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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-09-15
MINOT'S FARM TRADE

Minot merchants are looking ahead
to good fall trade, in fact, business
conditions at present are in a very
satisfactory condition. The crops
are rather light within radius of 10
miles of the city, but even in this
district the farmers will get consider
able farm their crops when you tig-
ure the value Of the feed, potatoes
and other crops that are grown in
addition to the small grain. This
country has gradually been taking on
the dairy habit, not as rapidly az it
might, but still when you look back
over ten year period, it is surpris-
ing to see what change farmers who
rely mainly on wheat and the other
small grain, but good many OF such
farmers have either been compelled
to adopt the mixed farming method
or forced out of the country. The
farmers this year farmed at sur
prisingly low expense and while they
cannot pay up many debts, still they
raised sufficiency on which to live
and to live we'll, too. Dairying is
the thing that will put northwestern
North Dakota solidly on its feet and
practically every farmer now recog-
nizes this fact. There is still a
chance for the farmer who wants to
get few good dairy cows. Banks
are willing to back such farmers when
they would not feel justified to loan
nickle for any other purposes. The
businessmen generally should lend
moral encouragement to our growing
dairy industry for on the success of
this industry largely depends the sue
cess of our city. Statistics show
that in a city of 10000 and over,
40 percent of the business comes from
the farm. And so we say, Minot
should look to the welfare of it's farm
ing community and cooperate with
it in every way possible. There are
so many ways in which our city and
country may cooperate and we feel
that this district is already doing it
to great extent. A farmer, who
recently returned from Minnesota,
where he resided for a year, informs
the Independent that the Minot mer-
chants are selling cheaper than those
in Duluth. Minot furnishes an i'm
portant market for all kinds Of farm
products and every day in the year
when the roads are good, autos may
be seen in our city from points fifty
miles or more away, bringing in pro-.
duce, getting enough extra in increas.
ed price for this produce and by saw
ing on the merchandise needed, to pay
for the expense of the journey and
leaving them a nice margin besides.
Minot no longer depends on the
limited territory she had in the day
Of the horse and buggy. The auto
has brot the farm closer to the city.
It takes no longer to jump into the
f1ivver and come to Minot now from
a distance of so miles than it used
to take with the horse and buggy to
make the ten mile trip. And in this
SO mile radius some excellent crops
have been grown this year.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-09-15

the New York City schools who failed
children are held back by defective
eyesight and not by lack of brains.
This authority states:
1T is amazing how many persons
there are in the United States suffer-
ing from defective eyesight. In the
first draft Of the American soldiers
in 1917, bad eyesight caused nearly
three times as many reflections as any
other defect. At the time Of this
draft 2,510,7O6 men between the ages
Of 81 and 81, were examined and $780,
756 or 29.11 percent were rejected
for physical reasons. One table, bas-
ed upon the rejection Of 1888 men
from representative sections Of the
country, showed that 1924 had been
rejected for defective eyesight, a per-
centage of 21.68.
"Gradually the general public is
realizing the Importance Of caring
for the teeth in order to preserve good
health, but the eyes, the most i'm
portant part of our physical equip
ment, are often neglected until the
fear of actual blindness drives the
sufferer into taking the necessary
means of preserving them.
"The proper time to remedy defects
in eyesight is when boys and girls
are young. No child should be sent
out into the world handicapped by a
defect that, in most instances, could
be overcome by a pair of glasses,
properly adjusted at the proper time"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-09-15
DO WE LIVE TO EAT?

Ever since that sad day when Moth
er Eve provided Wand for her help
meet that would tempt his appetite,
it seems that the worlds principal
concern has been its food supply. Let
nations food supply be menaced and
the concern Of the people is greater
than tho an army were approaching
its border. In these latter days, how
ever, it seems that the average appe-
tite Graves foodstuffs that are inim-
ical to good health. For instance,
take flour, the major ingredient of our
leading food, bread. We now demand
the purest, whitest product that mod
ern milling processes can supply not
withstanding the fact that all who
have studied physiology and hygiene
as taught in our public schools know
TO be the very poorest, not to say
the worst, type of flour we can eat
Those certain essential ingredients
such as lime or phosphate are largely
absent from this perfectly white -four.
a few years ago when the craze for
The highly specialized patent process
-four was at its height New York
baker made name and fame to say
nothing Of added financial increment
to his hoard by mixing a certain per-
centage of plaster of Paris with the
flour from which he made brand of
health bread This continued until
the food specialists of Uncle Sam
got cognizant to the fact. What the
human system requires, in fact Nat
nre demands, is, a bread made from
flour that is as near as possible what
Providence intended it should be, SIM
ply the whole Of the wheat. The re-
cent session Of the National Dental
Association brot out the fact that
the American people suffer innumer-
able ills from which the nations of
other continents are absolutely free.
AS a people we suffer more from all
ments Of the teeth than any of the
other nations. One reason which has
been advanced and with reason, is the
flour we use. We have simply gone
~bugs" in regard to flour much as the
whole world went "bugs" over fine
silks and other Injuries during and
following the war. We must get
down to earth. Back to natural liv-
ing. Whole volumes might be writ
ten upon this subject. Our obese
friends are concerned about their
avoirdupois. With the right foods
none would have reason to complain
about their girth. We spend thou
sands Of dollars in the purchase Of
patent health foods that are not one
whit better than the plain homely
"grits" that we may obtain at any
first class flour mill. There would be
no million dollar food factories, and
health food billionaires if we but cool
ed off and used a little common sense
Just a modicum is sufficient, and
lived somewhat as our forefathers.
Let's cut out the highfalutin' food
stuffs. Just reason this matter out,
each one for himself.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-09-15

A Minot man has a son whose am
bition it is to get a college education.
The young man has completed his
work in our splendid high school and
had planned on going away to college
this year. The father did little in
vestigating and ascertained that the
son could attend the Minot Normal
two years, get a two year college
credit and have the advantage of liv-
ing longer under the parental roof.
Incidentally the father figures that
he has saved in the neighborhood of
100000, what he estimates the two
years in college would cost his son,
who at the end of that period can
still select the institution Of learning
he wishes to enter and be just as far
ahead. The Minot Normal has a
corps of high class instructors Minot
residents appreciate this splendid in
stitution Of learning and it is being
used to advantage more every year.
One does not have to aspire to being
teacher in order to get a great
deal of value from this school.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-09-15
North Dakotans should write t

North Dakotans should write to
their United States Senator and Con-
gressmen and ascertain how they stand
on the St. Lawrence Deep Waterways
project. Argentina can ship bushel
Of corn to New York for ten cents.
1t costs 81 cents to carry a bushel Of
corn from Iowa to New York by rail.
Wheat may be shipped from Argen-
tina to New York, then transported
$50 miles into the interior and ground
into -four and returned to New York,
and sell for 50 cents barrel less
than -four made from wheat shipped
from the wheat belt of the United
States. Every farmer in this district
will save ten cents a bushel on his
wheat when the Deep Waterway is
completed. Let's be awake and let
our Congressman and Senators know
what we want.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-09-15

Missouri land that cost the owner
$4,000 an acre produced only 16
bushels per acre this year. Iowa
wheat did not average better. The
Missourian and the Iowaian fortu-
nately do not depend on their wheat
to make them money. Corn is their
big crop. North Dakotans who grew
corn this year, produced crop near
ly as good as the Iowa farmer. North
Dakotans must adopt the methods of
those Iowa farmers.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-09-15
Higher Circus License

The city commission recently en-.
acted Ordinance No. II, which pro-
vides for a license fee Of not less
than $500 nor more than $1,000 for
any circus, menagerie or carnival for
two exhibitions and not less than
$500 nor more than $4,000 for each
exhibition thereafter, not including
side shows or other exhibitions ira
yelling Herewith, which shall be tax
ed for license not less than $500
nor more than $500 each exhibition.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-09-15

Five (5%) per cent Of the amount Of
the bids shall be accompanied with
each bid.
Plans can be had from the archi-
tect on the deposit of Ten dollars to
insure their return.
Signed,
Rosehill City Cemetery Board,
9-15-2t Mrs. H. E. Wheeler, Pres.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-09-15
NOVICE 10 C0NTRACrORs

Sealed bids will be received by the
City Of Minot, Minot, N. D., up to
4 p. m. Monday, September Goth,
1921 for the erection of q Chapel and
Receiving Vault to be erected in
Rosehill Cemetery, Minot, N. D., in
strict accordance with the plans and
specifications prepared by Ira l..
Rush, Architect, Minot, N. D.
Certified checks for the amount of
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-09-15
ESTRAY COLT TAKEN UP

Estray colt taken up at my farm
seven miles south Of Glenburn, brown
yearling colt, slim build, white stripe
in forehead and white sept on end of
nose. If followed me from town
and is in my pasture. Owner may
have same by proving property and
paying charges.
WESLEY MASTERS,
9/15-3t cg Rte 3, Glenburn, N. D.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-09-15

J. P. Johnson of Ignite died in a
Minot hospital Monday night. His
mother and two brothers live near
Northwood.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-09-15
MINOT MARKETS
Marriage Licenses

Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses were issued for:
Arnold Anderson "a, Plentywood,
Mont, and Miss Hazel Reed, 20,
Minot.
Paul Telekey, %, Ryder and Miss
Anna Dovich, 20, Makoti.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-09-15

Defective Eyesight
A prominent health officer recent
~ stated that Of 100000 pupils Of
Licking Valley courier., 1921-11-10
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new subscriber to the Courier both papers for the price
one-S150. ts.. d.. =, /.
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farmer in Morgan county. -w
This offer will expire November H. We have only
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scrptions and when they exhausted we will have to
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The week beginning November and ending Noven.
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week are making this offer To every new subscriber
Or renewal during that week will give the Southern
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ms IS not clubbing offer with the Southern Aprcuis
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Licking Valley courier., 1921-11-10
A BETTER HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.

Now that the election is over and wecan settle down
the usual routine of life it is time that take stock
of the conditions of the county high school, Il
Already the school is crowded and at the beginning
Of the year when the rural schools have closed there will
be great increase in the attendance here and 1t will tax
the capacity of the buildings to accommodate them In
fact the fact that accommodations meager will de-
ter many from entering I
is being realized by the citizens Of the county that
the county high school is he only Of preparing their
boys and girls for teachers and interest being awaken
ed in the need Of buildings and dormitories. 4
Under the present law it is impossible to appropr
ate more money single year than the revenue from the
taxes for school purposes Hence if we build adequate
buildings will be compelled to borrow the money to do
So
The borrowing money to build school buildings will
not increase taxes there than enough taxes
paid to meet the current expenses and the debt could
be discharged as it natures. y
Realizing that the erection of modern school build
ing and dormitores is question that vtaly effects the
citizens the Courier invites the citizens to give their op
ions the matter through these columns Don't make
your letters long State your ideas briefly so that we can
have room for all of YOU Let's get together and
the matter out how best to provide for the education of
our boys and girls
Licking Valley courier., 1921-11-10

cartridges around their waists ana
with repeating rifles across the pom.
mels OF their saddles, and Joined
Dale, The four FASTENED TO the homes
Of the other Morelands; and not long
afterward the old clan, In full
strength, rode toward the big, dim
blue hills with Bill Dale acting as Its
leader. II was TO be the clans last
6ght, and a fight for good cause,
and every man Of II was eager for
the fray, ~. ..
Bin Dale bore himself proudly, and
he rode like a man born TO the sad.
die. He found a queer jOy-a Joy
that frightened his steel-grey eyes
and 1usNj his sunburnei checks. q
Joy tnat he didn't even attempt to
Understandable the thought;
"For this one day am clan chief
l sm leading my own people against
\ Zoe, In my own country"
And so Overwhelmingly did the lden
take hold OF him thal he wished even
then, for the repeater thNt awaited
hlin al Ills Office back In the heart Of
the mountains. Once his conscience
asked him q Questlon-and he an
swered t-with another question. Was
he doing that which was right1 NIGH
not the Llttlefortls all be killed BY
those drunken -sutthroals while he
Licking Valley courier., 1921-11-10
~cSPYViVM - Oovblsdcr Poao 4 q

I'll. Keep By Heck up the river
watching for them. He will have
three sticks of dynamite tied together
and capped and fitted with fuse. II
he sees them coming this way In any.
thing like a,.f0rce; he will fire Off the
dynamite as signal to US. Our men
will gather here in the upstairs of this
building, and bar the DOORS"
"Oh, BILL" moaned the old fighter,
you shorely don't think we'd ever let
'em git to the doorsl"
II hope they don't, certainly"
smiled Dale bsfNhere ARE your rifles,
Rnl2p - ~ta
"At the mtne, p, said Littleford. "Ys
see Bill. we've been a-lookin' To-
trouble" ....- .S
Dale went on: "At By Heck's sig
nal -Iu get on my horse and ride to
the lowlands for the Morelands. | can
get them lot quicker than | can get
competent help from the law. What
do you think. Of itf".
.It's a good plan. reckon"
srowled Ben Littleford, "only | don't
cotton very easy to the ldee O. Va
a.runnin' from the mine to this here
buildin'. never did like to run from
any man wo'th durn, Bill"
"But that wouldn't be cowardly,"
Dale protested. ut would be purely
Q strategic move. and It would save
lives for rs. For, when the Balls ana
their klnsmen come, you'n have to de-
liver me into their hands or you'll
have to fight like the very devil, that's
sure; and, according to By Heck's ag-
ures, they Outnumber you more than
two to one."
ran right Littleford replied, VIII,
. shrug Of his huge shoulders. "What,
ever you say, that same we'll do"
80 BY Heck was sent for, and short.
" afterward he sneaked into the Law
Fsls and went of toward the settle
ment Of the Balls. In the crook Of bis
arm he carried his rife, and inside bis
shirt be carried three pieces Of dyna'
mite all ready for the match-and he
chose every: step with. great care fol
fear Of jarring. the, explosive too much
J, he had not. been gone an hour wher
Bill Dale heard dull; smothered roai
from. .some%here to the northward
Dale sprang nR from his desk, ran Il
his ready and waiting horse, mounted
and rode like streak toward thu
lOwland. q.
Dale arrived at John Moreland's BIZ
white farmhouse q little before tn,
middle of the day. and halloed lustill
at the gate. John Moreland and hh
two sons hurried out In response h
the call. Dale waved aside all greet
ings and inquiries after his health
and told that which he had come t,
tell. The elder Moreland turned quick
ly to bis two stdlWaft sons
!" "Guns and hosses, boysl It'll b,
eur last, 1ght, and les be at It ant
make 1t q good aght"
Less than Ave minutes later. th
three erstwhils mountaineers rode on
at the barnyard gate with full belts .
Licking Valley courier., 1921-11-10
LET'S GET TO BUSINESS AGAIN.

The election is over and let's get down to business
and forget it. There was the certainty from the begin
ming that one side had be defeated and that the other
Sac would win 1t is the idea of majority rule 1T is
bootess to argue the result That it was not what
some expected is sure but the good citizens bows to the
will of the majority and comes up smiling.
Unfortunately for the good Of the business OF the
our minds taken too much from our daily avocations
But we can get back to work at once if we dismiss
the matter as soon as the election is over All the Grim
inaton and determinations we can put feth will not
If you were on the losing side take your medicine
gamely and gracefully submit to the will of the majority
If you are on the successful sde take your victory mod
esty and don't rub it in on the other fellow. All Of M
know how it feels to be the losing sde and should
be careful not to needessy wound the feelings of tb
other fellow. W
Let's forget it. ''la ff7*naae, va 4 M Y
Licking Valley courier., 1921-11-10
CHAPTER XVIII
The Last Fluht.

It was early In the morning and
Bill Dale had Just sent for Ben Little.
ford, The hillman hurried to the Of.
fee, for he believed he knew what
was In the air. !. He had ALREADY gone
TO work at the mine, and his thick
beard, his face aud his hands were
black with the dust Of coal.
y"Slt down, Ben" said the general
manager. "We're going to hold q
council Of war" - 81 ! ~ 10,
+ Littleford took chair and crossed
his legs. ! ! -
rs It the Bail optftr he drawled.
"Yes" answered the younger man,
, and forthwith he told the other Of the
news that BY Heck had brought bim
few days before; he had not given
the matter really serious considera.
'tion until that morning. "Now." he
finished, u want to know whether you
think there's any dangerr
Llttleford tugged at his blackened
beard and frowned. 49,. 49,.
bill" he said sobTlS do you
rlcGollect what john Mcreland told
you Oncet about them Ballsi He told
Se at you wasn't,. safe. - and AT he
wasn't safe, ontel they. was dead, and
buried, didn't hef | lbelleye he did.
BY Heck says the's u whole big passel
o. them Nuwth Ca'llner Turner's; he's
shore them aud the Balls'll outnum-
Der us more'n two to one, Yes. the's
danger, Blll, and specially to you.
They think II wns you killed Adam,
/. qpd. they don't think the law handed
'em a square deal at the trial"
"Then listen TO this PLAN" said
Dule
Licking Valley courier., 1921-11-10
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Subscribe for your home town
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for November 7-12, has not
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''poor editor needs the money"
but because there was never
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Of laying emphasis on the
homely, solid, substantial things
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Licking Valley courier., 1921-11-10

Of small town and country life,
which are the very warp and
woof Of the country newspaper.
Every home into which the
home paper goes thereby has q
greater interest in the COM
munity; and community soh-
darity is doing much to carry
US through the period Of unrest
and discomfort which is notice
able everywhere.
wn Paper Week, Nov. 7.l2
Licking Valley courier., 1921-11-10

HcHAPTER XVI. = Babe" tells Mra
Dale her son had asked her to marry him
and that she refused Pressed for q
reason, she confssses she killed Adam
Ball 10 save paleH life. and that she
feels she Is not worthy 10 be his wife.
CHATTER XvlI.-Jlmmy Fayne presses
his suit. Babe" finally and definitely
refuses him, though he promises that n
she viii marry him. he will help ana edu-
cate the Littlefords, the girls dearest
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-21
SALE OF BROOMS
GREATLY CUT; SO
PER CENT OF NORMAL

Oklahoma City, Okla, Sept. 21.-
The man who stayed away from home
later than necessary this year, was
only hAlf so likely to be greeted with
the swish Of a broom or broom han
die, as he was last year. according to
the first survey ever made Of the
broom corn industry, and made pub
lie here today by G. b. Alguire, sta
tisician Of the hay, feed and seed al
vision Of the U. S. Bureau Of Markets
and. Crop Estimates
/ His review shows that the per
capita sales this year were about 40
per cent Of normal and that the total
sale OF brooms amounted to slightly
more}than sixty per cent OF normal.
The broom corn industry has moved
slowly this year, compared with sev-
eral years past. a general Stagnant
condition existing, which was not ex-
pected at all when the season for the
1920 crop opened.
The outlook then was comparative
.ly favorable, Mr.. .Alguire says, with
being one Of the smallest on record,
and'the new crop which later proved
to be$938,000 tons. compared with a
isix-year average Of $4,000 tons in the
United States. gave every indication
of being the smallest crop in years.
The. survey covers the entire broom
corn Industry of the United States.
These conditions Of bear fore
casting should ordinarily have caused
an extremely active market for q raw
product, he says, but almost the OPP
posite was the case. Farmers have
hauled their straw to market and in
many cases refused to sell: 1t after
they had hauled it in, saying the
price iid not compensate for the la
Dor involved.