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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05
COULTER OUTLINES
BETTER FARM CREDIT

Fargo, NJ D. - A system Of banks
or trust companies, under state or
federal charter, to assemble the farm
ers' notes or evidences Of credit, to
issue short term bonds upon these.
and to secure from the borrower an
nually or more often, partial pay
ments to apply as sinking fund with
opportunity to pay more or less from
year to year according to the condi-
ton of the crops and prices-such. is
the solution of the farm credit prob
lem proposed by DR.. John Lee Coulter,
president of the North Dakota Agri-
cultural College, at the annual meet
ing of the North Dakota Farm Bu-
reau Federation here.
The present credit system is de-
signed for the merchant or manufac-
turer with their quick turnover, DR..
Coulter says, and is entirely unsuited
to the farmer, with his long turnover
period.
"While Uncle Sam had land enough
to give us all a farm, we needed little
in the way of long-term, land mort
gage credit" DR.. Coulter said. "The
six million farmers of today soon
will have passed away. If we do
not provide for a system of credit
whereby the young man can buy this
land and pay for it over period
of 20 to 40 years it soon will pass
into the hands Of the people Of
wealth, we will have a system Of alb
sentee landlordism and tenancy, and
then we may expect real trouble"
The federal farm land bank is a
step in the right direction, Mr.. Coul-
ter said.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05
Nose and the Buzz Saw

A safety director was down South
trying, to teach the colored people
the principles of safety. Nose White
got a job in a sawmill. The boss
put him in charge of buzz saw,
showed him how the saw worked.
warned him of the danger, and then
went away.
Nose was fascinated by the shin
ing, whirling saw. But was it as
sharp and terrible as the boss had
said? To test it he touched it gently
with his finger. BIZ! and the finger
was no more.
As Nose was ruefully tying up his
hand in his bandana the boss came
back. "Hullo, there, Nose! What's
the mater?"
"Buzz saw done cut my fingah of.
sah."
"How in the dickens did that hap
pen?" :,
"Ah dunno, boss. All just touched
the darn contraption like dis - - for
Gawd's sake, dar's anudder finger
gone!"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05
MAKE PERFECT SCORES IN
CROP JUDGING PRODUCTS

Fargo, N. D. - Two perfect scores
were made in the corn and potato
judging contest held as part of the
program at the annual Boys and Girls
Achievement Institute at the Agri-
cultural College. Edmund Gillian
of Walsh county scored 100 percent in
the potato judging, and thereby won
the gold medal Glenn Moore of
Dickey county repeated the feat in
the corn judging, and got the. gold
medal offered in the corn division.
In the potato judging, Alton Bur-
gum of Cass county won second place
and the silver medal, while Walter
Kegler of Grand Forks county took
third place and the bronze medal. In
the corn judging, Charles Abercrom-
bic of Walsh county won the silver
medal and James Huey Of Barnes
county the bronze betal. H. l.. WAL
ster, Experiment Station Agronomist,
conducted the contest.
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WHEAT ACREAGE CUT . =
IN N. DAKOTA URGED

Fargo, Dec. 3O.-Farmers of North
Dakota today were urged to reduce
their wheat acreage from 10 to IL per
cent and substitute other crops to bal
ance the surplus of wheat carried over
from the 1921ocrop. The appeal was
made by Rex E. Willard, farm econ
omlst of the agricultural college,
speakjng at the second annual cOnven-
ton of the North Dakota Farm Bu-
reau federation The convention will
end late today.
Mr.. Willard read statistics showing
there is IL per cent surplus of wheat
in the world this year. He said the
farmers must face the same situation
as the manufacturers when they have
manufactured more articles than the
market will absorb. "a
II am authorized to speak officially
for the North Dakota agricultural col
lege," Mr.. Willard said, "and suggest
that farmers Of North Dakota plan to
substitute the acreage planted to
wheat next year by 10 or IL per cent
of the other crops, so that farmers
of this state will be doing their part
in remedying the situation which has
arisen from overproduction of this
crop during the PAS year."
IL al AueQudLc system VI dSIACuA-
turai credits is MT provided, the ma
and tenancy ENC "tken may expect
real trouble" President John Lee
Coulter of the agricultural college
said.
Farm Credit Needs Classed
Five types of credit are needed by
the farmers, he said. They are long
term farm mortgage credit, building
and improvement loans of 10 to Is
years, production credit, marketing
credit and special credits-an example
of which is to bring modern conven-
fences into the home.
All officers of the State Farm Blu
reau federation were reelected at the
annual business meeting last night,
Hans Georgeson Of Niagara is pres
ident.
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Farmer Gets Premium on Fattened
TURKEYS

Glenfeld-Four cents pound pre-
MUM on more than half ton OF
dressed turkeys is the reward recelv-
ed by M. D. Williams of Glentie!d to-:
bringing his birds to maturity an'
fattening them before putting them
on the market. Mr.. Williams also re-
ceived the express charges on his tur-
keys to Fargo, where one OF the com
mission houses gave him the extra
money to secure the birds for its best
Christmas trade.
Mr.. Williams turkeys were we'll de-
veloped and fat, in contrast, to the un-
der developed, unfattened birds that
have given North Dakota poultry a
bad name on the eastern markets and
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05
Hold the Hail Warrants

Langdon Republican: Many par
ties having hail losses last season re-
ceived warrant this last week from
the hail insurance department at Bis
marck. A party by the name Of
John DeJong must have secured a
list of the names of all parties being
sent warrants for very shortly after
the warrant was received a letter
came from Mr.. DeJong offering to
discount it at 8 per cent. Last year
the scalpers took discounts of from
10 to 20 per cent but this year the
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05

coaches at a cost of about $750,O0O.
Ordinarily the rebuilding of passen-
ger cars is done in outside shops.
President Budd said: "We probably
could have it done for less money
elsewhere, but it was thought desir-
able under present conditions to keep
our own men busy and spend the
money in our own communities.
The Great Northern program will
prove an important factor in reliev-
ing the unemployment situation this
winter.
President Budd also announced a
off recently will be re-employed early
in January.
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rate seems to have been reduced. The
state administration is working on a
plan to secure cash for all state hail
warrants through some bonds. If
they do this the hail warrants will
soon be paid in full and in cash. On
that account it is advisable for all to
hold their warrants for short time
and give Mr.. Nestos and his co-work-
ers a chance to save the farmers the
loss incident to this discount in the
warrant
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05
GREAT NORTHERN TO START
MILLION DOLLAR CAR WORK

St. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 1.-President
Ralph Budd of the Great Northern
railway today announced plans for re-
building the roads wooden passenger
coaches into all steel cars in the COM
pany's own shops, involving an expen-
diture of about $1,000,000. The CON-
pany also is buying 80 new steel
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05

in North Dakota and added: "North
Dakota today is in as good financial
condition as any state and I would
like to have the truth known as there
has been so much adverse criticism
directed against this state"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05

caused it to be Disseminated against
in price. The flock was put on a grain
ration and given shelter after the
cold weather stopped their ranging.
Chickens, as well as turkeys, repay
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05

the poultryman for proper feed and
housing, Mr.. Williams finds; his 70
barred Plymouth Rock hens are pro-
ducing from IS to "a eggs every day
this winter
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05
We Wish You All
n Happy Neu' Year

James Johnson
r. E. Barron
H. M. Wilson r.
S. ]. Rasmussen
John Hoellinger
P. p. Lee
Edward S. Lee
Otto Ellison
Ruth Kulaas Wilson
Kari Kulaas
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05

Louis w. Hill
H. E. Byorum
Arch =. MCDANIEL
Otto Bremen
A. A. Robinson
C.. F. Sweet
P. w. Myers
w. E. Tooley
Peter Kulaas
Gertrude Kulaas q
Harold Kulaas
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-23
CREX RUGS AND SQUARES
AWAY BELOW MARKET
PRICES.

Perfect Rugs, not seconds; plain
centers with neat striped bor-
ders; also fancy centers in regu-
lar Administer Rug patterns, In
SErlngtime Grass rugs are the
best rugs in the world for the
price. We have enough to sup
ply everybody here. 30x60
inches, 88c; 3x6 feet, $1.29;
6x9 feet, 1888; s x10 feet.
$685.; 9xI2 feet .......--,-.-,. 500,
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less you want me to think you're
merely amusing yourself"
But you don't think that. So be
patient"
"I'm not at all sure patience and
love are even related"
Then I'm afraid the only kind of
love you know is not the kind that
lasts
"If so, I'm glad I've known none
that lasted; that leaves me free to
be truly in love with you"
That's rather clever of you,
Lynn, almost too clever"
'I've got to be clever, l guess, to
make you love me-"
Lynn, I'm afraid you're artful.
Yes-and much too experienced !!
You'd better go now before you talk
me into something that isn't real
and If you do love me, you
aren't wanting anything else"
Il don't, but You'd really
ike to get rid of me?"
For tonight, yes. l need to be
alone to think about you"
Lucinda stood up, a maneuver
that lifted Summerlad unwillingly
out of his chair.
"ive never tried to kiss you,
Linda ="
And won't, | know, till | want
you to-"
"Confound you! That's what | get
for giving you an opening to put me
on my honor"
Don't go before you've answered
my question about these unlucky
women"
I'm sure | don't know. You can't
turn Linda Lee, Inc, into refuge
Tor misguided females"
5 There's one girl in especial I'm
worried about, Lynn. She seems to
Ill and wretched. And even so, she's
pretty.
What's her name?"
Miss Marquis Nelly Marquis, /
Lhlnk she said"
Summerlad had just then opened
ms clgaret case. After thoughtful
pause he shut it with snap, neg
leetlng no help himself to a cigaret,
and replaced it in his pocket. Then,
becoming sensible of the query in
Lucinda's attitude, he asked in a
iull voice: What name did you
5ay?"
Nelly Marquis. Why? Do YOU
know herr"
l know good deal about her.
Rather bad lot, I'm afraid. Look
here, Linda; l wish you'd drop her"
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IF BACK HURTS
BEGIN ON SALTS
Flush the Kidneys at once when Back
achy or Bladder bothers-Meat
forms uric acid.

No man or woman who eats meat regu-
larry can make mistake by flushing
the kidneys occasionally, says we'll
known authority Meat forms uric acid
which clogs the kidney pores so they
sluggishly filter or strain only part of
the waste and poisons from the blood,
then you get sick. Nearly all rheuma-
tism, headaches, liver trouble, nervous
ness, constipation, dizziness, sleeplessness.
bladder disorders come from sluggish kid.
neys
. The moment you feel dull ache in the
kidneys or your back hurts, or if the
urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sedi-
ment, irregular of passage or attended
by sensation of scalding, get about four
ounces of Jad Salts from any reliable
pharmacy and take a tablespoonful Ill
glass of water before breakfast for a
few days and your kidneys will then act
fine. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia and has been used for
generations TO flush clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to activity, also to neu-
tralize the acids in urine SO it no longer
causes irritation, thus ending bladder dis
orders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and can
not injure; makes delightful effer-
vescent Whitewater drink which all reg
ular meat eaters should take now and
then to keep the kidneys clean and the
blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kid
ney COMPLICATIONS
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She had been expecting this for days.
Now that it came it found her, of
course, unprepared. Nothing to COM
plain Of in that; declaration of love
always finds a woman unprepared,
no matter how long she may have
been preparing for it. The primitive
instinct of flight from the male is
dtathless, though it manifest only
as in that one brief moment of
panic which Lucinda knew.
She was glad of the darkness of
that section of the hotel veranda
where they had been sitting for a
quarter of an hour after returning
from dinner duck.
This had been bound to come be-
fore long. One knew the signs in
man who held his peace about as
long as he could Five weeks
since that night when, in the Vever-
ly Hills bungalow, She had conclud-
ed that SummerIad's interest in her
was neither impersonal nor of
transitory nature
The worst of it was, she was glad.
well, Linda?"
She put away her pensiveness,
smiling to see Summerlad bending
forward in his chair anxiously
searching her face for clue to her
mind but with the anxiety of i'm
patience mere than the anxiety of
doubt. He wanted to have her in
his arms. A pleasant place to be;
perhaps; but she wasn't ready vet,
she was not yet sure
Well, my friendw she said in
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@nh@e,hql
~ LOUIS JOSEPH NANCKAz< ~
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traitor. So
In the meantime Lucinda had
moved to the Hollywood Hotel, tbs
Lontaines to furnished bungalow
nearby, where they vainly pressed
her to join them. She thought it
wiser to decline.
I'm far too fond of both of you
to risk living with you," she ex-
planned. Besides, it's high time
was learning to breathe in a proper
motion-Ficture atmosphere"
This the Hollywood provided to
admiration. Summerlad assured Lu-
cinda, and on her own observation
she could we'll believe, that at one
stage or another Of their careers al
most every motion-picture player of
consequence in the country must
have registered at this hotel.
With most of these Lucinda be-
came acquainted by sight, with
many she grew accustomed to ex-
change smiles and the time of day.
They made up to her saucily or
shyly according to the style they
believed became them best. But on
one point they were all agreed: they
wanted work. Lucinda spoke to
Lynn Summerlad, and was rewarded
with a worried fIoWn, the first sign
of care she had ever detected in
him, together with some well-chosen
thoughts on the dangers Of contract
ing haphazard hotel and acquaint-
anceships.
First thing you know, they'll be
trying to borrow money from you"
Lucinda was silent for want of a
conscience that would sanction an
indignant rejoinder.
But this IS, after all, Hollywood. 3"
No excuse for doing as the hol-
lywoodenheads do"
Then, l take it, you think it
might be more discreet OF me to stop
going about with you alone"
Oh, Lord.' Summerlad groaned.
/ might've known better than to
start an argument wit ha woman.
l don't like to think of any outside
influences working on you just now. "
Just now?"
"Distracting your attention from
really important matters, like me
and what you're going to do about
me. I'm so desperately in love with
you, LiSda."
lucinda said nothing for a little
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"Don,t be stupid. Lynn

Don't be stupid, Lynn"
I'm not. / mean it. | cant
very well tell you what l know, but
1 do hope you'll take my word fol-
it and cut this woman out. She's
really not the sort you can afford
to get mixed up with"
you're sure, Lynn? You really
want me to understand she is-what
you're trying to avoid saying?"
"Yes-and more. I'm in earnest,
Linda. l think you might trust me.
After all, ought to know my way
about Hollywood. I've lived in it
long enough"
"Of course | trust in you, Lynn.
I'm sorry, though. l felt so sorry
for her, she didn't seem one of the
usual sort"
"She isn't" Summerlad gave a
curt, meaning laugh. But you said
you wanted to get rid of me, and
think I'd better go before the old
curiosity gets in its fine work and
you ask me questions | wouldn't
care to answer"
He possessed himself of Lucinda's
hands again and kissed them while
She looked on with lenient eyes, more
than half in love already. Why,
hen, must she persists in hanging
fire with him? Was it merely crude,
primordial instinct prompting her to
withstand the male till his will pre-
vailed? Or was there something
wanting in the man, some lack di-
Jlned by a sense in her subtle,
anonymous, and inarticulate?
Infinitely perplexed, Lucinda lin
gered on where Summerlad had left
her.
The engine roared as his car
swung down the drive, then changed
rs tune to thick drone as it took
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c0n b Louis JoseFA h1.s.
1Continued from Our Last Issue.)
XIX

XIX
Weeks Slipped stealthily away, a
spring ensued like an eastern sum
mer, while delays on delays accumu-
lated and still the day when shoot
ing" SHOULD begin fingered remotely
down tomorrow's dim horizon.
Lontaine had leased studio space
in the linn plant, which Summer
lad recommended as the most
modern and completely equipped on
the cost. For this the company
was paying weekly rental Of fiji
hundred dollars. An expensive
executive and technical staff, lacking
only a director, was kicking heels of
enforced idleness on full pay A
story had been selected, an old novel
by moderately popular author to
which Zinn had in 1914 purchased
all motion picture rights outright
fer five hundred dollars and which
he was now willing to part with for
ten thousand as a special courtesy
because he had taken such mad
fancy to Lontaine.
A scenario writer, warranted b.
Zinn the best in the business" had
received five thousand for casting
the story into continuity FORM the
labor of one whole week, and retired
rejoicing to his hundred and fifty a
week job in the Zinn scenario depart
ment.
A reading of his bastard brain
child had persuaded Lucinda that
continuity writing must be the mvs-
terry its adopts alleged; in fact. She
couldn't understand the greater part
OF it, and what she did understand
somewhat preyed upon her mind.
But L0ntaine seemed satisfied.
Summerlad solaced her misgivings
with the assurance that Potter
Monahan simply couldn't write
poor continuity, anu both agreed
that Barry Nolan would know what
to do to make it right when he got
down to work on it.
incidentally, he did: Nolan read if
half-through, thoughtfully SHE'D the
manuscript out of a window, and
dictated continuity all his own, of
which nobody but himself could
make head of tail, and which at
times in the course of its production
seemed to puzzle even its perpe-
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THESTANDARD
WHITE DIVINITY
BEDSPREADS S13o

Fresh, new and seasonable. Proba-
bly, the most desirable and pop
ulaf bed coverings at this mo-
ment. Just one hundred to sell
Wednesday and Thursday; ev-
cry one guaranteed 2x2 1-2
yards. Each .-...-..-..-.....-......$l.3
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the boulevard, heading away for
Beverly Hills.
Impossible to understand herself,
to read her own heart, make. up her
mind
A thin trickle of sound violated
the mid-evening hush, a broken and
gusty beating of stifled sobs that
for time she heard without atten-
ton, then of sudden identified.
Entering through the French win
dow and kneeling, Lucinda touched
gently the shoulder of the stricken
woman. Please" she begged. "Can
| do anything?"
In a convulsive tremor the wo-
man choked off her sobs and lifted
her face to stare vacantly Enough
light seeped in from the street to
reveal the features of Nelly Mar
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BEST ANTISEPTIC COTTON
DIAPER Sligo BOLT

Extra quality Antiseptic Cotton
Diaper Cloth, it contains no
starch, glue, sizing or other irri-
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ed in finishing fabrics of this
kind; full bolt, guaranteed 10
yards; here. Bolt 81 e
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GOOD QUALITY FoRTY-INCH
WHITE LAWNS AT 15c YARD
Suitable for Dresses, Waists, Lin
ing, etc; full 40-inch width and
worth about third more; here
Yard ...-=............... l5c
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Standard Dry Goods Co.

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AMERICUS, GA.
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A BIG UMBRELLA
SALE AT SI.O0

Mems and Ladies' Umbrellas COW
cred with the best American Taf-
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Paragon frames and steel rods,
at the lowest price since 1914;
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quis.
Her voice broke huskily on the
darkness: "Who are you?"
"Miss Lee-Linda Lee. Can't do
something's"
With startling fury the girl struck
aside Lucinda's hands and at the
same time flung herself back and
away.
mo" she cried thickly. mo, 10,
no! Not you! Go away-please gop'
Continued in Our Next Issue.)
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SPECIAL DUPLEX WINDOW
SHADES AT S1.OO

Special Duplex Window Shades,
of the best material, feet wide,
7 feet long, mounted on Harris
horn guaranteed rollers, white on
one side and green on other, sell
ing in some good stores today at
$500; here, each -.-.,---$1. 4
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OUR FAMOUS VICTORIA
SHEETS AT 81 20

Extra size for large double beds,
bleached snow white with broad
hens; extra good quality, free
from dressing; the sheeting alone
used in the sheets would sell for
$1.62 on today's market;
here z