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SECOND SECTION PAGES 9 to 20 IS tw TOLUMS 9. NUMBER 9 Burke and |RenviDe Counites Formed Supreme Court Decides that Ward County Is Well Divided-What Effect This Will Have on Elec tion—Excitement Everywhere At last Imperial Ward county is dlvlfled and she's divided tor all time to come. It wad inevitable link. It osime sooner than anybody expected. The Supreme court decided Satur day, or at «ny rate, the decision was given out late Saturday afternoon, Wmt Burke and Renville oountles were held to he legally organised, according to the vote which was tak en alt the election a year aga last November. It will' be remembered that some monthB ago. the Supreme court decid ed that Burke county bad won but that Renville county had lost. In Kenmare, at the November election, there were some six hundred votes cast on the county division question and tihey probably would have been voting there yet, had they not run out of ballots. In the primary elect ion, there were but two hundred votes cast, anu the supreme court conclud ed that there was some illegal voting done. Besides, the votes on county division in that precinct, were not properly registered. The Supreme court, in the first place, decided to throw out only the differ ence between the number of votes Dogden Boy Killed |By Rifle The 9 year old son of Emon Zer eks, living near Dogden, .wa*s acci dentally shot with a 32 rifle, by his 5 year old brother Tuesday after noon. Dr. Stone waa called and' he brought the boy back to Balfour and tooto him to the hospital, but the boy died at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. The body was taken to Dogden on the morning train. Another case of leaving loaded firearms where chil dren can play with them, not know ing "they were loaded."—Balfour Messenger. SURREYITES ATTENTION! I have'gone east on a visit but have left my blacksmith shop in competent hands and I will appreciate a contin uance of a share of your patronage. J. H. BURNS, The Surrey Blacksmith 6 2 3 FOR CLERK Op DISTRICT COURT. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the office of Clerk of the District Court of Ward County, and respectfully solicit the support of the *ofin the June primaries. Tonrs truly, JOHN LYNCH. cast In the primaries and the number cast in the fall election, and this allowed the Burke county proposition to carry, but not Renville. In its de cision lust concluded, the Supreme court decided to throw out Kenmare'a entire vote, which allowed both pro positions to carry. Ward county is left a very respect able size, with forty soime town ships. Kenmare is still in Ward coun ty, and so is the Des Lacs bridge. Kenmare is in what is knoyrn aa the "goose neck,' of Ward County, five townships thru which the Soo passes, forming that neck, It is asserted that Kenmare was purposely cut out by BowDells politicians who didn't want Kenmare in Burke county be cause of tihe likelihood of Kenmare securing the.county seat. Other towns in Ward county be sides Minot, are Sawyer, Surrey, Dou glas, Rydetr, Berithold), Burlington, Des Lacs, Foxholm, Carpio and Don nybrook. Glenburn and the upper three town ships that would belong to Ward county on an east and west division, are no win Renville county. NOTICE! ...Wedding Gifts... Minot, N. D., uno I, 19J10. Dear Sir: You are hereby notified that the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Minot Farmers'Grain Associa tion, will be held at the Farmers Ele vtaoc at Minot, N.. D. Thursday, June 30, at 1 o'clock, p* ~m. Three directors to 'be elected for three years Yours truly, HARRY EDWARDS, Secretary. THE SALVATION ARMY WAR CRY. Next week there will be a special page in the War Cry, published by Salvation Army, about Minot. V. The popularity #f gifts from Ik itm rate tpom ihUj starllaf qual ity sad ftaltlaas «tyl«. In tUrliatf bOtm, plated war* and cut glass ye* will find here the moat complete assortment in the city at the priee you name Hart Swalstead 1 Sometime ago, the editor of the War Cry asked if we could furnish material for a page in the War Cry about the enterprising city of Minot. We asked Mr. Ells, secretary of the Commercial Club, if he would write an article about the past afld present of Minot, which lie kindy did. A little space Is also given about the Army's work In Minot. The War Cry will be on sale, at Emerson's Book Store and the Golden Rule Store, and can fee purchased from the Army offloers. &€ I 126 So, Main Minot, N.D. THE INDEPENDENT HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY WEEKLY PAPER IN THE STATE OFFICIAL PAPER OF WARD COUNTY Worst Says Increased Yields President of Agricultural College Toils How North Dakota Farmers May Increase the Average of Wheat to 22 bushels Fargo, N. D., May 28.—That mod ern methods of dry farming would add $51,929,000 to the. farm value of the wheat yield of North Dakota, is assert ed fiy J. H. Worst, president of the iNOrtih Dakota Agricultural Oollege, and executive committeeman for this state of the Dry Farming Congress, which will hold its fifth anual session at Spokane October 3, to 6. North Dakota had 6,625,000 acres of wheat last year the production totaled 907, 762,000 bushels, an average ot 17.37 bushels an acre, and the farm value of the crop, Dec. 1, was $83,501,000 ac cording to the year booK of the de partment, of agriculture for 1909. Under modern scientific dry farm methods, President Worst asserts, the acre average yield should be 22.22 bushels. On 6,625,000 acres this average would give a total production of 147, 207,500 bushels, an increase of 56,445, 500 bushels over the actual yield last year. As computed by the United States department of agriculture, at practically 82 cents a bushel, the farm value of the possible crop would be $135,430,000, an increase of $51,929,00.0 over the figures as given for 1909. Basis For the Estimates. Mr. Worst bases his estimate of the acre-average production under dry farm methods upon the results of ex perimental work carried on at twenty four stations conducted under the di rect supervision, of the state agricul tural college. At each of these sta tions twenty-four acres is devoted to experimental work with gmaU^grains and other crops in rotation. Four five-acre tracts at eaohi station are used1 for different crops. The crops used in the rotations areclover, oats, Canadian field peas, com and wheat. Five-year rotations have been prac ticed at the stations. Clover or field peas have been planted the first year and the crop cut for hay, corn was the second year crop then wheat was grown for two years, and the fifth year, oats. The tracts were treated with, manure the first year, and the plan is to -repeat this treatment ev-. ery five years, using five to ten wagon loads to the acre, according to the soil conditions. Deep Plowing Practiced. Deep plowing is practiced wherever possible. In the drier sections the ground is broken six inches deep and harrowed once immediately after plowing. It is harrowed1 after each rain to conserve the moisture. A press drill is used for seeding. When the crop is up three inches a weeder is used. Only pedigreed seed Is used on the experiment farms. The seed is treated with formaldahyde. Light' seeding Is the role. The experiment stations have been divided into sections so that variations' to the rotations oan be tried sad com parative Teen Its noted. For example, at sb* set of stations wheat Is ai»t| year *op, a* etfters the second and} third few*. At fee *mt y«w Warn tlM remits are praottesMy the •mm (hove sbtalaed by the tan kl gM toe tUi week tat fee A. D. a* l» «*n* tmm. tfce Mi*: M.i ImMI M.I M.tfkiM. Farmers GMtlnf Into Un*. •pat* Mm nnIH ebtalaed the twenty-four damonatratSon tanna," «dB PwMMKt Worst, -has convinced me tha* avers* yteM el wtaa* can be auwty doable* la ear state by the applpatlon 1 modern methods selentifle dry farming. From the re sults obtained on our experimental tracts, It appears to me that the acne average for the state should be about 22.22 bushels, as shown by the third year stations. ^0,V "Oar farmers are taking up the modern methods rapidly and the yields obtained last year show encour aging progress toward elevating the state in the wheat production record of the country. Farmers most learn how to select their seed and to plant MINO% WARD OOUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JUNB 9, 1910 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER ANNUM only Hie best and purest seed obtain able. They must learn that the pro per tillage and intelligent preparation of the seed bed has a most important bearing upon the crop. They must learn to plow deep, harrow methodi cally and constantly and rotate their crops intelligently. Moisture Conservation Imperative. "In the drier aectfons the conserva tion of moisture is Imperative and this can only be accomplished most effeo tively by proper system of cultivation. We are endeavoring to develop the most practicable and profitiable me thod of tillage as well as the most profitable system of crop rotation at our stations, and we believe the re sults show attainment toward our ob jective. "We believe we can add eight or more bushels of wheat to our acreage production. I believe It can be done in the other grain growing states of the west. If this can be accomplish ed by dry farming, by the intelligent application of the principles of tillage seed selection and crop rotation, cer tainly every farmer in the grain belt of the country should be vitally in terested in the introduction of the methods which have come to be known as "dry farming."' FREEDOM. A few of the people from this neigh borhood took in th% sights at Minot last Monday. The school kids of Liberty District have enjoyed a holiday since J-he ^achera htcvB*lre'6n"in"M!in6t to take the teachers' examination. Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Witham visited at C. M. Christianson's last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Shea were seen driving with their brand new buggy on Stringfcown avenue last Sunday. Mike McCormick says he is tired of baching and is looking for a nice young girl who would share his hap py home with him. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Irving will give a dance for the benefit of the Washington school No. 3, next Sat urday evening. Everybody invited to attend. Ladies please bring either sandwiches or cake. Admission for each couple will be fifty cents. The Ladies Norwegian Aid met at the home of Mrs. Alf Jylen last Wed nesday. A dance was given at J. E. Christ enson's last Saturday night. Every body reports a good time. The Ladles Norwegian Aid will meet at the home of Mrs. O. Spoklie Wednesday, June 8th. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Anderson, Sun dayed at C. M. Christen son's. Fred Willman Is tearing up sod on the Nelson place with his new gaso line outfit. 1C«. Bverett Clise and lady attend ed the show in Minot last Saturday •veatsg. Messrs. Jo* Yanetts and Spencer WttSam tm In Mlnoft taking treatment Sr. OOaraaa. Mt« and Mm. IW'Wtptap feet to leave momm «sr an esteniWA In TfcrUe aSewrtslns. tftemooa, Mzs. L. drtvtsf threap a* string that oo*M not be tanrisprim. FOB COUNTY AUDITOR. 1 hereby announce my candidacy tor the republican nomination for auditor of Ward County, North Dakota. If nominated and elected, I will per form the duties o' the office fair and impartially. 1 have neven been candidate for any office before, and earnestly request your vote at •tes th® June primaries. Respectfully, L. J. THOMPSON. Piano for sale cheap, for cash or payments. 412 Reishus street, or ad dress, box 595. Anna Willman. I The Searchlight's Inconsistency Organ of the InsurgentsSay Stalwarts|Have Four Candidates for Congress—The Eliminators. Again It is highly amusing to note the inconsistency ot the Official Organ of the Elimination Committee, the Search Light, of Fargo. That paper has labeled Hanaa, James Johnson, Blaisdell and Skulason, stalwart can didates for Congress. They claim these men are stalwarts because they were not picked up by the bunch of slate makers called insurgents, which met at Valley City. AH who could not get into the good graces of Tom Marshall 'and Ibis* little bunch of henchmen down at Valley City, and who were by those autocrats elimi nated as stalwarts. The stalwart or ganization ought to be credited with some brains. There are only two con gressmen to be selected. The Search Light claims that the stalwarts have selected four candidates. That all these men mentioned are the candi dates of the stalwart organization. In other words, the Search Light is so silly as to think they can make' E. D. Kelley, candidate for the Republican nomination for sheriff, is out to win. Kelley stands well tnrougout the county and the fact re mains unlisputed that he will make an A1 sheriff. He has been deputy sheriff and as such, gained the repu tation of being a baif man getter. Keley never yet went after a man but what he got him. Besides, he's a good fellow and if elected, will not take advantage of the tax payers in any way. A boost for Kelley is a step in the right direction. Minot has four live newspapers edited by men of various political beliefs but not one of the quartet has agood political word to say for J. M. Devine, the head of the insurgent movement in this pert of the state. Are Minot newspaper men too unholy to train with the Devine insurgent or does Devine look too un holy at close Tange Generally poli ticians of merit have some newspa per backing their ban* towns. Why is it —CHenbnm Advance. CIRCULATION 5600 EielWnk people believe that the men selected and whose names appear on the tick et supported by the Search Light are the only men who are Insurgent and the only ones entitled to Insurgent support. The Search Light speakB for the insurgent bunch and the peo ple ought to take the Search Light at its word. Those who are not with us are against us. Those who will not stand by the ticket we have print ed and which was picked out by our bosses, are against us.. Let it be so. Political conditons in the Republican party have shaped themselves so that there" are now two contending fact ions. On th eone side is arrayed the candidate of the elimination commit tee, and on the other all those who are Republicans and who do not ap prove of their action. As a result the people will line up against insur gentism, as it is now practiced, and present a solid front for the Regular Republican ticket. CATCH CROPS. Often times somo crop fails on account of frost or some other condi tion beyond man's control. This, how ever leaves the season short, and to get a crop it is necessary to grow one that can be planted late and yet mature sufficiently to be harvested be fore frost. Millet is one of the best of these and especially when fodder is needed. Hungarian or German millet will like ly prove the most satisfactory. If it is to be sown on fall plowing, disc thoroughly to kill weeds. Sow at rate of on© bushel to the acre. Put in with a grain drill and set it to sow shallow. For hay, cut before the seed gets to the dough stage. Care must be used in feeding it to horses. When too ripe or too immature, it sometimes proves fatal. Feed some other roughage along with it. The growing of millet has a good effect on the soil for the following crop. W. C. PALMER, Agr. Editor. Department of College Extension, Agricultural College, North Dakota. Dr. E. F. Kennedy of White Earth is the possessor of a pipe said, to bo the one smoked by the dead Indian chief, Sitting Bull, just before the battle ot Little Big Horn, thirty-fohr years ago, when the lamented Gen. Custer and his men were annihilated by the Indians. The pipe is an in teresting relic of those stirring times and Is a gift to Mr. Kennedy from Mr. G. B. Sewell. An editor received two dollars and eork from delinquent subscriber. When they met later the editor said: "1 understand about the money be cans* thai Is what yon ewed, but wflat doe* ths eork mean "Stop per", waa the harsh reply.—Ex. When Ton Paint ose 'Minnesota Paints Ko other paint will give you the same satisfaction and last longer, at so small a cost. Mixed and ground in Pure Linseed Oil with Pure White Lead—Pure Oxide of Zinc—Pure Tinted Colors and Driers on uniform formulas. "A Special Paint for ePerp Paintable Surf act" Inside and Outside. Call for Color C*r4s« ... E. C. FRITZS CO. I.