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FIRST SECTION PAGES 1 TO 8 V* r- THRESHING SCENE NEAR MINOT. One cf the familiar sights in this section of the state every fall. The alfove picture was taken north of Minot last fall for the Ward County Land & Loan Co. Tioga Gazetts: Gundqr Syverson dug out a nest of coyctes on nis farm the other day and after dis-' patching the mother of the tribe took the young to the house and set them County Treasurer Killand Tells of Wonderful Development of that Part of the State O.' H. Killand, cf Mandan, Treas urer of Morton county, arrived in the city this afternoon to attend the an nual meeting of the Telelag. Mr. Killand reports conditions in (his part of the state as being the very best. The crops are doing nicely and that part of the state is developing very fast. Most of the government land in the county has been faomesteaded but good railroad land ten or fifteen miles from Mandan can be bought on easy terms for $20 an acre. The farmers are growing wealthy. Many are running their own automo biles. Four Russian farmers in that v'cinity recently invested in autos. Fandan is enjoying a healthy growth. 'The city now has a popula tion of 4,000, has miles and miles of Minot's Board of Equalization has completed its work and finds that the assessed valuation of this city exceeds two million dollars. The assessed valuation of personal property is $590,605 lots exclusive of structures, $831,545 buildings of all kinds $750, 870. The assessment last year was over the million and a half mark. There were fifty-thiree automobiles asssessed, the value being fftaced at $13,800. There were 330 pianofortes and 98 organs and other musical in struments. The diamonds worn in the Magic City are valued at $2,818, SLOCUM'S SILO BLOWN DOWN. The silo on the A. P. Slocum stock "arm two milee north of the city, .as blown down In a very severe ind storm Isst Thursday night, 'here was no feed in the structure, loss Is estimated at $2,500, fully covered by Insurance. The alio, which wa« one of the very beet in Northwestern North Dakota, V- will a down outside while he went into the house fcr a minute. On his return he noted that one of the young coy otes was missing, and on investiga tion discovered that the family doy whq has a litte rof pups, had adopted them and was taking the Tmnch to her kennel, where three of the young wolves are now enjoying all the plea sures of life as in their native lair. Morton County to the Front cement walks, and acres of fine resi liences, many of thehi costing from $7,000 to $10,000. There are 74 schools in Morton count-,y. The assessed valuation was bocsted a year ago from $5,000,000 to $8,000,000. The county and state tax amounts to 19.4 mills this year, while jthe school tax varies from 5 to 30. Mandan is installing a new sewer system. That city has the commis sion form of government, Which is giv -ng satisfaction. President Packard seems to be the right man in the rijriit place. The county primary election will be quiet, as no one except the superin tendent of schools has opposition, Mr. Killand is .an old time resident of Mandan, having located there 28 years ago. Board of Equalization Completes Work while the gold and silverware reaches $1,744. The merchandise in Minot is worth, according to the books, $241,390, while 1Minot people have outside of the banks $4,747 in currency. The boats a.re valued at $5,950. be There are 437 horses, 173 cattle, 46 sle'ghs and sleds, 323 wagons and buggies and seven bicycles in Minot. The bank stock assessed this year amounted to $58,796. The furniture and equipment of billiard rooms, res taurants, etc., amounted to $15,350. Beavers Back In North Dakota Eight Beaver Dams Between Burlington and Des Lacs—Energetic Little Animals Cutting Down Fairly Large Trees The beavers are coming back to North Dakota. Old .timers tell us that the energetic animals were nu merous alnog tflie Mouse and1 Des Lacs rivers in the early day®, but left when the dry weather came. They have returne in large numbers this year. There are eight bearer dams along Deal Lac* river between Burllngton and Oarplo. The beav ers are falling the trees along the |banlks at a rapid rate, often cutting down tree® that are as large In diam eter as a stove pipe. Oldi timer* say that the large number of beavw dam* to a rare sign of dry weather. The animate always take precautions to hold back the water when it is need ed, and their instinct seldom fails Jthem. The farmers who reside along the river are protecting the beavers and [woe be unto the hunters who cap ture any of tlhem' There la a strict law in this state protecting beevent, the fine being $25 for the first offense with a jail sentence attached. Old timer hunters used to make good money trapping the beavers as their hldee are worth a good deal VOLUME t. NUMBER IS MfNOT, WARD COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JUNE MO mo of money and it is said their meat is Valuable for food. To secure a large fat beaver meant a feaf£ for them for a rebuilt. It was reported in the city in the morning that not only the silo (had blown down but one of the big bams, and Mr. Slocum hurried out to the scene of the disaster. The Wand County Land & Loan Co. bought three 160 acre farms last week from tanners in this vicinity. This concern has great faith In the future of this part of the -v THE INDEPENDENT HAS THE LAt&tttiST CIRCULATION OF ANY WEEKLY PAPER IN TUB S TATE PAPlSli OF WARD COUNTY Farmers Succeed by Diversifying John D. Geist recentl ysold his quarter of land near Deering for $5000, and his neighbor, Geo. Even ton sold his half section for $9,000, to a Mr. Kelley from Gldden, Iowa. ach bought a quarter four miles s~uth of Miiiot, the former from T. Kirkjoiden and the latter from Frank, iloupe, and will go into dairying, poultry raising, and gardening ex tensively next year. They are milk ing several cows now,and bring to M.not each week from $15 to $20 worth of butter, which the people gladly buy at ithe best prices. They take great pains in making the but ter. The milk is separated, the cream placed in a cool cave and al lowed to sour Just enough. In hot weather it is necessary for them to churn two or. three times a week. They market their products together, thus saving extra trips to the city. For feed they grow millet, oafs hay, which produces' four good loads to the acre, and for feed for the cows beats anything they ever used. The hay is cut gFeen and the cows like it better than timothy. They would mther feed this kind of hay than ground feed, for the cows seem to show a greater gain in milk from it. from it. Milling Durum Wheat Department of College Extension, Agricultural College, N. D., W. C. Palmer, Agri. Editor. Food bulletin No. 2 takes up the subject of milling Durum wheat. The resu'.ia s?icw that cos'.s 3% I cents more for i- .vc-r grind a bushel of Durum r.!ier.t than Fife or Blue Stem, while at the present time I there is a difference in price of 26 cents per bushel. It also shows t'bat the mixing of 15 per cent of Durum flour with the hard wheat flours im proves the bread'. At the present prices 'it costs $4.28 to produce a barrel of Durum wheat flour, showing that quite a saving can be made by combining the two kinds of wheats and at the same time improve the quality of the product. The cost, for grinding 100 barrels of Durum wheat was $7.43 for grinding 100 barrels of Fife or Blue Stem wheat was $7.00. The bulletin also contains an analysis of whiskies jand many airticles of general interest. It can be had by writing to the Agricultural College at Fargo. :n Melons from Texas Paul V. McCoy received by express Sunday from Qonpus Ghristi, Texas, (two large water melons, weighing 30 pounds each. They were sent by Mr. AlcCoy'a nicther, and were extraordi nary fine ones. The melons came thru safely without being crated, the name of Mr. McCoy merely appearing on t!h'e melon rind, which had been scrap ed. The melons were four days in transit and were raised near the place where Mr. McCoy owns a tract of land. ..Buy Sterling Silver.. Twenty years ago a dozen plated teaspoons cost five or six dollars. To-day a dozen sterling silver spoons can be bought for only a few dollars more. The intrinsic value of the metal is worth more than the difference in price. Yeare ago when sterling ware was sold at prohibitive prices nearly everyone used plated ware, at least every day. ,To- ay is real economy to buy the best, even for daily use. Call and see our plain and elaborate patterns of sterling silver and start collecting an outtit, by buying a Jew pieces at a time. W. H. REIOHART THE EXCLUSIVE JKWELBR COUNTY INDEPENDENT Boiley Discovers New Wheat Disease Ptrof. Boiley in his remarks mado cn the N. p. "Better Farming" spe ai says: So far, I have not observed any wheat iields suffering materially from drouth. The stand is of good color and generally strong for this stage of growth. Wheat wilt and wheat root rot fun gi are, however, doing great damage on ceStain of the old wheat land areas —and, in certtain fields of virgin, or new lands, on which poor, diseased wheat, has been used for seed. The wilt diseases of wheat kill ofr the young wheat in the same man ner as flax wilt destroys that crop. I have seen the wheat in spots siok and dying out just th esanie as it wilts oft in 'tlhe case of flax. The fung£ are different but the results are much the same bn the crop and on the soil. Any one can find out whem er he haB the disease on his lands from the seed by pulling up the plants. Healthy wheat at this time i« white elow the ground, even down to the seed, and will be stooling well. Diseased plants will be wilting away spots will be sending up only single unstooled plants, which are brown or cresote colored below the .ground line, or so spotted below. The diseases are more destructive on slightly alkaline areas than on well drained land and such diseases, 1 think ,have much to do with the de teriorated yields upon the older wheat soils of the state. I am not a strong believer that two or three or ten or twenty crops of wheat can exhaust the fertility cf North Dakota soils. Farmery must cease sowing low grade wheat and flax and must rotate with other crops, cultivation and pasture. Asked Shaft to Vote for McGahan John J. Keavin played a trick on .Tim Dwyer, the land agent, that will keep the latter busy a long time, figuring how he will even up with the merchant. Dwyer was doing some missionary work last Monday, in the interests of I... I). McGahan, candi date for city commissioner, and was pretty busy rounding up votes. Keavin seeing McOahan's opponent, (5. D. Shaft, standing on the street, beckoned Dwyer and informed him that there was a man who was look ing for a pjace to vote. 'Jim not be ing personally acquainted with Shaft, hurried over to the candilate and •asked him if he had voted yet. Shaft replied that he (had not. "Well, who are you going to vote for," Jim continued, as he handed Shaft one of McGahan's cards. "Well, I suppose I will vote for myself," Shaft replied, and about that time Keavin was making tracks to get away from the infuriated Jim. wheat on the D. H. Lord farm three miles eas^ of Minot. This wheat averaged 32 bushels to the acre. I The model of the battleship North I)akol a, which'was secured from the navy department of Congressman L. B. Hanna to be exhibited at the state fair at Fargo cn July 25-30, has been shipped from the Washington navy yard and is expeetfed tc arrive in Fargo in a week or po. This model is over twelve feet in length and I shows in detail every feature of the greatest, fighting shi,p commissioned. When Congressman Hanna securec? this model he landed an 'attraction that will be or interest to every citi 1 Miss Emma Grains left Tuesday for Sand 1'oint, Idaho, where she will re main for several months. Her broth ers are located there. SUli.Si'RIPriO\, $1.00 PER ANNUM WHEAT FIELD NEAR MINOT. Tiie above cut is used through tho the fertile Ward county land always courtesy of the Ward County Land produces more bushels to the acre & Lean Co., and shows a field of (ilan any Buildings Wrecked in Winds SRegular Tornado Does Much Damage F'ftecn Miles South of Minot— IVScCormick Brothers Injured in Storm A regular 'hurricane visited the country fifteen miles south of Minot last Thursday night, doing consider. damage. The wind was a straight one, which probably accounts fo- the fact that there were no fatal ities. Two brothers, Pat and Mike X't Cormick were quite badly injured, when they were 'mixed up in the wreckage of a cook car. They were slitting outside -the cook car when the storm came up suddenly, turning the ,car over onto them, bruising them very badiy. They were confined to their beite the following day but are recovering. The cook car was blown on top of a drill, which was smashed. John Winn, who lives in the south ern part of Freedom township, lost a (strongly built bam, 24x30 feet in size. The bam was reduced to kin dling wood and the broken lumber scattered about the pmirie. Luckily Big Socialist Meeting A big Socialist meeting was held at the Lyceum theatre Sunday morn ing ait which time President LeSueur of the Minot City Commission, ad dressed the gathering. The object of /the meeting was to call the attention of the voters to the fact that an elect ion was to be held in Minot the next day and that G. D. Shaft was the man •who should be supported. It to report ed fKy* the speaker stated that if the people wanted to get back to the days of gambling and slot machines, they should support McGalhan, but if not, Shaft was the man to work for. The CIRCULATION 5600 Each Weak ether county in the state. i.aml that will do as well under Tslie same circumstances can be bought While this is above the average in heie for From $25 to $ per acre, yield for wheat in North Dakota, The price is advancing very rapidly. Model of N. D. Battleship Congressman Hanna Secures Permission from Government to Ship Twelve-foot Model to State Fair zen of this commonwealth as all are greatly interested in the great man of-war that was named for this state. It is the first time that the navy de partment has allowed any of its ma terial or equipment to be exhibited at fairs in which the government was not directly interested. The fair As sociation feels much gratilied that it ::iij been able to secure this model and Congressman Hanna is to be con gratulated cn securing it for the ex position. !tl:e stock'were ail in the pasture, so were uninjured. I At \Y. R. Foster's place, two bug giies, one owned by Mr. Foster, and tho other by JoC Kane, wore turned over and over and badly wrecked. I Air. Foster's wagon v, as turned squarely around and blown down t-ht, field forty reds. McCormick I3ros. granary was blown over two or three times. l.ouis irving's poultry house was picked up and blown across a wire fence and a number of oil'eke as killed. Wm. Johnson's machino sl.ei wi3 blown to piece®. Peteir Fleming's hog house was scattered over the prairie. Hundley Newman's residence was moved ten feet from its foundation. Many smaller buildings were w: jok ed. speaker talked for more than an hour $nd gave a rousing address. BEDE COULD NOT COME. J. Adam Bede, the well known Min nesota humorist, who was to have ap peared in Minot Monday night, in a .political effort, was compelled to can cel his engagement on account of V.is voice giving out. Many were disap pointed. To get the best out of life is A' problem. Learn how by sending^to Mankato (Minn.) 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