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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19
FIELD OF STATE PRESS.

One Of the most interesting papers
prepared for the recent Corn and
Clover Convention at Grand Forks
dealt with the relation Of the state
press to the Better Farming move.
ment and state progress. Its author
laid special stress upon the vital i'm.
portance to the state and it's citizens
of progressive up-to-the- minute news
papers. Among other things he said
Every farmer in North Dakota
should subscribe for the local paper
as we'll as farm periodicals and such
other publications as he may find
profitable. but he should by all means,
subscribe for his local paper, and no
home should be without it. The local
paper is part of the community life
and the editor understands the FARM
ers' problems. It is the local press
that will study the local problems and
through its columns deal with subjects
Of most vital Importance to local life
Of the community.
"The rural civilization has placed
upon the rural press renewed respon-
sibilities and enlarged possibilities for
usefulness. 1t cannot perform its
mission to agriculture by recording
the frailties, the mishaps and inordi-
nate ambitions of humanity or by fill
ing it's columns with the echoes of the
struggles of busy streets, or by en-
chanting stories of city life which lure
our children from the farm.
"It has a higher and nobler task.
The rural press is the governing
power of the public sentiment and
must hold steadfast to principle and
keep the ship of state in the roadstead
of progress. The rural press can best
serve the interests of the farmers by
applying it's energies to the solution
of problems affecting the local COM
munity. It must stem the mighty life
current that is moving from the farm
to the cities, sweeping before it a
thousand boys and girls per day. 1t
has to deal with the fundamental
problems of civilization at their foun-
tain head. It's mission is to direct
growth, teach efficiency and mold the
life Of the country, placing
before the public the daily problems
of the farmers and giving first atten-
ton to the legislative, cooperative,
educational and social needs of the ag-
ricultural classes within it's respective
community.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

U. l.. Burdick Of Williston has de-
cided to oppose l.. B. Hanna for the
republican nomination for governor.
Burdick seems to always bob up polit-
icalIy at just the wrong time for
Burdick. His political record has
been fairly good, yet some Of his po-
litical enemies promise to punch it
full of holes before the end of the
campaign. 1t is rumored that Gun
der Olson will support Burdick who is
his business partner. This may help
some but at best Burdick will play a
losing game. 49,"
Hanna has been fair to all factions.
He has been the governor of all the
people. He is a man that the state can
point to proudly as her chief executive
and what is better, he is giving US the
benefit of his years Of training as a
business man.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19
GIVE SYRUP OF FIGS"
TO CONSTIPATED CHILD
Delicious "Fruit Laxative" can't harm
tender little Stomach, liver
and bowels.

Look at the tongue, mother! If
coated, your little ones stomach, liver
and bowels need cleansing at once.
When peeyish, Cross, listless, doesn't
sleep, eat or act naturally, or is fever
ish, stomach sour, breath bad; has
sore throat, diarrhea. full of cold, give
a teaspoonful of California Syrup Of
Figs" and In few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out of its
little bowels without gripping, and you
have a well, playful child again. Ask
your druggist for a 50-cent bottle Of
California Syrup of Figs" which con-
tains full directions for babies, chill
dren Of all ages and for grown-ups.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19
8 o 8 o o o o o o o o o o o o 9
. BITS OF PIONEER HISTORY. 4
By Jean McNauphton Steven

o BY Jean McNaughton Stevens.
o o o o O . o @ . o o o o o o o
Among those who registered at Ho
tel Towner on Valentine Day in 1885
was Ed Skies of Minot, and they al
enjoyed the hospitality of Mrs. Fris'
by. She is still hale and hearty, anG
has been spending the winter with
her daughter, Mrs. Newlove.
The Burlington Reporter announced
"the balmy chinook cavorting there.
about" That was good, for the Vii.
lard Leader was saying that down in
Towner, Fox and Germans Bear had
been routed out too soon, and bad
weather was due in consequence. No
doubt both things were true in the
same month, as they have been this
year Of 1914.
A Dakota Democrat of that day
called on President Cleveland, and
told him he had sent enough Of car
pet-baggers to Dakota, and that the
successor to Judge Palmer had better
be different, but that good Democrat,
Editor Copeland, came to the rescue,
with thirty years acquaintance of j.
M. Morrow, in Sparta, Wisconsin, and
every year he had made good as cit
izen and lawyer. Let US hope Pres
ident Wilson appointments will all
wear as well.
B. F. sha,1iey, the genial contractor,
announced the opening Of the new
court house at Devils Lake with a
grand ball, to which he cordially in
vited his Minot friends. Today Devils
Lake is planning another court house;
Barney has gone to his reward, and so
has his brother, Bishop Stanley, who
resided in Fargo, and served his do
cese in che fine cathedral there.
Republicans of that day were
grooming Benjamin Harrison of In
diana for a race to the White House,
and one Dakota editor commented that
Dakota was neutral ground and they
could only boiler for the winner. The
grandson of Tippacanoe won that
time, but not the next.
The Burlington Reporter rejoiced
that ]. K. Mcleod had returned to
his first love, and the Leader, in quot
ing, says any one who "goes for Lit
tie Mac, had better complete a con-
tract with the undertaken"
The Minnewaukan Siftings said
that the bill of Benson county against
Ward county for court expenses in
January, 1887, had at last been set
tied. The amount was fixed at $780,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

The Ward County Independent, one
of the biggest, if not the biggest
weekly paper in the state, hits the nail
squarely on the head by saying. eve
are getting mighty tired of this ever
lasting Progressive-Stalwart fight in
politics, which has come to mean alb
solutely nothing in North Dakota"
There are many good men holding Of
fee today whose scalps are wanted by
either wing of the party. If perchance,
the stalwarts want to GUST him, the
so-called organ newspapers are at
lacking him. An instance, the case of
Carl Jorgenson, is cited. Carl is an
as efficient an official as State Auditor
as any man in the state capitol build
ing, and on the one hand he is accused
of bowling to Hanna, hence he is the
target of the fellows who are attempt
| ing to get control Of that Office. IT'S
true that he is in bad with certain
element, but we believe that the peo-
pie realize that his duties have been
performed faithfully, his Office has
been properly conducted, and it mat.
tiers not whether he is friend OF
Hanna's or a friend of Joe Bush, as
long as he gives the people the ser.
vice demanded of him, which he has
and is doing. Mott Spotlight.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Governor Hanna favors the four
year term for all county officers. This
seems sensible. A county officer is
put to great deal Of expense to be
elected in the first place and then he's
Up against fight every two years.
Few of them get to be millionaires.
Let's give them four year term. Be-
sides we may save $500,0O0.00 in the
cost Of elections every four years.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

The relative value of woman and
a hog was illustrated recently. A wo-
man wrote to the governor Of
Wisconsin that she had very
large family to support and was
suffering from tuberculosis and desir-
ed state aid. About the same time q
letter was received from a man who
desired aid for a hog which showed
symptoms of cholera. The governor
sent word to the woman that no APP
preparation had been made for tuber-
culosis victims, and at the same time
a man was hurriedly dispatched with
the supply Of cholera serum to the
rescue of the hog. The incident tells
it's own story without further COM
ment.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Perhaps seventy-fve per cent Of the
Democratic voters of the state are
Scandinavians. At the banquet Tues
day night, nearly hundred per cent
Of the speakers were Irish-all good,
capable spell-binders and royal good
fellows. There was Murphy, Kelly,
Casey, Burke and other good old rep
resentatives Of the Emerald Isle. 1t
looks as tho the Irish will get the tur-
key and dressing while the Scandinav-
ian democrats may have to be salts
fed with jack rabbit.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

The Independent congratulates the
farmers of the South Prairie on the
Organization of their new telephone
company. This will be installed with
in few months and it is certain to
enhance the value of every acre Of
land in that section Of the county. It
will cover a distance Of 1875 miles and
bring hundred or more families into
closer relationship The rural tele-
phone is not only good business
proposition, but it is beneficial in a
social way. Many from Minot who
own land in that section of the county
will buy stock in the new concern as
we'll as eastern residents who own
land here. The line will extend al
most from Burlington to Sawyer,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

he independent understands that
Hs1vor L. Halvorson, E. H. Stenvick
and other local democrats, who are re-
sponsible for having made a great
success of Tuesdays democratic state
meeting in this city, will make an eff
fort to make this an annual affair for
niaot- This would be welcomed by
all of our citizens, irrespective of
their politics. Men of prominence
from every section of the state are
brot here which can only result in
COED. IT,.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

y Samples of the first ton of paper
made from North Dakota flax straw
have arrived in the state. The paper
was manufactured at Appleton, Wis,
and is of quality suitable for fine
letter heads. The flax straw of this
state every year is enough to make
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of high grade paper.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

A persistent rumOr seems to be 60
ing the rounds to the effect that State
Treasurer Gunder Olson will oppose
H. T. Helgcsen for congressional nom-
nation in the coming primaries, on
The Republican ticket, says the Lang
doA Democrat. If this proves the
case, an interesting fight may be look
ed forward to. ~
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Have Macarthur and Hellstrom
been shelved by their fellow demo-
Gratis? After Tuesday nights ban
4uet, one could easily come to this
conclusion. General Hildreth launch
ed the Burke boom for the United
States Senate, and Hellstrom, whose
absence from the meeting was most
conspicuous, was hardly mentioned,
except nj an apologetic sort of way.
Rsznor has it that Doyle of Caring
tsa will get the endorsement for
United States Marshal, leaving Nc
Arthur and Collins out in the cold.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

In round numbers there are 45,000,-
900 acres of land in North Dakota, of
which there is 80 per cent susceptible
of cultivation with titled crops, IA per
cent can be used for agricultural pur-
poses, and only per cent is estimated
to be non-agricultural land. There is
now only about IS per cent Of the land
area in cultivated crops, showing that
a very large per cent of the land area
of the state is yet to be cultivated.
Throughout the United States there is
only 81 per cent of the tillable land
actually under cultivation, according
to the estimates Of the agricultural
department. For every 100 acres that
are now titled, about 375 acres may
be cultivated when the country is full
ly developed by clearing, draining, ir-
rigation, etc. There is big job yet
before the people of the United States
to get their own country fully devel-
opped, in order to sustain popula-
ton equal to that of some of the
countries Of Europe.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

There are 81 counties in North Ds-
kota. In is Of these counties total
of $50 silos are now being used and Is
counties estimate ST. silos will be
built during the coming spring and
summer. With these figures as ba-
sis, it is fair to estimate that there
are now in North Dakota 1000 silos
and that next summer fully that many
more will be built. This is an excel
lent showing for this state and is q
sure indication of changing methods
and improving conditions.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

President J. H. Worst has pointed
out to the farmers that they may look
for reduction in interest only in the
proportion that they increase the
dairying and stock raising interests.
Bankers can afford to loan money at
a cheaper rate when they are certain
that the interest and principal will ul-
timately be paid. The one crop plan
not only means high rate Of inter
est but one that in the end will drive
the farmer out Of business. Farmers
as rule have realized this for a num-
Der Of years and practically all Of
them have engaged in the business Of
growing some kind Of stock. It takes
money to get into the stock business,
but many have started in small way
with hogs, poultry and cows and are
adding to the business year by year.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

R. P. Luchau, publisher of the Graf
ton News and Times, arrived to attend
the big democratic meeting. Luchau
has been a democrat for many years
and his brother newspaper men trust
that he will get his share of the pie.
James Hall and J. A. Foley of Grafton
accompanied Mr.. Luchau.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Divide county has fourteen state
and national banks, and according to
the recent call of the comptroller Of
currency, they had on deposit $l,O18-
1866. Not q bad showing for a new
section Of the state and at this time
Of the year, when last years debts
have been practically liquidated.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

v The STATE Board Of Education has
authorized IN examination for 6fot
and second grade professional certi1-
Gates and for special primary certifl-
Gates, to be held at the Office Of the
Superintendent Of Schools, 1t Hinot,
February 9th and 2sth. Applicants
will be supplied with all necessary
materials.
e. G. WARREN,
Supt. Of Schools
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

C~fee grounds burned in room, we
are 1formed, will remove the odor of
stale tobacco smoke. After which
it will be necessary to remove the
sdor of the burned coffee by boiling
onions or cooking sauerkraut in the
room. If you don't believe it, try it.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19
Western Rye Grass.

Sometimes called slender wheat
grass. l have for sale 10000 pounds
at 10 cents per pound. This grass is
native Of the whole Northwest; it
affords excellent pasturage and pro-
vides large quantities of hay. The
seed may be sown with any ordinary
grain seeder; it takes Is pounds to
the acre. Will ship to any address.
J. o. DESILETS,
2-12-t4* Deering, N. Oak.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

These few lines, credited to Har-
riett Beecher Stowe, contain some
very good advice: "When you get into
= tight place and everything goes
against you until it seems you cannot
hold on minute longer, never give up
then, for that is just the place and the
time that the tide will turn"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

The State News made bid for pub
fishing the commissioner proceed
ings of Burleigh county for less than
legal rates. The commissioners did
not give that paper the contract be-
cause the la states specifically that
legal rates shall be charged. One of
the publishers thinks the State News.
should join the fraternity of "rats.'"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

A township in Morton county has
changed its name because township
in another county in the eastern part
of the state bears the same name, and
. duplication II names appears to be
in violation Of paragraph Of the
North Dakota Code.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

If anyone doubts that our farmers
are divesifying, his eyes would have
been opened by one sight Of the mag
nificent array Of corn, alfalfa, clover,
timothy, bronze grass, millet, the small
grains, vegetables, cows and swine
displayed at the mid-winter fair this
week. We are proud Of our North
Dakota farmers. The progress they
have made along these lines during
the past five years is remarkable. The
exhibit would have done credit to any
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Don't feel lively as you "uset''
Bones getting stiff losing juice,
Brace up-tackle it again,
Rocky Mountain Tea will help you
win.
-advt. Mccoy Drug Co.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Is, and it was paid in cash. 1t was
Federal Court in those days, of course,
and that particular term was much de-
layed because Judge Francis could not
get to Minnewaukan for several days,
on account of the snowdrifts.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Nsrth Dakota ranked twenty-sec-
end sunong the states in value of its
principal crops in 1918. The valuation
was $1O5,356,OOO, as against. 1885,
11o,oo0 in 1912.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Will trade bunch of young draft
mares, many with foal, for land.
Thos. Golfer, at Minot Seed, Grain e.
Fuel Co., Minot. lift
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

This is the time Of year most trying
on those inclined to be constipsted.
Many dread winter because Of It.
Don't worry, just take HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea, natures surest,
safest and best tonic regulator. Take.
it once week. Start tonight.
-advt. Mccoy DRUG Co.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Joe Kelsch of Mott, charged with
abandoning his wife Of only three
months, was found not guilty.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Buy harness fof less than whole
sale cost from A. I. Engebretson, at
the Fred V. Dale Implement House,
Minot. 2-5-tf
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Special bargains in cream separ=,
ators. A. I. Engebretson, at the Fred
v. Dale stand, Minot. 2-5-tf
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Marquis Wheat, 80 per cent Germi-
nation. slips per blu. A. A. Robinson
Elev. Co. 1872
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
Holes in the Air Found by Aviators

The risk is not so great in CAL
ifornia as in the Northern States.
Thus a high building inclosing
heavy steel Orders and beams in
Duluth and Chicago must be
builded with greater care on this
important point than at any place
in California in more equable
temperature. Thus. in Chicago
the cold has been 80 degrees be-
low zero, Fahrenheit. and 104
above, a difference of 1876 degrees.
Scientific tests have been made
with this result: A bar of ordi-
nary structural steel increases its
length by the .0ooOo672 part with
each added degree Fahrenheit.
Therefore, in from eight to fifty
story buildings, with widths from
40 to 200 feet, these variations
become quite appreciate and
must be compensated for by
placing ends of beams, bars and
uprights free to move. And cleo
trolysis OF steel and iron is an
other danger, one that arises from
fugitive currents of electricity es-
Gaping from mains and forming
obscure circuits in buildings and
pipes.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
By EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN

there still remains a few mil
lionths of the original quantity.
Q.-"When did the tcinter sol
Stice occur last year,"
AIT 2 45 a. M, December %,
1918, 120th meridian, standard
time. At some instant during that
minute the sun apparently began
its northern motion, really due to
the motion of the earth It was
farthest south during a differen-
tial of time.
GA brick aedH in a large
building in Parts bulged out of
plumb and aods draton in straight
by heating heavy bars of iron
passed through and anchored,
toheR upon cooling the rods CON
tracted and dreio the todAs toith
great force. N0D, Why ioiH not
the contraction and expansion of
iron and steel in huge concrete
buildings damage the tcGlIsg"
A.-This variation in lengths
of heavy steel bars and Orders
will injure the inclosing walls,
whether Oh stone, brick or Port
land cement. unless the builders
make allowance for 1t.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23

place where the air and the air.
ship are both moving in the same
direction at the same speed. But
an aeroplane must move to ac-
qure any lifting or sustaining
power whatever-that is, move
through the air, not with 1t. If
wind blows against the lower
surfaces of the planes, the lifting
force per square foot depends on
the velocity of the air. If air is
at rest, then lifting force against
gravitation depends on the speed
of the airship. But If air and
ship are both moving in the same
direction with identical speed,
then the ship must fall.
Early flyers in ships heavier
than air naturally thought that
they had fallen into hole or q
we'll But thei is just as much
air under the planes as else
where.
In the central vortex of a whirl-
wind where rotation around a
vertical axis is rapid. the air is
partially thrown out by centrifu-
gal tendency, but there remains
plenty of air.
To remove all air from an in
closure has never been attained
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23

~ -"IVW you please state
" pour opinion as 10 The
truth about air h0leS, as
gieen by y. W. StdrreH in Air
craft Of February, 1912, and com
mented upon in The Literary Di-
gest Of February II, 1922"
Al have not read Mr.. Star
rett's article, but looked up the
note in The Digest commenting
thereon. The phrase "holes in
the air" is entirely new and came
with the advent of the great sci
ence of aviation. But the coin
ing OF this term has been unfor-
tunate. 1t is totally impossible
for a hole" to exist in free air.
The only hole in air known is
the highly vacuus space within 4
Crookes vacuum tube or bulb, or
within similar glass bulbs, such
as those inclosing carbon ana
tungsten filaments In electric in
candescent lamps. And the height
OF human skill has been exerted
to secure these vacuua, which Is
a ''hole" surrounded by walls OF
glass.
The writer in The Digest is cor
rect. for he makes II clear that
what has been named hole" is a