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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14

MAKING DIRT ROADS BETTER
Foreman Must Know What, How and
When to Piow-Avoid Building Up
Too Much at One Time.

(By E. VAN BENTHUYSEN)
With sandy soil and subsoil OF
clay, or clay and gravel, plow deep
SO as to raise and mix the clay with
the surface soil and sand. The COM
bination forms q sand-clay road at
trifling expense.
If the road be entirely Of sand
mistake will be made II it is plowed,
unless clay can be added. Such plow-
Ing would merely deepen the sand.
and at the same time break up the
small amount Of hard surface material
which may have formed.
II the subsoil 10 clay, and the sur
face scant in sand or gravel, blowing
should not be resorted to, as It would
result in a clay surface rather than
one Of sand or gravel.
A road foreman must know not only
what to pillow and what not to plow.
but how and when to pillow.
II the road is of tho kind which, &C.
cording to the above Instructions,
should be plowed over it, whole width,
the best method Is to run the first
furrow In the middle Of the road and
work out to the sides, thus forming .
crown. Results from such blowing are
greatest in spring or early summer.
In bitches a plow can be used to
good advantage, but should be fol-
lowed BY . scraper or grader. To
make wide, deep bitches nothing bet
ter than the ordinary drag scraper has
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14
Virginia Road After Improvement
With Top Soil Gravel.

yet been devised For hauls under 100
feet, or in making "fllls," 1t is espe-
cially serviceable.
1t is a mistake, however, to attempt
to handle long-haul material with this
scraper, as the wheel-scraper is bet
ter adapted to such work. For hauls
of more than 800 feet, a wagon should
be used. The machine most generally
used in road work is the grader or
road machine. This machine Is espe-
cially useful in smoothing and crown
ing the road and In opening bitches.
A clay subsoil under thin coating
of soil should not be disturbed with
a grader. It is also a mistake to use
q grader unfortunately and to pull
material from bitches upon sandy
road.
Not infrequently turf, soil and silt
from ditch bottoms are piled in the
middle of the road in a ridge making
mudholes a certainty. 1t is important
in using grader to avoid building up
the road too much at one time. A
AO6u u dOOeAy OOAAI ny ~ AAOAuOAS
use Of the grader will last better than
II completed at one operation.
The foreman frequently thinks his
road must be high in the first instance.
He piles up material from ten inches
to foot in depth, only to learn, with
the arrival Of the first rain, that he
has furnished the material for so many
inches of mud. All material should
be brought up in thin layers, each
layer we'll puddled and firmly packed
by roller or traffic before the next
Is added, A common mistake is to
crown too high with the road machine
on narrow road.
The split-log drag should be used to
fill the ruts and smooth the road when
not too badly washed. The drag pos
sesses great merit and is so simple in
construction and operation that every
farmer should have one
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14
Carbon From Gas.

Engineers have long been trying to
discover an economical way Of produc-
ing carbon from natural gas. Under
the methods now in use there is such
an enormous waste of gas that the
process is too expensive. Harry Bea
com of Wilsonburg, Harrison County,
w. Va, has been studying this matter
scientifically and experimentally for
many years, and now he announces
that he has found a method whereby
he produces black without any ash
and far superior to that made under
the older processes, and whereby the
waste of gas is almost entirely elimi.
mated,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14
Holds Broom Covers,

made in figured material, is 10 inches
wide at the bottom, tapering slightly
toward the top, and is Is inches long.
1t has a flap of 6 inches depth. Three
loops of the braid are sewed at the
back to hang it by. The broom bags
are made very much the same shape,
only smaller, to fit the broom; a draw
ing string Is put at the top to draw 1t
up tight around the handle.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14

p lie Tor m l ! @ 8
around were TAX
ing advantage of
God Ice an1
moonlight to enjoy
the merry winter
sport. The river
above the dam
was like a sheet
of glass, and it
sparkled like an
inlaid floor of dia-
rNOndS.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14
Population Of India.

The population Of British India ia
given as 231, Os5,132. The figures are
for some ten years ago, and it would
not be far out of the way to put the
present population at 235, 100000. One
of the Indian princes recently de-
clared that If called upon India cou]e
furnish an army Of between seven hr
ten millions Of men. .s.1s@
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14
EXCLAMATION.

What gained Miss Wayne the rep
utation Of being brilliant talker?"
II suppose it was all the gold she's
got in her front teeth"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14
For Best Results,

The little attention that the earth
road needs must be given promptly
and at the proper time if the best re-
suits are to be obtained
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14
A Human Comfort.

what relief these Red Cross ex,
petitions will bring t.. the wounded!"
Yes, with all the pretty nurses they
sre taking out" .
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14

long, and nine wide at the rounded
base. The shaped outside piece is
slightly larger around than the back
piece, allowing the pocket part to
bulge slightly.
The broom bag is not a broom
cover itself, but pretty holder for
such covers and holds six of these
made in canton flannel. The case is
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14

Adelaide S. Hemstreet of Indian
Head, Canada, has just been granted
a patent for a combination crochet
bag is suspended on a belt. On the
belt also is placed a sheet metal
bracket with arms for holding the
spool. This allows the thread to be
easily unwound as it is being used.
There is no chance for the spool to
slip of ones lap and roll across the
floor and for the thread to become
tangled. It is a practical invention,
which should appeal to all women who
are still old-fashioned enough to dc
crochetinE. 4. 49,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14
PRETTY, USEFUL BAGS
ALWAYS HANDY, AND QUITE
SIMPLE IN CONSTRUCTION.
One Designed to Hold the Duster and
the Other for Broom Covers-
Illustration Shows Method
OF Designing.

A buster bag that the hand can slip
In and out of easily, is the best kind.
This one is made in lowered chintz
or cretonne, lined with sateen and
bound with braid or with bias strip
OF the sateen, having loop at the top
to hang it by. 1t is twelve inches
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14
Good Roads Advocates

1t Is gratifying to observe that every
becomes an advocate of good roads.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14
The Road Dram

SN0dV
The road drag is the simplest and
least expensive contrivance yet de-
vised for maintaining earth roads.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14
Road BUILDING Habit

The road building habit is confined
to no one locality. 1t has footing In
48 states. All classes take to it,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14

The Cedar river was in prime con.
dition for skating, and the young pe0-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-14
CUPID ON SKATES
By CECIL GRAHAM.

1914. by the Mcclure NewspA-
per Syndicate)
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-10-28
Miss Gladys Harthouse of Minot
was a guest at the April home Tues.

was a guest at the April home Tues.
day evening. '~'@ . H'iH ""oHo IN
Joe Burns, representing the Brand
nursery of Faribault, Mimi, was in
town the first Of the week in the in
terests of his company. T.
Rose D. Harlan, principal of the
Burlington schools, was on the sick
list few days this week. He is suf-
fering an attack of muscular rheu-
matism. x
Ed Lee of the Kulaas Lumber Co.,
of Minot was in town Wednesday ION
business for his firm.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Cas-
teel was gladdened Thursday morning
by the arrival of little baby daugh-
ter. The mother and daughter are
doing nicely and Jim has been so busy
passing out "Y. BIS" that he hasn't
had time to express his opinion over
the matter.
Burlington now has electric lights.
The current was turned on Wednesday
afternoon at three o'clock. It will now
be in order for Logan to rave and tear,
berate the progressive spirit of our
little city, and bewail her lot, and en-
gage in various other stunts that have
characterized her behavior during the
past summer. In this as in every un-
dertaking which Burlington assumes,
she always makes good. We still
maintain that Burlington is the most
hustling and progressive little city
in the state. Are you listening, Lo-
gan?
A meeting of the citizens of Bur
lington will be held soon with view
to arranging a date for the proper
celebration of the coming Of electric
lights. On account of every one be-
ing so busy just now it was deemed
inadvisable to attempt a celebration
at this time, but watch our items for
an announcement later on. a."
The Ladies Aid supper in the Hogy
the management Of Mesdames James
Johnson, Harvey Johnson and Henry
aa3 en- was success n9th from So
sition as Central girl in the loca, ex.
change. Mrs. Wm. Drummond has &C
es amd has ny
household effects here from Minot and
will assume her duties at Central Nov
The transformers for the new electric
line have been placed and the work Of
testing the line begun. Barring any
untoward happenings the Juice will be
here by Friday Of next week. The ex.
act date Of the big Sdhwabenfest has
not been definitely determined, but II
will be soon. Now Logan, will you be
quiet
The Pentacostal meetings that were
being held in the Presbyterian church
have closed and the leaders have gone
to Kenmare, where they will hold a ser.
les of meetings.
The Misses Laura and Harriet Coltor
left Tuesday for Minot where they will
take up their studies at the Normal
Miss Laura Cotton is in her sophomore
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Summers have TAX
en- charge of the boarding house at the
Cotton mine.
The wilka Musical Comedy troupe
which gave an entertainment here Mon.
day evening are spoken Of in the high
est terms, having pleased large atten
dance with a bright, clean exhibition Of
first class talent.
Not being able to secure cars in which
to ship their output, the Wallace mine
have been compelled to close down fol
q few days this week.
Judge Wallace has his new feed mil
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tions at the new town ON the Missouri.
He expects to leave on his RETURN with
his family the last of the week. 'e'

tions at the new town on the Missouri
! He expects to leave on his returns with
his family the last of the week. o."
The Charles Wistrom family Shave
moved into the large double house on
the North side.
| G. B. Livingston is moving into the
house recently vacated by the Wistrom
family. iss3 II
Messrs. Ed Durbin and o. K. Spires
| shipped couple of cars of stock from
this point last week Friday. There
will be heavier stock shipments from
here this season than for many years
past. The 500 had a man here this
week looking over the ground prepar-
atory to putting in a we'll and pump
at the stock yards. A set of scales
and feeding troughs will be installed
and everything made ready for the
convenience of the shippers.
Many are arranging to attend the
auction sales at E. A. Harthouse's and
W. L. Millar's this coming week.
These are big sales and many good
bargains may be secured. Notice the
announcements in another part Of this
paper.
| W. L. Shields, manager of the Bug
ge & Madison store at Foxholm, has
secured a leave of absence for few
days so that he may go to McGregor
to look after his farming interests at
that point. During his absence George
Rue will be in charge Of the store.
Both the Burlington elevators are
full to the brim, but fortunately few
cars have arrived to relieve the con-
gestion and the buyers are prepared
to care for all the grain that is brot in.
The latest bulletin on the typhoid
sufferers is to the effect that John
Houston is up and around. Ned Gal
win is convalescing nicely but Will
Larson is still confined to the hospital
and is still in very serious condition.
Messrs. Groshans and Devorak are
building large addition to the garage
in order to accommodate their rapid
ly increasing business. The new part
will afford them ample room for a ma
chine shop as well as more room for
the storage of cars.
Mrs. VIM. Drummond is now in
charge of the Burlington exchange.
Miss Ida Tiller has accepted a position
as long distance operator at the Minot
exchange. She will leave to assume
her new duties about the first Of the
month.
Jacobson Bros. are building an addi-
ton to their barn, not having sufficient
shelter for the large number of beef
cattle which they always keep on
hand.
The Johnson Kluver Lumber Co.
expect to have supply of the famous
Iowa galvanized gates at an early
date. It will pay you to see them be-
fore investing elsewhere. This firm
also handles the King ventilating sys-
tenn Of barn ventilators, which are said
to have no superior on the market to-
day.
H. T. Hogy, who has been suffering
slight attack Of pneumonia, is again
able to be around and attend to his
various business interests.
Miss Beatrice Pixley of Carpio, &C
companied by her brother Ed, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. April
from Tuesday to Wednesday. While
here they attended the party at the
opera house Tuesday evening.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-10-28

in this event. ,.-4--..-s.--
The Malchow concert at the opera
house Tuesday evening was largely at
tended and the dance which followed
was very enjoyable event indeed.
The Malchow orchestra is a splendid
musical organization and may always
feel assured of a crowded house when
ever they come to Burlington.
Dan Conan, jr., of Sanish, is here
for short visit with friends and rel
atives,z in the meantime getting his
household effects in shape for removal
to sanish, where he has built a coy
five room cottage. Dan is looking
fine and is we'll satisfied with condi-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-10-28
o o q o o o o o o o o o @ o o o o
o BURLINGTON. y

The next meeting of the M. w. A..
will be on the second Tuesday of No.
vember. A full attendance of the
members is desired as degree team
from Minot is expected, who will put
on some degree work. @a
According to latest reports the
European powers are going to settle
their troubles by splitting up Uncle
Sans domain and give each one q
share proportionate "as his interest
may appear" The Dagos will I'M
doubtedly receive the Logan territory
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-26
|L DWELL SHERMAN
 STAR IN STOCK 60. LEAVES BRIDGEPORT
Leading Man of Calburn Players Will Go to New
 York for Belasco Play

Lowell Sherman, the leading. man with the Calburn Stock Go, who has attained popularity during his 90 weeks stay in this city, will leave to- morrow night to go to New York to star in a. new play which David Bel asco is putting out. MT. Sherman is going on a, leave of absence granted him by Manager Frank l.. Callahan and his place will be open for him to return. to this city should the New York play not prove a success.
 Next week Kendall Weston will play the ading part in The Iron master as he has starred all over the country in the part.
 On Easter Monday, Arthur Stan ford who has been playing the lead in Under Cover in New York, will come here as leading man in With in the Law MT. Stanford is an en- tire1y different type of leading man from MT. Sherman. He is tall and slender and has a youthful face sur mounted by prematurely gray hair.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-26
FINGERS OF TWO MEN CAUGHT IN HUGE CRANE:
 WILL LOSE MEMBERS

Two men were severely injured at the F'arist Steel Works shortly before noon today when one Of the large cranes was lifting a heavy billet of steel from the ground. In some un- explained manner Frank Stober, aged 2S, 701 Eousatonic avenue and Mulch Match, aged 26, 59 Green street, were both caught by their hands in the big tongs Between the steel and the lift ing chains. Stober required arnputa- ton of the third left finger at the emergency hospital while it is feared that blood poisoning. may set in the third and fourth fingers of Match s left hand, which was severely crush ed. The accident is yet unexplained to the emergency surgeon who was called to the scene.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-26
HAS MORE FRIENDS
 AMONG INDIANS
 HAN THE WHITES
General Scott, Leaving for Home, Says Rednaen Are Simple and Trust
 worthy.

Salt Lake City. March General Hugh F.. Scott chief of stan of tha United States army, guest of honor at a banquet of the Bonneville club last night paid a tribute to what he teIfn- ed the primitive virtues Of the India n and besougnt fair treatment of the four Flutes he brought from San
 Juan County to Salt Lake City, Wed
 nesday. He said the Indians were
 simply grown up children with a chiIdss keen sense Of Justice and in
 justice stunned by civilization to which they could not adopt them selves. He said he had always four1 d
 that the Indians kept their agree
 ments
 have more real nustfll1 friends, friends who are willing to lay down their lives for me- he said among the wild redmen of the plains and mountains. the Mohanmedans or the Islands of the Philippines than have among the people of my own race.
 The men who would deal with the In- dian must prove worthy of their friendship; the man who would not had better keep away from them . He told of the misfortune of the tribe with which he just dealt. He said when the hostile Indians came to his camp after having been convinc- ed that no weapons, shackles or traps awaited them. they were sstfnaid as wild horses. ready to stampede at any aIarrnsss They were made desperate
 by a situation they did not under
 stand. They told him they were do- ing no Intentional wrong and asked him for fair treatment which he promised them in the name of the
 American people and he sincerely hoped they would receive it.
 General Scott will leave for Wash l ington today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-26
RICH ART TREASURE c0V FRY ' ALS.
 s GRIM E

rne. March 2s Recovery by the pnlsee of 5 famous art treasure stolen eron the Parish church of Masss ds Albe. a.eter 1t was destroyed by the hsallake last January, has disciosed also that the parish priest was nlp1r- dersa by his bruther. according to ad- vices From Avezzano
 When the rulns of the churon wsere exploded after the dtsaster 1t was dis covered that the Byzanttnh Tripych.s araHaae okhar valuable arE5o1es, was xaatzsfng. The police now claim to have 1aarnsd that when part of tlae church Hevas wrecked the priest WAS buried ve44h fhe art treasures in q section of fha bni1dfng which remained stan ding because ita massive walls ware part of an old fort built in solid rock. The k8arsnsk wAa sIain the authorities asa eez*. by hia brother who suspected the NcciessaAt with being friendly with his xRz3a
 nAsts man. tt is asserted. found the sla&g yraen lying helpless under the lFudzas and killed him with the assist amoe of friends who then removed the art Ub5ectss An intercepted letter led to the discovery Of tl1e crime and all haaoss supected of being involved have 9besn arrested
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-26
Four Divorce Gases
 Filed In High Court

Bernard T. Lee of Park avenue. has brought divorce proceedings against Frances Lee Of this city on the ground of intolerab1e cruelty The couple were married October 29, 1913. Mrs. Lees maiden name was Frances Quinn.
 Another divorce suit filed today is brought by Pearl Benzinger of Nor walk, against Fred Benzinger of this city Desertion March 15s 1907. is alleged Mrs Benzinger,s maiden name was Pearl Payne;
 Hannah Broadhurst of Norwalk, seeks separation from Frank Broad hurst of Norwalk Desertion is al Ieged Mrs. Broadhurst's maiden name was Hannah Johnson
 William L. Gilbert of Greenwich, wants a divorce from Edith Gilbert of New York It is alleged that Mrs Gilbert, whose maiden name was Edith Johnson, deserted her hus- band.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-26
SAYS NEWSPAPERS
 AUTOMOBILE PRIZE
 PROVED SHOPWORN

was it an automobile or a relic of bygone ages2 John P. Lund of this city who won the auto in local newspaper vote getting contest seems undecided He has brought suit for $2,500 against the Standard associa- ton, which conducted the contest Lund says he captured sufficient Votes to entit1e him to second choice. He picked a Regal automobile which was represented to be new but Lund says it wasn't.
 The chassis was not new and the machine. had no seIf-starter Lund claims the auto did not compensate him for the work he did and refused 10 accept it. The action is returna pl le1 to the superior court, April term.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-26
GRAND RAPIDS
 HEARING WILL BE HERE T0M0R R0W W

A meeting of the 5000 creditors of the bankrupt Grand Rapids Fur niture co. will be held at the county courth ouse tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock to consider the comp osition offer recently made by the company. The company offers to pay it's credit ors 25 cents on a, dollar.
 Referee in Bankr-uptcy John w Banks will preside, Attorney A. J. Merritt will represent Receiver A. L. Delaney and a host of lawyers will appear for the multitude of creditors. Last week each creditor received a printed copy of the offer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-26
Whole Crew Perishes
 AS Disaster Overta,kes
 Yankee Submarine F 4
6continned from Page one.3

marine fleet immediately went down to investigate.
 The fiotilIa of submarines stationed here were engaged in target practica early yesterday near the harbor en- trance At 9:15 a. m F 4, was sub- merged. She has not reappeared. The three other submarines of the same type noted the disappearance but no apprehension was felt for her safety until several hours had passed
 Although naval officers declared that the vessel could remain submerged for 24 hours without menace to her crew, if her air apparatus was undanaaged, it was feared today that the acid tanks had, been broken and the crew suffo- cated by the resulting fumes.
 Lieut.. Alfred T.. Ede was in com naand of 4', during yesterdays tar- get practice.
 There were few easterners in the crew Not. a Connecticut name ap- pears on the list furnished at Wash ington.