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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-04-18
Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure sale.

Notice is Hereby Given, That Ger.
tain mortgage executed and delivered
by Arthur P. Scofield and Mary J.
ScofeId, his wife, mortgagors, to o.
Ecker, mortgage, dated June "a,
1907, and with the power of sale
therein contained, duly filed for rec
ord in the Office of the Register Of
Deeds of Ward County, North Dakota,
on the 10Th day of July, 1907, at 2:35
p. m. in Book 81 of Mortgages, page
1S9. will be foreclosed by sale of the
premises in such mortgage and here
matter described, at the front door
OF the Court House in the City of
Minot, in the County of Ward and
State of North Dakota, at the hour
of 10 o'clock a m. on the 18th day
Of May, 1912, to satisfy the amount
due upon such mortgage upon the day
Of such sale.
That such default consists in the
failure: Of said mortgagors to pay an
installment of interest due November
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-04-18

and the nast Hail. Of the North Hat
Quarter Of Section Eleven (li) and
the West Half OF the North West
QuartAr xnd Lots One (1) and Three
(3) Of Section Twelve az, all in
Township One Hundred Sixty (1eo)
Range Eighty-nine (S9) and Lots Two
(2) Three ~ and Four az of Sec
ton Seven az and Lots One ~ and
Two (2) of Section Eighteen (1s)
and Lots Two (2) and East HALF OF
the South West Quarter Of Section
Twenty eight (28), and the North
East Quarter Of the North West
Quarter Of Section Thirty-three 1857,
all in Township One Hundred Sixty
$500 Range Eghty-eight (ss), ly-
ing and being in the County Of Ward
and State of North Dakota.
There will be due and declared due
on such mortgage at the date Of sale
taxes with interest Inclusive in the
sum OF Seven Hundred Two and Is
100 Dollars and unpaid principal In
the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, \
total sum Of Twelve Hundred Two
and 75-100 ($1202. 75) Dollars due
and payable at date of sale, and
costs Of this foreclosure.
Dated March 10Th, A. D. 1912.
.r RALPH L. BROWN,
Mortgage.
o. n. ,Aygarn,
Attorney Tor MortgAgee,
Address and Ohice, Hettingef
North Dakota.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-04-18

Householders cannot start any too
soon to swat the fly The pests are
menace TO health, and the myriad
army spread disease during the warm
months. One fly killed in early
spring is equivalent to 1000, 900 killed
in August. The effort put forth TO
kill the eggs now is very small COM
pared with the discomfort and sick.
ness it will avert.
A teacher near Grano asked her
little tots to name the birds that re-
main in the state thru the winter.
Reply: THE sparrow, the prairie
chicken and the stork.'
With the dead body of her infant
held clasped in her arms, Mrs. James
Elliott was buried at Williston, her
death having taken place at her home
a resident of Grand Forks. Mas
Katherine Ann Nicholson less than q
- S]A oooO "t"o 4" L1PPy VI Ao0, A0A
marriage taking place May s, the
groom being prominent farmer re-
siding near Williston.
G. G.. Johnston, residing six miles
southwest of town, sold a. 10 IL
months old pig weighing 325 pounds,
to Joe Wustner last Saturday. That's
a pretty good showing for North Da-
kota.-Ryder News.
At the Investigation concerning the
| death of George Wilson, the Lans
ford farmer who killed his wife's sis
| ter, Clara Kruse, then ended his own
/ life, it was learned that he had killed
! himself by firing two shots, one thru
| the right temple and one thru the
heart. The question arose which
shot the man fired first and whether
he was conscious Of firing the second
! shot
| A Portal minister will edit column
in the International regularly.
| Mother JONES'" a national figure,
will speak in Devils Lake April 90
! The Bismarck Tribune refers to
Game Warden Stenvick as president
; Of the 1911 legislative pie club ana
honorary member of the National pie
club.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-04-18
NOTICE or MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE.

Whereas default has been made In
the conditions Of certain mort
gage containing power of sale, ex-
ecuted and delivered by Rosa A..
Wright and Joseph A. Wright, her
husband, mortgagors, to Ralph L.
Brown, Mortgage, dated on the 2Sth
day Of December, A. D. 1908, and
filed for record in the Office OF the
Register Of Deeds In and for the
County OF Ward and State of North
Dakota, on the first day of February,
A. D. 1909, at $40 O'Clock, p. NJ,
and duly recorded in Book IA Of
mortgages on page 1911, Whereas
said mortgage has duly elected and
does hereby elect to declare the
whole sum secured by said mortgage
and accrued taxes paid by said mort
gagee, under the terms of said mort.
gage to be paid BY said mortgagors,
due and payable at the date of this
AOSAS0b OAO ~ 0<SAV0 VI QIo|CSu409o
have been instituted at law to re-
cover the debt secured by said mort.
gage, or any part thereof.
Now Therefore, notice is hereby
given that by virtue Of the power OF
sale contained in said mortgage, the
said mortgage will be loreclosed by
the sale of the premises, in such
mortgage and hereinafter described
at the front Door of the Court House
in the County Of Ward and State Of
North Dakota, at the hour OF two
O'Clock, P. M, on the 18th day OF
May, A. D., 1912, to satisfy the
amount due upon such mortgage on
the day of sale and costs. The prem
Uses described in said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the
same are described as follows, to-
wit: The West Half OF the South
West Quarter and the South Wes'
Quarter Of the North West Quarter
and Lots Two ~ Three (3) -Four az
Seven (7) and Eight (s) Of Sector
One % and the South Half of thu
!: North East Quarter, and Lots ON
! Cd and Two (2) of Section Two e.
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lions Of the said mortgage, to And
does hereby, declare TIA snkirs
amount secured hv sAid Mortgage
due and payable; that the assignee
OF the said mortgage. did pay the
sum Of $3.50 50 upon = prior mort
gage after the same had become do.
linquent and which the said mortga-
gors neglected and failed to Qay:
and said mortgage will be !oreclosed
by sale OF the premises in sucn
mortgage and hereinafter described
at the front door of the courthouse,
in the city Of Minot, in the county of
Ward, and the State Of North Dako-
Ia, at tho hour of two O'Clock in tho
afternoon, on the 9Th day Of May.
1919. to satisfy the amount due upon
such mortgage on the day Of sale.
The premises detcrfbed in such
mortgage and which will be sold to
satisfy the same, are described as
follows: South Half of the Northwest
Quarter (s11 Of N. W. W and lots
Three (3) and Four ~ Of Section
Five (5) in Township One Hundred
fiftyrsix 1857, North Of Range
Eighty-one (S1) West of the Fifth
Principal Meridian, in the said Coun.
ty Of Ward. There will be due on
such mortgage at the date of sale
the sum of Seven Hundred and Sew.
enty Dollars ($770) together with
the costs and expenses of sale.
Dated this 22nd day Of March, A.
d. 1919.
p. o. PERSON,
Assignee of Mortgage.
b. D. Kelly,
Sheriff, Ward County,
North Dakota.
w. F. Doherty,
Attorney for Assignee,
Minot, N. D.
3-1s IS
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acres. more or less, aceordl1G 70 ~
United States government survey
thereof.
There will be due upon such mort
gage ut tho date Of said sale, the sum
Of $1,0S5.42, together with costs OF
sale and statutory attorneys fees.
o. ECKER
...... MortgAeee.
Noble. Blood Z Adamson, ~
Attorneys for Mortgagee,
M1not North Dakota.
AS 10
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-04-18
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
3. CLOSURE SALE.

Notice is hereby sven that that
certain mortgage, executed and de-
livered by George Buechler and
Louise Buechler, his wife, mortga-
gors, to Interstate Securities Com
pany, a corporation, MORTGAGE, dat
ed the 18th day Of October, 1909,
filed for record in the office of the
register Of deeds of the county OF
Ward and state OF North Dakota on
the Goth day of November, 1909, and
recorded in Book 81 of Mortgages at
page Az, will be foreclosed by sale
of the premises in such mortgage and
hereinafter described at the front
door of the Court House in Minot, in
the county of Ward and state Of
North Dakota, on the 4th day of Nav,
1912, at the hour of 200 o'clock, p.
NJ, to satisfy he amount due upon
such mortgage on the day of sale.
The premises described in such mort
gage and which will be sold to satisfy
the same are situate in Ward County,
North Dakota, and are described as
follows: The Northeast quarter
(NEKJ;; East half Of the southwest
quarter (EHSWN); and West half
of the Southeast quarter (WkSEH);
Of Section Thirty-one (31), Township
One Hundred ftfty-four (154) North
of Range Eighty-two 1927, West Of
the Fifth Principal Meridian, con-
tanning $50 acres, more or less, &C
cording to government survey there
Of.
The said mortgage has paid a GER
tain sum due upon prior lien, which
with interest thereon, will on the
day Of sale, amount to ($126. O0) One
Hundred and twenty-six Dollars,
/ included In the amount hereinafter
; stated to be the amount due at the
date OF sale.
This foreclosure and sale Is only
for unpaid amounts past due, and
expressly SUBJECT to installments Of
said mortgage not yet due.
There will be due on such mort
gage at the Gate Of sale the sum at
| ($147. COY Ons Hundred and forty
seven Dollare. besides attorneys fees
and costs Of foreclosure.
Dated March a.. 1919.
INTERSTATE SECURITIES
COMPANY.
Mortgagee.
" y. D. Kelley,
Sheriff Of Ward County, N. D.
Blasdell, Murphy. L Blaisdell,
Attorneys tor Mortgage,
Minot, N. D. 3z3-t6-
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The electric light plant owned by
the city of Hillsboro is now free from
debt. The lighting rates ought to
be reduced.
The eleven year old son of John
Christopherson of Palermo died from
Kidney trouble.
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GALLONS or GORE SPILLED.

A couple Of young bloods who got
into dispute coming ont Of the o.
era house Monday night settled IL
in front OF the Chink restaurant near
the postoffice. One landed heavily
on the others proboscis and just
gallons of gore were spilled.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-04-18

my little son had very severe
cold. was recommended to try
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and
before a small bottle was finished he
was as well as ever" writes Mr. H.
Silks, % Bowling Street, Sydney,
Australia. This remedy 10 for sale
BY al dealers.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-04-18
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE

NOIIOc VI NUN 0A0E fOhE.
CLOSURE SALE
Notice IL hereby given that that
certain mortgage, executed and de-
livered by Samuel Phillippi and Bar
bara e. Phillippi, his wife, Mort
gagors. to B. H. Bradford, Mortga-
gee, dated May 13rd, 1910. and fled
for record in the office of the Regis
ter Of Deeds Of the County Of Ward,
and State Of North Dakota, on the
21st day Of October, 1910, and re-
corded in Book 1872 Of Mortgages. ut
page eo1, and assigned BY the said
B.. n. Bradford on the 18th day OF
May, 1911, to y. D. Person, which
assignment was recorded In the Of
fee Of the said Register of Deeds, In
Book TO III Mortgages, at page 9o6;
that by reason Of the default in the
terms and conditions of the said
mortgage in the payment Of the in
stallment due on the list day Of De.
cember, 1910. and IN the installment
due on tho LIST day Of December,
1911. and In the payment Of interest
due thereon. the said assignee Of the
said mortgage has elected IN &C
cordance with the tsrms and condi.
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w. F.. Doherty,
Attorney for Assignee,
Minot, N. D.
3-1s IS
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-12-30

If our home people would give up
the delivery system, many Of our home
stores could make large saving.
When you buy goods long dist
ance away, you rarely make an effort
to exchangethem If you don't likethem
after you get home. When you buy at
home you frequently take them back
IL you are dissatisfied This takes the
time Of clerks, frequently the goods are
so injured that they have to be sold
at reduction II they can be disposed
of q. all.
The public demands Of its home
stores q higher standard Of treatment
than 1t expects from distant stores. To
large extent the home store coun'
terbalances these handicaps by its low
or rent But when you consider how
generously the home store strives te
meet all kinds Of demands. reasonable
and unreasonable, the range OF prices
at which they sell IS remarkably low.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-12-30

in the street or on a vacant lot, and
existing evils would be aggravated by
lack Of regulation.
While this is true, the country at
large is not much in sympathy with
Wall street methods.
There is story traditicnally cur
rent among shoe dealers, that years
ago a manufacturer Of shoes now de-
ceased, once begged CT hired friends
and neighbors to 60 to the shoe stores
of certain large city. In each place
the emissary asked, do you keep
John B. Smiths Celebrated Bro2ans?
No? Well l don't care to trade then.
Good day.
1t Is said that some Of the retailers
''fell" for it, and at once ordered
Smiths Celebrated Brogans.
A man who porpetrated q silly and
transparent little advertising trick
like that would be laughed at today
Yet how does 1t differ from the acts
OF brokers' who issue orders for match
ed sales and purchases? Like NTH
they do it to give the public a false
impression that there Is large de-
mand for a certain property, wher
there is no such demand
The stock exchange performs .
useful service to this extent thai
1t establishes valuations. The owner
of share of a property can learn pre-
ty closely what it is WORTH Otherwise
owners would often sell far below whs
property was worth.
But Wall street is parasite tina
sucks life blood from the whole natiol
by encouraging the gambling and &c
; Rich Quick spirit. and by fake mani
pulations of stocks. Why does no
Wall street need strict regulation
just as much as the railroads.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-12-30
! NEW YEARS CUSTOMS

Human Nature, like the colt, will
NIT wear its harness Of labor forever
and . day. Every once and while,
with certain traditional customs as
sufficient pretext, it ties up the ma
chinery Of bread winning and monev
getsiIg You may whistle for your
butcher or your baker II he is out
First footing with the Scotchman
OF horn blowing with the American.
And SO in every one Of the states
but three, Massachusetts,. Maine, and
Kansas. New Years Is a legal holiday.
though 1t seems incongruous to begin
your years work by bouts Of feasting
that upset your insides fer week.
So far as the customs of New Year
have ineligible meaning, they seemed
to suggest q revolt Of toilsome human
nature against the tramme,s Of regular
daily work. There is an old super
stition, that no water, ashes, nor re-
fuse may be thrown from the house
that day. else bad luck will follow the
home for the twelvemonth. Probably
this expresses q traditional sentiment
In favor Of keeping the day free from
even the most routine of household
duties.
The curious cutscm of first foot
ing proceeds from the superstition
that It brings Ill luck If a member Of
the family. leaves the house New Year
day before an outsider enters. This
seems significant Of an ancient feel
ing that New Years is time for hos
pitaliyt, that you must receive ant
entertain your friends. who must So
the first foot on your doorstep before
you start out on the sordid errands O
business.
The rough house now seen on thu
street9 Of so many cities New Year,
Eve is Of course meaningless rowdyisr
But it is comparatively mild compared
: with older manners. Even in staid
hard working, pouice governed Gel
many, they still bang your high ha
about your ears If you venture out Il
formal toys New Years Eve.
I You can overturn kings, nullify law
and abolish constitutions. But poi
ulari custom clings, even after all it
meaning, its beauty, or its humor. ha,
turned into calf play.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-12-30
INVESTIGATING THE
STOCK EXCHANGE

There will always be stock and pro-
duce exchanges. From the dawn Of
history men have gathered at central
points to buy and sell commodities. II
Europe there are great trading fairs,
like that at Mini Novgorod, where fc'
centuries country people have gather
ed to swap tallow. hides, grain, and
cattle for manufactured products.
The stock exchange is simply the
modern counterpart. Men swap paper
certificates of ownership, instead of tn
real article owned.
Let no one think that the result o.
the pending investigation of Wal stree
will be the closing of the stock ex
! changes. If the brokers were tue
ACut of doors they would ST.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-12-30
THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS

Christmas is a birthday celebration.
With some people It seems good
deal like their second cousins. to
whom they drop postcard Or send a
messenger boy with holly wreath
Similarly they feel that they have
done the occasion due honor, if the
small boy is sent to the Sunday school
Christmas tree entertainment, to re-
ceive his bag Of candy and popcorn,
Rather it ought to be the anniver-
sary Of some one inexpressibly dear,
as If your own mother, father, or child
Under all the Jollity Of the homo Chris
mas tree, the sparkle Of candles and
chorus of happy greetings, there Is the
deep sense of thankfulness that the
loved one is here and near and well.
So at the church. It is an occasion
for merriment, for sunshiny child faces
and the peal of child laughter. At the
same time. forgetting the Lord and
Master of us all at this birthday cele.
/ UidIiOA Ia SOLuCeuiAS HhQ IOoiAuS a. oui
the street when your father and mo
Their celebrate their golden wedding.
Anyone must indeed be blind tc
human history, to fail to see wha
the coming Of Jesus has brought tt
this world. Lofty systems Of moralit!
existed before the time Of Jesus. Blu
the high priests of this morality LEI
the sick man to burn with fever, ant
4 the poor man to go hungry. Jesu
healed the sick and preached the gcs
pei to the poor.
It may be said that the greedy worl
still ramples under feet the sick ma
and tho poor man. In SO far as me
do it. they are like one who not mere
ly stays away from his pare hts golde
wedding, but comes in and administe,
them a kick in the presence of the
guests.
In spite of all, our country is full
hospitals, homes for old people, aim
> houses, kindly shrines where the wor
of Jesus are translated into Christie
deeds. Don't forget the birthday tn
made all this possible.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-12-30
BUYING IN DISTANT CITIES

People sometimes tell the home mer-
chant that he does not sell quite as
low as some distant metropolitan de-
partment store, and ask why he can
or does not do SO.
Passing by the question whsther the
lines compared were Of the same grad.
let us examine the conditions under
which the distant store sells its goods.
1t is amusing to see the bother pso-
pie will put themselves to for the sake
Of a few cents they think they are
saving. They will travel many miles
to some distant city, will spend street
car fare to get around from one place
to another, pay for luncheons and
hotel bills and tips and all the drib-
bling away of ccins in travel. They
do not reckon this inthe cost of their
purchases.
They get tired and foot-sore tramp
ing around from one, store to another
spoil the fun they might have BY
sight seeing or attending entertain
ments, just to make what seems lik'
| a small saving. They walk all ovel
store, wait for change, carry bundles
] and pay expressage. Had they BEEF
working equally hard at home, eithe
earning wages or at home tasks. the
could have saved mere than the econ
! Omv made in thn nyrrhaSo.
In the majority Of cases the econt
mics made by big City stores com
from two sources; /, absence of d.
livery System; ., less likelihood of ha
} ing to take sesds back. Even wher
: there is a delivery System, goods ma
~'ss-t only in case of sizabl
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-12-30
BEING A COLLEGE PROFESSOR

The announce ment that President
Taft is to become a college professor
will cause some commotion among the
busy money makers. The estimate has
recently been made that an ex-presi-
dent, by using such business opportuni-
ties as naturally come to him, could
make $4,000 year. Why should Mr..
Taft take a position that will pay him
but $4,000, and viii take a big chunk
out of his time?
The position Of college professor
does not have the social standing as
of yore. It does not attract young
men as it used to. The professors
themselves are the first to admit and
deplore it.
Formerly, the professor could wear
his rusty tail coat for 20 years. Now
he must have his swallowtail his din
ner coat, his Prince Albert, all fresh
and frequently revised to the latest
college boy taste.
He associates with persons who are
wealthy. The plumber, the tailor as
sess him bill to correspond. He Il
taxed by the Improvement society 70,
drives over which he never travelled
He and his family must needs follow
that many headed beast, Society, into
the lair of all kinds Of expensive in
vitations and costly associations.
His average salary is about $4,000
! To work up to it he must have spen1
several costly years under the &c:
grinders of German universities HI
must work for a mechanics pay fol
the years of a probationary period. HI
must renew and add to his Europeal
impressions occasionally. And for al
this his wife must toll, spin and saw
the basting threads. He must ride
creaky bicycle of antique pattern, a
which even the village urchins poir
with derision.
But there are wise old books
their libraries (even If they may
:. borrowed copies) that tell them no
to deal with these difficulties. They
call what Socrates. who had world
goods worth but 500, said to Kritob'
lous, who had $4,000: Il am richie
than you, for my possession5 satisy
my desires, while yours do not
.. So the professors seem to get alor
very cheerfully, even if the brighte
boys of their classes look askf-.1
a job that does not provide an aut
mobile the second year. Perhaps Pr
! sident Taft's example may suggest to
few of these fellows that not all t
> earth's best wages are paid in coin.