The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-22

The Glenburn Advance thinks Pror.
Ladd is the most popular man in the
state. AS matter Of fact, he does
deserve great deal of credit for en-
forcing our pure food law. After six
years the National Biscuit Co. Is COM
rly ing with our laws and is now do.
ing business in the state. In the
meantime, large cracker factories
have been built up at Fargo and
Grand Forks and Minot should have
been included. "
The remains of Daniel Ditto, tho
Mclean county man who died at Ry-
der, were buried in the public GENE.
terry north of RYDER. Mclean county
will have to foot the bill as the rela-
tfves failed to take any action.
The Renville County Advancement
league will give good prizes for the
best grain, grasses, vegetables and
fruit grown during 1912. Further an
nouncement will be given in March.
Guess we'll have to plant some pump
kins on our Glenburn farm and show
those Renville county fellows trick
or two.
The Mohall News thinks Roosevelt
is Just as bad as Taft because ne
forced the big fellow onto the Repno-
lican party.
Anyway, La Follette's campaign
manager says he is going to S tay i'll
the race and North Dakota Progress
sives are rallying around the Wiscon-
sin senator's band wagon. Either
LaFollettee or Roosevelt would suit
North Dakotans we'll. The state
seems to be fairly we'll divided.
Henningsen Creamery Co. are row
paying 33c per pound for hutterfat.
Read their al. in this issue. lis If
Did you ever know that there are
three persons in the United Dta4os
who enjoy the privilege of receiving
and sending letters without betting
obliged to use postage stamps? These
are the widows of former presidents
Mrs. Grover Cleveland, Mrs. Ben
jamin Harrison and Mr.. James 4.
Garfield By a special act Of Con-
gress these three ladies enjoy tho
privilege, so If you have occasion TO
write them YOU need not affix any
stamp to your letter.
Judging frod the looks of the
state exchanges the mail order hous-
es are getting in their workssto the
detriment Of the home mes -. It
is stiff and uphill Wark gsftlfg the
local merchant started to advertise.
Wonder why? Apparently it pays
the mail order. houses to advertise,
Judging from the manner in which
they write.
Joe Void of this place, who was
found guilty last week Of the non
support of his family, was given a
sentence of months in the county
Jail. He was taken to Minot Mon
day by Sheriff Nelson.-Noonan Re-
publican.
Clerk of Court W. c. Martin Is In
Minot this week transcribing the re-
mainder of the Judgment record in
the clerk of courts office of Ward
county Before this work was done
the abstractors were compelled to en-
.ploy some one in the Magic City to
look this record up in order to COM
plete abstracts here, and also this
state of affairs made it very incon-
yenient for all who wanted to look
up the title Of anyone here. After
this work is done Burke county will
have all records pertaining to the
territory within its borders on file 1t
the court house, and will have things
just as handy as the older counties
have. -Bowbells Tribune.
Editor McDonough, of the Grano
Tribune, is in town today Mac has
grown fine crop of fire red lilacs
a la Burnsfdes, and when he entered
the office we first took him for a
preacher, but soon learned our mis-
take. Mac has been all over the
world, fit the Philippines. and the Chi
nese, explored the jungles of Africa,
and tasted the bitter and the sweet
in almost every port in the world, bit
says that this rs the first time he was
ever taken for preacher. -Kenmare
Journal.
The Palermo Standard deprecates
the idea OF farmers holding conven-
lions to hear experts explain the bet.
ter methods Of farming. Had Editor
Hoff ever attended one Of these meet
ings, he would take broader mind