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ib THE WARD COUNTY INDEPENDENT Published Every Thursday C. F. TRUAX, Publisher 6. D. COLCORD, Editor Entered June 18.1903, as Second-Class Matter. Postofflce, Mlnot, N. I. Act of Congress of March 3. 1879. MINOT, N. D., THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1907. EITORIAL COMMENT Having Steady Growth. Minot seems to be fully as good a city this year as it was last, though in the early part of the season, it was feared that owing to the blockaded railroads of last winter, and the se verity of the weather in general, business might have a slight falling off. Merchants inform the Independent that their business is better this spring than it was last, month for month— which in a good indication. Of course there may be a few exceptions, but this is the rule. Minot is having a steady growth, which is a source of great pleasure to the people of this city. The knocker who stood on the street cor ner "chawing" tobacco and looking wise, and telling you that Minot was only the product of a mushroom growth, is not in evidence any more. Only the broad minded, optimistic citi zen has a place and to say that a man comes from Minot,is significant to say that he's the best booster in the land. Why. do you realize what Minot is doing this year? Forty thousand dol lars are being spent in pulling down the hills and grading the streets. Practically a million dollars worth of good buildings are being erect ed this year. Residences cannot be put up fast enough, When the foundation for a new residence is com pleted, twent are alter the owner, wanting to rent the building us soon as it is completed, of ten paying the rent from the time that the first stone is laid. Three new churches are being erected. A $200,000 mill, a huge elevator with 70,000 bushels capacity, a $45,000 Masonic Temple, a big three story double store for Iioell & Blakey, a $40,000 wholesale house for the Stone, Ordean, Wells Co., the completion of the mammoth new Lexington hotel, the enlarge ment of the Leland at a cost of $20,000, and many other structures, under the course of erection, make Minot the best city in the United States for its size. Who can say at looking at any of these im provements that Minot is having a mushroom irrowth? The Kenmare Journal or the Stanley Sun might be base enough to assert such a statement, but you can't find people with brains say a word against the Magic City, asses© Does It Pay? Owingtolabor troubles, Butte, Mont., a town of 90,000, was for some weeks without a newspaper. It was the most impressive object lesson in advertising, and the worth to a com munity of the newspaper. The universal testi mony of the municipality was, business became stagnant, people lost interest in the life of the city, and all progress was at a standstill. In the big department stores the clerks idled away their time and the managers displayed their ''many bargains" in vain the proprietors fretted and counted the days until the unpaid fell due. In many of the stores trade fell off to such an extent that half of the clerks were dis charged. In a word, the business of the city discovered that it was at the mercy of the news papers to keep things moving and had the la bor troubles continued for any length of time, commercial retrogression would have been well under way. The merchant who did not realize the value of advertising, became a convert, and the pa pers of Butte are flooded with ads since the strike was declared off. Some of the merchants in all towns and cities do not advertise and yet they manage to do a certain amount of busi ness—that they succeed is either a peculiar com bination of circumstances or because thei*1 com petitors advertise and they got some of the crowd, but taken as a general proposition, the welfare of a merchant much more largely de pends upon the newspaper than is generally supposed. Intelligent advertising, there being a field, will bring success to any merchant Valley City Times-Recor.j. asses© Someone Else's Business. The Glenburn Advance thinks that the Inde pendent ought to give its advertising space to the Devils Lake Chautauqua free of charge It claims that the Chautauqua is a worthy insti tution and is entitled to free advertising. We suppose that Bro Gilbertsen thinks that the Chautauqua ought to get its job printing for nothing. The man who sells tickets at the grounds ought to do the work free of all charges and feed himself besides. Of course the Chautauqua is a worthy organization. We never said it wasn't. John Jones may be running a store in Glenburn. His object may be worthy. He may have a family to support and may be run ning the store for a living. Is thrt any reason Bro. GilbertEen that you ought to give Mr. Jones advertising free of charge. t»f course vou don't run your business on those grounds. Then why give a Devils Lak° concern free advertising when you would be in sulted if any one of your Glenburn business men would ask you to do the same with him. The Independent is purely a business propo sition, with advertising space to sell. If we have any space to eive away, we will start and dish it out at home, and if there is any left, then we might distribute it among the business institutions of the surrounding towns. Again we repeat, the Devils Lake Chautau qua a money making concern. It charges readers. sary good and plenty for everything that it pives and we believe that the newspapers of the ntate ouyht to purely aet advertising ruUs f. al Once Again. Our little giant brained contemporary, Mr. Clark, had another spasm Sunday morning Sam always seems to have a bad taste in his mouth Sunday mornings, but the people have begun to expect this, and are rather surprised if something vituperous does not appear. This time Sam is in mourning because Commissioner De Lance was appointed without his consent. Isn't it a terrible thing that the appointing board, after Commissioner Biack resigned, went about its business and according to law. regu larly appointed a man, and a good one too, to fill the vacancy. The board did a terrible wrong. It certainly should have taken Sam into its confidence and ascertained whether Mr. De Lance was acceptable to him or not. Mr. Clark should have been given an opportunity of conferring with Mr. De Lance before he was ap pointed to see whether he would be "right" for the Reporter or not. The Board should never do such a thing again. Sam might not like it. Perhaps Sam might have some particular friend in the western part of the county that ought to have been considered and the action of the board last Saturday did not give him a chance to pull any wires. Isn't it revolting to think that the boar«l of appointment should act exactly in accordance with the law? The idea of observing thn law and in Imperial Ward at that. More Improvements. The Independent has sent in an order for a new type-setting machine—a linotype which we expect will be here within ninety days. This machine has been made necessary by a great increase in business, for it is absolutely neces that, we enlarge and-at once. Last week we printed sixteen pages, and was compelled to sidetrack more than two pages of advertising until the present week. The new machine is the late Model 5, the very latest machine on the market and will cost, with metal and full equip ment, nearly four thousand dollars. This is a big undertaking for a weeklv news paper but we have faith in Minot and the coun try surrounding this city, and believe that the people will cominue to give us a share of their patronage. "While this machine will do the work of three or four men, we do not contem plate cutting down our working force in the least, but rather intend to increase our capa city. When the new machine is installed, we promise our readers a great improvement in the news service of the Independent, which at the present time is equal to that of any weekly newspaper in the entire state. He May Dodge It. Physicians who prescribe straight whiskey or other undulated liquors to their patients and fill the prescription themselves are liquor dealers, says an exchange. This is what John W. Yerkes, commissioner of internal revenue has ruled on the subject and to make the fact more impressive he has ordered that every phy sician so prescribing and furnisoing liquors to his patients must pay the regular federal liquor dealer's tax of $25 a year. Hereafter the phy sician who stimulates his patient from his pri vate flask is a liquor dealer. What Mr. Yerkes say8 in regard to the liquor trade goes unless reversed by the United States supreme court. If, however, the doctor is wise he can dodge the tax by mingling some drug with the bouze. If this is done the concoction becomes medicine and the doctor ceases to be a purveyor of alco holic beverages. But he musn't call it a cock tail. There's another ruling that would get him on that. The text of Mr. Yerkes' ruling is as follows: A physician cannot prescribe, and furnish to his patient alcohol or whiskey, or any other alcoholic liquor not compounded into a medicine with drugs or medicinal substances, without involving himself in special tax liabil ity under the internal revenue laws, even though he thus sells such liquor for use us medicine only. Sends Out Warning. County Superintendent E. G. AVarren is send ing circular letters to the school boards of the county, warning them against buying: school furniture thru tne furniture agents. Mr. War ren says that there are eight agents in the coun ty who are selling school furniture—at a big profit of course— and one of them has openly boasted that he is making a thousand dollars a weeK for his company. Mr. Warren asserts that charts are being sold for $47, whose actual cost is $10. Furniture factories that have agents in the field, of course refuse to give fig uies to the school boards, but Mr. Warren says he is in a position to give them figures. It would be well for members of school boards to be a little careful before they buy from strange agents. ssseee History Repeats Itself. It is not surprising that some of our young men seem to have such hard work to be decent. Just remember that the first man to dwell up on the earth was no taint. If we can rely upon his history he was a liar and a sneak. The first woman kept bad company, and woman-like priea into things that did not concern her. The first child born was a murderer and killed his brother. Our first ancestors were a tough lot and it is hard to get it out of the blood. Of Great Value. The Independent desires to call the attention of the farmers to the tact that shallow surface harrowing is of great value during a dry sea son. Such harrowing keeps a duet blanket over the ground, breaks up the capillary sys tem which carries considerable moisture from the soil, thus conserving the moisture already in the ground. Proper working of the soil will save an amount of moisture equal to many ains. STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS. You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint of the plain till in the above entitled action, which islileii in the office of the Clerk ol the District Couit. within and for the coun ty of Ward and state of North Dakota, in his oCQco in the City of Minot, in the said County and State, and to serve a copy of your answer upon the subscribers, at their fflce in the city of Minot, in the above nama County and State, within thirty days after the service of this summons and complaint upon you, exclusive of the date of service, and in case of your failure to answer or appear ju-'i.-. metit will bo takon against you by default, f-r the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this 21st day of May, A, D.. 1907. I'ALDA & BUIFKK, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Postoflice and office. Opera House lil ck, Miuot, North Dukota. Notice To The Above Named Defendants. You and each of yon are hereby notified that this action relates to the followi described real stale, situated and being in Ward coun ty, North Dakota: Kast JIalf (H of trio Southwest QuirLer (a I, and the west half 04). of the Southeast Quarter (?$). Section Twenty (20), Township On,- ll"ndred Sixty (1(50) norih of range Ninety-One (91),westof theFith prinet 1 Meridian also tho Southeast-Quarter [Ml secii^n Four f4J, Township Oin HundrodSixty [1G0, north of ran^e Ninety [90], west of the F'fth Principal Meridian. STATE OF NOBTII DAKOTA bsolute Safety is the best thing we have to offer. Other induce ments are of secondary im portance. Upon this basis only, do we solicit your patronage. ID District Court Eighth Judicial District. .( County of Ward ss Peter M. Northenscold, vs. Plaintiff, The Hairs of Martin Munsoo, deceased, the Heirs of Victor Munson, deceased. and all persons unknown claim- SUMMONS iug any tato or interest in, or lieu or encumbrance upon the ro perty describod in the complaint, Defendants. PAI.DA FC BURKE 5-23-6-27 Attorneys of Plaintiff, NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department t.be Interior, Land Office at Minot, N. Dak., May 20, 1907. Notice is hereby given that GUST MOGER, of Minot, N. Dak., has fled notice of his inten tion to make final commuted proof in support of bis claim, viz: Homestead Entrv No. 40304, made April 11, 190*5 for the SEM, of Sec. 19. township 153, range 83. and that said proof will be made be fore the Register and Receiver of U. S. Land Office at. Minot, N. D., on June 27. 1907. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of said land, viz: Martin Gabrielson, Math Bai nshaucen. eter NybakkeD, Odin Void, all of Minot, N. Dak. L, D. MCGAHAN, 5-23-6-27 Register. 1 County of Ward In District Court 9 Eighth Judi. cial District, William Lindsay. Thomas 1 B. Lindsay, and R. J. Fair field, co-partnership doing business under the firm I name and style of Lindsay Brothers. Plaintiffs, I Notice of vs. I Sheriff's Sale. E. C. Erb, I Defendant, Notice is hereby given, that under a war rant of attachment, to me directed and deliv ered. and issued out of the Clerk's office, of the District court, Eighth Judicial district. State of Nor Dakota, in and for the county of Ward. I levied upon ihe following described real property of said defendant, to-wit: Lots 1/leven and Twelve (11 and 12), block fourteen. 04) town of Ryder. Ward county. North Dakota: That under and by virtue of an execution to me directed and delivered, and now in my hands, issued out of the Clerk's of fice of said District Court in and for Ward county, upon a judgment rendered in said court, in favor of Lindsay Brothers, plaintiffs and against it. C. Erb. defendant. I shall on the 22d day of June. A. D. 1907, at the hour of two o'clock p. of said date, at the front door of the Court House, in the city of Minot. in said County and State, proceed to seil the right, title and interest of the above-named E. C. Erb. in and to the above described property to satisfy said judgment and costs, amonntinif to Ten Thousand Seven Hundred oeventy Two Dollars and Sixty-Seven Cents ($10,772,67) together with all accruing costs of sale, and in terest on the same from and after the 12th day of April. A. D.. 1907. at the rate of seven pei cent (7) per annum, at public auction to the highest bidder for cash. JOHN J.,LER, Sheriff of Ward Couoty, North Dakota. By C.TTO Mtexsiih. Deputy, Ward County. North Dakota. Palda & Burke, atfej-s for Plaintiffs. 5-16-6-20 BHEUMATIS GUARANTEED MATT J. JOHNSON'S 6088 66 SECOND NATIONAL BANK, MINOT, N. D. rrarv RESIDENCE PHONE NO. 197 99 Is by Far the Best Blood Purifier and Rheumatism Cure Ever Offered. People suffering with RHEUMA* TIC.M, KIDNEY TROUBLE, CA TARRH OR ANY OTHER BLOOD TROUBLE will find immediate re* lief in "6088" YOUR MONEY REFUNDED If you are not satisfied on taking half a bottle. Could anything be fairer? Sold and Guaranteed by McCoy &Co., Minot, N. SKRIVSETH'S PBClOfiRAFfflt ART STUDIO The fineit StiadtoJIn the WtH. 101 S. MAIN ST. MINOT, R, ALIAS CONTEST NOTICE Department of the Interior, United States Land Office, Minot, N. D., May 7, 1907, A sufficient contest affidavit having been Sled in this office by Joseph Kershtien, con testant, against homestead entry No. 25489, made October 12. 1903, for w!4 swi4, seX sw}4, se!4 of the se1* Section 9, Township 151, Bange 81, by William Wolinsky, contestee, in which it is alleged that said entryman has wholly aban doned said tract and changed his residence therefrom for more than six months since mak ing said entry and next prior to the date here of that he has not established a residence thereou that said tract remains in its natural state wholly abandoned and unimproved and that said alleged absence from said land was not due to his employment in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States as a pri vate soldier, officer, seaman or marine, during the war with Spain, or during any other war in which tho United States may be engaged. Said partios are hereby notified to appear, respond and offer evidence touching said allega tion at 10 o'clock a. m. on July 11, 1907. before the Begiater and Beceiver at the United States Land Office in Minot, N. D. The said contestant having. In a proper affi davit, filed May 7. 1907, set forth facts which show that after due diligence personal service of this notice cannot be made, it is heroby or dered and directed that such notice be given by due and proper publication. HANDSOME INCREASE Our receut published state ment is so gratifying that we beg to call your attention to it also to ask that you note the handsome increase o! deposits during the past year. CHOICE FARM LANDS IN MINOT LAND DISTRICT. We own and control a large acreage of the best land in the Northwest for Grain, Stock or Combination Farming at prices within the reach of any man of Moderate Means and on terms that cannot be'duplicated elsewhere. We offer some choice allotments of Western Canada Farm Land at prices that are right. You can make no better investment anywhere at this time than in Northwestern Farm Lands. They are sure to increase rapidly to several times their present market value. For prices, terms and other information, call on or address: MINOT REALTY COMPANY, Room 12, Lee Block MINOT, N. D. Better Than Ever I am now located in my large new bakery building on Ramstad street which has been fitted with the latest im provements, necessary for the turning out of breads and pastries of the best kinds in the shortest time. Send in your orders. We can supply you and with prices that are right. I buy my flour, several carloads at a time, get the best that the market affords and can therefore quote right prices. Besides, I can turn out work right on time, deliver it to you when you want it. —O— GIVE ME A TRIAL IP YOU ARE NOT ALREADY A CUSTOMER —O— THE MINOT BAKERY HENRY AUSLANDER, Prop. MIINOT, IS. D. VaHey Meat Market We always handle the best and largest line of Meats in the City Phone orders delivered prompt Gilroy & Hetherton Telephone 65 H. A. HURD Contractor and Builder of Brick, Cement and Frame Buildings. I solicit all classes of work in my line and guarantee satisfaction. For refer ences let me cite you to the 500 or more modern homes I have erected in Minot. I am prepared to do all kinds of job work in my shop on short notice MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA. $ T. E. Fox, Beceiver. Onn. A. McGee, Attorney for Contestant, S-lG-8-rO Minot, N. D. CONTEST NOTICE Department of the Interior, United States I rand Office. Minot, N. D,, April 86, 1907. I A sufficient contest affidavit having been fled in this office by Patrick Lvnaugh, contest ant. against homestead entry No. 35062, made October 16,1905, for the swl4 of Section 33, I Township 154 N. Range 87 W., 5th P. M., .by Elmer Jaaikelalnen, contestee. in which it Is alleged that said Elmer Jaaskelalnen, said con testee. has wholly abandoned said tract and changed his residence therefrom for mors than rix months since making said entry and next prior to the date hereof that he has not es tablished a residence thereon that said tract remains in its natural state, wholly abandoned and unimproved except a small dilapidated shanty which is not habitable and that said alleged absence from the said land was not due to his employment in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States as a pr' vate soldier, officer, seaman, or marine, during the war with Spain, or during any other war in which the United States may be engaged, and the said parties are hereby notified to ap-i. pear, respond and offer evidence touching said allegations at 10 o'clock a. m. on June 26, 1907. before the Register and Beceiver at tbe United States Land Office in Mlnot. North Dakota. The said contestant having, in a proper affi davit filed April 29, 1907. set forth facts which show that after due diligence personal service of the contest notice herein can not be made* It is thereforo hereby ordered and directed thai such notice be maae by due and proper pub lication. McGahan, Begister, Thomas E. Olsgard. of Minot, N. D.. 5-9-6-13 Atty. for Contestant. My full blooded black Percheron stal lion will be at my home, sec. 8, twp 153, rge 84, from Saturday night until Wednesday morning of each week: Ser vices $15 to insure sucking standing colt, H9 weighs 1700 lbs and is a sure animal. JOSEPH GUSTAFSON, 5-16tf Grelland, N. D. Automobile Owners AVe can insure your auto while in any part of the state against loss by fire for 822.50 per thou sand Montgomery & Company. I SHOP PHONK NO. 17.1 Opposite Scandinavian Hotel