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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19

The Independent hears from . good
many sources considerable complaint
concerning he mileage bills of Coun-
ty Superintendent E. g. Warre..
The Independent wants to zee MI,
Warren treated fairly In thu matter
and We propose to treat the subject
in such a way that Mr.. Warren can
not help but be INDICATED II he is
deserving. If however, ic is shown
conolusively that Mr.. Warren's adj
ministration has been more expensive
than it need he, then by all means. he
should Re turned down at the Novem-
Der election. We would like to be-
lieva that Mr.. Warren has been tn
Justly accused, for we believe that
he has given us good service IS coun-
ty superintendent. The matter will
be discussed thoroly before the Nov
ember election. and in the meantime,
we would ask our readers to suspend
pend Judgment.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19

Now is q good time to think about
planning trees. The best time 10
plant Is ia the spring. The land on
which they are to he planted should
preferably have been in corn or pota-
toes or summer fa1low. If it was in
grain then It should be fall plowed
and deep, tho. The prairie soil is apt
to be compact Deep blowing opens it
up so the tree roots can get through
it easier. Too loose soil is not goou
either. Spring paowang leaves soil
too loose-faN blowing about right.
DiscIng before blowing improves
conditions very much.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19

his function to reduce the price Of
the commodity in which he II deal.
ing by false or imaginary reports,
fair or unfair methods.
BULL (up), is one who takes the
opposite position about the market.
He is "booster" of the price. A bull
today may. he a bear tomorrow and
vice versa. Both bull and bear BY
their methods accelerate fluctuations
in the market and keep all guessing
what the market will be tomorrow
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19

If one-haf of the stories told by
people who profess to have been
"stung'' by the eastern mail order
houses are true it is high time to
call halt. 1t is said that a ''ring''
including some of the biggest mali
order houses in Chicago has been
formed and that this ring has a
line of warehouses packed with the
cheapest kind Of trash ready to send
out tc the farmers Of the northwest,
The farmer is liberal fellow when
he has money, but even at that he
should be given a little something in
the way of value for his money.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19

1t appears more than likely that
not all Of the grain will be threshed
this winter. Even with clear wealth
err, it would require from five to six
weeks steady threshing to complete
the work, and we can hardly expect
to gee so much perfect threshing
weather in a stretch. A rain soaks
the shocks 50 that threshing opera
tons are usually delayed three or
four days after every downfall. Many
farmers are unable to do their plow-
ing because the shocks cover the
fields. BEFORE Saturdays rain, prac-
tically every field of wheat would
have graded No. ! An old grain
man informs us that this rain no
doubt would lower the grade one
point which will make a difference
of two or three cents a bushel. In
Minnesota, the farmers used to do
shock threshing almost exclusively,
until they lost So heavily that they
were compelled to stack their grain.
In North Dakota, it is not possible to
stack all Of me grain this year, the
crop teins such an immense one and
help SO scarce. Farmers who can
not get their threshing done at once,
however, would do we'll to stack all
the grain they possibly can. In that
way they can do some fan blowing,
their grain is safe, and in the long
run they win be money ahead. It
IL to be hoped that our magnificent
crop can be sawed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19
No. 8.

As the operation Of tho bulls ana
bears (mArhet gamllers), 70 often
used as deception to farmers, lead
ing them to believe that the action
Of the bulls and bears is the opera
ton of the tariff on the grain mar
ket, I shall explain these terms.
BEAR down, - applied 30 the
stock exchange. II one who contracts
to sell on future day at the market
price then prevailing for a consider
alton which is only imaginary. It is
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19

in this issue of the Independent,
appears an article on the selection
seed corn that is most saluable. II
was taken from the bulletin Of the
Better Farming Association. Farm
er readers are asked to save it for
future reference. Considerable ma,
ture corn has been grown In North
Dakota this year despite the poor seed
planted. With proper care, We ought
to have plenty of home grown SEED
for next years needs and at q fair
price.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19

The Democrats have q good chance
to carry North Dakota this year.
Roosevelt lessened his chances o.
winning in this state fifty per cent
when he blew the breath Of life into
the third party movement in Fargo
recently. The Taft Republicans re.
alize too that their favorite has no
chance to carry the state consequent.
~ a large number of them will cup
port the Democratic nominee Tor
president.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19
Comparative Justice

The courts, both state and federal
have established a law by judicial
construction that all comb nations Of
capital. railroad, express, telegraph,
mines, factories, packing houses, etc.
are entitled to make such charges to
the consumer as win earn for them
selves SUFFICIENT profit to pay all
operating expenses, interest on in.
debtedness to share or bond holders
and to replace the wear and tear of
the machinery, fixtures and estab-
Iishment. Should the legislative au.
thority Of the state or nation attempt
to regulate prices and reduce them 80
they would not earn such an income.
the courts would declare such q law
confiscatory and hence unconstitu-
honal. The board Of managers is
allowed to determine their own sal.
aries. ALI they have 10 prove is the
amount Of their operating expense, in
.lebtedness and the required amount
10 reproduce their establishment, ma
chlnery, etc. The physical valua-
ton of their property or the imitation
OF expense account, or multiplicity of
useless offioeholders is never cues
TONED except by small per cent of
the states.
A promoter, as a man without cap
ital, who organizes stock concerns
is called, win figure out a railroad.
or factory, issue and sell bonds to
begin, continue and finish the con-.
Germ, retaining enough shares to elect
himself to an office with sufficient
salary to live in q mansion with all
desirable luxuries. The laborer al
wage Garner Is just as an essential
element to the building, operating
and maintaining. factory, railroad
packing house, mine, or refinery as
the brains that organizes It or the
manager who steers it, hence, CON-
raratdve Justice requires that when a
law, whether by legislative enactment
or judicial construction rewards one
class OF people with profits in the
pursuit of happiness it ought to mete
out like justice to all. The laborer,
when the basis of his wage scale is
figured. should be considered az hav-
ing reasonable, ample provision for
his family, children's education med
ical aid, recreation and religious " or-
ship. There is no difference in the
principle whether the laborer Ia IN
debt for these essential convenience.
or has sold shares like the promoter
(his boss, to obtain them. IT. is said
that equal rights to all and special
privileges to none" and that I'VE hold
these truths to be self evident that
all men are created equal and that
the function Of Just government "a
administer equal Justice between
those governed" are all exioms Of an
{ honest government. II this is true
the 1atorer is entitled to all the legal
considerations extended to the most
, favored class. Then when we con.
slider the laborer's wage rights we
should not compare him to the init
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19

Thousands Of acres Of oats, wheat
ard barley are lying unshocked in the
fields Of RamseL county al well as
elsewhere in the state Farmers can.
rot hire men to shock at even 50 a
day, as they prefer to join the thresh-
ing crews. Never before was the
scarcity of labor so noticeable in the
state.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19

The Women's Anti-Gamtling asso-
citation Of Larned Kan, threaten to
drive out the gamblers with whips
and clubs. II Larned had q mayor
like Halvor Halvorson, the women
wouldn't have to adopt scch drastic
methods,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19

The Ryder News shows a rare lack
of consistency, That publication
criticizes the Independent because we
do noS see fit to support Taft, the
republican nominee whose nomina-
ton was secured by political theft,
but in the same editorial column, We
note that the News is supporting one
Of the Democratic nominees fo- the
legislature.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19

Mr.. Halvorson Of Grelland, who
was a candidate for the republican
nomination for county commis sioner.
in the June primaries, has written to
some OF his f1iesds asking them what
they could do for him in case that he
comes out on the Independent ticket
The answers he has received have
not been flatterdng.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19

crate, half civilized, poorly fed. and
unclad of the torrid zone, hut Ne
should weigh the per cent Of justice
to him with the same scales and
same percentage table of profits that
we use for his employer. Figure his
wages on basis allowing hdm to
earn sufficient means to board and
clothe his family, keep his stock, pay
interest on his indebtedness, ray his
children's education, medical aid, rec
reaAion, religious devotion. together
with reasonable profit to reproduce
his buildings and to replace the ma
chinery of his establishment (strong
arm and willing mind)" by providing
for his enfeebled days Of necessary
itlleness, sickness and dotage years.
r it is Justice and right to protect"
the manufacturer by tariff, exclud-
'rg foreign competition, is It not CON-
parative Justice to protect" the home
laborer in the same home factory by
prohibiting foreign labor competition?
repeat it, if home factories are so
sacred that they should be ''protec.-
ed" ty law which prohibits competi-
ton from foreign countries 1t 10 CON-
parative justice for q law to protect
the laborer in the factory by prohih-
ting the competition Of laborers from
foreign countries. The one 10 a.
reasonable as the other and as just
az the other. Again, if the factory
is enabled by statute to earn tariff
profit comparative Justice would give
the laborer the same profit.
Remembe,, that the tariff profit t.
the factory does not represent any
skill except receptions to the people.
cost absolutely nothing, except con-
tributions to the high tariff candi-
dates campaign funds, represents no
freight rates, except ''railroading' the
hal thru congress, does not even re0-
resent watered stock, except the tears
shed by the high tariff candidates for
the laborer's vote, does not repre-
sent ingenuity or inventive skill, ex-
cept the "jokers'' slipped inw the tar
if law. In short, It Is only bonus
with a nice sounding name ''protec-
t,on," collected from those who can
not control the price of the one OF
the other ct what you buy or OF
what you sell. For If you can con-
troll either you can shift the burden.
There are only two classes as rule
that do not control either buying or
selling prices, the farmer and tho
wage earner. Tho the editor, ply
sician and lawyer cannot as rule
SHIFT exceeding rs per cent Of the
tariff burden.
Comparative justice requires that
50 far as the law gives aid all men
Of all classes should be entitled to
the same per cent of financial as
sistance otherwise those receiving
the greatest per cent will, as natur-
ally as the, laws of gravitation, absorb
| the finncdal rights of those relieving
| the lesser per cent. AS an example
take $1,000. divide it into any number
of parts each Of which represents
transaction. Allow M 40 per Cent.
w Is per cent R Is per cent. and c
| 10 per cent. After the transaction
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19
Louis A, Larson informs q few Of

Louis A. Larson informs = few Of
his admirers that he 10 contemplating
becoming candidate for county
auditor on the independent ticket.
Mr.. Larson was defeated by l.. J
Thompson in the June primaries in
a fair manner, and II he knows what
is good fof him, win take his medi-
cine like little man. The candidate
who does not abide by the decision of
the voters in primary election. de.
serves little consideration
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19

Twnty persons were killed as
the result Of aviation in one week re-
cently, notwithstanding that efforts
are ihcing made TO perfect flying ma
chimes. Until the mortality list IS
lessened somewhat, weN be content
to plod along on terra flrmA,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19
Mayor Sweet of Fargo has secure.

Mayor Sweet of Fargo has secured
some notoriety by proposing to distri-
butte about $4,000 in the contingent
fund. secured from fines and licenses.
and which is no: needed, by giving it
hack to the taxpayers in the form Of
a 10 per GENT rebate on taxes. This
may make quite a hit with some of the
people of Fargo but the mayor could
Just as we'll transfer the money to the
general fund and levy just that much
less.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19

Of
Milwaukee given
K $1,000 The
and the Illustrations The
LENGTH Of the circuit call
thiryou which thus for distance OF
is
h ~ the thirty
for 1 seventy
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-09-19

DISCUSSION
OF THE TARIFF
New-York tribune., 1912-08-29
EX-SLlyE TO WE'D AT l05
But Already Married After Old
Custom Since 1854.

Paterson. y. J.. Aug. 2S.-A negro
who SAYS he IS Jos years old and
negro woman - years old got a mar
riage HceLse here to-day. The man Is
Timothy Griffin and the woman Lucy
blackwell They have been living to
sether. they said, as man and wife for
nfty-eight years.
Griffin told Registrar Gail thai ne
was born in Ashley County. Va. n
1904. and that his father was Samuel
Griffin, who took his name from the
owner Of the plantation whore the
father worked "a d slave. Griffin de-
clarcd he and the woman were slaves
on the same plantation. He said that
when he was fifty years old and she
was twenty they were married accord
ing 10 the old custom prevailing among
the slaves in ante bellum days. The
bridesmaid and the bos5 man held =
broom handle and Griffin and tho sirl
jumped over it. at the same time say
ing: We are now man and wife
The couple have nine children in a
rious parts of the country.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-29

Although formerly British naval
officer. the earl has apparently not
become prejudiced against the Ameri-
can people because OF the action at
Washington on the Panama Canal toll
question. His advertisement breathes
no spirit Of false modesty, but rather n
quiet and compelling self-confidence, as
is seen In his announcement that he
has just arrived 10 connect himself in
a commanding capacity" with a busi-
ness enterprise in this country.
The earl, who has effectuallyS dis
guised his identity under the initials
"v. VI. c." has demonstrated his adap-
tiveness 10 reasonably democratic
American ways by allowing his adj
vertisement TO appear under the dem
ocratic caption Position Wanted
Male
The advertisement appeared on Tues
day and was not printed Yesterday, a
fact which goes to confirm the Wall
Street rumor that one Of the leaders OF
American business life has promptly
taken the earl out of the labor market.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-29
GEOGRAPHY TO END WARS
Commissioner Claxton Urges 1t
Be Thoroughly Taught.


Cincinnati. Aug. 2S.-If geography were
rro,, -ly taught there would never De an
other war between nations. standing
arr,ies could be done away with and the
dav OF worldwide peace would be at
hand This opinion =. =. Claxton, United
states Commissioner OF Education. ex-
dressed al the meeting OF the Hamilton
County Teachers Institute to-day when
he spoke on Geography, How and Why
Taught"
The real purpose OF teaching geography
according to Or. ClaXton. Is 10 do awav
with provinclalism and the feeling Of SUI
nerioritv that goes with ignorance. and TO
inform members OF one race and nation
the characteristics OF others.
co that they may recognize their interde-
pendence.
..The reasons formerly given. that
geography trains the memory and makes
us familiar with places, thus rendering
travelling easy, Is nonsense" said Dr.
Clsxton. There is no reason for teach
ing anything simply 10 train the faculty
Of memory Although ] used 10 get 100
nor cent in geography as schoolboy I
have TO inquire my way OF the station
agent whenever / take a train"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-29
FLY SPREADS H0OKWORM
Bacteriologist Says 1t Carries
Eggs of Parasite.

Louisville. Aug 2S.-Dr. L. II. South.
state bacteriologist and discoverer OF
the hook worm disease in Kentucky, 1t
became known to-day. has found that
the common house fly carries the egg
of the parasite that causes the dis
ease. and thus causes many persons 10
become infected. That this is one of
the most remarkable discoveries OF the
campaign started by the Rockefeller
Fund. Of which Professor Wickliffe
Rose. Of Washington, is the disbursing
secretary. is conceded.
Professor Rose was in Bowling Green
soon after the discovery. and declared
il one Of the most remarkable discov-
cries Of the age. He saws that the
work of Dr. South has done more for
the ornament eradication of the
.scour-, cf the South" than that of
any otror investigator in the field.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-29
MUST OBEY THE CURFEW
Court Orders 40-Year-Old Man
TO Go Early to Bed.
.fRv Teleeraph ID - TrIbune

St. Paul Aug. 2S-Michael Brennan Is
forty years old, but he has to obey the
curfew regulation. When he sees the
children of his neighborhood start indoors
each day he's got To take the tip ana
follow. II he doesn't he will go TO the
workhouse.
Brennan was arraigned in the police
court to-day. charged with Frightening
several women Judge Finehout SAID:
IF you can't behave when you're out
al night. you'll have TO go TO bed early
like all other bad boys"
Michael Brennan. sr., eighty-eight years
old. was In court 10 intercede for ms
boy"
..Tu fee that MichaeI will stay home
gfter dark" he said with authority as
ne adnonished him that all would not be
well in the Brennan household tne
order was disobeyed. The court gave the
accused Michael a suspended sentence oil
thirty DAYS In the workhouse.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-29
SPORTS MAKE THE MAN
DR., Bryan Says Play Is Greatest
Educational Agency.

Pittsburgh. Aug. 2S.-1n en- address
before the Allegheny County Teachers
Institute, in Carnegie Music Hall to-
day. DR.. +. p. Bryan, president of Col
gate University, New York, said:
1T IS the hero of the baseball dia-
mond. the gridiron and the track who
performs the heavy and serious tasks
that will confront him in life. God has
written in His own hand. Thou shalt
play Play is the greatest educational
agency we have to-day. II promotes
initiative. II teaches self-sacritice and
implicit obedience TO the laws of our
country. 1t makes the youth upright
and honest The diamond and the
gridiron are the moulders of the great
men of oUr country"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-29
NO IMMUNITY FROM G0FF
Whitman Gives Justice Long
Statement on Graft Affairs.

The De Ford statement, or "informa-
ton" which Mr.. Whitman discussed
with Justice Goff last night. contains
no names Of either police officials or
graft payers. II describes conditions
IN IN. Police Department. in gambling
and I'm vice circles. as the statements
that have reached the District Attnr-
ney's office indicate they are at present
in New York.
1t includes copies Of documents beai-
ing on the police relation 10 gambling
and vice. such as the instructions II
tnenectors from the Police Commis-
steiner the duties of inspectors and po
lice duties generally.
The names u the men. either police
officials or graft payers, who can an
sver questions as 10 the truth Of the
statements in the information will b.
give, 70 Justice Goff by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney De Ford, and under the
bowling law these men viii be called
r,or IN answer such questions before
Justice GofY. sitting as a magistrate.
without gaining immunity thereby.
In addition 10 the general statement
or conditions the De Ford statement.
which comprises about eighty type
written pages. contains numerous spe-
cific instances OF graft and corrup:
-ala,ions between police officials and
graft payers.
one such specific accusation refers
IN The peculiar freedom from restraint
enjoyed by a gambling house in West
New-York tribune., 1912-08-29
GIRL UNSH0ES A BURGLAR
Grabs Foot of Man on Bed Try
ing 10 Chloroform Her.

MISC Constance Wilson. the sixteen
year-old daughter Of William Wilson
OF Harrison street. New Rochelle
missed catching a burglar who tried 10
chloroform her while she was In bed
YESTERDAY morning. but she got his
shoe. Police Lieutenant Frank Cody
and Detective Fanelli later arrested
Louis Klein. nineteen years old, whom
they saw I'm Main street walking along
with only one shoe. The police assert
that Klein. who is employed by New
Rochelle newsdealer, confessed being
in the Wilson home and In the house Of
John c. Moore, at Davis avenue and
Main street.
Miss Wilson said that about o'clock
in the morning she awake 10 find a
man sitting on her bed holding
chloroform saturated handkerchief over
her face. She screamed and grabbed
him. The man broke away and ran for
the stairs. but as he dashed out Of her
bedroom she caught his right foot and
pulled his shoe OF
At the other place robbed Mr.. Moore
heard a noise in the dining room about
= o'clock. and. going downstairs. saw a
man leap head first through a window.
carrying the screen with him. An old
silver dollar and some change had been
taken from the pockets 4 Mr. Moore's
found in Kleins possession. Mr. Moore
had $500 under his pillow, which the
thief did not find.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-29
FLIES ATTACK TEXANS
Pedestrians Forced to Wear
Mosquito Bar Masks.

Fort worth Tex. Aug. 3s Twenty
towns north of here to-day reported
that one hundred and ffty head Of
horses and cows have been killed by
the plague 81 flies. which has been a
menace 70 that section for a week and
is growing more serious Swarms of
flies are now attacking pedestrians. and
many persons appes red OF the streets
Of Sherman to-day wearing mosquito
bar ma SKIS.
The flies have affected cows SO badly
that dairies are unable 20 supply GUS
toners In twenty-five towns, including
Denton. Denison Sherman. Gainesville,
Pottsboro and Whitesbaro.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-29
CANNON TO KICK HIGH
Uncle Joe" Matched to Meet
Man of go in Contest.

,Moorhead Mimi, Aug. 2S.-"Uncle
joe Cannon. in letter to'State Sen
ator Charles s. Marden. accepts the
challenge OF J. B. Blanchard. aged
ninety. Of this city. to high kicking
contest. Mr. Cannons reply says:
/ cannot suggest that Ar. Blanchard
first get a reputation before attempting
10 challenge me in this regard, for of
course, his pTowess I'm this delightful
sport is known To all men. In view of
Tho tone OF d-fance indicated by this
statement, l cannot do otherwise than TO
accept.
Mr.. Cannon then presents his best
wishes TO Mr.. Blanchard, who on his
ninetieth birthday declared he could
beat Uncle Joe or any other young
old boys" at high kicking contest.
The dat, OF the meet has not been set.