The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-05-16

Franklin Kaufman of the Optic is mighty COED
fellow, but if he publishes any junk like that
which appeared in Saturdays Optic, we'd be in "a
of having him arrested. John Conway the
poet laureate of Burke county, is responsible for
the production, very thrilling and pathetic ballad
entitled: The Sinking Of the Titanic" Now,
John is some poet and knows rythm when he sees
it, and insists upon having it in his verse; even at
the expense OF verbosity Here is sample of
Johns gem:
you land men draw all near and listen to me,
! will tell of horrible accident that happened
The Titanic, she sailed from Liverpool bound for
New York,
She ran against an iceberg that gave her fatal
shock
1t did rip ito side fore and aft, will tell the ter
rble tale,
1t was the finest steamship that did set SAIL
she lucky in her trip, her loss depore,
She sank in the ocean, she will not raise more
Where all the flies from is question that
has frequently been asked That is not hard
proposition to solve. One fly can ay 1870 eggs on
June list. On June 10th, the 1870 flies lay
14,400 eggs, and until by the last of septem-
Der You figure 9,134s43,744, 256 900; 900 OoO;-
600 fies--the offspring from this one measly little
tormentng fly. Of course actually all of the eggs
laid by fly fortunately do not develop but at That
the pests multiply very rapidly. So kill every fly
whenever possible. Keep all garbage in covered
cans and don't allow large piles of manure and rub
bish to accumulate where flies can lay their eggs
Ny observing these precautions, You will not only
save much annoyance for yourselves and your
nelghbors, but You will be doing act that means
n'ch in stamping out typhoid fever and other hor.
rihle diseases. axe the deadly 1y
In speaking of one Of the candidates fer county
commissioner Of the Fourth district the Daily Re
porter mentions the fact that the candidate ought
to make good hecanse he is a GOOD fellow This
is the only qualification mentioned We don't know
the candidate but understand that his name is Hal
vorson and that he lives near C1reand postofse
before we would be willing to support Mr. Halvor
son. we'd like TO know some of his qualifications
Fas he the business ability TO handle for Ward
county s2oo00o annually? Would you hire Mr.
Halvorson to to manage your own business that az
gregated approximately quarter of million dol
lars annually? John Wallin is also a candidate for
this office Considering Mr. Wallinss experience
on the board in years past, and his experience in
the senate since, which of the candidates would
you rather trust to look after your business?
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A farmer writes that a parcels post will not be
In the interests Of the mail order houses as many
merchants claim. On the contrary he insists that
the mail order houses WILL not fare so well an the
local merchants. "The mail order houses" he says
receive their most profitable patronage from the
hundred pound lot orders Small orders are ex-
pensive for the mail order housee. The present
high cost Of sending small parcels through the
mails is the life Of the large mail orders With
parcels post in operation the local merchant will
extend his field OF operation to the country and he
will not need to deliver the goods az he does in
town"
President Taft to be getting In bad
right along. During his recent speeches In Massa-
chusetts he made public letter he had written to
Roosevelt before the Canadian reciprocity pact was
adopted by congress- in which he told his plans for
making Canada a mere adjunct to the United
States" Champ Clark said In a speech that #
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