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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03

crop is fair. This crop has about all
been harvested. The average will run
up around ten or fifteen bushels per
acre. The corn crop looks to be very
good. This crop has made a great
growth during the hot days of July.
Flax looks excellent. Potatoes will be
very scarce and will command very
high price. There is great crop of
vines, but the potatoes are small and
not very numerous. Garden truck of
all kinds will not yield well according
to reports the Independent has receiv-
ed from many localities. Conditions
could be a great deal worse, but the
farmers will not have more than half
the crops they grew year ago.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03

The Independent is pleased to note
that thru the efforts Of the Associa-
ton Of Commerce, hitching racks for
farmers teams will soon be provided
on space 1O0x150 feet on Sooaprop-
erty just north of the Minot Motor
Sales property on Third street north
east. The good work will not end here
for some other places will be provided
soon. The city will put in the hitching
racks. Farmers have been kicking for
some. time because there have not
been adequate places provided for
them to hitch their teams. Minot is
making an effort to get the farmers
trade. We want it and appreciate it.
There is nothing too good for the
sturdy farmers upon whom we depend
largely for our prosperity. The Asso-
citation of Commerce wants the farm
ers to register complaints. Minot will
make an honest effort to remedy any
conditions that are faulty.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03

Denmark owns three little islands
in the West Indies. St. Thomas has
about thirty three square miles of
hilly surface and about 1000 inhab.
itants, mostly colored descendants of
former slaves. St. Croix or Santa
Cruz, as it is often called, is more
than twice as large. with about seven
ty-four square miles and $4,000 in
habitants. also the defendants of for
mer slaves. of American origin. The
third island, St. John, is insignificant
in population and smaller than either
of the others. The three taken to-
gether have an area of about 1873
square miles.
It is evident that such possessions
can have little value to Denmark. For
such country. with no other TERRITORY
in the same part of the world and with
no great traffic to watch over and
guard in the West Indies. they are
nearly worthless There is scant room
for white colonists and the Danes SEN
sibly refuse to go there to earn a liv-
ing. English is the language most
spoken on these little patches of
ground, under the Danish white cross
flag.
For the United States the islands
which Denmark is said to have agreed
to sell if this country will pay S25.0O0,-
900 for them. have very different inn
portance. St. Thomas is not fftv
miles from Porto Rico. The Danish
islands lie in the pathway of COM
merce between Europe and the Pan
anna canal. Thew have harbors which
might be of much value to the United
States navy, in case Of war. But what
is Of vastly greater inheritance is the
fact that if they were bought by this
country there would be one less source
of possible international complications
in the vicinity of the Panama canal.
One small European state would prac-
tically disappear from the list of ma
lions of the old world still retaining
possessions in this hemisphere Green
land does not matter. There would be
an end Of the talk IF possible DESIGNS
upon the Danish islands in the West
Indies by some great European mower.
"Such a chance would make for the
serenity of life in America" is the ar
onment of those favoring annexation.
"It would help to insure the peace Of
the new world For that reason alone,
if Denmark will sell her little islands,
in the West Indies for S25OO0,000 the
investment will he we'll worth making.
It will be another step toward the
complete Americanizing of America"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03
TRY A SELF-ANALYSIS.

(FrOm a BUSINESS Clfcular.)
Before I can be honest with anybody
else, must be honest with myself:
Who am 1? What am I? Where
am I? Am l where am because of
what l am?
Being honest with myself, l propose
to ask myself the following questions:
and, taking my time to do it, answer
them honestly:
What my name?
What is my age
What is my occupation ?----Am
l making a success of it?-
Am I ahead of, or behind, the majority
of those with whom I started
life?
How much do I know
How did I acquire this knowledge?--
Am I using what know in connection
with what I
Am I still learning ?-----------
What is my character and reputation?
What do men think of me?
What do think of myself ?------
What of my habits ?------Am I
Clearly ?---- Punctual ?--------
Courteous?
Do I drink? --Am I profane? -
Do I use dope? -------------
Where do spend my time? -----
And howl
Have I any definite object in life?
Am on my way?-
Have I a 'tlife plan ?"-----Am I
working at it
What am I worth in dollars and
How did I acquire this ?------
Do save something of my income
Systematically?
What OF my home life? Am I
a good son (daughter) ?-------bro-
ther (sister) - husband (wife)?
father (mother)? ----------
Who am I socially?
Why am I what I am morally
Why am I where I am financially -
What of my religious life?------Am
I God-fearing Clean? -
Helpful?
Do I realize that am part of Gods
great world-plan ?-----------
Am working to make the world
wiser? Better?-- Happier o.
Take your time in answering these
questions! Read over, think over,
every question before you answer any.
Show the answers to no one!
Six months later go over your ans
wers to see what progress you have
made; and again at the end of the
year.
Try to make showing!
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03

Seven miles of good roads are being
built with the county graders south
west of the city, beginning at the Aur-
land farm, and extending west and
south as far as brady. A first class
grade has been made with an engine
and if the roads are dragged at the
proper time, they will be among the
best in the county in short time.
This has been one of the worst roads
in the county, but the right method
has at last been adopted.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03
Imitation Gold.

BY combining ninety-four parts of
copper with six parts of anthony and
adding small quantity of magnesium
carbonate to increase the weight,
substitute for gold is produced. This
alloy. it is said, can be drawn. worked
and soldered much the same as gold,
and it also takes and retains gold
polish. 1t can be made for about %
cents pound when it's constituents
can be bought at normal prices
Houston Post.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03

which can still be had on the Fl. Peck
reservation, and some southwest of
Nashua and south of Glasgow.
Anyone wishing further information
regarding this, land we will gladly
help you al NE can, either in helping
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03

Twenty thousand gallons of pickles
have been ordered for use of the SOL
diers along the Mexican border. Pre-
sumo these will be found useful for
the numerous cases of love sickness
over the girls who were left behind.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03
Wig Wearing Very Old.

The ancient Egyptians all wore wigs.
and the early Christians from A. D.
1877 to A. D. 917 considered false head
too, in direct opposition to Tertullian.
who in vain declared them devices and
inventions Of the devil
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03
Little Words.

Out of the 267 words in Abraham
Lincoln's immortal Gettysburg speech
1876 are words of only one syllable. It
isn't the big words that count.-New
York Herald.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03

Entered June 10, 1902, as second
class matter, at the postoffice at Minot,
N. D., under the act of Congress of
March 3, 1879.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03

you to get located or answering all in
quiries.
Have some all level decided farms
for sale at SIP to SIS per acre.
The Humphrey Land & Loan Co.
7-27-2t Nashua, Mont.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-15
FRENCH RECAPTURE TRENCHES.
(By international News service.) }

PARIS, Feb. 15.-The French office an
nounces the recapture of part of the trenches taken
by the Germans in Champagne on February 13.
The statement further reports 1ull in fighting
along the entire line except in Champagne and
Lorraine.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-15
100000 SOULS HOMELESS;
100 TOWNS SUBMERGED
IN BIG MISSISSIPPI FLOOD
qy international News service.)

NATCHEZ, Feb. 15.-The main levee skirtng
the Limerick plantation unexpectedly broke early
this morning, allowing the rush of the Mississippi
river to burst through mile wide gap The mighty
flood swept out over the fields, carrying all before
it. vast district of Louisiana now lies many feet
under water
1t is stated fully 100 towns will be submerged
within the next "a hours and more than 100, 900
people rendered homeless. Horsemen autOmo-
bileS and fleet-fCOted citizens raced with the mad
torrent to warn the inhabitants of the section of
their danger.
The cities in grave peril and threatened with
entire devastation are ST. Joseph Newelton and
Vidalia. Great numbers of refugees are seeking
high ground. The severe cold wave sweeping over
the flood districts is causing horrible suffering and
many fatalities
Experts IN tfe employ OF the government be-
ieve the breaking of the 1evee will relieve the tre-
mendous strain at New Orleans and perhaps save
that city from like fate
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-15
SUCCESSFUL HUNTING. TRIP
IN OKEECHOBEE DlSTRIC

D. F. Fuquay, of Daytona Beach, and
]. B. Garrison, of this city, returned
Monday from several days very sue
cessful hunting trip to the Okeechobee
district. They had a very pleasant
trip and succeeded in bagging two
deer and three fine wild turkeys. Mr..
Fuquay returned in the forenoon and
Mr. Garrison followed in the after
noon. The hunting was done in the
Vicinity of Kenanville.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-15
WILSON ABANDONS SECOND "SWING
AROUND CIRCLE BECAUSE OF THE
APPROACHING CRISIS WITH ALLIES
(By International News Service.)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-Owing to the many
and complicated international problems facing the
government the president has definitely abandon
ed his second "swing around the circle in behalf
of preparedness
He is greatly impressed with the belief that the
coming Six months must influence the future of
the United States more than any period of the past
1t is further stated he will devote his time to solving
the delicate situations with belligerents, among
which the problem of the armed merchantmen
seems the most serious. Unless the question is
carefully handled a crisis may develop between the
administration and the Allied powers
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15AConfidential re-
ports suggest the resignation of Ambassador
MarNe. of RetrOGrad because of continued Ill
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-15
BAGGAGEMAN NOW HAS
VERY YOUNG ASSISTANT

fine baby boy, tipping the scales
at ten pounds, was born Sunday
morning to Mr.. and Mrs. w. Hope Fa-
gan at their home in Palmetto Park.
Both Mrs. Pagan and baby are re-
ported to be doing well. Dr. j. E.
Rawlings was the attending physician.
Mr. Fagan is the popular and oblig-
ing baggageman at the F. E. c. rail
way passenger depot and his young
assistant has been named William
Frederick, after his grandfathers on
both sides of the family.
Daytona Beach is the most marvel
Gus beach in the world.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-15
WILLARD AND MORAN BOUT P


CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-The Wil1ard-Moran
bout scheduled for March 8, is to be postponed two
weeks or, perhaps, entirely abandoned, owning to
the illness Of Willard. He has been taken with
severe cold and is unable to train.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-15
WILSON TO PICK new
SECRETARY FROM The
MIDDLE WEST SECTION
(By International News Service.)

WASHINGTON, Feb. f5.-PreSdent Wilson
has eliminated the candidates from all sections of
the country except the Middle West in his hunt for
a secretary of to take the position left va
cant by Garrison.
1t also became known today through reliable
channels that cabinet members will be trans
ferred, SO Lane and Houston are out of the
ming Candidates from Ohio, Indiana Illinois and
Missouri are receiving consideration in exclusion
to all other districts.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-15
GERMAN VESSELS SINK ANOTHER
ENGLISH CRUISER IN NORTH SEA
1By international News service0

BERLIN, Feb. 15.-The German admiralty
announced today that in a naval engagement in the
DOggerbankS, Teuton vessels succeeded in torpedo
ing and sinking another English cruiser.
The British war office yesterday admitted the
loss of the light CRUISER Arethusa somewhere IN the
North sea. 1t is claimed however, she struck a
floating mine.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-15
COL. HOUSE TO REMAIN
FOR A Time IN LONDON
CBy International News service)

LONDON Feb. 15.-Co1one1 E. M House, of
Illinois, the personal representative of Wilson to
the belligerents, has announced the postponement
of his return to the United States owing to press-
ing engagements
The delay is understood to be closely connect
ed with Germanys stated policy to destroy all arm
ed merchantmen after March /. The belief in Lon
don is that England will decree a complete block
ade Of Germany as soon as the United States for
mally accepts the Teuton policy as legitimate.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-05-04

sionaries, was SO sickening that humanity
turned in horror from the details
Then the Kaiser annexed" big Chinese
province, and he was annexing Africa at a
rapid gait when he jumped into this war,
expecting to crush France before England
could raise an army.
/ might tell the story of Bismarck's craft,
in soothing England and Russia and France,
while he was robbing Denmark of her
Duchies; and | might also explain how he
falsifed the Emperor's telegraph (from Ems)
and made it so insulting to France that he
provoked her into the war he had planned
for years; and how, thereby, two French prov
lnces were torn away
But what's the use? All nations, like all
men, are prone to evil and we ourselves re-
member the unprovoked and indefensible war
against Mexico in 1847, whose fruits were
Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and California
partly paid for in blood and partly in
money.
Until we see how many more civilians in
Mexico are to be shot by our Negro troops,
to crafty their brutal appetites; and until
we shall have learned whether we are to
wrench Northern Mexico from Carranza, qce
had better be careful what we say about the
crimes of other nations.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-05-04
And Here's Some More Trouble /!
THE latest issue of our dearly beloved
neighbor, The Aza6onoo Baptist, con-
tains the following:
HERE'S TROUBLE.

I wondered when / read that article on page
thirteen of the Alabama Baptist of April 5th and
signed r. NJ Hunter whether he would get by
without being at least questioned little. AS it
seems that he did, / will ask few questions
which I hope will through the
Baptist
In this article it is said that Hon. Thomas E.
Watson is making the greatest fight for religious
liberty and political rights of any in the
United States. l wish to ask if Hon. Thomas E.
Watson is not making great fight against
the Baptist denomination he is the Roman
hierarchy.
2. Why is it that follower of Mr.. Watson
is called kicker a knocker, hereto and
disloyal Baptist, and thousand other unpleasant
names, and yet this arch enemy is called Hon.
Thomas E. Watson?
3. How earth is it that Watson retains his
membership in a Baptist church? Brethren, no
greater false charges can be made by anybody
than Mr.. Watson has handed the Baptists, and
the world is saying if Watson tells the truth then
Baptists are guilty of getting money under false
pretense and ought to be prosecuted, and if Wat
son is not telling the truth the Baptists ought to
exclude him from their ranks
Now what shall do? Shall we scold our
brethren and rebuke them who have been de-
ceived and thereby polluted with Watson's rot?
I think should deal more patiently with our
brethren who ignorantly oppose kingdom
work and delay not to deal ont to Watson's kind
their just deserts. We ought not to boost Wat
and condemn his followers. I hear it said
that if one of our poor, handwriting 1aymen were
to take the position that Watson takes we would
not hesitate to withdraw from him. I believe
ought to quit boosting Watson or lay down
arms and quit mission work. Watson's great
March speech, nor any other great speech of his
is worth it's weight in gold to me.
| sincerely believe that if we will quit knock
ing members and quit boosting Watson we
will get along better
H. F. WHITTLE.
Annston, Ala.
| assume that Brother White is Baptist
full of the milk of human kindness, thinking
no evil of fellow creature until he has con-
vincing evidence of said PERSONS meanness
and iniquity.
Brother Hunters article appeared in The
Aza60ana Baptist of April 18th, and Brother
Whittle restrained himself until the Goth
This shows that Brother White is a man
of great self-restraint. He waited 81 days
before he fired his broadside.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-05-04
PAGE NINE

passion, fear that he might have ruptured
blood vessel.
Brother Whttle says, II wish to ask if
Hon. Thomas E. Watson is not making as
great fight against the Baptist denomina-
ton as he is the Roman hierarchy"
Well, if you IRISH to ask it, Bro White,
why don't you?
It's free country, you know; and if you
wish to ask foolish question: 60 right ahead
and show people what a goose you are.
II you can find a single man who will
agree with you that [ have ever attacked the
Baptist denomination, we will all then see
that we have taco Silly Billies on our hands,
instead of one.
(2) "Why is it that follower of Mr.. Wat
son is called s s. thousand unpleasant
names and yet this arch enemy is called Hon.
Thomas E. Watson?"
The law is responsible for part of it, Bro.
White; because the law says that everybody
who has held office, from Mayors up to
members of the legislature, and from Gov
ernors down to United States Senators, is
legally entitled to be called Honorable,
however crooked and disreputabe he may be.
If my FOLLOWERS" are called several thou
sand hard names, they don't mind it, because
they know that I have been called everything
that the enemy could think of, myself.
(3) "How on earth is it that Watson re-
tains his membership in Baptist church,"
Why, it's this way, Bro. Whittle I am the
only male member of the local church, con-
stantly residing here, whose connection dates
back to 45 years ago; and the older members
know that | have always stood so earnestly
for Baptist principles that they have lots of
charity for my personal short comings.
AS to having made false charges against
the Baptist church, I greatly regret that
must tell Brother White that he's a liar.
Not only do I feel constrained to tell Bro.
White that he is deliberate and unscrupu-
lous liar, but that he, having borne false wit
ness, ought to be booted out of the church.
AS to getting money on false pretenses,
have said that the Foreign Mission Boards Of
all the churches do It, and [ have proved it,
again and again.
IF Whittle knows anything at all-which
is doubtful-he knows that the missionary
collection is neUer taken up In the name Of
experimental farming, the teaching of car
pentering and black-smithing, the employ
ment of dentists, the building of foreign
colleges and mansions for missionaries, and
the purchase Of house boats, motorcycles, and
automobiles.
If White knows anything-and [ don't
say that he doe8-he knows that, if the Boards
asked the people for money to continue and
expand a vast system of charity, technical
training, and literary education for 'the
heathen', our people aoouzd keep their dollars
and spend them on similar institutions here
at home.
AS to knocking and scolding sour breth-
rem, and boosting Watson, that's conn-
drum which may we'll bother White
Perhaps "our brethren" are not much more
concerned about the scolding and the knock
ing, than Watson is about the "boosting,"
e o11+ lo4h
is right. he pays little attention to the fret
fu1 Ia rlxinUc Of the Whitt1eS
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-05-04

and s cents, but the spectators got 70 and
Ia cents
The Wilson administration chose to finance
the gamblers, rather than the planters: and
in order that the gamblers should make
certain of their winnings, the Government
took eight million dollars out Of the Treasury,
established an Insurance Bureau, and valued
the $50 bale of cotton at $50
When the ships sunk at sea, our Govern
ment paid the full amount of the insurance
We even had to pay for the grain ship
which the Germans sunk, the William P.
Frye
That deed of Kaiser piracy cost us the neat
sum of S11 $50.
How much did the Government insurance
cost the owners of the vessel?
Only $115.50.
When the steamer Euezua went down, we
paid the owners 100000 for their ship, and
the gamblers got 1901 600 for their cotton
When the steamer Cdrib was sunk, Uncle
Sam paid the owners of the tub $22,253 and
the gamblers got 1886, $50 for their cotton
On one of the vessels, the cotton was in
sured at $40 bale; on the other, at $67.
At the very time this cheap insurance was
granted to ship-owners and gamblers, the
Southern growers were being forced to sell at
$50 and $35 bale.
England paid II cents fiat for all the cotton
she stopped, and that was double what the
gamblers had paid the planters.
Of course, if England should kindly allow
our cotton, grain, munitions, automobiles, big
guns, &C., to freely enter the German mar
kets, the price would temporarily rise; but
open markets in Austria, Hungary, and Ger
many would not mean any more, in the long
run, than they meant before the aOdr started.
All of us know what cotton was, previous
to the war: it was low.
Such enormous quantities have been needed
for clothing, tents, ropes, and explosives that
the price remains away ahead of what it was
in the Spring of 1914.
(1O) "JVhat qca8 the cause Of our last qcar
q0itb England?"
Under English law, born subject is al
ways subject; and she therefore claimed
the right to search our merchantmen and
other ships, for her Subjects
The claim was unbearable, and was grossly
abused.
We fought her about it, in spite of New
Englands opposition and her threat to secede
from the Union.
After the war, (1812) England never again
claimed the right to search, IN times Of peace.
OF course, during a war and blockade,
the right of search is exercised, as military
measure
(11) "By qohat methods has England got
her territorial possessiOns"
By every known species of fraud, violence,
and inhumanity.
No one can defend the manner in which
the British merchants carried wars of con-
quest into India, Egypt, the Soudan, and
Africa.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-05-04

Socialists and Socialism" by Thos. e.
Watson has a vast amount of information of
interest and value to those who think they
know what Socialism stands for. Price SOC.
The Jefersonian Pub. Co., Thomson, Ga.