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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-11-18
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Jesse Fulton and Miss Florence
Hunnewell were married in Stanley
last Thursday.
Miss Olava Gandrud and Mrs. Ar
thur Middleton were Minot visitors
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus Lukka sson
gave farewell party Friday evening
In honor of the lstter's sister, Miss
Beats johnson who has been employed
in the Lukkasson cash store for the
past year. She left Saturday for her
home in Brooten, MINI.
The elevators are filled with grain,
owing to the shortage Of cars.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fulton, Of Nal.
ia, Mont, arrived Saturday for visit
with Mrs. Kate Fulton, the postmis-
tress.
There will be four cars Of stock
shipped to Chicago and four cars to
South st. Paul, Friday the 10th.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-11-18

Miss Alice Olson is attending school
in Tagus.
p. j. Lee moved his family in the
o. K. Powell house Monday.
Mrs. j. S. Brye entertained the Lad
les Aid of the Shell Creek Norwegian
Lutheran church, at her home Thurs
day afternoon,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-11-18
COUNTY LINE 1l/15/2o

The weather man decided week
ago that the farmers have done
enough blowing for this fall, last
Tuesday morning it was 10 below, and
everyone began to get ready for win.
ter, which we have since had.
A rather small crowd attended the
Carl LAUDER sale last Thursday, owing
to the severe kold weather. The
LAUDER family will move to Minot for
the time being, while Mr.. LAUDER in
tends making a trip to New York
state, with the view Of locating there.
Earl Tatley was out joy riding on
his H. D. motorcycle last Sunday, hav-
ing bot same from Ed Schlecht recent
ly.
Those intending to ship stock last
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-11-18

Mrs. Ludwig Mikkelson entertained
the From Ladies' Aid Society at her
home in forming township Wednesday
afternoon.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22
WHY WE MUST HAVE IT.

Here are few reasons why punta
Gorda must have a short-route road
to Fort Myers. CThe distances esti-
mated, but conseryatively, ii is
thought)
Because it will shorten the dis
tance to Fort Myers between 21 and
"a miles.
Because it will shorten the distance
TO Tampa 35 or 40 miles.
Because if we do not build it Pun
ia Gorda will be practically off the
map SO far as automobile travel is
concerned after the Wilderness"
road is opened to travel, which will
be sometime next fall or winter.
Because if we do not build it our
bridge across the bay will be
white elephant" so to speak. that
will benefit but few people and will
stand as a monument to our folly
and shortsightedness.
There are many other reasons that
will occur to those vino stop to con-
slider for a moment, but any one Of
the above is sufficient to justify the
necessary expenditure.
Fort Myers has at last reached the
conclusion that her interests are in
common with ours and that the road
will benefit her as much as it will
benefit us.
Fort Myers is ready to build across
the Caloosahatchee and meet us at
the county line with a hard-surfaced
road.
We have talked about the road
long enough 1t is now squarely up
to us to GET BUSY and BUILD THE
ROAD.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22
Progress Depends of South.

The thrill of life stirs the south,
its prosperity amazes its own people,
its farmers are developing their crops
to such an extent that cotton now
yields only one-fifth of it's farm out
put, its factories of every kind are
and day to keep somewhere near the
demand for their products, its oil in
dustry which is spreading over vast
area is pouring forth a never-ending
stream of wealth matching in value
the worlds gold output
Prosperity, rampant prosperity, is
now beginning to make itself felt
from Virginia to Texas, and region
which was once poor and unable to
buy much is now one of the worlds
greatest markets for everything from
diamonds to cook stoves, from auto
mobiles and motor trucks to locomo-
tives, farm plOws to costly works of
art.
This section long recognized "aS
the greatest undeveloped asset of
America" is now rapidly becoming
the greatest developed asset. It fur
nishes SO per cent Of the countrys
sulphur, without which we could not
have made war 1t grows two thirds
of the worlds cotton, without which
mankind would so unclotned and
without which we could not have en-
tered the war. It is one of the
worlds greatest sources of oil, now
fast supplauting coal on the sea and
on the land. 1t is a land rich in
min raj and agricultural potential
ties unknown elsewhere on earth.
All Americans may well therefore
look to this marvellous store Of latent
and now Of rapidly developing wealth
as the greatest power in carrying for
ward our country's mighty forces Of
progress.
Every business man in this country
chould study the south from the
Of his individual interest
in the nations progress, for upon the
GoUth's resources must be built the
nations's business structure.-Balti-
mere manufacturers Record
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22
EVERYBODY THINKING MY"

twenty-five CT thirty years ago.
When the young men and women Of
today were unggters, there was an
o1d prayer ;lat nearly all of them
learned. They didn't know much
about what it meant but they learned
~ '"S lhE Klhdgom come! Thy
will be done"
we Wlnder what would happen if
People said that prayer Low - and
cant it, and lived in such a way as
to make that prayer come true.
FROM one en3 of the country TO
t2e other, everybody seems 10 be say
ing My kingdom Come! My will be
cone and it can be seen from the
way they act that they mean Just
what they say.
II they woulG only change that
my to thy" and mean it just as
much they would not we to pray
that o+i prayer very long before it
came true for Themselves and every
body else.
If the eX-kaiser had prayed thy"
instead of my" there would have
been no war.
Everybody who has anything to
sell nowadays, whether it's something
TO eat or to wear or to see or to hear.
is thinking my" If they would
only change that my" to thy" we
would soon hear no more about the
Of fV-f,,
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22
BETTER STOP SPEEDING.

There are numerous very notice
able evidences of the contempt in
which the ordinances of the town are
held by many persons, but none is
more noticeable than the disregard
for the speed laws. There are ordin-
ances regulating the speed of auto
mobiles and there are signs inform
ing the public of the requirements of
the ordinances. but apparently there
are but few people who give the law
or the signs a second thought
1t is not an unusual sight to see
cars speeding through the town,
along the main thoroughfares, at a
high rate Of speed, cndangering
their own lives and property as well
as the lives and property of others.
If those WHO speed were endGngering
only themselves we would have moth
ing to say about it, but they are a
menace to every other citizen of the
town.
Sooner or later, whom someone is
'P,0N.''''n SAOl' & tt- oV VI ~ lllllcS an
hour, child will run out in front of
the car or another car will turn in
from side @treet - I'D there will
be q procession TO the graveyard o.
the hospital, 1t has happened thous-
andS of times, is happening some
whore every hour of every day, and
some day i will happen in Pu~ta
GJrda. And there will be 10 quest
ion as to who will be morally respon-
siole if such IN accident occurs as a
result Of the reckless driving Of some
Of those WIG arc habitual speeders
if they arc allowed to continue the
practice unrestrained.
When such an accident occurs. as
it will if speeding ia MT stopped, .
there will be a great uprcar and
many will rise to proclaim that the
speed laws should be enforced. This
always happens, but t does not put
life into the dead or mead the bones
CT the manned any more than shut
ing the stable door brings back the
horse after it is stolen
The time to enforce the speed law
Is today - to prevent the accident
lHal may occur tomorrow.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22
FavOrS Bonding State.

The Grower has consistently urged
that the state build complete system
of highways, believing IS we do that
they would mean increasing prosper
ity for Florida, attracting as they
would the desirable type OF people
who would be entrarced with our
possibilities and thus become invest
ors and probably permanent resi-
dents. Since building its 800 miles
of asphalt roads, Polk county has
progressed as never would otherwise
have been possible, lands here SELL
ing at unbelievable prices. Dade
county, with it's splendid oiled roads
is growing amazingly; Miami, show
ing more growtiI and building activ-
ity than any other city ia the state
However, we will never come to the
full measure of our possibilities with
fragments of roads, tie whCle system
must be linked up so that the visiting
motOrist may be able to ride comfor-
tably from Cne end of the state to
the other, which is not now possible
owing to backward counties in north
Florida as yet having made no pro-
gress in this direction, thus necessi-
tating miles of travel through deep
sand if the visitor is driving from
states tC the northward. 1t will, of
course be argued, that the counties
now having q good highway system
should not be taxed to build roads
for backward counties but this seems
to b. the only method through which
a statewide system may be obtained
Last summer California voted for a
$50,000,000 bond issue, Southern
California strongly supporting the
measure though seemingly at that
time having all the good roads ne
cessary The vote in the state as a
whole carried three to one. Good
roads are the avenues through which
will roll the wealth that will make
Florida rich and famous. - Florida
Grower.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22

Having heard reports from the
East to the effect tlat General
Woods friends spent a great deal of
money at the South Dakota pri-
maries. Republican State Chairman
Kicg makes haste to assert that the
outlay did not exceed $4,000, a
mere trifie as things go in that pros
porous region.
Accepting the gentleman's figures.
1t appears that South Dakota's 10
delegates represent an investment OF
$4,000 each. The Natl nal conven-
tion will nave a mem bership of
almost 1000. To give tko general
a safe majority he must Lave at
least 500 tried and true delegates,
who, on the ecor 0mical South Dakota
basis, will rot have cost in the aggre-
gate a cent more thar $2,5O0,O0O.
When Chairman King comes to
this tidy sum in all its bear
ings he may be amazed At lis own
moderation.-New York World.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22

A well known doctor and his wife
from the North are visiting in the
city for few days, and intend going
on down to Belleair to spend the re-
mainder of the cold season. When
asked why they did not remain in
Gainesville, the doctor had the fol-
lowing to say:
We'll, I'll tell you; Gainesville is
one of tho prettiest little cities
have ever had occasion to visit, and
the people here are the most hospita-
BILE to be found anywhere, but you
haven't golf links-and Belleair has.
Golf is great sport and l have sew
eral friends visiting there row, and
I want to play few games of golf be-
fore returning to the North"
The doctor also pointed out to us
the reason for the presence of his
Northern friends at Belleair, giving
the golf links and the fine hotel ac-
commodations as two of tie main
drawing Gainesville News.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22
NOT "GNING"

The pnr2se give to the golf course
as literally as you can" has been used
in connection with the canvass for
subscriptions TO stock in the golf and
country club that is being organized.
1t is unfortunate that such word
ing was employed, for they give a
false idea of the proposition. Every
person who contemplates subscribing
to stock in the club should consider
their money well invested rather
than as given.
Every stockholder in the club will
have an interest equal to his or her
investment in a very valuable piece
of real estate that will be enhanced
in value by all the work done to make
a golf course and country club.
1t is proposed to raise at least
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22

$12.50O by selling stock in the club.
Four thousand goes into the land,
tract of 164 acres, that is today, in
its present condition, worth more
than the price paid, $24 per acre.
Men who know land values say that
the land is one of the best buys" at
this price in this section, SO subscri-
bers are giving nothing when they
put money there. About four thous-
and dollars will be spent fo~ club
house, which will represent a per-
manent improvement to the land as
well as being worth all the money
that is put in it. Several thousand
will be spent in clearing the land and
making other improvements that
will be of a permanent character and
materially enhance the value of the
land,
If the golf course should prove a
complete failure, which is entirely
subscribers would still
have an interest in the land and all
and 1t is entirely likely
tat, If not Immediately, in few
years their stock would be worth
much more than was paid for it.
So when you are approached and
asked to subscribe, remember, you
are not giving" but investing.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22

There is not enough rewsprint
manufactured in the United States to
satisfy consumption. Canade cannot
compete and pay the import duties
demanded by this government
The result of this is, with limit
ed output, the powerful metropolitan
dailies are gobbling up all the avail
able supply OF paper, Centralizing the
newspaper business to those who are
able to get into the mills and con-
tract for the entire output. The
Gainesville News and the Palm Beach
Tropical Sun are the first two daily
papers in the state to suspend. |any
weekles have already given up the
ghost. The Sanford Herald announc-
es that it will suspend publication on
May l. With the small dailies and
weeklies out of The way it is easy to
see what powers will be held by the
survival of the fittest. Palatka
News.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22
STATE PRESS EDITORIALS

matter In hand and it looks as If the
movement will be approved by all
sections of the big county which at
present is sixty miles long and sixty
miles wide. Undoubtedly small coun-
ties are better for the transaction of
public business and permit progress
sive communities much greater dis
patch. Perhaps t is is the only way,
too, that South Florida is t. get rep
resentation in Tallahassee. BY
creating fifteen or twenty new coun-
ties in South Florida. that many new
representatives would be secured at
Tallahassee who could be pledged to
provide the reapportio1ment so long
refused by overrepresented North
Florida.-Miami Metropolis.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22

Even if exasperating. there is a
fascinating interest in the recent re-
port of the Federal Government
which informs the public that profit
of $50 per cent is being divided be-
tween the wholesalers and retailers
of the coffee trade. Compared with
the price to the ultimate consumer
of 1918, the cost today 20 the coffee
drinker is exactly II cents more a
pound.
To he sure. there is but little point
in publishing these figures. But
there is some satisfaction in recalling
the fact that when the Government
in 1918 took the shackles" off the
coffee industry the price began to as
cend within "a hours and is now
somewhere in the neighborhood of
200 per cent more than when the
war began.-Cincinau Enquirer.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22

Our Governor boasts shat he has
"a private negro cemetery back in
Alabama" This is not a knock for
him for he proclaims the statement
from the stump, and it is presumed
lie desires wide publicity for it. 1t
is not ofteE hat a man with human
blood upon his hands beasts of the
circumstance. Most men are willing
to forget such an occurrence. Sen
ator Fletcher can produce 10 such
good reason Cor sending him to the
Senate as that he has killed a negro.
He must concede that Cats has the
advantage of him there. - Lakeland
Telegram.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22

The thirty-siXth member Of the sis
terhcod proves shy and difficult Of
capture. The country waits expect
ant and trihe piqued. Thirty-fve
states ratified the Anthony amend
ment, and here the project halts.
Delewaro refuses, Mississippi refuses.
The Lochinvar dash of Jesse Blcch is
robbed of it's sequence.
Within IS days last June nine
states voted to ratify the suffrage
The going continued
good in July ard ratifcations con-
tinued usually at the rate Of several
each month through February. Two
states voted aye in March. Now
comes the crucial period of tie fight.
and the thirSy-sixth state hangs back
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22
Investing in Dollars.

Perhaps ii has not occurred TO
many people who are thirking of
investing in marks, f"a~cs or other
kinds of foreig" currency, that the
American dollar is a good invcatment
There is a suggestion CT novelty in
the notion of investing in dollars, but
what else is purchase Of good
American security, payable in a de-
Unite number Of dollars at a definite
time than an investment in dollars?
One who buys an American bond
buys dollars for future delivery, and
dollars are cheap just now. Frank
\. F&nderliD, in a race-t address in
Detroit, said they were worth about
20 cents if the dollar of 1913 was
worth 100 cents. TIC opinion is
held very strongly in ..igh quarters
that the dollar will start back in the
direction of its 1913 level before
many years, anC just as the people
depending upon fixed incomes were
caught by the dollar slump, so will
he people who invest in dcllars ben
Eft by the II se.--D2troit Free Press.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22

The great question of the hour in
Tampa is, did Charlie Wall, on the
afternoon of April sixth, enter Judge
Gordon's office and have an hours
conference with t e judge? On the
truthful answer of this question de-
pends the success of many Tampa
politicians. We, the jury, therefore,
sworn by the Herald due investiga-
tion and return to make, find that,
on the date named, Charlie Wall did
enter Judge Gordon's office, but
found that the judge was out, and
the only problem in this case that we
cannot solve is why the dickense
didn't Charlie do like them other
fellers" and publish an affidavit Civ
ing the truth? This would have
saved much anguish in Tampa.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22

The papers OF DeSoto county are
going after county division hammer
and tongues. Hope they get it.
Florida has several counties too large
for the good of anyone but the po-
litical rings that are running them.
People who live thirty to forty
miles from county seat are gener-
ally too little convergait with the
way things are run to vote intelli-
gently - Winter Haven Chief.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22
NATIONAL PRESS EDITORIALS

like a bashful swain at country
dance.
OF course, the one needful vote of
ratification will be found. Two states
whose legislatures are new in session
have declined the distinction of cast
ing the clinchirg vote. Their dec
lination opens the opportunity to
others. Our guess is tLat ratificat-
ion will be accomplished long before
the fall election. The women in
many states may not have voice
in nominating the next President, but
they will have part in is 9election.-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22

Judging by comments of the state
press, the sentiment for laws giving
farmers and growers equal rights
with cattlemen is practically unani-
nous and there is every reason to
believe that such laws will be enact
ed by the next legislature. The cat
tlemen, who were at first defiant and
talked and acted as if they were run
ming the state and intended to con-
tinue to run it, must have consulted
their ouija board and discovered that
they were mistaken, for a meeting of
cattlemen was held, or was to have
been held, in Barlow last Friday, the
purpose of which, as stated by Pat
Johnson, secretary of the Cattle
mems Association, was to "see if we
cannot get together on a law that
will be acceptable to all of US" In
the letter sent out to the state press
Mr.. Johnson says: I'VE wish to as
sure you that the cattlemen of the
state are not trying to do anything
that will stay the wheels of progress,
but are only too willing 10 meet the
citrus, truck and agricultural people
half way" If Mr.. Johnson is sincere
and speaks for all the cattlemen the
no-fence proposition will be an easy
one to settle, for in meeting the
farmers and growers half way the
cattlemen will agree to and support
a law that will make the cattlemen
responsible for the damage done by
his stock, which is all the farmers
and growers are contending for but
as little as they will be satisfied with.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22

The no-fence law issue is one of
the livest propositions in Florida.
J. Forrest Caldwell. of the Barlow
board of trade, and Gilbert Leach, of
Leesburg, have done more to force a
showdown than any other two men
in the state. Judging from our ex-
changes about 80 per cent. or more
of the newspapers OF Florida are
going TO follow them to victory on
this issue.-Bartow Record.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22

1t is suggested that the reason why
one candidate for the United States
Senate from Florida is so dead sot
agin' Fletcher's bill to deport anarch-
lists to Guam is that he fears that If
the bill ever becomes a law he will be
one of the first to be deported.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22

A little oil poured in the sewer
drops today will prevent the crop of
mosquitoes that will poster us tomor-
row. Boy, take this message to the
director of public safety and the de-
partment of health.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22
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The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-22
Five L

Five more counties may be added
to Florida's list of counties if a pro-
posal from DeSoto county brings
legislative action. An organization
of prominent DeSoto men have the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-12-30
Seven Remedies

Seven remedies to aid in prevent
ing the disaster which is threatening
the dairy industry, the most import
ant Wisconsin farm product, are sug-
gested by K. L. Hatch, of the Col
lege of Agriculture. He suggests:
n / Farmers need to advertise to
increase consumption.
q Use more milk on the farm.
Gull out improbable cows by
testing.
Make more good butter.
Stop using substitutes.
Fight ''Filled Milk"
Z. Don't buy Improbable conden-
saries and be left holding the sack.
Every farmer should read the above
over careful and then spend some
time in thinking about it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-12-30
HURT IN AUTO BUS SPILL

Miss Edith Tubs, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Tubbs of this city,
and Miss Ann Williams, former
principal of the River Falls public
schools, were both injured a week
ago last Sunday in an auto bus spill
near Alhambra, California. Miss
Williams was thought for time to
be in a very serious condition, from
internal injuries, but telegram from
Mrs. c.. w. Jensen states that she
is recovering nicely. Miss Tubbs had
the bones in her right forearm dislo-
Gated.
Miss Tubbs and Miss Williams,
who are teaching at Stockton, CAL,
were on sightseeing tour to River
side, CAL, when the bus in which
they were making the trip was hit
by another car and overturned. Sew
eral other occupants of the bus were
also injured in the accident.