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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20

The Independent Is glad to learn OF
the appointment Of former Govern
John Burke as United States treasur.
er. The position will carry a salary
of $4,000 a year and the North
Dakota man will Ill the 20.
sition with credit to our state. There
are many who would like to have seen
him get cabinet position az he real
ly had 1t coming, but there were other
states that had stronger Gains to the
cabinet omces.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20

Which pays better, sport or brains?
The papers lately have had some fun
over the report that President Taft is
to receive $4,000 as professor Of law
at Yale COLLEGE and some fellow, $4,000
as football coach. Taft has studied
law for thirty years, the sporting di,
rector is. mere boy. It IS always
easier to get money for fun than for
knowledge. People, especially boys.
want laughter more than learning.
Books are necessary. but the average
youngster Goes not banker after
them.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20

At the time this is written We have
no idea who the candidates for city
commissioners and president Of cur
commission will be. The man who is
to become the chief executive of our
city should first Of all have moral
courage or 10 use other terms, good
stiff backbone. He should see that
the sanitary ordinances Of our city
are respected. Give ue a clean city
physically and we will be more apt
to have clean city morally. The
city commissioners should not be
afraid to compel the citizens TO clean
up their back lots and alleys. Owners
Of vacant lots should be compelled to
toe the scratch.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20

Minot is in need of laundry that
will not only do first class work, but
one that will appreciate the patron
age of the best people of the city. Re-
Gently quite number Of first class
business and professional men receiv-
ed a polite request to come across
Immediately, if not sooner, 9th
erwise they would confer great ia
vor on the proprietor Of said laundry
by sending their dirty buds else.
where. AS one man has practically a
monopoly Of the laundry business IN
this city, one Is almost compelled to
patronize him or else join the Dago
brigade ut the river. A second laun.
dry would do we'll here.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20
historic Mace Repaired,

b
Taken from the capitol for the Arst
time in ten years. the historic eagle
capped mace. symbol Of the authoeity
Of the house OF representatives, WAS
recently carried to a jeweiry shop In r
street for repairs. As the silversmith
steadied the emblem upon its stan. riv-
sttng pini0n which holds the soxtant
In place. two Of the capitol police. obsy-
ing an unwritten law that demands
that some one in authority must al
ways be its custodian. stood guard over
the mace. After the repairs were COM
pleted the mace was returned to the Of
ice of the sergeant-at-arms. The mace
was made In 1S41 by William Adams
Of New York. 1t was last repaired
about a decade ago. when wing OF
one of the eagles became knicksd.-
Washington Post.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20
Bryce and His Pine.

Commenting on the retirement Of
James Bryce. the British ambassador
to the United States. the Dundee Ad-
vertiser says that one personal feature
Of Mr.. Bryce which appealed to Amer
leans was his total absence Of "ade."
The Advertiser adds: "A visitor called
on him one Sunday morning ut the
British embassy at Washington. and
Mr.. Bryce met him in the hall and
begged him to come this way. where.
we can talk undisturbed.' He led the.
way to the library. and the hrst thing,
he did was to take out we'll worn to-
bacco pouch and blackened brier pipe.
which he proceeded to Oil and smoke.
The caller realized that this was what.
the ambassador wished to be 'undis--
turbed' about"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20

that our city water has an .odor o.
this season Of the year! A smelling
ommittee can guess pretty vel, what
The trouble 10 without any assistance
from Prof. Ladd.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20

The Spokane flyer was wrecked at
Davis Tuesday. AS 1t was passing
the lower switch the hind trucks OF
the third coach climbed the rail. and
for distance Of coo fee: the car
was bumped over the ties. AS 1t
was dragged along the car body
caught the platform at Davis and
completely demolished it. When the
train was brought to q stop 1t was
found that the only damage to equ,E-
ment was the steps Of the coach
were torn off and Jrawtar broken.
The train pulled up to town where the
car was switched to the rear Ut the
train and fastened with chains aud
then proceeded on its way. three
hours Gate. One passenger, young
lady, was said to have had RIB brok.
en-. This, SO far as we are able to
learn, was the only causualty Of what
might have proved very serious
wreck.
e.. c. Danielson writes Minot
friends from Great Falls, Mont,
where he is now located.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20

We know OF NO state where WORKING
girls have the advantages that they
have right here in North Dakota.
They can always command the high.
est wages and usually dictate terms.
In one of Minot's hotels, the wait.
resses in addition to receiving top
notch wages. usually receive tips
daily asgragating = couple Of dol.
lars each.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20
Historic puraxze.

4 The Balkan turmoil is stirring our
historical and geographical memories
For a thousand years or SO no one has
thought much Of Durazzo. But It was
4 famous port when the Romans called
It Dyrrachium. 1t was the nearest
point across from Brundusium-which
. now Brindisi land was chosen ~
Cicero as his place Of pleasant exile.
Just as Boulogne is regarded from this
side OF the channel. In fact, Brundu-
SUM and Dyrrachium We're the Dover
and Calais OF the Romans, and now
ance more purazzo Is springing into
Importance. Westminste Gazette. n
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20
t,eoroe .nd q. prason =.

Frank Harris. the English author
ma lecturer, says that there are three
Glasses Of society In Dnsiand-ths
aristocrats., who are barbarians: the
middle class, who are philistines. and
- iregs OF society. who are nothing
q all. II il a funny thing that ths
ilate King Edward. who had all the
Vices Of the urlstocrats. was beloved
u: the middle class and that his son.
King George. who has AL the virtues
81 the middle class. Is despised BY the
aristOcrats He and the queen are al
ways spoken Of ns George and the
Dragon. - New York World. &,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20

The Independent was pleased e
note that the Socialists voted to ous'
william d. Haywood from it's nation
al executive committee, thereby re
pudiating the doctrine Of violence and
destruction, advocated by the leader
OF the Industrial Workers OF the
World. 1t must be borne In mind
that this result has been effected not
by the action Of few high In the or
ganizaticn, Tut by nation wide vot.
of the dues-paying members of the
party. The Independent was surprls.
ed to note that the local Socialist or.
gan favored the retention Of Hay.
wood. a revolutionist at heart and a
desp.ser Of our flag. The Socialist
party has shown its good sense by
refusing to shelter and lend its name
to leaders who were discredit to Il.
Under the new law, the maximum
salary Of the Minot city commission.
ers is fifty dollars a month. This
salary is none too large. We'd rath-
er see the commissioners receive o
fair salary than none at all, then We
can with good grace demand Of them
certain work that otherwise we might
excuse them for not doing. We hire
the best men available to conduct the
affairs Of our Wholesale houses. We
should be Just as particular In &c.
lecting our city officers. We should
elect no man to Office Just because he
happens to be good fellow. We
have good material here. Let's take
our coats of and elect them.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20
ANYTHING ELSE WANTED.

A North Dakota editor recently re-
ceived the following letter:
please send me q eew copies Of
the paper which had the obituary and
verses about the death Of my child a
week or SO ago. Also publish the en-
closed clipping about my niece's mar.
rage. And l wish you would men
ton in your local columns. il 1t don't
cost anything, that have two bull
calves to sell. Send me couple OF
extra copies Of the paper this week
AS my subscription Is out please stoll
my paper. Times are too hard to
waste money on newspapers"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20
Synthetic Rubia,.

SO absolutely perfect In color. hard
ness. refraction, durability and compo-
sition are the most recently manufac-
tured specimens of rubies that Euro
pean brokers now refuse to take rubies.
in pawn, rs they cannot distinguish
the synthetic gem from the product Of
nature. The German jewelry trade has
petitioned the government to take legal
steps to protect the public BY requiring
the synthetic gem to be sold az such.
The manufacture Of sapphires and 9th
or gems Ia conducted under the same
general process by the addition Of the
necessary cOlOring matter. Paris h
producing large quantities of the gems.
and Professor Miethe Of Berlin has 10
Gently improved the process.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20

North Dakota seems to have bsen
out Of the storm center which struck
the eastern, middle western ana
southern states last week. The wind
reached a velocity Of sixty miles ~
hour and in many parts Of w1scon.
sin and Illinois became cyclonfc IN
Its nature. Several persons were
killed and great damage was doce.
Snow. rain, sleet. foods and wind NJ
contributed to make life miserable fo1
the people o. those sections. while
we were enjoying the calmest kind q
weather.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20
ENGLAND. VANISHING 1 axe.

Enoland's Vanishing Lake.
The famous Dunkirk lake ut North
wich (Cheshire) has vanished. for the
second time within year. In . few
seconds millions of gallons Of water en-
tered the bowels Of the earth through
1 great chasln 200 feet deep, formed by
q subsistence, and left an empty space
where the lake had been. A big land
aide In this countryside, honeycombed'
~ subsidences due to brine pumping,
occurred about twenty years ago. and
In May last the lake formed. Three
months later it suddenly smptied Itself
and then began slowly to refill. Traffic
IN the vicinity Of the phenomenon was
at once stopped. and precautions have
been taken to prevent further collapses
Of earth. London Mirror.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20

The Independent welcomes the
young mems organization which waa
formed recently. Minot has several
hundred hnstling young tuslness men
who are rapidly shaping themselves
to take the reins Of the city in their
hands when the older ones are ready
to lay them aside. They are q pro
gressive lot Of young boosters whose
ideals are correct. Such an orsani-
cation cannot help but have power
full influence for good on the affairs Of
our city.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-03-20


In the meantime keep the dictlon-
airy on the table. For pagt ant say
pal cant. for sacrifice say the wo,a
with z scu.,d in last s,'Iahle, always
in dessert put the accent on the last
syllable, say seth for saith, which
even some ministers pronounce in two
syllabies. up against" is popular,
but drop the up. Rise to the feet o,
stand on the feet L nonsense, but you
hear 1t, say rise or stand. Even good
writer's use considerable space 81
time" instead Of a considerable tine
Not bury up. but hurry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-06
A MAIL ORDER TAX.

bill has recently been introduced in Congress call for internal tax of cent of the to- tai amount of sales of order houses through interstate Leading wholesalers say this tax is too small
 While such tax would be protection to the retail store, it should not be sought primarily protective measure There real basis for such levy, fair contribution these houses from their great traffic.
 Under present conditions, probably none of these cerns pays fair share of the country burdens.
 The retail merchant pays stiff tax, because he must keep large assortment of goods hand. The public will not buy his goods Funsight and unseen People de nand chance to see them and considerable assortment that they select from various styles and prices The merchant thus carries much tangible property which the assessor sees, and which he taxes
 By clever advertising, the mail order house escapes the usual necessity of business that the purchaser be shown the goods The purchaser buys faith The pro portion of goods kept hand very small compared to what the retail merchant keeps The cannot find much taxable property in catalogue books What the mail order house pays of according to the of different states But the assessable property hand must usually very small in proportion to the bus mess done and the profits thereof.
 It seems only fair that such houses should pay lib eral excise tax Otherwise they enter into competition which he must always carry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-06
MOTHERS IN CONGRESS.

Some drbles of information relative to the National Congress of Mothers session for recent days Boston, have been Altering down through the daily press There delegates there from all But the prnc pal effect editorial sanctums has been various pert paragraphs, limiting in differing forms that congress- ing should be left to the
 Of the newspapers in whatever place is select ed for this annual print any fippant marks If attitude of digned respect maintained, Mother may buy some copies.
 It is of course we'll known fact that Mother finds all the recreation she needs in alarming stockings cooking the dinner If the creature comfort that produces evokes smiles of approval from the regnant male element of the family she is amply repaid Father of course driven the of business needs change'' from time to time, and the young folks must not hang the kitchen the garden and neglect the baseball Mother finds the regular produ ction of those pies that she used to make consistently exciting
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-06

Sept. ', 1922, is peculiar to that coun- try and includes a disregard for the laws of convention and Mother Grun- dy that would turn Anthony Com stocks hair white in an hour. To the average Brazilian-who is of mix ed Portuguese, negro or Indian blood, liberty means license in moral mat ters Paris is naughty, in spots, but the City of Light at it's gayest would be considered tame by those accus- toned to the highIy-spiced pleasures of Rio de Janeiro.
 This spirit of disregard for the con- ventions naturally reaches it's height on holidays, and more especially on independence day. Brazilians are passionately fond of the theatre, and the special holiday performances are an important part of the celebration. In some of the pIayhouses of Rio and other large Brazilian cities perfor- mances may be witnessed to-day that for frankness would make anything ever witnessed on a Parisian stage seem prudish and proper by compar- ison. The costumes of Adam and Eve are popular in a certain type of Brazilian theatres, as being not only satisfactory to patrons, but also inex- pensive. Even the movies have been debauched to pornographic pur- poses.
 One of the most popular 'come- dies'' presented in Rio in recent years began with a commonplace Vaude- vile act. It was very tame, and pres ently a gentleman, the type of an en1- inently respectable paterfamilias, arose from his seat in the front row and voiced his disapproval He said he had expected to see som ething-er lively even a bit-er-spicy, some thing that would interest and amuse a tired business man. If the manage ment thought he would be satisfied with mere juggling act, why, then the management were very much mls- taken Speaking for himself, and he considered for many others present Cloud cheers) he would no longer toll crate such an imposition, but would leave the theatre, and he would also advise his large circle of friends neV- CT to ratronize it. At this huster- ed and frightened manager appeared before the curtain, profusely apologet- ic and begged the protesting gentle man not to leave. Indeed, rather than to disannoint so estimable a person, he would invite him to came back into the dressing room, where, perhaps. Shortly the curtain went up, revealing the interior of a dresslng-room and many dishabilIe ladies, with the pro testing paterfamilias as one of the star actors The play was fully re- viewed in the columns of a Rio news naner bearing the appropriate title to translate it literally-of "Rio Ma ked'' While vice is not Haunted quite so shamelessly now as in the mast. Rio is still the naughtiest big city on the worlds map. And it is big city, beautifully located and mag
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-06
War With Mexico To Keep Assassin In Power
 Is Purpose Of Interests

that Maderos friends-scattered or crushed-could not make headway against him. There was no talk then of intervention. The men who are now clamoring for the soldiers to cross the Rio Grande did not suggest that Uncle Sam and the other world pow CTS should send a column of troops to Mexico City for the purpose of hanging the assassins as high as Ha- man. On the contrary they c1arnored for recognition of the government founded murder. It was not until the Maderists had reorganized their shattered forces and had decisively defeated Huerta's regiments, gaining control of practically all of Northern Mexico, that the United States was urged to intervene "to save lives and property"
 FEAR FIGHTING YANKEES
 Most of the Americans now in Mex ico are employees Of the big mining and other corporations. They are being kept in the country for the purpose Of protecting their employers proper ty. They could have been withdrawn to this side of the Rio Grande at almost anytime during the past two years, but they have been ordered to remain at their posts and, like the brave Americans they are, they have obeyed. They are well armed and up to-date, have demonstrated their abil- ity to look after themS elves In ad- dition, all of the participants in the Revolution have manifested a disposi- ton to give the fighting Yankees Q wide berth The result is that despite the hullaba1loo raised by the interest ed parties there has been little Or no loss of property but the loss falls on 1nillionaires or large corporations who are amply able to await the restora- ton of peace when they are sure to be compensated.
 GREAT ARMY NEEDED.
 No one in Washington pretends that we could undertake the paciffcation of Mexico, with an army of less than 250, 900 men. With such an army Mex leo might be successfully occupied barring foreign comp1fcations-an by establishing a large number of mili- tary posts order might be brought out of chaos. But what next? Would we oust Huerta and seat Carranza or at tempt to estab a protectorate as we have in Cuba? There are fifteen million people in Mexico. Suppose they objected to our solution of he problem, how many years and how much of men and money woud it re- Quire to convert them to our way thinking? This war game is the most
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-06
wREcKs HERE AND ABROAD.

The Hartford Courant pleads railroad accident in England extenuation for the railroad accident at Walingford. It seems to look with sorrow upon the probability it perceves that the New Haven Company will be severely criticised than the English Com pany. This will depend upon conditions Has the Eng fish road had accident following accident week after another? Has killed and injured the that have been killed and injured the New Haven? Are the Eng fish accidents traceable to the footing of the English lines by the trustees in charge of the property?
 We venture to say that were New Haven conditions reproduced in England English law would long have landed distinguished English gentlemen in famous Eng fish prisons
 It is only in America of all the nations of the earth that transactions of the type that have put the New into distress attended with immunity for the per petrators of them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-06
Ry Our Staff correspcrdcnt.)

ND
 Washington, D. C., Sept 5-Certain ir ter ests seem determined to kick the country into war with Mexico. In Washington there is no one who is in the know who is afraid Of Wilson stampeding as Mckinley did unIer the paign which preceded the Spanish American war, but it is just as well that we sit down and calmly consider the cost of a conflict with our peppery neighbors to the south.
 We know that the average jfngo does not consider it good form" to stop to count the cost of war. He would have US fight while our blood is up and permit posterity to do the counting. But the jingoes seldom do the real fighting. They confine them selves to the talking end of the game. Like Artemus Ward, they are willing to sacrifice all of their wives rela- tives but they are mighty careful of their own precious hides.
 Now what is the situation in Mex ico? Huerta, a red handed assassin, is maintaining a precarious hold on the Central government. The surviving followers of Madero seem to have him in a tight place, and according to the most reliable information obtainable in Washington, they may be in a posi- ton in the near future to stand him up against a stone wall and shoot him. If he does receive such treatment there will be a lot of people in the civ i1ized world who will have private opinions to the effect that he receiv- ed his just deserts
 MADERO A PATRIOT.
 It is pretty well established that Huerta was bribed to betray his chief. The special interests which had be- come intrenched in the Southern Re public during the regime of Porf1rio Diaz, hated Madero. He was a dream CT, an idea1ist-a patriot. He wanted his people to have a, larger measure of liberty. He wanted a Mexico for the Mexicans. In a word he was a leader in the centuries-old and worldwide battle against special privilege. And special privilege fought him as special privilege always fghts-doing what ever was necessary to attain it's ends.
 In this case it was necessary to bribe the commander of his army and to permit that commander to kill him wk:le he slept and to seize the exalt- ed rosition which the murdered man had filled with so much honor, and ability and self-abnegation- For Q time it seemed that Huerta's bloody coup had rendered him supreme and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-06
a Congress of Mothers.

that such jun<et attending Congress of Mothers if it be a junket, is superfuous.
 It is to be feared too that the National Congress Mothers tangible political asset is not immediately very tangible. Probably the politicians would rather have the support of first class saloon than the while gress of them.
 Still, as one glances the fragmentary reports with which the huyng presses have favored the moth CTS in council it does if ''Child wefare' great big phrase When you consider all that means physical health training work the clean life, the realization of these hopes would make these United States scarcely recognizable.