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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-30
KEEPING OF BOOKS

Now is good tine for every far
mer to make u careful study of the
past year to profit by its mistakes and
to plan for the coming season. Ono
of the most important improvements
that can be added to the farm, and
at practically no cost. is the keeping
OF accounts. Quite number OF
North Dakota farmers have already
started this businesslike method OF
handling their farm and they declare
that it is enc OF the most needed
steps toward better farming.
Keeping books gives the farmer
definite information on his business.
and places him in position to improve
his farm. 1t abolishes guesswork
and places him on the same basis as
the businessman or manufacturer who
operate successfully, must have def
mite knowledge of costs, profits, loss
es and general financial standing oi
their business.
Owing to the nature of the farm.
er's work, the accounting system
must be exact, simple, short and prac.
teal. SO as to be kept with least time
and effort. 1t should reveal the
waste and leaks of operation, and en-.
able the farmer at glance to know
which venture is profitable and on
which he is losing moey. The &C
counts should be worked out to suit
the individual needs, but simplicity
and exactness shauid be always kept
in mind.
Taking inventory of the farm prop
erty will tell something of the flnan-
cial standing of the owner, and taken
yearly is the simplest form of &C.
counting. The inventory should in
clude cost price of machinery and
equipment and their present value
given after reasonable deduction
based on life of articles has been
made. Market value should be given
live stock, grains and feed. The oh.
ject is to get the true value of every
thing owned and to reveal the results
of the years operations.
1t is better to go step further and
keep definite accounts of all receipts
and expenditures and separate &C.
counts Of all receipts with each de-
partment, as fields, live stock, etc.
would seem to involve more book.
keeping than most farmers are pre-
pared to do, but in reality takes lit f,
tie time and is the surest.
Time devoted to keeping accounts
will be most proitably spent. The
short time expended each week will
save much unnecessary work, and
will aid considerably in planning for
the better. The sooner the keeping
of farm books is practiced, the sooner
will We have better and more profit
able farming.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-30

Hundreds of silos will be built in
North Dakota this year. Ward coun.
ty, we believe, has nine such struc.
lures hut the number ought to be
ninety. Stock raising is bound TO
succeed grain growing as our princi-
pal industry.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-30

There are just two things necessary
for the express companies to do 70
get back the business they have lost
by the parcels post: Put down their
prices to compete. with Uncle sam.
and buy advertising space to let the
people know about it.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-30

South Dakota wanted our state %
Join her in the expense Of making IN
exhibit at the Panama exposition q
San Fsancisoo in 1915. Our lesisla-
ture turned down the proposition.
which was right. North Dakota Isn't
80 cheap Is that.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-30

t . . Z = + d n
Our great corporations realize that
their success depends largely upon
success Of the agricultural interesta
and that the SUCCESS Of the farmer dc.
ponds much on whether Of not he d.
veraes. The Great Northern railway
company that had always taken q
foremost step In the development Of
the country through which Il passes.
10 preparing to place : number Of ez-
perts in dairying along it, line to
work II conjunction with the farm.
srs.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-30

UsTs similar 70 the above Of Henry George the
will be offered libraries
George library The BY
Richard
bureau
possible phioso
hs heritage
Henry
Gaa that his memory 4 perpetuateA
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-30

It is reported that bill will soon
be introduced in the legislature max.
ing it penitentiary onense to take
a drink Of intoxicating liquor in North
Dakota. II such bill does pass, the
population Of Bismarck ought to dou.
BILE.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-30

When the women take over the
county Offices. the cuspidors VIII 70
out Of the court houses. With Q wo-
man judge on the bench, the lawyers
will have TO quit smoking. And with
women councilmen, We may expect
ordinances making 1t misdemeanor
to wear dirty shirt or come down
town unshaven. There is consider
able to this woman suffrage question
beyond what appears ON the surface.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-30

A bulletin from the Office Of the
state railway commission states that
unless 1t is stopped elevators will be-
pi osecutcd for the following and other
Illegal practices: Failure to use stor.
age tickets prescribed by law; fixing
prices at retrospective points;
combinations to control prices: short
weighing and docking OF barley; r..
fusal to take grain in store. We
have heard complaints of these prac.
tees before and no doubt the rail.
way commission will enforce the law
in their power. We have heard of
absolutely no complaint, However,
concerning the Minot grain dealers,
who are as white a lot OF business
men as one can find.
An upstate contemporary tells us
Of novel contribution basket for
churches invented by an Oklahoma
man. If a person drops a quarter or
more in the Eox there Is silence: n
he drops dime in the bell rings. a
nickle sounds a whistle and penny
fires blank cartridge. II one pre-
tends to be asleep when the box is
passed. it awakens him with watch.
mans rattle, and kodak takes his
picture. Unfortunately the name and
postoffice address Of the inventor are
not given. There are number Of
church stewards in several towns
who would like to get into communi.
cation with him. l.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
SYSTEM WRONG
DECLARES SPEER
Federal Judge Criticises De-
partment of Justice For
Dealings with Judiciary

Sioux City, Ia. June 26.-Criticism
Of the department of justice of Ar
bitrary espionage or investigation of
by Judge Emeory Speer. United States
judge for the southern district of
Georgia, was a feature of the annual
meeting of the Iowa State Bar asso-
citation, which met here today.
Judge Speer spoke with great vigor
and emphasis, declaring the situation
as Intolerable." He said, in part:
More dangerous than the power to
disqualify judge is the power to dis
grace and defame him. My brethren.
l ask you to consider II in the utter
absence of all charges against him, is
arbitrary espionage or investigation
of a Judge, made by examiners. as
they are termed of the department Of
Justice, under the direct order of the
attorney general, to maltreat Ameri-
can judges with cruel and apparently
callous Indifference to their reputa-
tion and good name? ! speak imper-
sonally and with all due respect for
the head of a department who is ex-
officio the leader Of the American bar
He is, however, also the leading coun-
sci for the government, and no mat
ter how considerate. how equable IN
thought and language. how complete
ly non PARTISAN he may be. ought any
lawyer to have inquisitorial power
over the Judge who is to try his case? !?
And. least Of all. should this power
be exercised in a land where the In
Of judiciary is the very
stone of the national
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
READY TO DENY
L0VETT'S CHARGE
New York Lawyer Will be
Heard on Attempt at Be-
ing Made a Lobbyist.

Washington, June 26.-Robert S.
LoVett's charge that men impersonat-
Ing members of congress have been
making demands upon Wall street fin
anciers stirred congressional circles to-
day. Lovett. chairman of the board
Of the Union Pacific railroad. made
the charge before the senate lobby in
vestigating committee last night, say
ing that men, impersonating repre-
sentatives had claimed to be able to
grease the wheels in Washington'
for the Union Pacific merger dissolu-
ton.
While the lobby committee is re-
cessing today. a plan for following the
trail that Lovett disclosed. is being
taken up by the members.
Lovett's testimony dealt with the
alleged efforts to force the railroad
to employ Edward Lauterbach of New
York, an attorney. Lauterbach arriv-
ed here today and arranged with
Chairman Overman to be heard be-
fore the senate lobby committee to-
night. Lauterbach declared that he is
prepared to deny Lovett's charge
generally.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
ORDER ISSUED
BY PRESIDENT
Under the Change Minot Be-
comes Central Office for
the District.
SWEEPING CHANGE
NOT ANTICIPATED
Comes as Complete Surprise-Terri.
tory Covered by Order Extends Over
Most of the North Half of North
Dakota-Effective Immediately.

Under an order by President Wood
row Wilson issued today the Devils
Lake and Minot land offices are to be
consolidated. with headquarters in
Minot.
This order is the third that has
been issued under which land office
has been abolished. the Grand Forks
office being the first to go, the Fargo
office following this year. and now
the Devils Lake Office is to go.
Under the order that was promul-
gated some time ago, abandoning the
Fargo Office, effective June 80, several
counties that We're in that district
were attached to the Devils Lake dis.
trict.
BY the new order made TODAY. these
counties will be consolidated with the
Minot district.
Leaves Four Offices.
When today's order becomes effec.
tive there will be only four land Of
fees left in North Dakota, being in
the extreme western district-at MI.
not, Williston, Bismarck and Dickin.
son.
The rapidity with which the lands
have been proved up in the central
part of the state during the last few
years has been responsible for the
abandonment Of the Offices.
No information was received hero
today as to the time that the Devils
Lake Office goes out of existence
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
JAILED FOR LIBEL

Boston. June 26.-Philip Kahn. the
music publisher. who was found guilty
of criminally libelling Henry Russell,
director of the Boston Opera house,
was sentenced to Imprisonment in the
house of correction for one year.
The libel was contained in a series
Of special articles printed in a music.
magazine published by Kahn. in which
the personal and business character of
Russell was attacked. At the trial
counsel for Kahn endeavored to intro
duce evidence to support these charg-
es but Judge Brown would not allow
its admission. The defense then re-
fused to contest the case. and Judge
Brown directed the jury to return q
verdict Of guilty.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
DE!P0RT men IN
NETH0D|CAL WAY
J s-l+7'IT7. !, i, ! =
Business Men Close Houses
and Town Joins in Chas-
ing Organizers Out.

Marshfield, Ore, June 2s.-Business
houses Of this town closed for an hour
or more yesterday while the proprie-
tors Joined throng of several hun
dred men who drove two Industrial
Workers of the World leaders out of
town and warned them never to re-
turn. The mob, without violence or
noise, then marched to the building
where the workers have been accus-
toned to gather and gave the pro-
prietor notice that all other members
Of the organization and their SYM
pathizers would be similarly treated.
The deported pair. w. ]. Edgwortfl,
county secretary. and Wesley Everett,
an organizer. were placed in a small
boat supplied with food for day or
two and taken eighteen miles from
town before they were allowed to
land. They were arrested on vagran-
cy charges and their deportation fol-
lowed Immediately on their release.
. The Industrial Workers have been
involved in several strikes in the saw
mills of this section recently.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
DO NOTHING RASH REQUEST OF
ERR|NC WIFE, AS SHE SENDS SHOT
INTO BRAIN; HART FREE UNDER BOND

Ryder D. June 2e-Dramaic incidents
She suicded
before
suicides husband
Tuesday
and " ' - "
Following the confession Griffin
home a brother
and sister Griffin in Montan
the left
half
investigation
IN the Kitchen the bullet
notes written BY her. also Grimm
SUIT 81 the affair Another note Is addressed Nell m
Geo Hart arrested Yesterday Of
Feeling q " '7','
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26

Representative Carter Glass of
Lynchburg, Va, and Senator Robert
G. owen of Oklahoma are the two
most important figures in House and
Senate in connection with the cur
rency reform question, which will
soon receive the attention of the extra
session. Glass is chairman of the
House banking and currency commit
tee. and for two yearsshe has studied
the question closely. owen is chair
mansof this committee in the senate.
Glass had a bill drawn six months
ago. but since then he has consulted
with President Wilson, and it is like
ly the one introduced will be radically
different. Both William j. Bryan and
Secretary of the Treasury William g.
McAdoo have had hand in the mat
ter
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
TEACH BEGGING
Young Woman Declares That sh,
Was Taught Deaf and Dumb" Art.

Was Taught "Deaf and Dumb" Art,
Duluth. Mimi. June 26.-That a
school exists in Milwaukee. where
young men and women are taught
how to beg by the deaf and DUMP
route was the statement made by. q
girl arrested and brought before Judge
Cutting In police court. The last
three arrests of such beggers MADE
here have resulted in the disclosure Of
the fake. each of the prisoners testi-
flying that he or she came from Mil
waukee. where they were taught how
to beg.
Ethel Pratchet. "a years old, was
the girl who explained the method.
She told Judge Cutting that she was
graduate" and that she had work
ed all over Wisconsin and Michixan.
and was going TO Minneapolis and 81.
Paul" but was arrested when detsct-
ed BY local real estate man. himself
deaf and dumb. She said she was to
marry in Milwaukee next week, liav-
ing been divorced there a few months
ago, and Judge Cutting allowed her to
90. Her parents are at Neenah. VIA,
and are caring for her baby, she said.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
ASKING 10000
INCHES Of Skin
Attempt. at Saving Lives
Takes on Gigantic Proper
tions in Buffalo.

Buffalo, N. Y, June 26.-Over 1o,-
900 square inches if skin must be CIV
en- for grating purposes If the death
list Of the Huested Elevator company
reaching far more appalling propor-
tions. according to conservative esti-
mates of physicians in attendance on
the injured.
To meet the demand 800 volunteers
are needed. A public appeal is to be
made as soon as the exact condition
is known.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
CONNECTICUT GOLF TOURNEY

New Haven, Conn.,. June 25.-The
annual tournament for the champion
ship of the Connecticut State Golf as
sociation was opened under favorable
conditions today on the links of the
New Haven Country club. Many
players OF high class are among the
entrants and some spirited competi-
in the tournament will be- played Sat-
urday.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
WILLIAMSON HEAD-

Bismarck. n. D.. June 26.-The
annual meeting of the Grand Lodge
of Masons adjourned last night. will
meet in Fargo next year, that city
being selected. The following officers
We're elected: Grand master, Walter
T. Williamson, Lisbon: deputy grand
master. Frank A. Cousins, Bismarck:
senior grand warden William Spriggs,
Grand Forks: junior grand warden,
Howard Jorgen, Hillsboro; grand
treasurer. Clinton D. Lord, Park Riv-
er; grand secretary, Walter L. Stock
we'll, Fargo.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
DEVILS LAKE AND M|N0T LAND
OFFICES CONSOLIDATED today
JEMS CASE Went TO
JURY At 1880; new
CASE IS UNDER way

The case OF the government
against the publishers of Jim jam
JemS was given to the jury at
1880 today. This morning was
given over to the arguments of
attorneys and the charge of Judge
Willard. This afternoon the case
against Stover, U. S. soldier
charged with raising money or
der. will come up for trial.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
Dramatic Incidents.
ENDORSE BRYAN PEACE pr.aN

Warrington. Juno 26.-Endorse-
ment OF Secretary Bryan's peace plan
ana the re-election for the tenth time
Of Missouri az president, featured the
annual meeting here yesterday OF the
American group Of the Inter -Pariia-
mentary union. The group Ii compos.
ed entirely Of members Of congress.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
DUNNE SIGNS BILL

Gives Women Right to Vote for cer-
tain Onicers In Illinois
Springfield. Ill. June 2s.-GoS,
Dunno today signed the bill givina
women the right to vote for candi.
dates for all statutory ofices. Oppo.
nents OF the measure intimated that
its constitutionality will be tested q
the courts. 4. s.. 80
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
SHIELDS HUSBAND
Woman, Arrested for Theft. Goes t
WorkhOuse In MINNEAPOLIS.

woman, Arrested Tor Theft, Goes to
Workhouse in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Minn., June ga
fashionably gowned woman. who gave
her name as Mrs. Harry Hanon. wife
Of st. Louis hotel man, but who lat
er said her name was Mrs. Maude
Blum, was given a sixty days sentence
in the. Minneapolis workhouse. She
was arrested, charged with stealing q
purse from Minneapolis woman at a
railroad station. Before her trial,
however. the complaining witness
had left the city and the charge was
changed to that of vagrancy.
Mrs. Blum told the court that she
would take her prison sentence, but
would not reveal her identity.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
REPLACE DAMAGE

-Four Million Building Mark Attained
in San Francisco.
San Francisco, June 26.-With the
filing today Of an application for a
permit to construct a $500 cottage.
building applications since the fire Of
1905 reached total of approximate
ly $400,000,000, in rough figures the
amount of the city's loss of property
In that disaster. Today's application
is numbered $4,000, the series dating
from the first. issue after the fire.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
FIRES IN ALASKA
Heavy Toll Being Exacted by Flame
In FOreSte

IN Forests.
Washington, June 26.-Serious fires
have broken out on the Kenai penin-
sular, Alaska, and are devastating for
ests on the public domain outside of
the Chugach national forest, accord
ing to telegraphic advices to the bur-
eau Of forestry. The extent of the
damage is not known here. but the
fire-fighting force of the Chugach for
est has been. ordered on the scene.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
WASHBURN BANK CLERK |SF0UND NOT
GUILTY Of KILLING CLARENCE funk
Sensational Case Comes n End This Morning With
Jury's Finding-Deliberated But Six Hours Before
Reaching Agreement, and Then Went to Sleep.
ACCUSED MAN WEEPS AS HI GrlDs1,sSr{t1e i;1,Sr{e
HIS lawyer; THANKS EACH Of .WRYMEN
Hurryng From Room in Which the Trial Occurred, He
Brings News Personally to His Wife and sisters-Mys
terry of Death Remains Un soved-Peculiar Features

n. 7. of
the murde Of arenc
verdict him
his feelings in flood
shoulders of his
he wasa %
Anderson
md or
and Bangs
going
ing
Anderson the of
eyersn
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26

z .. M. o.; max. -; min. o0:,
northeast wind, 16 miles; precaN. y
tation .O4: barometer, $3.50.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
Extra!
NORTHERN LEAGUE GAMES TODAY

INNINGS
ST. PAUL.
At WINONA.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
sENERAn roREoArs

North Dakota - shoWers tonight
aahd Friday. Cooker In southeast to-
night.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-25
A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE VIEW

From the Christian Science Monitor)
1t is almost resorting to platitude to
say that he people of the United States
are disconnected with the existing sys-
tenn of taxation, whether it be direct or
indirect, and with it's operation and
results. 1t is and it has been for years
s. matter of national notoriety and
complaint, and in these later days it
has become a national scandal tina.
taxation is unduly borne by some, sue
cessfully escaped by others. The
strongest argument that has been
brought and the strongest that
can be brought in favor of
the national income tax measure is
that it is intended and will operate TO
distribute taxation equitably, If 1t
does nothing more than to correct the
evils wrought by the personal tax sys-
TEN it will have achieved a great work
| in behalf of the moral uplift of the
nation Tax lodging, with all it in
wolves in the evasion of good citizen
ship, in honor, in patriotism, in neigh
borly and civic obligation, has long
been the bane of this democracy. +
the income tax law now proposed does
no more than to fulfill it's purpose and
it's promise in this single particular, it
will have justified itself
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-25
WHEN Is A TERRAPIN?
Pennsylvania Justice Says the Tooth
SEINE Animal Is a Serpent

(Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph)
1t was a ticket seller on an English
railroad, if memory serves right, who
declared that dogs is dogs and cats is
cats. but that there tortoise is him
sect" Much nearer home vastly diff
ferent classification Of members of the
turtle family has become a matter Of
legal record. 1t appears that strange
sounds were heard emanating from Il
suitcase which a travelling salesman
had in his possession when he reached
Greensburg. the metropolis of West
noreland county. The suspicious Of
the baggage men at the railroad sta
lions were aroused, and the owner of
the suitcase was ordered to tell what
it contained. He opened it and exhib-
tied four terrapins. which he said he
had purchased in Baltimore, and
thereupOn he was arrested on a hui
name agents charge of cruelty to
animals.
Naturally an event of this nature
caused much excitement in the Office OF
the justice of the peace. where the de-
PENDANT was arranged, and, naturally,
there was much scratching of heads
from which had vanished natural his
tory knowledge that had been acquir-
cd in youth. Finally. however, the
representatives of the law declared
that terrapins are not animals, but
serpents. and therefore, the defendant
was not guilty of cruelty to animals.
Probably there are many persons
who ON first thought, will laugh at
what they term the ignorance Of the
justice of the peace. Upon consulta-
ton Of authorities. however, it will be
found that the magistrate was correct
TO a certain extent, for the Encyclo-
pedia Americana defines turtles, tor
tOtses, and terrapins as members If
the reptilian order. while the New
international Encyclopedia Classics
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-25

the turtle as "a shell-incased reptile
of the order Chelonia." So far so good
for the Westmoreland man of legal
opinions, but further investigation
puts him to the bad" somewhat.
Turning again to the Encyclopedia
Americana it is found that reptiles ara
animals; while the New Information
al Encyclopedia says that serpent is
a snake, that a snake is reptile, and
that reptile is an animal. And there
you are Perhaps by this time that
humane agent is in the mood to enjoy
a laugh at the expense of the magis-
trate, but, to be strictly fair, there
should be agreement on a division of
honors, for the exponent of the law
was half right in his decision. The
travelling salesman. however, has the
laugh on both of them.