The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-04-23
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After one of the best rains in three
years everybody is happy. It COM
menced raining here Thursday even
ing. By Friday noon we had received
two and one-half inches Of water,
which puts the ground in the best
condition possible for seeding.
All the agriculturists of Des Laos
township will deposit the required
amount of moisture in those horny
hands, grab the first tool that comes
handy, and proceed to make this
township the garden-spot of Ward
county. Who said North Dakota
couldn't come back?
The little daughter of Henderson
Waggoner, who has been confined to
her bed for the past two weeks with
typhoid fever, is very low at this writ
ing. DR.. Halverson and the kind neigh
bors are doing all that human hands
can do to ease the little sufferer. We
hope they may be successful and that
she may recover.
H. w. Gunter and wife have been
on the sick list but at this writing are
up and able to attend to business.
J. w. Hussey and family, J. C. Nc
Cahan and wife, enjoyed visit Sun
day with Nels Pearson and family.
Saturday night several of Joe Pr
kl's friends decided to gather at his
place and surprise them. The surprise
was success. After spending part Of
the evening in social chat the room
was cleared and everybody enjoyed
themselves dancing. At late hour
all departed, convinced that Joe's was
a first class place to pull off a surprise.
Mr.. McCahan, Ross Lyder and
Shirley Field were Minot visitors Sat-
urday.
Our high school, after having been
closed two weeks on account of scarlet
fever, will not open Monday as expect
ed on account of another case of the
same disease in the village. Lille
Starley is the latest patient. Public
gatherings of every description are
forbidden.
Mrs. VIM. Straley of Des Laos re-
ceived the sad news last week that her
son Glen, who was working in saw
mill at Bonners Ferry, Idaho, had the
misfortune of having his right arm
sawed off, or so near it was impossible
to save it. This is indeed sad news
for all of us as Glen was we'll and ia
vorably known in Des Laos, and to see
any young person just starting out
in life handicapped in this way is very
discouraging. They have the sympa-
/. thy of all. ....
In driving into town Saturday we
noticed several of our Des Laos farm
ers dragging their land, it being so
wet the horses went in to their ankles.
This may be. all right but we can't see
it that way.
CDR" Abe Weatherwax was de-
horning cattle for J. w. and H. H.
Hussy Saturday. Being carpenter
Abe naturally likes to use the saw,
in the use of which he is an expert.
We have large acreage of winter
rye in our township this spring and it
all looks we'll, seems at the present
time to make no difference how it was
put in. This is grain that we believe
will mean much to the farmers of
North Dakota as you can seed by
following the binder with the drill, or
if the ground is too firm, follow first
with the disc and then the drill; or
you can plow the land and then seed
It will get the wild oats and Russian
thistles better than any thing we know
Of and at the same time give you a
return for your investment of time
and money. It ripens the middle OF
July, before the harvest of wheat and
other grains is on, therefore coming al
comparatively leisure time. And
last but not least, you have grain
that is second to none as hog feed
AS for raising it for the market we
have no experience, but we do know
that you can sell it for Use or one dol
lar per bushel by the hog route.
As there are petitions out authoriz
ing the county commissioners to pur
chase the fair ground and turn it ove1
to the county and give the farmers thu
control and management of same
through the Farmers clubs OF tn
county, and lest some sign the petl
lions without due consideration,
would like to ask whereby we a.
farmers are to be benefited by tn
transaction? Furthermore there il
nothing in the petition that specifics
how much the commissioners shall