The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-11-14
Flackertaik Facts
North Dakota State News In Con
densed Form.

injuries to his back and head whel
500 Train No. 151, the 500 Spokane.
Portland Limited, ran into freight
train near Drake.
Fargo-The fall term of United
States court opened here with both
grand and petit juries. There is
long list OF cases to be heard and many
matters are to come before the jury.
It Is expected the term will continue
several weeks. Among the cases for
consideration is that of NJ. N. Hatch.
er, former publisher Of the Fargo
CourierNews, charged with fraud
over prizes In a newspaper contest.
| Fessenden. Farmers of Wells
county will engage in the tattle-rais.
ing business as a result of the work
Of the North Dakota Better Farming
association. A carload Of pure bred
Holsteins will be shipped to the farm.
ers of this district. Supervisor Bopp
OF this district will purchase the cat.
tie, which will be resold to the farm.
ers for the price at which they are
purchased, plus handling expenses, so
I llr%L tAAC lell lllClS Will nave lie aus
vantage Of expert buying without cost
to them. The plan of buying and in.
PRODUCING cattle in this manner is one
of the schemes worked out by tha
Better Farming association
Valley City.-Presidents of North
| Dakota's educational institutions will
hold conference in Valley City the
latter part of November for the pur.
"ose of meeting the legislative educa,
'onal commission appointed by the
asst legislature, and which must make
| report to the assembly this winter.
cured for the commission, the duties
| which were to make a study Of
| EDUCATIONAL systems of other states
nd of foreign counties, was obtained
| j President F. l.. McVey of the state
University during his trip abroad last
:mmer. He obtained much that has
~--crested the commission, his report
i,g submitted to the board at a re.
mt meeting in Grand Forks.
Hillsbors.-Raising beans in North
Dakota is very profitable farming, ac-
ording to John Eitman of Mapleton,
Who has had eighteen years expert.
ance and during that time has lost
but two crops from frost. Mr.. Eitman
;ays beans can be made a very prof,
table crop. He suggests, however.
that they should be raised in connec.
ton with sheep, which consume the
by-proGucts. THE worst enemy to the
bean crop" said Mr.. Eitman, "is the
pigeon grass, the growth Of which
makes 1t necessary to hand pull the
crop" In the eighteen years he has
been raising from ten acres to seventy
acres of beans, preparing the soil
carefully and selling his product foI
seed. The largest yield prior to this
season was eighteen bushels to the
acre. The prices have ranged the
past eighteen years from $1.25 to So
. bushel.
Grand Forks.-That there will b
no let up in railroad construction In
North Dakota next season is indicat-
ed by the attitude Of the railroad
companies. The Great Northern has
flled resolutions for new line from
New Rockford into Montana, while
the 500 is contemplating an extern
sion from Plaza west into new terri-
tory in western North Dakota. The
latest move is that of the Northern
Pacific in filing resolutions for an ex1
tension Of the proposed cut of from
Edgeley to Cannonball. The compile.
ton Of this cut off, connecting Wa
! dena, Mimi, and Miles City, Mont.
! has been contemplated for some time.
The new line will relieve the traffic
on the main line. as many OF the fast
trains will be routed over the shorter
road. It will also give the cities in
the southern tier Of counties better
service.
Grafton.-The investigation Of tho
government into the possibilities Of
using North Dakota max pulp in max.
ing paper are being steadily contin-
ued. Recently Professor Charles ].
Brand Of the department Of agricul.
ture visited Dickinson and made ar.
rangements for the purchase Of car.
load of fax straw to be used in q
government test at Cumberland Mills,
Me-, for the manufacture of paper
pulp. Professor Brand said the test
would probably not be made until
nearly spring. In addition to the test
feature, It was Professor Brands pur-
pose to find out the cost at which
this raw product can be laid down at
4 central market. Wood pulp is be-
coming scarce, and the price has adj
vanced SO rapidly in the past few
years that the manufacturers Of pa
per are looking about for other re-
sources of raw material. If flax
straw can be chemically treated so
- to make it yield IS per cent OF
pulp suitable for high-grade paper, it
win become at once a staple product
for manufacture. Naturally, If the
cost Of transporting the raw product
ls too heavy, the result will be the
building UP Of paper mills in North
Dakota ... a.. .
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