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Coal office with K. T. Magan. Telephone No. 1 1 THE 4 LEADING xcks. SECOND UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY. officers: JOSEPH ROACH, PbksIDENT, P. P. LEEjVicr-President, RE. BARRON1,Cashtkr, dibscxor* ERIK *. BAMSTA0. T. P. KtfLAAS. P. P. LBK. J08KTH BOACH. K.B. BAUON'. OLDEST BANK IN WARD COUNTY. GILROY & HETHERTON Highest Prices Paid for Hides and Poultry P. ILDVEDSEN Contractor and Builder •.* Plans and Specifications Made on all Classes of Work. No charges for Estimates to those who intend to build. Hoffman Block. Minot, X. Dak. Minot Scandinavian Hotel, S 1 to The Only Scandinavian Hotel. First-class. $1.00 a Day. Strict attention given the traveling public. Can accommodate eight? people Give us acall and let us please you. Telephone. "Bus meets all trains. Half block West of Soo Depot. Minot, N. D. Furniture Man Ovor John Wilson's Store. The Largest Stock of Furniture Ever Brought to Min«t. Loi Iho.v Bi:r»s. Crxtkh Taiilks. Sofas. CoMMonics. Mattresses. Dkesskks. Wardijobes. Uahv Carria(jes. Parlor UlcensedJUndertaker Mcjannet, Minot, a* N. Dak NATIONAL BANK. .. .OF MINOT. .. Capital, $00,000 Surplus St Profit*, 7.000 Wholesale and Retail dealers in FRESH AND SALT MEATS AlIINOr, Emil Kurz, The Confectioner Hot drinks of all Kinds Hest Line of Fruit New 1lean Fisli. (lame unci Ovsters in season EUGENE TEUTSCH ARCHITECT Contractor and Builder Estimate* ou alL claswes •f buildings furnished FREE OF CHARGE Stock of Candies. All kinds of Cigars and Tobaccos. We give away cards to pur chaser. When you have spent live dollars in our store.each gent gets an elegant pipe and each' lady Roger silver .spoons. We sell as cheap as elsewhere. Emil Kurz, iWinot, IV. D. N. DAK I guarantee to furnish all the lignite coal you need at right prices I have Made arrangements with the Larson Mine, one of the best in the state, for coal, and in cases I cannot «i-et ears enonsrh I will haul with four teams. (Rl SHIPLETT OF MINOT and Plain Chairs. E. H. STENVICK THE LAND MAN MINOT, N. D. Dr. 1. H. Scholberg, DENTIST Office over New York St or# Phone f* MINOT, X. B, E L. SUTTON, ATTORNEV AT LAW, General Law Practice. Land Office Business. Otlce over P. P. Lee'* MINOT. Appalling Conditions of Minot's Disease and Death Breed ing Cess Pools Special to Independent: The following- article was sub mitted for publication in an other Minot. newspaper but was refused space for fear of injuring the best interests of the city. Mhe facts of t-hejease were read ily admitted to be true however. Thro'"the fair city of Minot flows a beautiful river biit with in the confines of its picturesque banks and sparkling waters lurks the "iiark horse and its rider.'' Jetting,in graceful curves on ejther side are what nature in tended foi* healthful bayous, but witltall bf the destriictiveness which follows in the wake of civi lization jiian has cheated nature of its. beautiful handiwork. and has placed within the borders of ther bejuitiful lagoons, disease and cleatii dealing agencies. The filth within these once fair waters is such that it would drive to shame th# administration of the Spanish reign in its worst days of misrule in a Santiago or an Havana. The river and sloughs are used for dumpiuggroundsforn.il man ner of foul refuse, manure, car-. cases and everything, imaginable are dumped within their banks. Not content with contaminat ing the river and its tributaries with tilth, the alleys are alsiyised in lieu of a sewer. Step to the rear of almost any of the many cafes and note the heaps of old tin cans, swill and used dish water, scraps of food all dumped into the alleys. These are bold statnientsandcould not be made unless the facts as stat ed actually existed. In a conversa tion with one of Minot's leading physicians the eminent practictioner stated that the sanitary conditions of Minot were in a deplorable condition, that small pox and scarlet fever are raging right now at an a-.other larming degree that thequaran-!all tine law was but partiallv Whenever a person becomes afflicted with any of these pre vailing diseases, and was taken sick in a place which would work an injustice to the proprietor by closing [his place business, the patient could be taken to a pest house. Again the doctor stated that occasionally a person had a very light attack of small pox and roved at will aboutthe city. The authorities of course are not to blame where the case is not re ported. But to get at the seat of all of this trouble, the sanitary con ditions must first be looked after. [The above articlc was sub mitted to us for publication and but for the reliability and strict integrity of the writer the editors would not have believed it. This I led to a Ipersonal inspection of affairs and we were appalled to find that, without scarcely notic ing the change so gradually hut surely has it come about, that the above is only too true of the deplorable conditions of the Western Metropolis. We feel it our duty to publish this as it is a case of life or death with many and feel that no longer is "Dis cretion the better part of valor. Game Warden Hale has re voked the commission of I,. V. Coulter of Williams county, who was special game warden. He himself was convicted of viola t ing the game law. WHERE WORK IS A PLEASURE The Labor Problem as Salved at The (treat Shoe Factory of the Thomas G. Plant Company In these days of strikes and lockouts, rvhen it seems sometimes as if the whole country were in the midst of an industrial revolution, it is refreshing to turn to the consideration of another method of solution of the relations be tween employer and employed, us suc cessfully exemplified by the Thomas Ci. Plant Company At its great shoe factory in Boston. Let it be clearly borne in mind tiat the chief cause of tlio present industrial conflicts is the disappearance of that old friendly relationship between master and men. which existed when the owner lived near his factory and went in and out daily among his workpeople. Today, in great industrial establish ments, such as personal relation is, per haps, no longer possible but there is anotnei- way of "getting together," an other way of showing that friendly It is only an elaboration of nh old precept called the golden rule, but in point of fact it is sound business eco nomics. The "Queen Quality" shoe factory is not only the largest shoe factory in the world making women's fine shoes, but it is probably tin- most advanced and progressive in its methods. Take, as a single feiuure, its profit sharing, sick and death relief and sav ing fund department, which is a model of organization. It operates along the lines of encouraging the workmen to higher efforts. He receives special con siderations in proportion as he is frugal, industrious, neat and constant at work. In the final division of profits, in promo tions, in the matter of steady employ ment, and in all cases pf discharge, preference is given to the most deserv-1 ing members of this department. The "Book of Regulations" is a model of what such regulations should be, and is to be heartily commended to every em ployer of labor. Take another instance. One of the most successful of the co-operative de partments is the recreation department. The gymnasium is very complete it is in charge of one of the best professional instructors in the country: there is also a woman instructor from the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics. The meth ods of class work are admirable. Sixty members can be drilled in evolutions on the floor at one time. Sixty baths are provided, controlled from a central pointy with devices for gradation of temper ature of the water. All have separate dressing rooms. Gymnasium suits are dried in a large flume by the hot fresh air system. There are four or five differ ent classes each evening. About one half of the 2800 employes are members of the gymnasium. The library and reading room is nn feature. It is in charge of a reg iilar attendant librarian. It is open at times and is a branch of the public t.u.jlibraryof ,. .... '. The bowling alloys and billiar forced: that '.Minot had no pest house that the law requires that not merely the room where in a patient is ill should be quaran tined but the whole building. In case of quarantining the whole building it would sometimes be necessary to close perhaps a large hotel with all theauxilliary business theater or jwrhaps a whole business block. To do so would be doing the owners or proprietors an injustice. To sur mount this difficulty several two room shacks should be built for pest houses. The expense incurr ed in fumigating a large building would thus be avoided. the city of Boston. To begin with, the Thomas G. Plant Company realized that it was good business policy to help the employe to health that only working people of healthy mind and body do good work and mind and body must play as well as work to be really vigorous. Hence the establishment of the gymnasium, recreation, lunch and reading rooms (devoting to the above a total floer area of 25000 square feet), and a system of fresh air ventilation which changes the air throughout the building every 15 minutes: workrooms light and airy and a marvel of cleanliness. These are only outlines of some feat ures of the system in force at the "Queen Quality" shoe factory, but they reveal certain industrial possibilities which are worth considering. With im proved conditions comes industrial jieace. A workman who knows when he is well off prefers not to strike an em ployer who is making money prefers to keep things going smoo thly. This may be cold materialism, but it is common sense. Shoe factories have been no toriously the scenes of labor conflicts in the past but the relations of the Thomas G. Plant Company with its employer shows that it is possible to have vastly improved conditions in the shoe factories of New England. One of Our Rambles. In his rambles over the city the other day. the Independent man visited the H. E. Wheeler stow which has been decorated beau tiful for the holidays. Every thing looks nice and neat and it was noticed in particular vhat a sensible line of goods he had for Christmas irls. The grocery de partment also looked spick and span. Mr. Wheeler will never be convicted of selling impure foods, and invites Prof. Ladd to call at his place of business any old me. is groceries are nice and clean and he is selling them right. The decorations are tasty. Call at. this store .when you find it convenient and Mr. Wheeler and his genial force of clerks will take pleasure in show ing you around. From now until after Christ mas, H.E. Wheeler will give with every ten dollar cash purchase, a handsome Christinas tree free. :.f. con sideration which makes for industrial peaqe -and the Thomas G. Plant Com pany has evidently studied the problem and splendidly mastered the solution- room for men, and the music, dance and rec reation rooms for women, need not be specially described. They are very pop ular with the employes. There is a model lunch room, which supplies clean, healthful food at the actual cost of its preparations. The company provides for its operatives two free beds at the Emer gency Hospital and all cases requiring surgical attention are sent there, with no cost to the individual. It provides at the factory a couch and a woman at tendant: any one taken sick on the premises is at once made comfortable. GO TO Lumber Sale Hughes Lumber Company, Low Prices on Fir Flooring, Drop Siding, And Other Stock. Good Values First Class StocK. J. C. Hughes. Manager, Yards at Bulington, N. Dak. MONEY! MONEY! J. S.Murphy, In the past year 1 have loaned more money in Ward county than has been loaned by all others on all others on all classes of proper ty. I charge no commission and no bonus. 1 will make you a {loan to make proof on yur claim to buy your seed grain or for any other purpose. I will make it quietly and quickly. If you want money call on nie, TO .ALL Who may be in need of monev Oreethm': We have which it ate. Branch Oltice at Minot and Midden wood, X. 1) Hawley's For Drugs, Medicines, Per fumes, Toilet Articles and Qgars a* W. B. Hawley Prop. Telephone 97. Minot, IN. Dak. oooooooooooooooooo©ooooooooxooooooooooooo©ooo©ooooo CORRECTNESS IN DRESS Is evidence of refinement and for this reason our BOYER & LINDBERG THE CUOTHIER8 JACOBSON & General Hardware Stoves and Ranges MINOT, N. DAK Minot, N. proposition to place before you ill be to your interest to investi We expect to place at least forty loans the next thirty days and if you want to get some of them call "and see lis at our office on West. First Street. If it will be any further inducement we will say that we arr prepared to place vour loan at EIGHT PER CENT, with priviledge of repayment in small amounts. Call and see liss one half block west of Second National Hank. WILLIAMS & WRIGHT Drstore Men's Furnishings are always in demand. We handle the leaders in all lines, and however varied the taste, there is some thing- here to suit it. But the power of pi-ioe rules man and we have made that power a gentle one j-.