The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-09-07

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body of young man killed by pas
early this week. The young man,
aged %, left Oshkosh six weeks ago
with three companions, in search of
employment.
Harvey, N. D., Sept. IAN un-
identified transient who carried an l.
w. w. card, was fatally injured by
500 passenger train No. 107, four
miles west of Harvey when he was
struck on his head, which rested on
a tie as he was sleeping. A compan-
ion, who had also been asleep near
the track, notified authorities. Brot
to the hospital here unconscious, the
injured man died in about seven hours.
The card he carried, bore the name
Last" but l. w. w. headquarters at
Chicago advised they had no men,
Der by that name. His clothes bore
the name of a clothing firm at Osh-
kosh, Wis. From this clue authorities
are trying to locate relatives.
Ward Co. Fair-sept. 1915
Governor r. A. Nestos seeks to Sc
cure extended courtesy on the part of
the bankers towards every man who
is honestly trying to pay his debts.
In a statement which he has just
made public and which is published
elsewhere in this issue, our governor
points out that the state is sound
economically, has vast amount OF
resources, but shows that if farmers
are compelled to dump their wheat
on the market at the present low
figure, instead Of making a profit
for their years work, the business
will show an actual loss, which will
be harmful not only to the farmers
themselves, but to every other person
living in our state. The banks need
their money. Very few banks in
North Dakota showed profit for the
business done last year and all of
them had to "clean house" to the ex-
tent of thousands of dollars each by
charging off worthless paper. Some
banks even had to make an assess
ment on their stockholders in order
to keep running. There has been
tendency on the part of the banks in
the past to be very lenient, in fact
some. of them were so lenient that
they have had to close their doors.
Too much credit is sometimes great
err curse on the part of community
than not giving credit enough. Still
the banks are asked to be lenient in
forcing their collections this fall and
they will. No bank wants to fore
close a chattel mortgage where the
farmer is taking good care of the
property and is making an honest ef-
fort to liquidate his Indebtedness. No
bank wants to foreclose on mans
farm. North Dakota banks are al
ready loaded down with farms that
they have been compelled to take be-
cause the owner refused to, stay with
the game any longer. The farmer
who owes the banker money, should
talk the situation over with him care
fully. If he has wheat and other
products which cannot be sold to ad-
vantage at this particular time, he
can very likely make satisfactory ar
rangements for reasonable extern
sion Of credits if he shows that he
means to be right. The Independent
hopes that arrangements can be made
so that the farmers in some way may
be able to hold a good portion Of their
crop until the price advances. Gov
ernor Nestos is to be commended for
interesting himself in their behalf.
Ward Co. Fair-sept. 12-15-
The Episcopal church is considering
cutting out the word "obey" from the
marriage ceremony. Might just as
we'll. If the writer's memory serves
him right, we remember this word
used somewhere about 20 years ago
and it does not seem to have made
any material difference
Ward Co. Fatr-sept. 12-15
Sheriff Jake Of Wells county went
to Chicago last week for Lewis UNI
stot, charged, with stealing $1,000
worth of effects from Harvey resi-
dence.