
sentients from the proposition that
bve is the only excuse for mar
riage. The editor Of John Wes-
ley's Last Love" recalls that White
field, after explaining to the parents
of his intended wife that he want
ed a mistress for his orphanage,
added, "You need not be afraid to
send me refusal, for | bless God,
if ! know anything of my own
heart, | am free from that foolish
passion the world calls love-"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09
~ Wv II y :. ||0N - " 7
ELECTRIC
METERS
Why the Company !.
interested In Ac-
curate Results

cover the vast. of
energy
The who used electricity
pay electricity
solved the problem and enables the
gets--NO MORE
perfect They require inspection
But the to-day
years At all times the measuring electricity
obtained have been used.
tho LOSS nearly always falls on the COMPANY
VERY FEW great
majority SLOW They register electricity passes through
hema sometimes do not reester At all.
based largo
actual service
The publ cservicec of nein says
exception rather than the rule that
of this similar bodies
New York bear out all we have said about electric
WE maintaining
meer
Minot Light and Telephone Co.
ByAE STEVENS, Manager.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09

Electric meters do not deserve tho abuse
which some citizens heap upon them. In
reality tho meter 10 one of tho best friends
tho consumer has. Without tho meter
LOW RATES for electric service would
be absolutely impossible.
Until . practical electric meter vas
produced . company had to charge for
service on tho fat rate or monthly plan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-24
REAL Rain NOW.
Nearly Three Inches Falls Sun
day Morning.
Cool Weather Follows and Is
Much Appreciated.

The weather is cool today. 1t is much
like Colorado summer resort weather.
The change is due to the fact that
the first real rain Of the year arrived
in a bunch early Sunday morning,
breaking another record by depositing
two and SO one-hundredths inches of
water on Topeka and vicinity in less
than an hour and a half. It was the
heaviest rain during a period of 20
months. and more water than had fallen
during the previous 100 days. over two
inches of the rain fell within one hour S
time-between and Sunday morn
ing.
1t rained upon a major portion of the
state during the same hours but Shs W
nee county seems to have been the ia
vored spot. Other districts report rain.
but in most instances less than three
quarters of an inch. and the refusal of
the Kaw river to rise indicates that
the country west of here was in a
condition to make use of the moisture
it received. In fact the river continues
to fall. The official measurement sun
day morning was and -tenths feet
and this morning it was and four
tenths. The rain affected the little
streams about Topeka, and they ran
bank full for a few minutes, and river
points below Topeka may see a differ
ence in the Kaw.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-24
HAITI IS LAWLESS.
German Officer Robbed and Beaten on
Public Square.

New York. July 24.-"I have been III
many corners of the world, but Hayti
Is the most lawless country I ever
saw
This is the summing up of the situa-
ton in Port Au Prince given by Cap
tain Willy Arens. the German officer
who brought the mysterious Haytien
cruiser Consul Grostuck, across the
ocean on her recent trip from Italy
Captain Arens is sightseeing in New
York this week, having shaken the
dust of the Haytien capital from his
feet as soon as his mission was finish
ed. on his arrival Captain Arens sad
positively that General Cipriano Castro
had not been either one of the crew or
a passenger on the Consul GrostuCk on
the voyage from Italy.
THE voyage of the Consul Grostuck
with her leaky boilers is one 1 shall not
soon forget" he said. 1.-The ship was
in awful shape. her tunnels were rust
ed away al their base and her guns
We're well nigh useless.
when at last the steamship was de-
livered to President Simon. four sa-
lutes were fired and since then the
guns have not been used. AS the am
mLnition lies exposed to the heat OF
the tropical sun, it would not be sur
prising if premature explosion blew
the ship out of water. The guns are
uncovered and everything is rusting as
fast IS possible.
The city of Port Au Prince is full
of knaves and thieves. I was attacked,
robbed and nearly killed in the public
square, and afterwards never left the
I,Dta1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-24
STEAMBOAT BURNS.
Ancient Section Of Turkish Can
itaI Destroyed by Fire.
Two Square Miles Of the City Is
Devastated.
OVER 5000 HOUSES,
Most OF Them Wooden Buildings,
Are in Ashes.
Believed to Be the Work of PO-
litical Incendiaries.

Constantinople, July IA conhagra-
tion which started yesterday afternoon
continued until 3 o'clock this morning,
by which time the flames were gotten
under control but practically because
there was no further fuel in their path.
The disaster was the greatest since the
great fire in Pera, the European quar-
ter. in 1870.
1t is believed that the present frs
was the work OF political incendiarfes-
1t started simultaneously at several
points in STEAMBOAT. the ancient city.
while the people were celebrating the
anniversary OF the new constitution
The most formidable blaze dared un
near the ministry of war and was
borne by strong north wind through
the residential section to the southern
coast. From the square IN front OF
the war ministry east of the center of
Stamboul to the sea of Marmora, on
the south, practically nothing was left
standing.
Two square miles of the city was de-
vastated- 1t is roughly estimated that
greater number of these were wooden
buildings but several important stone
structures were ruined.
The European quarter, across ths
Golden Horn to the north and cast.
was at no time in danger owing to the
contrary direction of the wind.
Stamboul, having the sea of Marmoa
on the south and the Bosphorus on
the east. with the Golden Horn, an in
let of the Bosphorus on the nortn. has
sea front of eight miles. On the
west it is walled. This district contains
the SeragliO, the sultan's palace the
principal mosques, the mausoleums. the
public offices, the baths and the ba-
stantinople- Here chiefly reside the
Turks Jews ArmenianS and Greeks