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The Bowbells Tribune
Published on Friday of each week at Bowbells,
Ward County, N. D..
By THOS. B. HURI/Y.
Entered as second-class matter July 24.1908, at
the post office at Bowbells, N. Dak., under
the act of Match 8. 1879.
Subscription Rates:
To any point fat U. S., per year $1.50
To Canada, per year, in advance. 2.00
BOUNTY AND CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
SAVING MILLIONS.
Uncle Sam has coal lands for
sale, but they are no longer to be
bought on the old plan. At least
some of the profit from their ex
ploitation is to reach the United
States treasury instead of all of
it going to enrich shrewd specu
lators who discover rich coal
-veins underlying government
land, but keep quiet about it till
they buy for a song.
The Department of the Interior
announces that certain unappro
priated areas in e Evanston
land district in Wyoming have
been classified as coal land. In
some cases the price per acre has
been made $500. That represents
a marked advance over the $10
to $20 per acre paid by buyers
under former arrangements. A
township sold under previous
rates brought $459,000, approx
imately, at the maximum price.
The same township, under the
new rating, is worth more than
$8,000,000.
During the month of June coal
lands were classified and restor
ed to entry which had previously
been withdrawn. Under the old
ratings they were worth $7,650,
000. Under the new they are
listed at $18,500,000. Such fig
ures indicate the positive results
of the inquiry which the govern
ment has been making in connec
tion with its western lands. The
a o u n s a e e a i v e y s a
when the "billion dollar sessions"
of congress are considered. But
they are large enough to show
the value of the investigations
which have been made.
The principle involved is more
important than the money sav
ings. It is a practical applica
tion of the idea of conservation
of natural and national resources.
It is an indorsement of the views
of ex-President Roosevelt, as he
expressed them again and again.
There is every reason why the
government should get a fair re
turn from the sale of its. valuable
Ead
ossessions. If this principle
been put into practice many
years ago many a fraud upon the
nation would have been prevent
ed.
THE PRICE OF BREAD.
Every breadwinner must be in
terested in the declaration of J.
J.Hill "that the time of low prices
for grain has passed." Dearer
grain means dearer bread and
higher cost of living. But it
would be hasty to conclude that
this developer of railways and
productive territory means that
the cost of food derived from
grain is to be advanced perman
ently. It is not a new fact that
the production of cereals in the
United States has not kept pace
with the increase of population
in recent years. Statistics reveal
plainly the relative gain of do
mestic consumption upon pro
duction and the consequent de
crease of surplus for exportation.
This is a fact applying to other
grains as well as to wheat. At
the same time, teachers of agri
culture are consistently striving
to lessen wasteful methods of cul
i v a i o n s o a s o i n e a s e e
yield in proportion to area.
There remains no doubt that this
can be accomplished without cor
responding increaseof investment
in fertilizing, machinery or labor.
But it is also to be kept in
mind that the price of grain does
not depend solely upon the supply
available and possible, in e
United States. The markets of
the world may rely upon larger
products from other countries.
The capacity of the vast expanse
of grain-growing land in Western
Canada has only entered upon its
development. A region of simi
lar jpapacity lies in South Ameri
ca, south of Brazil. Australia
and New Zealand have not reach
ed their limit of supply, and the
development of Siberia involves
a source of output of great possi
bilities. Other regions in Asia
and Africa await the fruits of
labor amd cultivation. All these
are
factors that argue against
the increase in the cost of pro
duction of the world's supply, or
a
prospective higher price for a
loaf of bread in the/household,
u u a i o n s a y o u w i
varying crops, but they not
fid
determine the average cost of
production, nor can they escape
the ultimate fixing of price by
the world's supply and the world's
demand.—Washington Herald.
The seaside resorts are slow
with their sea serpents this sea
son, but a Standard Oil ship has
turned up at New York with a
story of its sailors having had to
jump abroad while painting the
sides of the ship to escape the
sharks. Just to relieve the mo
notony one on their number stood
on guard with a knife on a long
pole and gave the biggest shark a
stab occassionally, which started
him to flight a!na the rest after
him. These wolves of the sea
are no respecters of their kind
when they are hungry.
The convention of cattle breed
ers of the United States which
has been called to meet at Den
ver next January, will have for
its chief topic the rising price of
beef. There is said to be danger
that meat will go to prohibitive
prices, and this the cattlemen
are anxious to avoid. Effort will
be made to reawaken interest in.
the ranching industry, which has
fallen off of late. The effort will
be viewed with favor by all who
relish that diet which is referred
to in the Scriptures as food for
strong men.
The women voters of Colorado
are showing a degree of deep
cunning in their plans for politi
cal power which is alarming. The
woman they have selected to send
to Congress is quite good looking.
A case of brains and beauty
might be too much of a combina
tion for Congress, composed as
it is of mere men, to defeat. And
then there would always be some
thing to enliven a dull session if
"Uncle Joe" tried to keep her
from talking when she wanted
the floor.
It turns out that one tragedy
of the panic of 1907 was wholly
n e e e s s A o i n e n N e w
York trust magnate who killed
himself under the impression
that he was financially ruined,
left, as it has just been discover
ed, an estate of over a million.
A little more courage in looking
misfortune in the face would haVe
saved him both life and fortune.
But the strain of the average
American business man's life
leaves little quality of endurance.
The Moro band in the Philip
pines, which set out to destroy
the sway of the United States,
made a fine example of itself.
Its annihilation gives emulators
a fair warning. Even Moros
may learn something from th^
experience, while the peaceful
natives know that they have a
real public order for their protec
tion in their cultivation of the
pursuits of peace.
Twenty-three prominent Jap
anese politicians, some members
of the national parliament, have
been sent to jail for complicity
in a Sugar Trust scandal. Evi
dently the Japanese have improv
ed on our delicate way of dealing
with political scandals. They
simply treat graft as plain, or
dinary stealing and clap the
thieves in jail.
The Roosevelt caravan now
cutting its way through the Af
rican jungles is a quarter of a
mile long. No wonder it is
striking terror to the hearts of
the man-eaters of the jungle.
J. Pierpont Morgan says that
good times are here. It is grati
fying to know that the wolf has
been. driven at least from Mr.
Morgan's door.
London has been having a na
val procession of 150 warships.
This demonstration ought to
scare off that phanton Uerman
invasion.
The mania for speed has quite
reached the limit with a Michigan
chaffeur arrested for speeding
his auto-hearse to the cemetery.
The germ theory got an awful
jolt the other day when the
mayor of Boston is said to have
kissed 200 women and—survived.
Congressmen are now fully
convinced that President Taft
can play othei* games besides
golf.
The happy and contented Bow
bells country farmer is wearing
the biggest smile of all nowadays.
Lo the poor Indian, indeed.
Now they are going to take his
head off the cent.
An exchange opines that sky
pilots will soon be in demand for
airships.
Cuba, it is said, has not only
legalized the government lottery,
but will also attempt to sell
tickets in the United States in
defiance of our postal laws. This
is gratitude for you.
Additional Local Mews.
A SNAP—at $2,700 ne. i of
29463-89. See A. S. tijault. 3tf
Girl wanted for general house
work. Apply at Donovan Drug
Store. 52
Miss May Simmons, niece of
T. O. Hunter, is here from Ed
mondton, Alta., on a visit to the
Hunter family.
The. Bowbells Implement Co.
have sold a complete Minneapolis
threshing outfit, new, including
a 35-hp. engine, to P. H. Mor
stad of Portal, and a new sepa
rator, 28x46, to Ed. Kraft of this
place.
For Sale Cheap—Pump, wind
mill, tower and tank, all in good
condition. Apply toA.W.Movius.
More lumber is this season
thus far being taken into North
Star township than to any sever
a o w n s i s a a e n w i e
shows progress and public spirit
on the part of the prosperous res
idents of North Star.
Home-rendered lard —snow
white and pure—2 pounds for
25 cents at Migge's. 2tf
It is reported that R. A. Grams
is trying to arrange matters for
removal of his elevator from its
present location to the site now
vacant by reason of the burning
of the Royal Elevator Co. 's house
on sidetrack some time ago.
A gentleman from Lignite who
was a caller at The Tribune office
on Saturday last, informed us
that a number of farmers oyer
in that vicinity had been cutting
barley, the first cutting having
been done on Wednesday of last
week, and the yield promises
e e a n e v e e o e o v e
there.
Henry Holtz and Bob Burrow
left on Saturday night last for
Seattle, Wash., expecting to be
absent about thirty days, during
which time Albert Miller will
"sub" for Bob in the Loucks
general store. Messrs. Holtz and
Burrow will, after satisfying their
curiosity at the exposition, ma|e
an extended tour of the coast
country and have promised te
write The Tribune their "find
ings" should they find time to do
the matter justice while enroute.
J. W. Moore is making the
Hoban block on Main street look
quite attractive and all by means
of a couple of good coats of paint
properly put on. The interior of
the building, too, is being thor
oughly overhauled, a e red,
painted, etc., and when the re
pairs and improvements are com
plete Tom himself will hardly
know his own property. Apart
ments are being put in first-class
shape in the second story, to be
used as living rooms by Mr. and
Mrs. Hoban.
Mrs. J. P. Neve has the thanks
of The Tribune for a magnificent
boquet sent into us by Pete on
Tuesday, and which for variety
of flowers and variety of riqh
colors it would be hard to beat
anywhere. Mrs. Neve always
has a splendid flower garden,
that would do credit to any coun
try, and this fine boquet of which
we write carries us back to eight
or nine years ago, when we oc
casionally stopped at the Neye
home, or at tna.t of Mrs. N.'s
mother, Mrs. Mads Olson, or at
the home of Sam Anderson, a
short distance across the railroad
tt-ack, at each of which places we
ever found a warm welcome and
were never allowed to depart
without having in our possession
a handsome boquet as a memento
of our call. Lovers of the beauti
ful in flowers and living within
the bailiwick of The Tribune, we
would commend to you a trip out
to the Neve home, where you
will find that the sight that con
fronts you in the flower garden
will be a cure for sore eyes, i
We Reach the People.
A time saver in a buBy wotfd.
Use the long distance service of
the Northern Telephone Co.
Notice to
Notice is Hereby given that all
warrants regtete&d before Octo
ber 10th, 1908, on the Gen&ral
Fund, are hereby called in, and
interest on the same will ceftfte
August 1st, 1909.
A. C. NEDRUD,
County Treasurer.
Dated July 19th 1909.
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FOR YOUR HARVEST.
We are now prepared to take orders
for the FAMOUS PLYMOUTH
TWINE. Orders taken subject to
cancellation in case of crop failure.
Plymouth Standard 91-2 cts.
Plymouth I lets.
Agents for the Avery, J. I. Case and
Buffalo Pitts threshing machinery
DONOVAN BROS.
THE UP-TO-DATE HARDWARE MARCHANTS
Bowbells, North Dakota.
LISTEN!
I have some
A A I N S
In Improved and Unimprov
ed Business and Residence
Property in Bowbells, and
have listed for sale some of the
BEST FARMS
in this part of the country,
which I can sell at the owners*
rock-bottom price. See me.
It won't cost anything to talk.
THOS. B. HURLY
Bowbells, North Dakota.
to call your attention to my large and complete assortment of the best
HARNESS and CELLARS
will sell at the lowest possible prices. Oiling and Repair
ing promptly done. Yours for, Horse Furnishing Goodk
It is how the time of the year ypjii
commence to think of buying New
ness to begin your springJ^M^
where is the best place to buy. I desire
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