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WARD CO. INDEPENDENT TOSuuord wnmi w*DNfesiMY. TRUAX & COLCORD. drtnuAx. a COLCORD fo'pne PUBMRMMB. Karros. imn 18,1908, oojcorkm as ••oond-olabs hatthi, roiMmoi, miwot,m. d., act «r or march 3, 1879. v' An Ante-Election Thought. I Political Boss— I saw little joke in an almanac today: ftWhere there's a will there's "a way—to break it." Lieutenant—Yes? 5 ^Political Boss—Yes, arid it got »oe thinxin' about the "will o! the people.'' We've got to think up a new way to break that.— Philadelphia Press. A The above clipping certainly gives us food for thought. All of the large daily papers west of Chicago are filled with the signs of approaching dissension in the ranks of the Republican party before the convention to be held at (Chicago next June. |rTJie followers of Mark Hanna arqfsimply waiting for a chance to Atamiede the party in favor of *the big boss,- There is no doijbt that so far as he himself is &>nfcerned that he would be per fectly willing to, make the saeri ijicei But thereis still the will of & people who are awakening? to £h£,power which they hold. $? In the popular mindr there is who would make as good (Resident as the man who has served us so faithfully since the assassination of President Mc iCinley. A man who is neither afraid of the machine or the money which is behind it. A movement which bade fair atone time to unite the forces as wide* ly divergent as the poles in which the labor unions and the forces of money should combine against Roosevelt was lost sight of when the unions found that the man whom they were fighting was their best friend. Some traces of their disruntlement still remain but it is to be hoped that they will disappear long before the se lection is finally made. It is too early both in time and in our age to Outline any course of action for this paper but. we hope to be found at all times on the side of the right and will never be bound by the narrow confines of politics commonly known as "yellow dog." Hiddenwood ..Budget s~p #, S HIDDENWOOD. 1 Major Thos. Richards is slight ly indisposed at this time. Miss Daisy Dean and Mr. W. $. Dean were among the arrivals «t their claims this week. III Geo. Gerhard and T. J. Mc Cauley, who have claims one mile and a half south of Hiddenwood came home last Wednesday. Minot travel has been very light from these parts for some time past .but the mail carried cele brated New Years by making the wsss^^M trip The mail route No. 61449 has been awarded to Jas. H. Huntz inger for the earring the mail be tween Hiddenwood and Ryder and he will make semi-weekly trips after the 5th of Jan. Senator Robt. Fox was a guest at the Hotel at Hiddenwood this week. He was on his way to the Indian Agency at Glbowoods. Postmaster Wright accompanied Mr. Fox to Elbowoods. *v' Christmas was celebrated in a most magnificent style at Hidden wood. A beautifully decorated tree #as arranged in the middle of the store building ladened with rich and Appreciative gifts, every resident of this portion of the country was remembered. An elaborate program had been prepared and was carried out with very gratifying results to those in whose charge it had bieen placed. The Christmas ca rol was sung by F. J. Shilling and W. W. Wright and loudly ap plauded. At the close of the ex ercises the guests departed lor their respective homes feeling that the time lpd been well spent, OOOW0OO0OWOO00P000D0 |Aioun3Ae 0000000000000000000060000 oooooooooooooooooooooooo* A big fat gopher was seen frisk^ ing along near Bowbells.^^ A Minnesota^ miilierwired to Bowbells Ior400 bushels of nja caroni wheat. It is now said jhat the neice of David Morris, of Bordulac, did nbteoiiimit suicide. yf A..-Rav man loaded a car of oats, 1200 bushels in six hours. He also did the weighing. Louis Olson,'wife and six chil drenof Ken mare, all have the scarlet fever, $65 was raised by subscription to assist the couple. Civil service examination will be held at Grand Forks January 2? and 28 for physicians for the Philippines—wages #1200 to 1 1 8 0 0 Cattlescab issaid to be gain ing headway in the western coun ties of the state so far, not much of the disease has been reported in Ward county of late The Williston Herald and flie Williston Graphic have formed a combination and will sue their ^bscrttfers.unlesi they pay' up at once..' Q.i^V S With lignite coal selling at from $3 to $4 per ton in Grand Forks and Fargo it is hard for the Pierce county Tribune to under stand why it cannot be sold for less than 5 per ton in Rugby which is 200 miles nearer the mines than the former named cities. The editor of the Duuseith Herald, writes to the Bismarck Tribune stating the Rev. Beede's letter in the Cando Herald of recent date, is nothing more than p. slander on the Indians and the people who reside at Dunseith. He says that there are Indians who are suffering in the Turtle mountains, but they refuse to work.f^i',," The Williston Herald rejoices that Williston has grown so dur ing the last year, and on account of the great wave of morality striking the town. The Herald says that Williston now ranks among the cleanest towns in the state whereas a few weexs ago it was the byword throughout the state for everything that was bad. Two boys, Ray Gilmer and Ray Reynolds skipped from the reform school and went to Bis bee to spend Christmas. A party was out searching for them when they came bacx and informed the jailer that they wanted a good time on Christmas. They have been placed in closer confine ment. jyyi 11 The publisher of the Ellendale Leader has been sued for $20, 000 worth of "character," and the next day a delinquent sub scriber paid one whote hog on subscription. When a hog is only worth the price of a years subscription to a country pa per, ana "characters" are worth f20,000 per, we ought to raise more "characters" and less hi for the market.—Devils Free Press. HOSMP JCV Miscreants stole everything loose from Jim Gagnum's house near Portal. Not being satisfied with what was in the house, they took off the doors and windows. Considerable sciarlet fever is re ported atBowbells. Chris Murk's 17-year-old daughter died. His 12-year-old daughter.. died the week previous. Henry Boxrud's 3-year-old son died. The disease is not right in the city but in the country surrounding the place. The Carrington Record an nounces that there will be no "free list" in that paper, that ad vertising space' is about all the iublisher nas for sale, and he oes not intend to give it away. The courtesies of the press will be extended to the pulpit, but pastors are requested to make their announcements brief. Editor Streeter tells the sub scribers pf theRecord that when they dress their poultry they should leave on the Leads ana legs if they want to find a mark et. Poultry buyers will not buy decapitated or delegitated fowls. We suppose this is because so many fowls freeze to death. nogs Lake The North Dakota editors have lanned to take a trip to Old fexico, starting from St. Paul February 9. The trip will last 20 days. Stops will be made at Chicago, New Orleans and El Paso before entering Mexico. None but bonafide newspaper men and women will be allowed to take the trip. The cost will be $51, for singles and 971 for doubles^ or pairs. Only news paper men good standing with the association will be allowed on this trip. Y"' Ware ftNf-CMMMMfcoH NetffM 1M da OU Vnr New Year's Eve was fittingly observed in Minot. A Union Watchnight service was held a,t the M. 6. church, many watching the old year out and the new i^ A number of enjoyable parties were held.' .• Judge William Murray enter tained in his own style, anumber of friends. He was a royal host. A dance was, held at Saueressig'B machinery hqtll. A large crowd attended this affair. The Pio neer clubgave a swell ball. The orchestra for the Oard-Fenwick theatre one of the best that ever playedhlre,.fuhii8hed.the music. At 12 o'clock the mund whist le was turned loose. Many peo ple who had forgotten all about New Year's eve, crawled out of their Vfttfkn bjpd^i and rushed into the cold tib ac^rtain where the fire was. The man who mani pulated the whistle. was a novice. The thing shrinked, it tooted, it rent th6 air ^fth Ibng dashes. Bells were Cannon fire crackers were touched off in all parts of the city. If this year in Minot is as lively as she was ushered in Thursday night, there will be a busy lot of people and no mistake.' "It Means Much to tig The Independent is sending out subscription notices to its read ers. We trust that eveiyone will respond to* .thesis notices. We need the money tb carry on the business with, and if everyone will pay up, it will enable us to make improvements on the pa per which we have been contem plating. It means but a little to you, but a great deal to this Tough Old Soldier Af* Here is a good one from Paler mo, the veracitv. of which we dare ilot vouch, An old soldier started out in the face of a raging blizzard from Palermo to walk to his claim a little over four miles from that place and got tired out and lay down to rest, and fell asleep but the strangest part of it is that he was not frozen to death, and his experience cost him nothing more than a severe cold. Better Than Last Year The Minot merchants are about through with their invoices and state that they are well pleased with the business which they did in the year 1903. Most of them report the sales much larger than they were the year before and feel good over what they have done. The holiday trade was a little light, but the year averaged very well indeed. Graves a Model Prisoner Murderer Graves has little to say to his comrades in the coun ty jail He is quite composed and sleeps and eats well. He does not act like an'insane man at all, and if his attorney in tends to maxe that his defense he had better get busy and cut up a few pranks. He is a model prisoner. Made Excellent Record The state of North Dakota is devided into three Methodistcon ference districts with heads at Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot. Presiding Elder Moore of this district informs us that there was f8000 more building in this district last year than in the other two combined. mm-: fes MNew Store at Stanley, is Albert Larson of Stanley was a caller at this office Thursday and informs us that he is build ing a fine store building in Stan ley and willstartaconfectionery, grocery and tobacco business. Albert has had much experience and will make a success of the undertaKing. To those who may not be ao quired with th9 location of the town of Hiddenwood we will say thiit it may be found on the h&nks of Hiddenwood Lake in the north side of, Township 150 Rbnge87. A postofilce was. established there 'on Jiily i'3,1903, aiid has been well patronized ever since its first mail arrived. A more ideal spot for a town could hard ly have been selected, lying as it does upon the shores of a beauti ful lake and surrounded by a farmihg and stock country of uneqtialled excellence it bids td\r to become the metropolis {of the country^^of uneqiialed excellence it bids fair to become the metro polis of the country known lo cally as the Missouri slope, Word has reached us that it a matter of only a short time until the R. R. will reach this 'place and wiil open to the settler a meansof transportationwhich is at the present tiuie the only '(drawback to the community. No pdrtion of the district can boast of abetter class of settlers arid nO part cdn claim as rapid development as that by which" we are surrounded. Where only a short year ago the wild coyote .sang'his nightly sorig unscared now may be found the homes of hundreds of industrious and de termined farmers. The coyote has taken to the hills and in his stead graze peaceful herds of cat tle and the poultrv roost goes unrobbed. 7? A general store supplies the necessary wants of the people arid a hotel for the accommoda tion of the stranger is in prossess of erection. The latest addition to the business of the place is its newspaper which with this issue makes its first appearance in it's new home. 4 j--—- 4 rv Court House Notesl John Nelson took five of His lady friends out on the hill New Year's eve for a toboggan ride. All went well until the thing struck a bump and the girls went in all directions. seriously injured. County Treasurer Williams and assistants have been doing a vast amount of work of late sending out personal tax notices. They have sent out over 9000 notices oyer the county. The number of tax payers in Ward county is a great deal larger than many Suppose. Jailer Roller states that there are nine prisoners in the jail. They may be assured that they will receive good care at his hands as long as they behave and when they don't—look out for Charlie^ Ferguson, a Norwegian, was let out of jail the day before New Years. He put in ten days for drunkenness. The prisoner who stole the overcoat from the G. N. conductor is also out 'PM g| To Take up School Bonds.! J. W. Rode, clerk of the Mino school district, received a letter from D. J. Laxdal, commissioner of the land department of North Dakota, stating that his letter together with offer of bonds of Minot Special School District 1, in the sum of $18,000 had been received and the papers ap peared to be in first class shap They will be submitted to the board at the next meeting, Jan. 12, at which time it is hoped that the state wiil take up those bonds at par and give the money at four per cent. Excellent Add The watch night service at the Methodist church New Years eve was largely attended. Excellent addresses were given by Reve rends Edgar Jones, W.C. Hunter C. W. Harris, T. W. Minnis and J. G. Moore. will cur# Chapped ltand«. Sore Lips*.. Aeush Skin, Blotches, and all Imperfections of skin and scalp. Nanie.L •Town^ .,.. -1 'N'yto.. °IP MS". KffltWP %3lr 3i We invite your jxjrsonal in vestigation arid should you wish to tarry with us Will give you a royai welcome. Hiddenwood Practice Limited to Eve. Ear, Nose and Throat. Office noun: 9 to 11 a.m. 1 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m. Office hi Ofoa I LOTION fAL-KI SOAP Year THE GREAT MADDEN ft."."EZV-EVEPEX *. rwW.nWl M. D.C. M. L. R, C.g. 1 EdinbUrg.-fe Surgeon to Q. N. Ry. .and Residence over P. P. Lee's Store. MINOT N DAK. A. CARR, M. D.i V- 1 ti JV ft* •Kk MINOT, 1^. JNO. DAKOTA. ®J. F. COOPER: Vatcbaaker aid Jeweler. Oldest established jeweler in town. Repairing a spe cialty. Inspector for the 6. N. Ry for five years. MINOT DAK CHEAP OR EXPENSIVE ...GO TO...IS -j •NIC RUSTAD• Tha R«ilabl« Jawalar. H|i Our Jewelrj is Upto-Date and of the bating kind.... Hawler's Drug Store Minot? N. Dr. orey, Booms Four and Five, Opera House Block. Permanently located. All work positively guaranteed. Pain- Tatophaaa Ne. d4. Minot N.D G. P. Hyndman, M. D. PHY8ICIAN AND 8URQE0N Offioe over Lee & Laraon's. MINOT, N. DAK The people are still on the outlook fer good flour The Pride of Minot is becMitag more popular daily. For Sale—Fixtures for billiard hall and restaurant, the beat in the North west. Cheap. M. Hopkins, Bowbells, N. D. Miss Elton has received some very nice diess trimmings, laces and wpUques at her millinery and drees making es tablishment. 4'"' f. t-f. Wn. Wendt will deliver coal anyplace Plenty of coal on hand in the dtyat his in Minot at a reasonable price. Leave word at Wheeler's store, Minot, If. Is the finest soap made, combining me dicinal and tolMt vir tues. keeps ths skiit white and /ofll tand 2ft UTTU 25C CHE I IMCAKES AL^I SOAPFREEt Bach: purchaser of a bottle of AL-KI LOTION at this store .will receive a •lake of AL-KI SOAP free by filling out this Coupon: is aqothinf and healing in the highest degree. ONLY ME FREE TO KROON --THE PRuaaisT, Minot* N. Daik* f-1'l Will to at Um Ldn4 Hotel, Minot, flnt aod •oBd difi rf mtT MBth. This mar nn jtob in^MiwoiiTeButehi Jdiumay. Dr. E. A. Crofart sv^ Holiday Indications a" i» Can be seen at our store ^"We havemany articles of jewelry which would be* *4very appropriate for Hol-'VI iday Gifte Waiting For You For instance, Watches, ,•: Stick Pins, Gold orSilver^^ iPencils. All these and 'other articles would be, ^l -.very acceptable. ..We rhave a complete assort ment of everthing thisj 1 year. Before buying drop^ in and examine our stocf W. REIGHART The Minot Jeweler. J. T. Louderback, fi! CRYER OF SALES Yean of Experience. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Address at Lynch, N. D., or inquire at Independent Office. 4 \i •. 'i ii'- j-.i* i. :. H. T. DOLLOFF, Auctioneer For City of Minot and Ward County. Minot, John Lynch Clerk of the District Cou Final Proofs sdfeand Filings^ .. All business before the land office given prompt attention Inaiuranc* Written Main St. Minot. N. Dak Candy You'll Like -.4, Candy making is a fine *rt. Many attempt it but few succeed. Love of gain breeds carelessness, inferior gradesand adulteration. Alligretti'a candies are the best the world can produce. Pure, DeNdOMS and DahrtUy Made. The products of clean and careful methods. They grow in favor every day. Thoroughly wholesome ana made for fine trade. Our assort ment is large and always fresh. SM In Boxes, 9Sc «5elb McCOY The Drugglat LeUnd Hotel Minot, N. D.