The Ward County Independent (Minot, Ward County, N.D.)
May 6, 1903

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VOLUME a. NUMBER 3. $14 ,000 ED KELLEY WAS HELD UP. As he Passed the Red Bridge Lite Saturday Night a Thug Arose From the Ditch, and Struck at Him With a Revolver-Lively Fight Followed. Ed. D. Kelley was "assaulted by a highway man near the old creamery, while on his way home at 11 o'clock Saturday night. Just alter passing- the red bridge alone, a man raised himself from the cinders very close to him and struck at his victim with the butt of a revolver. Mr. Kelley was too quick for his assailant and grab­ bed barrel of the gun, keeping- it pointed in a direction away from his body. The thug grabbed Kelley's watch's tearing nearly all the buttons from his vest. Mr. Kelley, who is handy with his feet, gave the man some vig­ orous kicks in the abdominal re­ gion with such telling effect that the man broke loose and ran. Mr. Kelley was unarmed so ran as fast as could in an opposite di­ rection. Coming back to town he secured a revolver and a friend and went on a man hunt but could not find the desperate character. He suspects his man and but for the proof would lay his hands on him. Mr. Kelley had some money with him and it is supposed that this fact was known. May Strike After May 10. The trouble between the train ipen and'the G. N. company will be settled by May 10, or a gene.i al tie up in" North Dakota will likely be the result. The conduc­ tors and brakemen want double pay for trains run with double headers or for work done on trains of more than thirty ears. The engineers and firemen may go out in sympathy. Train master W. W. McConnick and Division Supt. McCandler of La kota are along the Dakota di­ vision trying to ascertain who of the trainmen voted to strike. Ninety-five per cent are in favor of a strike. Ropes Which Took Four Lives. Judge Murray has perhaps the most interesting collection of re­ lies of its kind in the state. He has four ropew which have hanged men—Thorpe, and Ross, the mur­ derers and Nels Larson and Berg who took their own lives. N a%d to the corner of his office is a limb with an old rope-tied about it—the one Nels Larson used in ending his life near Velva. The man had been dead six weeks when found and the rope had broken. Mr. Murray has a beau­ tiful cane, carved in Australia. His daughter brought it from Scotland a few years ago it rep­ resents "The Pride of Scotland" the old Scotch thistle wound about it. A Horse on George Poepping. Geo. Poepping, of Burlington, who is attending court as a jur or, had an exciting experience Thursday evening. He ran from the court house to the Soo depot to catch the train and arriving at Burlington, missed his pock etbook containing $60 and oth­ er valuables. He borrowed Les­ lie Colton's team and drove back to Minot, notified the police who with lanterns searched the town for the book. Not finding it they resumed the search early the next morning. One of Geor ge's friends asked him where he usually kept the money. "Right in here" slapping his hand against higi coat pocket. "Here it is now" POepping cried excitedly, and suVe enough the money had been id its accustomed place the whole tpne. amember us when in need of a new kt We have them in all the latest tapes, at prices that are pleasing to ke purse. Lee A Larson's I Wash Goods. Zypher Ginghams, ercales, Tissues. All the latest in immer goods. Your inspection is in Sted. Lee Larsen Second hand furniture wanted Joe Rowan's. 011 fixtures, to be delivered Aug. J. Can be sold at any time, at the old LaPorte stand. Police Have a Busy Time. Hattie Talbot who threatened the lite of Mix. Harlow was found guilty of the charge by Judge Murray Saturday evening. She has made an appeal from the de­ cision. Garwin a drunk, was locked in the city jail Saturday night. His horse was left tied to a buggy all night without food or water. Hobo's roost, a den for Weary Willies, is the liveliest place in Minot. It is under the trees along the river, and needs the careful attention of the officers. A North Prairie farmer report­ ed to the police the loss of his locketbook Saturday containing 20 and his homestead papers. The finder will please leave at this office. A drunken carpenter was ar­ rested by Officer Robinson Thurs­ day night and lodged in jail. He claims the officer pulled him from his- bed to make tlie arrest. He promised to show up for trial if set free for a little while but did not keep his word. A district manager of a New York insurance company, named Rich gave the Minot officers plen­ ty to do last week looking for two men whom he claimed were representing themselves to be district managers and were fleec 4ug-the people. One was located at Portal and the other at Velva Sheriff Pitts of McHenry county was here conferring with the offi­ cers regarding the men and will arrest them as soon as he can lay hands them. Mayor Roach in a Wreck. Mayor Roach, wife and daught­ er, Miss Luella Roach, returning from Oregon, were in a terrible wreck at Troy, Mont.. Sunday morning at 3:30 o'clock. The switch had been tampered with and the train which was going 25 miles an hour opened it. The engine and baggage car passed over in safety. All except the sleeping car went into the ditch, three of the cars being smashed all to pieces. Mr. Roach and family occupied the sleeper which was left half on the main MINOT, WARD COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, WEPNESDAY. MAY track and half 011 the sidetrack. Many wore injured though no one was killed. Mr. Roach was asleep but the terrible jerk soon awoke hirn. Pest Mouse Nearly Burned. A prairie fire in the hills near town nearly burned the pest house Saturday. The deputy sheriff and a number of the pris­ oners from the county jail went with Dr. Crokat to the fire and fought like demons. Martin Ja cobson's powder house was burn­ ed around but his employes sav­ ed that also. The next day a fire from the south came sweep­ ing down on the pest house. J. H. Tompkins and assistants ar­ rived just in time to save slaught ter house and going to the pest house found fires under the build­ ing. The two smallpox patients were sleeping soundly.. The fire was again extinguished. Two Posts--$37.50 Each. The highest price ever paid for posts in Ward county was paid Monday in Minot when Martin Olson and Arne E. Roan, of Bow bells, forked over $37.50 each for the privilege of using two of L. S. Foote's posts, taken from his fence near Burlington Satur­ day. Mr. Foote has had much trouble with people tearing down his fences and confiscating the material. Saturday with the aid of a glass Mr.s Foot saw two men tear down the fence in the pasture a mile from the house and load on some posts. Foote returned an hour later and learn­ ing of the deed started in pur­ suit. He caught the men eight miles on, and pretending to b§ looking for relinquishments near Bowbells, their home, he learned their names. Coming to Minot he secured warrants and the de­ puty sheriff arrested the men. They admitted before Judge Murray they took the posts but claimed that they needed them to block their wheels. They had a load of coal but had plenty of posts and their story was not believed. Land scrip for sale, C. son. A. John­ For Snaps In Land Qb To /A E. H. STENVICK, The Land Man... Ward County Independent 6, 1903. Worth of Gents', Boys'and Children's Clothing, Hats, Caps, Duck Coats, Shirts, StrawxHats, Underwear, Shoes, Rain Coats, and a general line of Boys' and Gents' Furnishings must be closed out before August 1. SPECIAL TO THE MERCHANTSOne Safe, one Cash Register, Shelving, Tables and a complete line of store Why Wise Took the Eggs. In a recent issue of the Inde­ pendent A. V. Swanson published an article telling of my doings last winter while in his employ, and he was attending the com­ mission board figuring out some way of moderating the temper­ ature of those cold waves so he could make the drive to and from Minot in order to save the ex­ pense of taking his meals and lodging in town in order that he could afford to buy 30 eggs, which he boiled four minutes and fed to his hens hot and also to buy lumber to make patent box­ es to prevent his hens from eat­ ing their own eggs. Now, Rev. T. F. Rayon and wife left for the west where it is hoped the. latter will regain her health. Rev Mr. Bos worth, a graduate from Princeton and considered, one of the very best of his class, has re­ ceived a call to Minot and will likely accept it. Minot may see a very dry July The druggists' permits do not 11111 out until July 1st. And be­ fore new ones are issued they must be advertised 30 days. The druggists must secure 80 per cent of the male citizens and 70 per cent of the female voters in order to have the permits re­ newed. 1 .1 TIME at 110 doubt all the readers of the Inde­ pendent are acquainted with Mr. •Swanson as he has grown famous throughout the county and state for his fine stock and for his ca­ pacity for doing official duties. During the early part of my stay I was inquisitive to learn the cause of the fine sleek coats of his horses and he gave me the impression that the cause was the eggs that those fine Plymouth Rock liens had laid and I was making preparations for that matrimonial meeting which he speaks of. I thought I would try the experiment on myself. Now I would advise Mr. Swanson and others who are thinking of embarking in the poultry busi­ ness to employ some one who is not contemplating matrimony, and who does not care for rosy cheeks and sleek glossy hair. MOSES WISE. 'Phone 132 Call on us before making the loan on your farm and get our terms. FINAL PROOFS.... Advances Made For Land Office Fees.... E. R. WILLIAMS, Le Sueur Building, Minot, North Dakota. 5OO PAIRS 500 Sample Shoes This Week Less Than Manufacturer's Cost* AT SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER ANNUM. NEW YORK DEPARTMENT STORE. xooc ~©xx A Car Load of Drugs I don't buy a Carload of Drugs at a timo In order to got a reduction in the price I Buy in Moderate Quantities and Often. Buying Often Keeps My Stock Always Fresh. When it Comes to Prices, My Constantly Increasing Trade Proves That My Prices are Right McCOY, The Druggist. 'IF YOU GET IT AT McCOY'S YOU KNOW IT'S RIGHT.' Best Terms, Quickest Returns. 0ANS P. P. Lee's Department Store SHOES! SHOB8I! THE BEST LINE EVER EXHIBITED IN MINOT. Union-made Goodyear welt, in Velour calf, Box calf, Patent Corona calf, Colt skin and Kid for Men, Boys and the the little Gents. THE BEST VALUE Ever Offered by Anybody Anywhere. BOYER LINDBERQ, I N O N O A O A Harness Repairing of All Kinds. C. F« Ferber's Shoe Shop, (P. P. Lee's basement.) All Work done Quickly. Prices Moderate. EXPERT PLOW WORK Scientific Horseshoeing. General Blacksmithlng. We Guarantee Every Job which we do. Give us a trial. JASON S. HUNT, Opposite Scofield's Livery Barn. Minot, N. Dak. i," jfy

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WARD CO INDEPENDENT Thuax Cm corp. Publishers. M1XOT, Ward Co.. N. D. Tne winner of the America races Is now in the water. Self-made pedestals area good deal more numerous than self-made men. —Puck. Czar Nicholas would like for once t* take the role of advance agent of prosperity himself. The St. Paul woman that tried sui­ cide by swallowing pennies was cer tainly not penny wise. The baseball player who calls for too many high balls soon finds hi» batting average falling off. A New York society woman has Just paid $1,650 for her spring hat. Don't let your wife read this. Truly, with baseball war,. Venezue­ lan trouble, legislatures and moral reform, these are stirring times. Even royalty has its limitations King Edward is not permitted to smoke more than five cigars a day. The new Chinese minister has seven children. That fact will make him a persona grata at the white house. But does the fact that Lady Gordon was born in this country make her an American? If so, let us have more "race suicide." Even the despondent have some­ thing to live for, after all. Count Robert de Montesquiou is coming ^ack next year. Hetty Green will never be happy entil she can find some place where she will not be compelled to buy a tag for her dog. President ^Eliot of Harvard says that educated men are slow to marry. He failed to add that married men •re soon educated. Now that the Christians in Macedo­ nia have begun to defeat the Turks the powers may step in and put a itop to the trouble. Sir Thomas Lipton's chauffeur has been fined for going too fast. This, however, is never likely to happen to Sir Thomas' skipper. What with rapid fire justices and quick divorce attorneys, neither long engagements nor extended terms of marital life are necessary. Whee, the new battleships-Kansas and Missouri shall be completed the christening fluids wiU make a good highball for old Neptune. If the accounts are true the new Mrs. Vanderbilt will have to take along a dummy annex when she de­ sires to wear all her diamonds at once. If it weren't for the man who goes around in early spring without his overcoat, the doctors wouldn't be so generally able to go around in auto­ mobiles. Spring fever is a disease that baf­ fles the doctors. No patent medicine ever pretended to cure it, and against its baneful influence breakfast foods are in vain. Most of the cures for rheumatism are so far away from the scene of the disturbance that the man who is really afflicted with the disease can not get there. The man who sent in an application for government seeds a month ago and hasn't had a sign of a response as yet feels sure that the country is going to the devil. Steady, now! Here's a New York vaudeville joke: "The truly good woman is one who can handle a hot lamp chimney and repeat the Lord's prayer at the same time." An English profesBor declares that there is no more phosphorous in a fish than there is in a rabbit, and that its value as a brain-producing food is entirely mythical. A Chicago saloon was struck by lightning. This item should be past­ ed in the hats of people who will have to argue with the scoffers when the lightning begins to strike churches later on. If, as reported, Andrew Carnegie is to play the /role of "angel" and box office to a national theater he may congratulate himself on his assured prospect of achieving his great ambi* tion—to die poor. J. C. Barclay, who was once a mes­ senger boy, has been made assistant general manager of the Western Union Telegraph company. All mes­ senger boys are competent to run the business but few are given the op« portunity. a,, It is a curious fact that most of the Advice to married people comes from people who have never been married. Also, have you ever noticed that the leading speaker at the Mothers' .con­ gress is invariably a flower unplucked Irom the parent gt2m? Resume cup Uraguay finished its last revolution in a week, the best time on record. From the Capital. Admiral Schley has gone to Mexico to inspect mining property in which he is interested. Gov. Grant of Leyte province will resign as a result of charges preferred against him. Gov. Grant went to the Philippines as a captain in the Twenty ninth volunteer infantry. The total amount of 3 and 4 per cent bonds so far exchanged for 2 per cent consols is $50,087,500. It is the belief that the $100,000,000 offered will be refunded within the next few weeks. The navy department has issued or­ ders that the birthplace of the late Rear Admiral Sampson at Palmyra, N. Y., be marked with one of the five-inch guns of the Spanish warship Oquendo. M. O. Chance, private secretary to Secretary Root, has turned over to Postmaster General Payne $6,000 which he found on C. W. Neely when he was arrested in connection with the postal frauds in Cuba. Accidental Happenings. Practically all of the town of Mel­ bourne, Iowa, was burned. The burned area covers about three blocks. Albert Martin, conductor, was killed, and Grant Hodgins fatally injured in a collision of electric trains at St. Jo­ seph. Seven firemen were severely burned In afire on Sturdivant wharf, Portland, Me. Lumber to the value of $50,000 was destroyed. A six-story building at Cleveland, oc­ cupied by the Central Printing com­ pany, a candy factory and several oth­ er manufacturing firms, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $75,000. Fire on William K. Vanderbilt's es­ tate, Idle Hour, Oakdale, Long Island, destroyed a large portion of the woods just south of the mansion and threat­ ened the dozen or more cottages, sta­ bles and carriage houses of the estate. People Talked About. Dr. George Boardman, author, orator and preacher, died at Atlantic City, N. J., after a long illness. Capt. John A. Stoner, a well known seaman on the great lakes, died at his home in Monroe, Mich., aged seventy one years. "Buck" Franklin of Tennessee, a widely known horseman, died in Louisville of bladder trouble. He trained many winners. George Seeger, one of the best known horsemen in the Middle West, died at Nashville, Tenn., of acute pneumonia. He was thirty-eight years old. Wilton Lackaye has signed a five year contract with Manager William A. Brady and is to play Curtis Jadwin in a dramatization of Frank Norris' sovel, "The Pit." Frederick Kefnochan of New York,' the society leader, polo player and steeplechase rider, was appointed a deputy assistant district attorney by District Attorney Jerome. Commander Julian St. Clair of Penn­ sylvania, a prominent naval veteran, died at the university hospital at Philadelphia from an organic ailment contracted in the Philippines. Notes From Abroad. Mateo Fajardo, mayor of Mataguez, Porto Rico, charged with fraud, has tendered his resignation at the request of Gov. Hunt. Clareniont Ganneau, the fakir of the Saitapherines tiara, is organizing a display of his handiwork at the salon of French artists. H. S. Bird," editor of the San Juan, P. R., News, has been sentenced to five days' imprisonment and to pay a fine of $20 for contempt of court. The cardinals of the propaganda have bein informed that a meeting of the congregation will be held May 4 to choose a bishop of Buffalo, N. Y. An appeal has been issued by the United Irish league asking Irishmen throughout the world to start immedi­ ate subscriptions to the parliamentary fund of 1903. C. A. Pearson, proprietor of the Dally Express in London, has bought the St. James Gazette. The policy of the Gazette, which is conservative, will not be changed. Twelve hundred persons took part in a brawl between troops and ma­ rines at Kronstadt. Several police were wounded and the rioters tore up paving stones and wrecked h/jses. H. M. F. Grafton, flagship of the Pa­ cific fleet for Great Britain, has been ordered to proceed to San Francisco to take part in the naval demonstra­ tion in honor of President Roosevel'c. The deputies of the Columbian de­ partment assembly of Cartagena, by a vote of 9 to S, have rejected the peti­ tion to address a memorial to the com­ ing congress praying that body to re­ ject the canal treaty. Announcement has been semi-offi cially made that King Alfonso das rat­ ified his confidence in the Spanish min­ istry since the elections. The cabinet, therefore, will not resign un'ess the senatorial elections are adverse. The Most Rev. Paul Bruschesi, Ro­ man Catholic archbishop of Montreal, in a pastoral letter condemns labor leaders and organizers and advises the laboring class to pay no attention to strike agitators, but to look for arbi­ tration on just and reasonable de­ mands. There is uncommon interest in Prince George, heir to the throne of Saxony, and there is now some pros­ pect that he may become a king much sooner than was expected, owing to the elopement of his mother, Princess Louise. Crimes and Criminals Henry Meeks, the notorious Mont pel ier bank robber, has been' adjudged insane at Boise, Idaho. A negro named Hensley Johnson, charged with assaulting a five-year-old white girl, was lynched at Carthage, Texas. J. J. Aughe, the manager, has been arrested for setting fire to the Colum­ bia theater at Frankfort, Ind., a few weeks ago. Herman Webrle has been held at Toledo in $5,000 for embezzling that amount while postmaster at Middle Bass Island. B. B. Spafford, deputy game warden, shot and killed Christ McLain while resisting arrest for spearing fish at Frankfort, Mich. Alpheus J. Loveland, a cabinetmak­ er, is under arrest at Rockford, 111., for creating the recent presidential assassination scare. John Dempsey was fined $600 and costs at Atlantic City, N. J., for fasten­ ing a firebrand to a cat's tail. The an­ imal took refuge in a barn, which was burned. After four trials at Detroit, Mich., which cost Wayne county $148,000, Edward Asher was convicted of the murder of Valmore C. Nichols of Pitts­ burg, Mich., in 1898. Mrs. M. Barber, cashier of the Great Northern hotel at Chicago, was over­ powered by two masked men, choked into insensibility and robbed of tlia monds and jewelry worth $1,200. The dead body of Mrs. Myrtle Tay­ lor of Kansas, aged twenty-three, wa£ found burned to a crisp and tied to a tree near Joplin, Mo. Two men who reported the discovery suddenly de­ camped, George L. Mills, manager of the Syndicate Loan company, missing from Los Angeles for several days, was found murdered in an empty house. All valuables had been takeu from the clothing. Witnesses have testified before the grand jury at St. Louis that the rec­ ords of the state senate were falsified to make the journal show that the alum bill had been reported by the committee on judicial affairs. Walter N. Dimmick, the former em­ ploye of the San Francisco branch of the United States mint who was re­ cently convicted of stealing $30,000 from the vault of the government building, has been sentenced to five years at hard labor in addition to his former sentence of four years. General. Young Corbett failed to stop George Mensic of Chicago in four rounds at Portland, Ore. Mrs. Sully Fay, one of the best known woman suffragists of the coun­ ty1, died at Toledo, Ohio, from heart disease. The estimated output of the Klon­ dike for the year Is estimated at $15, 000.000, against $12,000,000 last year. Robert C. Ogden of New York has been elected president of the educa­ tional conference which has just closed its session in Richmond, Va. Louis Cameron's hound, missing from Greenville, N. H., for six weeks, was found in the woods nursing a fox terrier that had lost a leg. The Transcontinental Passenger as­ sociation adopted a form of round-trip Pacific coast ticket that is designed to reduce the scalping of such tickets to a minimum. In an Interview published in New York the Chinese minister stated his intention to establish schools in the United States for teaching the Eng­ lish language to Chinamen. Col. Joseph Rickey, said to be the originator of the famous drink known as "gin rickey," died suddenly at New York of heart disease. He was for* merly a resident of St. Louis. Citizens of Brackettsville, Texas, 1.ave appealed tc the secretary of war to reprimand Gen. Fred Grant for his charges against the saloons of the town, which they maintain are libel ous. Herman W. Hilprecht, the world famous archaeologist and professor of Assyriology and Semetic philology, at the University of Pennsylvania, has just been secretly married at Phila­ delphia to Mrs. Sallie C. Robinson. The Western Union Telegraph com pany has closed its office at Butte, Mont., because the men hired to take the places of the striking messenger boys were attacked by strike sympa­ thizers and prevented from working. Aaron Bark, a farmer who died sud denly at his home in Muhlenburg coun­ ty, Ky., was discovered to be a woman, whose name is Mrs. Fred Green. She came to Muhlenburg county about thirteen years ago with a small child. Copies of the printed record in the appeal of the Northern Securities company from the decision in the merger case were sent to twenty-five of the interested parties. No date has been agreed upon as yet for the heap ing in the state case. James Stanley, known as "king o! the Gypsies," who died in a traveling wigwam near Haverhill, Mass., has been buried from a tent in West Rox bury. His will leaves $25,000 in cash and a house in West Roxbury assessed at $15,000, to his widow and his eight children. Andrew Carnegie has contributed $12,000 toward the amount needed for the erection of Emerson hall, the new philosophical building for which Har­ vard university hopes to lay the cor­ nerstone on May 25, the centennial an­ niversary of Ralph Waldo Emerson's birth. DR. AMES ON TRIAL FORMER ASSISTANT TO THE MAYOR TELLS STORY OF CORRUPTION. MONEY TAKEN FROM LEWD WOMEN FOR WHICH THEY SECURED IM­ MUNITY FROM POLICE IN- TERFERENCE. FORMER MAYOR IS TICKIED FREQUENTLY LAUGHS OUTRIGHT AT PORTIONS OF THE TES­ TIMONY.- Minneapolis, May 3. The feature of yesterday's trial of Dr. A. A. Ames, former mayor of Minneapolis, was the testimony of Irving A. Gardner, as­ sistant of the defendant at the time of the alleged bribery, to the effect that under instruction of Dr. Ames he had collected $600 from several fallen women, with the understanding that they be allowed to conduct disorderly houses. Gardner was the first, im­ portant, witness sworn by the state, and occupied the stand' the greater part of the dav. His examination will continue to-day. Gardner, now a resident of Chicago, where he has been attending a series of medical lectures, testified that in the spring of 1901 he had been sworn in by Dr. Ames as a special deputy, and that about Dec. 15, 1901, he had paid over $600 which he had collected from thirty or forty women of ill fame in monthly and semi-monthly install­ ments. This money was collected, he testified, ostensibly as a campaign fund, and only from that class of abandoned women who did not live in the "red light district" and who did not pay regular monthly fines into the municipal court. The women Were "Rounded Up" or ferreted out by means of a special detail of police, dressed in citizen's clothes and chosen largely from the outskirts of the city. The women con­ ducted their houses under the dis­ guise of candy shops, cigar stores and bath parlors. On one occasion a wqman. whose name Gardner said was Harris, was arrested for keeping a disorderly house and fined $50 by the municipal court. When Dr. Ames learned of this he promptly gave Gardner $50. and in­ structed him to return it to the wo­ man, stating that since she made a monthly contribution she ought not to suffer a fine. Gardner testified that the women thus protected from prosecution often complained to him that "street walk­ ers" were allowed to "solicit" in pub­ lic highways, and that they interfered seriously with their business. These complaints he communicated to Dr. Ames, whereupon the defendant issued an order to the police to drive all "street walkers" out of the city. This testimony is in line with what County Attorney Boardman stated at the outset the prosecution would at­ tempt to prove. As soon as the ex­ amination of Gardner is completed the state will summon Thomas R. Brown, formerly Dr. Ames' private secretary, who, Gardner testified, was at the de­ fendant's office at the time The $600 Was Paid. Brown, it is expected, will corroborate the statements of Gardner with refer­ ence to the internal workings of the so-called "graft." After Brown. Christopher C. Norbeck will be exam­ ined. Norbeck was a detective in. citizen's clothes at the time of the al­ leged bribery, and, according to the testimony of Gardner, was a promi­ nent factor in "rounding up" the aban­ doned women. He pleaded guilty to a charge of bribery and is serving a term-at the state penitentiary at Still­ water. The defense yesterday made a deter­ mined fight on the validity of the in­ dictment. insisting that contrary to law it contained many specific and separate charges, and moved the court that the prosecution be required to elect one of the specific charges and confine its evidence to that particular event. C. S. Jelly, assistant county at­ torney, maintained that the several acts of accepting money were so inti­ mately connected as to form one sys­ tem of "graft." Attorney William Erwin argued the point for the defense, but the court de­ nied the original motion. County Attorney Fred E. Boardman at the outset stated what the prosecu­ tion would attempt to prove. It would attempt to show that in the spring of 1891 Dr. Ames had taken Gardner in his confidence and unfolded a Plan of Extorting Money from women keeping assignation houses. He cautioned the jurors to bear in mind the distinction between these women who conducted their business under the disguise of con­ fection shops from those who lived in the "red light district," and paid monthly fines to the city. The women of the former class, the state would attempt to prove, did pay to Gardner money in installments of from $10 to $25, which he turned over In a lump to the defendant. He cautioned the jurors to keep their minds in an open and unbiased condition and not at­ tempt to evolve any theories or hunt for a loophole for the defendant. During the trial Dr. Ames and his wife sat behind the lawyers for the defence, listening carefully to every word, but showing no signs of emo­ tion. Dr. Ames frequently laughed outright at portions of the testimony, and often Mrs. Ames whispered to the mi lawyers who are defending her hus oar.d. Qn the front seats sat many of the women mentioned in the indict­ ment ana several of the policemen on duty during the doctor's last adminis­ tration. The court room was crowded morning and afternoon. CLAIMS ARE HELD UP. Sensational Federal Indictments It is hinted that at the May term of court in Duluth there will be some sensational indictments for the whole­ sale illegal procuring of timber claims by agents of lumber companies. MINNESOTA IS LOSER. University of Iowa Wins the Debate at Iowa City. Iowa Citf, Iowa, May 3. Compul sory arbitration of disputes between capital and labor, upheld by the Uni­ versity of Iowa, was successful in the tenth annual debate between Iowa and Minnesota last night. The debatinlg team for Iowa was George E. Hill of Burlington, E. Johnson of Iowa City and C. H. Edmundson of Iowa City. The Minnesota team was J. A. Church­ ill, W. Williams and H. L. Wildey. The two teams were eveniny balanced and each debater made a brilliant speech. The decision was close, two judges voting for the affirmative and one. for the negative. The debate makes the score between Iowa and Minnesota stand three defeats for Minnesota and seven for Iowa. TRACKMEN STRIKE. One Hundred and Twenty-Five Quit Work at Winona. Winona, Minn., May 3. One hufi dred and twenty-five men employed on the Milwaukee track struck yesterday morning for eight hours and $1.75 for a day's pay. They have been getting $1.50. for ten hours. The case has been taken up with the roadmaster at La Crosse. It is thought the demand will be denied, as wages here are the same as paid all gangs between La Crosse and St. Paul. CHOKED TO DEATH. Insane Patient Swallowed Set of False Teeth. Davenport, Iowa, May 3. Laura Beckman, an insane patient at Mercy hospital, found a set of false teeth and tried to wear them, although she had a good set of natural teeth. The false teeth slipped down her throat and choked her to death in five min­ utes. Physicians at a post mortem examination, recovered them from her right lung. D. T. HEDGES DEAD. In Sioux City Boom Days He Was Rated a Millionaire. Sioux City, Iowa, May 3. A San Francisco dispatch tells of the death by asphyxiation of D. T. Hedges, form­ erly of Sioux City. Hedges wais one of the "big four" boomers here in the boom days and wa3 rated as a multi­ millionaire. He was widely known as a "financier and promoter of railroad lines. APPOINTMENTS AT WINONA. Little Falls Supplies the New Head of the City Schools. Winona, Minn., May 3.—C. R. Frazer of Little Falls, Minn., was unanimous­ ly elected city superintendent of schools by the board of education last night. His salary is $2,000 a year. The police force appointed by May­ or Brown includes all the old force and eight new men. NORTH DAKOTA WINS. Mistake Made In Announcing Result of Debate. Vermillion, S. D., May 3.—In the or­ atorical contest between the univer­ sity teams of South Dakota and North Dakota here Wednesday night, the North Dakota team won. A mistake was made in announcing the result, South Dakota being credited with first place. Gave Farm to Tenant. Sioux -City, Iowa, May 3. A 'dis­ patch from Madison, S. D., says I. D. Smith, who owns 100 quarter-sections in South Dakota, has just presented one 160-acre tract to his tenant. The land alone is worth $30 an acre, and the tenant gets farm implements, buildings and everything on the place. Smith is said to be worth a million and a half dollars, which would make him the second richest man in the state. He bought farms when they were away down and now has a big fortune. Sold Liquor to Red Men. Sioux Falls, S. D., May 3. Harry Gahl of Pierre, who was convicted by a jury on a charge of selling liquor to Indians and sentenced to a term of eighteen months in the penitentiary and fined $100. Children Swept Away. Thorpe, Wis., May 3.—Andrew Per man endeavored to cross a branch of the Eau Claire river in a wagon con­ taining his wife and two children. The river being high the two children were swept from the wagon and drowned. twm IPSfi "mm PRAISE FOR Am Hinted At. Duluth, Minn., May 3.—The surpris­ ing fact that 2,500 timber and stone claims in the Duluth district are b$lng held up by the secretary of the in­ terior was given out last night by a Duluth land attorney. The informa­ tion comes to him from an official source. The attorneys who complain to the special agent here in charge of such cases are told they may facilitate the issuance of patents by producing their clients and original witnesses. This will be a difficult thing in some cases to tic as witnesses have gone to distant par:.- and cannot be returned except at considerable expense. CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN SPEAKS OP HIS ATTITUDE TOWA|Dv r, THE CHURCH. ,i *f, '1 HE IS STRICTLY IMPARTIAL AL80 PRAISES THE OTHER MEM­ BERS OF THE COM­ MISSION. INTENSE HATRED OF FRIARS FEE-LING OF BITTERNESS PRE­ VAILS IN EVERY PROVINCE BUT ONE Washington, May 3.—Extracts from the report of Fr. E. J. Vattman, chaplain of the Twenty-ninth United States infantry, to the Catholic bish­ ops' assembly in annual coa'/en*'" here last week, on the statu Catholic church in the Phi were made public yesterday. loiv/c-n^' tua of ,k (a Father Vattman, with the knowl­ edge and consent of the war d*. iart ment and under direction of the church authorities, recently made a careful investigation of Catholic inter­ ests in the archipelago. He is un­ sparing in his praise of Gov. Taft and other members of the Philippine com­ mission for their honesty and impar­ tiality in religious affairs. -He com­ ments on the influence of Agilpay, an insurgent priest, in the islands, and expresses the belief that had an American bishop instead of Mgr. Guidi had been appointed to Manila the breach would not have been so wide, and it would have been closed quickly. Father Vattman regards the present feeling toward the friars as most unfortunate. Speaks Highly of Taft. "To. my mind," says Father Vatt man's report, "it is deplorable that certain of our Catholic papers persist in misrepresenting Gov. Taft and his administration. He is a clean and honest man, broadminded and liberal, with no taint of bigotry in his compo­ sition. His attitude toward the church and to Catholic interests in general is simply admirable. "As to the Aglipay heresy—for it may be so called—I am sorry to say it has attained considerable proportions, and bodes danger to the faith of the people. Most unfortunate is it that there is such a deep feeling against the friars indeed, they are really hated. They are looked upon as part and parcel of the old oppressive Span­ ish regime, and it is this feeling that has given an impetus to the Aglipay movement. I found this feeling of bit­ terness against the friars in every one of the provinces, except, perhaps, the province of Cebu. PREMIER AT FRANK. Will Direct Relief Work—Death List Now Numbers Sixty-Four. Seattle, Wash., May 3.—A special to the Times from Frank, N. W. T., says: "The coal mine of the Canadian American Coal company is not greatly damaged F. G. Haultmlne, prom ier of Northwest Territory, arrived yes­ terday and will give his persona! at­ tention to the relief of distress in the local relief. The total death list now numbers sixty-four. The injured are reported as progressing ravorably. No new bodies were recovered yes­ terday. Of the number thub far found the mine all have been identified but one. Supt. Jamieson of the Can­ adian Pacific is on the ground assist­ ing in the work of restoring the line. A YOUNG FIRE BUG. Nine-Year-Old Incendiary Causes Much- Trouble. Logansport, Ind., May 3. Though only nine years old, George Craven confesses that he has deliberately fired half a dozen buildings in Illinois and Indiana. The lad is an orphan and came here from Champaign. 111., a few weeks ago. He was brought here yesterday from Royal Center, charged with setting fire to three liv­ ery stables in Logansport last week. He admits the crime. "I did it to see the horses run," fee said coolly. He confessed, when closely questioned by the police, to setting fire to several buildings in Champaign and South Bend. FLAMES DYING OUT. Pennsylvania Towns Are Not as Badly Off as Was Supposed. Bradford, Pa., May 3.—Late advice* from Watsonviltei the town supposed to have been wiped out by flames on Thursday, indicate that it escaped al- 'in­ most miraculously from the tat* which had been predicted for it. The property losses in the vicinity are large. In the vicinity of Simpson attt Bingham it is estimated that at least 1.000 oil well rigs were destroyed. From points along the Bradford. Bur dell and Kanzua road 125 refuse# Tr* were brought to the city yesterday. Rain began to fall during the taighf and the fires are dying out. Americans Are All Safe. Washington, May 3.—A cablegram received at the state department terday from Consul. McWade at ton reports that all the American engi­ neers reported to have been attacked by anti-foreign Chinese are sate. yes- 1 ,"an» r£ Fatally Wounds His Fathsr. if' Glenwood, Wis., May 3.—During family quarrel yesterday Rti-h?ird Sachse fired three shots from a volver at his father. The fath said to be dying- Both parties arrested.

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THE WARD CO. INDEPENDENT. PUnLlSKRD ENTEIJEO KYKKV WEDNESDAY. TRUAX COLCORD. f. P. Tin-Ax, D. cotroin). 1'CllMSIIEK. KWi'Oit. 18, 1902, AS SECC^.n-CI.ASS MATTEU, POSYvOFKIUE, MINOT.N. I)., ACT OP OONGKEFSS 'OP MARCH .'5, 18(9. The Ten Commandments. Rev. Kd^'ar .Jones pave last Sunday evening at the M. Iv church, the first of a series of ad­ dresses on the above subject. The special theine of the occasion was "Thf One (Jod and Mud Hods."' The speaker pointed out that .Te'iova'i (Jol demand­ ed our worship arid service on the ground of his unique position as the only God and also because, of his redemptive relation to the world. The "Mud Gods" are those whom men substitute in place of the true (Jod. Man by the very nature of his being1 must worship something", and if Jehovah be not the object of that worship, then he will bow toother Gods. Such divinities are called "Mud (iods" because of their cheapness, and the kind of men and women their worship­ pers become. Tho house was crowded to the to the door, several not finding: seats did not stay. The theme for next Sunday evening" is "The Disgrace of the Tongut*," which will deal with the Third Com­ mandment. Court Notes. Joe Sheelev and Mrs. Marv Frank wen1 each found guilty of the crime of sodomy, their trials being separate. The judge may not sentence them until the last of the week. They may get from one to ten years in the peniten­ tiary. The jury in the case of Mrs. Frank was out from Satur­ day noon until Sunday afternoon before it could agree. The trials were held behind closed doors, one witness knowing what an­ other testified to. Court is expected to last all of this wefek and a part of next. The Ilickford-Frost- case will come up next week. Judge Cow­ an will sit lor .Judge Palda in this and several other cases as Mr. Palda has been more or less interested in them. John Burk& of Devils Lake, will try all of Mr. Pakla's cases in whicli he was in­ terested before he was appointed judge. Campbell charged with steal­ ing horses from Leslie Colton was found not guilty by the jury Tuesday morning. Campbell was considered only an .assistant to Carter who said he had bought the horses. Carter's trial has not ypt come up. Maior Richards wil 1 bring a separate trial against the men charging them with stealing his colt. BIBI-=A COMEDY OF TOYS. uiBi a comedy of toys, a novel ar.d attractive entertainment will be given at the Minot Opera House, Thursday evening, May 14th. by homo talent under t.ho auspices of the Presbyterian Aid Society. 'J his play represents a toyshop, con­ ducted bv the toyman and his daughter, and many of those taking part repre­ sent the stiff, stately, odd and silent doli.s and animals therein exposed for f.alc. A fairy finally comes along, and ith her wand and bottle of magic salts .•iwnkeri the toys and fills them with life: then the jumping jacks tie the daughter while the old toyman is asleep, whereupon pandemonium reigns su­ preme. The animal toys jump and caper fbout, one doll elopes with the man in the moon, the dolls, fairies and brownies iinpear each in his or her appropriate ruie, the sandman puts the daughter Bslwp. and the night is spent in joyous frolic, with songs, dialogues, marches, drills and other figures and movements. CAST OF CHARACTERS. The Sandman Dr. Storey '!"ho Man in the -Vioon John Mackay rluepot, the Toyman Arthur Metcalf Kiitv, his daughter Carrie McCune liil,i. a French doll..... ili.su Cha'mplin Ant elk-a. a rag dol! Dolly Cooper Topsy. a hlack doll Sara Murray ftylvania. a retired fairy.. .Ruby Robbins Prince Caramel, a gentieman. .Mr. Ripley '"-erg. Bonbon, a soldier. .Chas. Weagant Capt. Tilleropo, a sailor .John Corbett MU, HEADS. Ida Wilson, Maggie MaeDonald. Xellie I Spoil. *able Hunter, Syble MacDonald, L'essie Hon, Dollef. Peari Prinele. Alma John- Dolly Odell, Gladys Wheeler Jessie I Hough toe. JUMPING JACKS. I Leon Conly, Harry and Frank Arm Htronp. Craig Pinney. Henry Slocum,: Utjp Hurd. HOAH'S ARK AXIMAI.S. 0*1 .Harlso Benedict Cat George Rayhart Niel Wheeler! Paul Murphy Paper Dolls. Marjorie Walrath, Flor­ ence Champlain,,Mabel Edwards. Clara Johnson, Mamie Ritchie, Bessie Wilson, Luella Conley, Gladys Dodge. Brownies. Seymour Shirley, Kimball Cummings, Walter Champlain, Walter Rdwards. Ritchie Smith, Melvin John w»n, Loyd Dodge. Hallie Gates. Walter Fauchald. Flower 1 antasie. Misses Corbett, Iv«l«on, flipley, Edward and Lillian tavi(ijjou, Laura Cooper, Myrtle Wil­ liams, Missou Matthews, Melhouse Wald ref. fi Ragtime Chorum. Ambolena Snow, Jasper Johnson, Consola Duv'is, George Washington, Gondolia Brown, DudoJira, Alfonso Swift, Lightfoot Sallie, Dinah Snowball, John Darle. Pianist Miss Odell. Music by Minot orchestra. Admis­ sion SOc and 75c. Tickets for sale at Slocum's drug tore. ADITIONAL, LOCALS. Rev. Wm. C. Hunter will preach at Normau school house Sunday at 11 a. in., and at Burlington at 3 p. m. All are welcome. Com missioners Rich a rdson, Swanson and Torbenson inspect­ ed three bridge sites 30 miles up the river Monday rind will report at the next nuoting, May 25. "Yuma" the clairvoyant, made his famous blindfold drive in Minot Tuesday, climbed a tele­ graph pole 1(» feot where a knife had been hidden, and found it. J. T. Lloyd came in from Nor­ wich .Monday to attend the church trial, inquiring into the statements made by the Rev. Win. C. Hunter regarding the present condition of the church. Frank Malley alias "Rlinkev" who was arrested at Kenniare last August and confined in the county iail at Minot, was given a second hearing Tuesday and discharged by Judge Murray. The information was incorrect. The remains of Mrs. Oleltastad were brought in from 50 miles south.west of Minot Saturday morning and Sunday evening were inferred in Rose Hill ceme­ tery. The woman was 30 years old and died of congestion of the lungs. A tough who stole a pair of trousers from in front of John Wilson's store Tuesday wag ap­ prehended by Julius Fauchald to whom h© attempted to sell them The police were notified and the fellow arrested. He has a part­ ner who is wanted. Olaf Johnson, a meloncholy in­ dividual from Olga, Minn., was arrested Monday by Chief Kim­ ball at Hagan's restaurant and placed the county iail. He is in­ sane and during'a'fit kicked sev­ eral window lights out of his room. He had been crying for several days. Paul Renville, of White Earth, fell in a ten foot ditch near the Mercantile hotel a week ago Tuesday night. He landed on his back and had to be helped out. Now he wants $1,000 to to pay for injuries and has se­ cured Gammons Barret to ex­ tract that an-ount from the cof­ fers of the city. D. W. Kridler. aged 02. died suddenly of heart failure at Ken mare April 30. John MeJanett, our licensed embalmer. was call­ ed and prepared the remains for shipment to Graceville. Minn., the old home of the deceased. He was a homesteader and was just preparing to move to his farm from Kemnare where he spent the winter. "YUMAA" The Celebrated Palmist and Clairvoyant. Is still in the city. Consult him on ail matters of business He tells you every­ thing without you speaking a word. Don't fail to consult him, as it may be your Inst opportunity to get a reading that is perfect and genuine. Room 14, Hotel Dacotah, Hours, 8 a. m. to 0 p. m. ••Want Column** 0 ATS FOR SALE, R. W. BARGAINS I Boarders wanted at private house in Oakland Grove. First-class accommo­ dations. Miss Lillian Evans. n3-tf Our spring, line of Men and Boys clothing is up to date, see the tit, ex­ amine tho seams, we guarantee the piece Lee Larson. Taken lip April .30. a mare 7 or S years old, front feet shod branded —j— on hind flank. Prove property, pay charges and take animal away. E. T. Evans, Sec. '10, 155-84, Des Lacs, N. D. n3-t3 Don't forget our grocery department for choice, clean, fresh good. We claim to be leaders in the grocery line. Lee Larson. Lost. -Two gray horses and one bay horse. The grays having their manes cut short. The bay branded on hip and had a white face. Horses had halt­ ers on and were between 8 and 9 years old, weighing between 1,(XX) and 1,100 pounds: all were work horses. A reward will be paid for any information leading to the return of these animals. Leave information at this office or write to Ole Jorde, Pratt postoffice, N. D. 4-15 5-20 Homesteaders Rates via the Soo Line. One fare plus 82.0) for the. round trip to all points in North and South Dakota and the Canadian northwest EVERY THURSDAY until June 30th. Ask nearest Soo line agent fop folders and particulars. Bring your second hand goods to Joe Rowan. He will pay you well. Ben Nichols, an alleged pigger waived examination before Judge Murray Tuesday and was held in $500 bail. CONTEST NOTICE. Department of the Interior, United States Land office, Minot, N. D., April 18th, 1903. A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed in this office by Edd Olson contestant, against homestead en try No. 12073, made January 25, 1903, for ne}4 sec. 11, twp. 153, range 84, by John Whalen eontestee, in which it is alleged that said John Whalen has wholly abandoned said land for more than six months since making said en­ try and next prior to the date of this contest, that he has wholly failed to es­ tablish a residence on said landormake any improvements thereon and that he is still abandoning the same that the 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 private coldier, officer, seaman or marine, during tho wtfr with Spain, or during any other war in which the United States may be engaged. And said parties are hereby notified to appear, respond and offer evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock a. m. on June 19,1903.before the Register and Receiver at the United States Land office in Minot, N. D. Said contestant having, in a proper affidavit, tiled April 18,1903, set forth facts which show that after duo diligence personal service of this notice can not be'made, it is hereby ordered and direct­ ed that such noticc be given by due and proper publication. 5-6 6-27 R. O. SANBOR", Register. A Johnson Attv for Contestant CONTEST NOTICE. Department of the Interior, United States Land Office, Minot, N. D., April 24, 1903. A sufficient contest affidavit having been tiled in this office by Katie Olson, contestant, against homestead entry No. 15074, made April 26, 1903, for the no?.4 of section 28, township 153. range 83. by Charles M. Strong, contestee, in which it is alleged that Charles M. Strong has wholly abandoned said land for a period of morp than six months since making said entry and next prior to the date of this contest, that he has failed to established a residence on said land and that he is still abandoning the same, that the said alleged absence from the land was not due to his em­ ployment in the army, navy or marine corps of tho United States as a private soldier, officer, seaman or marine during the war with Spain or during any other war in which the United states may be engaged.. S* id parties are hereby notified to appear respond and offer evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock a. in. on 1903, before the Register and Receiver of tho United States Land Office in Minot, N. D. Said contestant having in a proper affidavit filed May 1st, 1903, set forth facts which show that after due dili­ gence personal service of this notice can r.ot be made it is hcie.by ordered and di­ rected that such notice bo given by due and proper publication. 5-6 6-27 R. C. .AT THE... New Second Hand Store I must make room for another large consignment of Second Hand Goods I which are on the way from Einr.eapolis, and will make a right price to the Farmers or anyone wishing anything in Folding Beds, Bed-room Suits, Side Boards, Rockers, Center Tables, Bureaus, Springs, Wash Stands, Mattresses or Chairs. Har­ nesses, Wagons. Can get goods just like now for half the original co?t. I also buy anything which you have u-od and care- sell. .That ii my business. I am here for business and am getting my sharo of it South Main St., Minot, N. D. JAS ROWAN SANBORN, Register. C. A.Johnson, Atty for contestant,Minot NOTICK FQK PUBLICATION. Dopurtmrint of thi) Interior, Land Oilico nt Miuot. N. I„ April 27, W08. Notice iu herub.v Kivrn. that the following nnmrtft settlor lias fllwl notice of his intention HO mnliM final proof in support of his clnim, uml that SAKI DAVIDSON. Twenty baby carriages, latest- styles, McvJannet's. Found A pair of woman's gloves on Main street. Owner call at Independ­ ent office. proof will be miwto b(»fori Hovist^R and Rccoiver. U. S. Lane! nttici* at Minot, N. D., on June 12,1W3, viz: IX. No. lO**!, of AARKN DA LEX, of Minot. N. D., for tho sm uw'i, lots untl 4 of scr. I), twp. J.'iH ii. rniiirii Ki \v. Ho niiriit'S the following Viitno^scs to prove his continuous residence upftn mitt cultivation of said html, vis: Charlie Hi'rniansoii. Anton NVher. Victor .Si»vpii!-oi!, John Juiin, all of Minot., X. D. ii. SANliOKN. lic.'.'ister. James Johnson. NOTICK KOK PUBLICATION. Department'of the Interior, Land Otllco nt. Minot, N. I), April 27.1!K«. Notice is hereby iriven that. the. following named seit ler lias filed notice of his intention to make final proof in wippon of his claim, unci that said proof wilj bn made before ReKister and Receiver of United .States land oHice at Minot, X. D., on June 11K3. viz: MARTHA CEYXAK. Xo. r.'lldi, for the 't s\v 1-4 tree. I'M and eU »e 1-4 see. 1*9, twp. lot. ran^e SI. lie names following witnesses to provfc his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: J. S. Gallnjrlier. of Sawyer, N. n. Frank H. Slntky, of Minot, x. p.: William ('rcsine, of Sawyer, i.. James Hodires, of Sawyer, N*. l. R. C. SANjioitx', Register. A. Johnson. Atty for claimant 4-211 ti-3 NOTJCIO FOR PUBLICATION Department of I he Interior, Land Office at Minot, x. p.. April 27, liKW. Notice is hereby jiven that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that s'lid proof will be made before Register and Receiver of U. S. Land ofliee at Minot, x.D., on June tith, viz: DAXIKI, R. JACOESOX, II. E. xo. 1317'.', for the no' 1-1 sec 28, twp 1.13, ran TO 84. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon und cultivation of said land, viz: Martin Jacnbsnn of Minot, X. D., tleson of Des Lacs, x. Johnson, of Minot, x. NOTICK KOK PUBLICATION Pepartmont of tho Interior, Land Ollice at Minot, N. n., April 27, 1903. Notice is hereby sivon that tho following nanittd settlor hns filed notice of his intention to make iinal proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Register and Receiver of U. S. land oificc at Minot, N. D., on Juno 13, 1SI03, viz: MII.PEED H. E. G. G.\LI.ACHEK, NO. 129111, for the nc 1-4 of sou 2'J, twp 1£4 ran co 81. He MIIIOS tho following witnessos to prove lus continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: William Crcsine, Charles Zanders, Cnrl Nord hagen, James Hodges, all of Sawyer, R. C. SANBORN, Register, A Jobnson, Atty for claimant 4-2U ti-3 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Minot: N. 1)., April 13th, 1003. Notice is hereby Riven that tho following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will lie made before Register and Receiver, United Stutes Land office of North Dakota, at Minot, N. D., on May 22,1903, viz: DEVILLION K. PIKE, No. 16301, for the sol4of HOC. 10, twp. 157, rg. 83. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon aud cultivation of said laud, viz: Robert Woodbnrn, J. M. Wilson, Will J. Butts, Clifford Bell, all of Lynch, N.D. R- C. SANBORN, Register. J. J. Coyle, Atty. 4-13 5-20. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of tho Interior, Land Office at Minot. N. D.. April 15, 1U03. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be madn beforo Hotrister and Receiver of U. S. land otlice at Minot.N. D„ on May 23,1903, viz: LOUIS HEGXA, H. E. Xo. 9305, for tho e!« nwfi, n'i noU sec. 10, twp. 153, rg. 85. lie namra the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon nnd cultivation of said land, viz: Lars Mellum. Otto Larson, Mikkel Owen, A. J. Lindquist, all of Minot. N. D. M5 5-20 I{. C. SANBORN, Register. C. A.Johnson, Atty for claimant, Minot, N. D. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, Land Office at Mmot, N. I)., April 10,1903. Notice is hereby jiren that tho following named settler has filed notifce of his intention to make final proof in support, of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Regis­ ter and Receiver of the United States Land of­ fice at Miuot, X. I).. on Mav 23.1903, viz: EDWARD JOHAXSEN. H. E. Xo. 1300)1, for tho nw'.j sec. 28, town 158, range SI. He names tho following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: Christ Pasch. Mayet, E. Kincade, R. Bcrnhard John Peck, Francis M. Hendrickson, all of Walter P. N. I). R. C. SAXBORX, 4-15 5-20 Register. C. Aurland, Atty for clajmans, Minot, N. D. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land OUico at Minot. N. D., April 13, 1903. Notion is hereby given that tho following named settler has fllod notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Alfred Blaisdell. United States Commissioner, District of North Dakota, at Minot, N. Dak., on May, 23, 1903, viz: IDA BESSIE KES.SEL, (Formerly Ida Bessie Koue.) H. E. Xo. 12141. for the nwh ne'i. n'i nw?.£, sw' nw'-i sec. 23, twp. 153 n, rg.82 w. He mimes tho following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, riz: Henry B. Good, C. L. Cline. Wiellie Kline, Isaac W illiams, of Sawyer, N. Dak. R. C. SANBORN, Register. Bird. Sntton fc Beede, 4-i. 5.20 ALIAS CON I'KST NOTICK Department of tho Iutcrior. United States Land Office, Miuot. N. D.. April wor A 27. 11)03. A sutliciont contest affidavit having been filed in this office by Peter Jensen, contestant, against homestead entry No. cember 12232. 30. It* 1. LIST YOUR L.VXDS WITH US. Charlie Kit- D., ]C. G. Evans, Teter D. R. C. SAXBORN, Register. A Johnson, Atty for claimant 4-211 0-3 LEADING made De­ for tho s\v 1-4 of suction 3, twp. ltjO 11.. range 85 _\v.s by Ciarcnco Brown, con U'stee. in which it is allosed that said Clarence Brown, entryman, has wholly abandoned taid tract for a period of more than six months last past,, and that ho has nevar established his resilience thereon: and that said land remains jn its natural ?t:ite. wholly abandoned and un­ improved and that said alleged absence from the said land was not due to his employment in the army, nnvj-or marine corps of the United State* as a private soldier, officer, seaman or marine during the war with Spain, or during any other war in which the United States may have been engaged. Said parties are hereby notified to appear, respond and offer evidenco touching said alle­ gation at 10 o'clock a. m. 011 June work positively guaranteed. Painless Extraction. MINOT, N, 0. FLOUR, FEED and GRAIN. ALWAYS ON HAND T» HAQEIN9 Agent for Northwest Threshers. Soiith of Mercantile Wholesale House. Minot. N. Dak. Ryder Mansfield, Fashionable Clothing Furnishers and Merchant Tailors jji MIINOT, INorth Dakota. S MURRAY ISIIXON, Real Estate^ Office^ Room I, Opera House Blfe. Minot General Land Office Business. Filings, Contests, Defenses.- Furniture Man Over John Wilson's Store. The Largest Stock of Furniture Ever Brought to Minot. LOUNGES, IRON BEDS. CENTER TABLES. SOFAS. COMMODES. MATTRESSES. DRESSERS. WARDROBES. Licensed Undertaker its 22, 1*J03. be­ fore tho Register aud Receiver of tho United States Land office in Miuot. North Dakota. The .-aid contestant having, in a proper affi­ davit. filed April 27, 1903, fet forth facts which show that after due diligence persona) service of this notice cannot he made, it is hereby or­ dered and diro«ted that such notice be given by due aud proper publication. •Vifi-27 R.C..SANBORN. Register. T. E. Olsgard. Atty for contestant. Minot. N. D. Advertisement of a Partner's Retiring. Notice is hereby given that tho partnership botwoon P, F.. J. and (I. E. JSatutressig was dissolved on the 17th day of April. 1903, so far as relates to the said J. V. .Saueressig. All debts due to the said partnership, and those duo by them, will be settled with and by tho remaiuiug partners, who will continue the business under the firm of Saueressig Bros. April 17.1903. P. F. SWERESSICS, J. V. SAL'EIKHRTIO, G. E. SALERESHJO, 25th Year Dr. Jas. Madden, Authority on Eyes And Inventor EZY-EYE-SPEX Will tie at the Leland Hotel, Minot, first and sncond days of every month. Thia may saTe you uii oxiKUiaivo Ecu torn journey. INFORMATION GIVEN ALJOUT BABY CARRIAGES. PARLOR AND PLAIN CHAIRS, Mcjannet, Minot, «a# ««e N. Dak. SHOES AND HARNESSES At Cost, Here is Your Chance, I am closing out my stock of Shoes and Har­ ness at Cost to make room for the new stock which will be here ABOUT JUNE 1st,* 19Q3. J. W. SAMUELSON, South Main Street, Minot, North Dakota TUST WAIT! HOIMESTEADI- OF MINOT For the New Soda Fountain And Ice Cream Parlor At W. H. Winnie's Confectionery. Fruits, Tobaccos, Cigars, Candles, Soft Drinks, Boxes of Bon Boris The Freshest, Cleanest, Largest and most Up-to-date stock in Minot. C. A. Johnson Block, South Main Street. Minot Scandinavian Hotel, Stephen Qulseth, Proprietor The Only Scandinavian Hotel. First-class. $1.00 a Day. Strict attention piren the traveling public. Can accommodate eightv people Give a call and let us please you. Telephone. 'Bus meets all trains. Half block We.st of Soo Depot. Minot, N. D. By that we mean the kind of paint you should buy. The one that wears and is backed by a Five Year Guarantee. This is the famous Bradley and Vroorman Paints sold by A. S. Blakey. For inside finish nothing- is finer than our Florentine Enamel Paints. They are unexcelled for Beauty and Lasting Qualities. Sold and Quaranteed by A. S. BLAKEV, ouai£l.t. Wai-d County Independent. $1.00 Per Year.

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THE WARD CO. INDEPENDENT. PPDUSKKD ST ICKY WEDNESDAY. TRMAX COLCORD. P. THUAX, D. COLCORD, l'Tht» Publisher. Editoh. INTKUEI 18, 1902 A3 SECCXD-CLASS MATTEIt, POSTrOFFICE, NINOUVN. D., ACT WCONORE8S 'or MARCH ."5, 1879. The Ten Commandments. Rev. Edgar Jones gave last Sunday evening ut tiio M. E church, the first of a series of ad­ dresses, on the above subject. The special theme of the occasion was One God and Mud Gods."' The speaker [jointed out that Je'iova'i Col demand­ ed our worship and service on the ground of his unique position as the only God and also because of his redemptive relation to the world. The '"Mud Gods" are those whom men substitute in place of the true God. Man by the very nature of his being must worship something, and if Jehovah be not the object of that worship, then he will bow to other Gods. Such divinities are called ''Mud (iods" because of their cheapness, and the kind of men and women their worship­ pers b?come. The house was crowded to the to the door, several not finding seats did not stay. The theme for next Sunday evening is "The Disgrace of the Tongue," which will deal with the Third Com­ mandment. Court Notes. Joe Sheeley and Mrs. Alary Frank were each found guilty of the crime of sodomy, their trials being separate. The judge may not sentence them until the last of the week. They may get from one to ten years in the peniten­ tiary. The jury in the case of Airs. Frank was out from Satur­ day noon until Sunday afternoon before ft could agree. The trials were held behind closed doors, one witness knowing what an­ other testified to. Court i3 expected to last all of this wefck and a part of next. The Bickford-Frost case will come up next week. Judge Cow­ an will sit for Judge Palda in his and several other cases as Mr. Palda has been more or less interested in them. John Burk£ of Devils Lake, will try all of Mr. Palda's cases in which he was in­ terested before he was appointed judge. Campbell charged with steal­ ing horses from Leslie i'.e.rg. if i, t" fef' Colton was found not guilty by the jury Tuesday morning. Campbdl was considered only an assistant to Carter who said he had bought the horses. Carter's trial has not yet come up. Major Richards will bring a separate trial against the men charging them with stealing his colt. BIBI-A COMEDY OF TOYS. TjIBi a comedy of toys, a novel and attractive entertainment will be given at the Minot Opera House, Thursday evening, May 14th, by homo talent under t.ho auspices of the Presbyterian Aid Society. 'i his play represents a toyshop, con­ ducted by the toyman and his daughter, and many of those taking part repre­ sent the stiff, stately, odd and silent •lolls and animals therein exposed for .ale. A fairy finally comes along, and ^vith her wand and bottle of magic salts awakes the toys and fills them with life then the jumping jacks tie the daughter while the old toyman is asleep, whereupon pandemonium reigns su­ preme. The animal toys jump and caper about, one doll elopes with the man in the moon, the dolls, fairies and brownies appear each in his or hor appropriate rule, the sandman puts the daughter asiwp, and the night is spent in joyous frolic, with songs, dialogues, marches,1 drills c.nd other figures and movements. 'AST Or CHARACTERS. The Sandman Dr. Storey '"he Man in the Ivloon John Mackay Gluepot, the Toyman... .Arthur Metcalf Katv, his daughter..... .Carrie McCune JJibi, a French doll..... Miss Champlin Angelica, a rag doll .Dolly Cooper Tojsy. a black doll Sara Murray Kylvania. a retiredfairy.. .Ruby Robbins Prince Caramel,a gentleman. .Mr. Ripley Bonbon, a soldier. .(Jhas. Weagant Capt. Tilleropo, a sailor .John Corbctt .DOLL .JTKAD3. Ida Wilson, Maggie MacDonald. Xellie Spell, Mabie Hunter, Syble MacDonald, .Bessie Dollef, Pearl Pringle, Alma John Kn, Dolly Ode'l, Gladys Wheeler Jessie Houghtur.. JL'MPIJffi JACKS. Brownies. -Sfyuiour Shirley, Kimball Ciitnmings, Walter Cbamplain, Walter Edwards. Ritchie Smith, Melvin John­ son, Loyd Dodge, Haliie Gates. Walter I'^aachald. Flower I antasie. Misses Corbctt, Xeleon, Ripley, Edward and Lillian David^ju, Laura Cooper, Myrtle Wil- liams, Misscu Matthews, Melhouse Walli­ re f. Ragtime Chorus.—Ambolena Snow, Jasper Johnson, Consola Dav'is, George Washington, Gondolia Brown, Dude Jim, Alfonso Swift, Lightfoot Sallie, Dinah Snowball, John Darle. Pianist—MissOdell. Music by Minot orchestra. Admis­ sion 50c and 75c. Tickets for sale at Slocum's drug store. ADITIOrVAL. LOCALS. Ilev. Win. C. Hunter will preach at Norman school house Sunday at 11 a. in., and at Burlington at 3 p. in. All are welcome. Commissioners Richardson, Swanson and Torbenson inspect­ ed three bridge sites 30 miles up the river Monday and will report at the next mooting, May 25. "Yuma" the clairvoyant made his famous blindfold drive in Minot Tuesday, climbed a tele­ graph pole 1( feet where a knife had been hidden, and found it. J. T. Lloyd came in from Nor­ wich Monday to attend church trial, inquiring inl statements made by th Wm. C. Hunter regard in present condition of the eh Frank Malley alias 'Tli who was arrested at Jve last August and confined county iail at Minot, was a second hearing Tuesday discharged by Judge The information was incr The remains of Airs. Ole I were brought in from o() southwest of Minot Sat morning and Sunday e were interred in Rose Hill terv. The woman was 30 old and died of congestion lungs. A tough who stole a trousers from in front of Wilson's store Tuesday 1 Leon Conly, Harry and Frank Arm-! Htrone. Craig Pinney. Henry Slocum, Otjjj Hurd. IfOAH'rt AKK ANIMALS. Owl Harlso Benedict ^ftt George Ravhart Frog Niel Wheeler Pig Paul Murphy Paper Doils. -Marjorie Walrath, Flor­ ence Champ Jain,Mabel Edwards, Clara Johnson, Mamie Ritchie, Bessie Wilson, Luella Con ley, Gladys Dodge. Hours, 8 the wj prehended by Julius Fauch whom he attempted to sel The police were notified a fellow arrested. He has a ner who is wanted. Olaf Johnson, a meloncli dividual from Olga, Minn arrested Monday by Chiei ball at Hagan's restaurac placed the county jail. lf sane and during a fit kickc eral window lights out room. He had been cryi several days. Paul Ilenville, of White fell in a ten foot ditch ne Afercantile hotel a wee Tuesday night. He lane his back and had to be out. Now he wants $1.( to pay for injuries and cured Gammons Barret tract that anount from ti fers of the city. D. W. Kridler. aged G: suddenly of heart failure mare April 30. John Me« our licensed embalmer, wa ed and prepared the reins shipment to Graceville, the old home of the de He was a homesteader ai: just preparing to move farm from Kenmai-e wh spent the winter. "YUMA. The Ceiebrated Paimis Clairvoyant. Is still in the city. Consult hit matters of business He tells thing without you speaking Don't fail to consult him, as il your last opportunity to get a that is perfect and genuine. Room 14, Hotel Dacot a. m. to 3d BA New Sea I must make room for ano which are on the way fron the- Farmers or anyone wi Folding Beds, Bea-ruum ••Want Column OATS Rockers, Center Tables, Bureaus, Springs, Wash Stands, Mattresses or Chairs. Har­ nesses, Wagons. Can get goods just like new for half the original cost. I also buy anything wnich you have u*3d and care ty *ell. That is my business. I am here' for business and am getting my share of it. South Main St., Minot, N. D. JAS ROWAN FOR SALE, R. W. DAVIDSON. Twenty baby carriages, latest- styles, McvJannet'.s. Found A pair of woman's gloves on Main street. Owner call at Independ­ ent office. Boarders wanted at private house in Oakland Grove. First-class accommo­ dations. Miss Lillian Evans. n3-tf Our spring, line of Men and Boys clothing is up to date, see the fit, ex­ amine cho seams, we guarantee the piece Lew Larson. Taken Up —April 30. a mare 7 or S years old, front feet shod branded —j- on hind flank. Prove property, pay charges and take animal away. E. T. Evans, See. 30, 155-84, Des Lacs, N. D. ni-t3 Don't forget our grocery department for choiee, clean, fresh good. We claim to be leaders in the grocery line. Lee Larson. Lost.—-Two gray horses and one bay horse. The grays having their manes cut short. The bay branded on hip imd hnrl a whiff* fnoa Wnrw Vinrl VinH.. ouus, lhuc uuarub. :.i»' NOTiCJC FGK Prm.ICATION. Dojiartirirfnt of the Interior, Lund OH Ice nt Minot. N. I„ April 27, ltKVj. Notice ii» hereby «iveu. that the following named settler han filed notion of his intention so makn Until proof in support of his clnini, anrl that said proof will be mnlo bforn Rcirislcr and Rocpivwr. U. S. Luiirl otlicc nt. Miuot, N. I)., 0:1 June n', lWj i, viz: II. Dopiirtinontdf tho Interior, Land Oflicc at Minot, X. IJ April 27. 1WB. Notico is lierch.v t/iven that thn following named settler litis filed notice of his intention to niake_tinnl proof in sup]K)rf of his claim, ami that said proof will be made before Register anil Receiver of United States land ottico at Minot, N. 1)., on June J3, UKi.'S. Department of (he Interior, Laud Otticc at Minot D., April 27,15*13. April 17, M. Dr. I E. No. lOVi. of Aaben Dalex, of Minot. N. D,, for t.ho sM, inv'i, lots .'i unci 4 of sor. 3. twp. 1'iH 11, r-niL'c Jvi \v. Ho niiriH-s the! following witursscs to prove his continuous resuicnce uij6?i uikI of said laud, vis: 4-'- fi J{. SAK cultivntion Charlie Hrnnanson, Anton Wchcr. Victor Snvpiu-on, Jolm Julin, all of Minot, X. I). hoks, -James Johnson. Kwistcr. NOTICE 1'OK PUlil.lCATIOV. viz: Martha Cevxak. N'o. 12(ifK, for the 'i sw 14 tree.and cU sec. 'JD, twp. 151, rtinpe 81. so 1-4 He uames following witnesses to prov his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: J. S. Gnlliw.'her, of Sawyer, n. Frank H. Slutky, ol'Miliot, x. v.: Sawyer, X. William Crcsine, ol James Hodses, of Sawyer, N. 11. R- C. Sanbokx, Register. A. Johnson, Atty for claimant. 4-*Jt» 6-3 NOTICIC FOR PUBLICATION LFlorentine P. P. S.M'ERESSIO, J. V. SAUEKEHHIG, Cr. K. SAL ERESS.IO. 25th Year Jas. Madden, Authority on Eyes And Inventor of... EZY-EYE-SPEX Will)«} at the Leland Hotol, Minot, first and suciMtd days of frve.rj- month. This may sa*o you ua oxion«ivo Kuj^ra joornoy. I DR. THOS. STOREY, I E 5 I N I S Rooms Four and Five, Opera Hotwe Block, Permanently located. All ^^rk positively guaranteed. Painless Extraction. MINOT, N, 0. FLOUR, FEED and GRAIN. ALWAYS ON HAND T» HAGEN, Enamel Paints. 1 Agent for Northwest Thi-eshers. South of Mercantile Wholesale House. Minot. N. Dak. Ryder Mansfield, 5 Fashionable Clothing They are unexcelled for Beauty and Lasting- Qualities. Sold and Quarantcad by A. S. BUAKBY, Du8g,^. War4 County Independent, $1.00 Per Year. X. 1 v. ,k. •msss 5 •sz 5" t:e hi tl I tree tui net cit' 1 $er ?'A kn( JTo E ,fin( imi »rq rr fit't' -v\W for A llO! wei v.o& (JOS alic S ma* ed jiial to HiJA .1. bro (IflV if ofll }hn ii Sou lira it fias l.it wis] I Mf^ lilV •lov •'•mi Tlie kii th nil il

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't •36® 'isss®. EPg|Pr*S5^ fep' w^tMJ The Mesmerized Ring. Attach a massive gold ring to a «ilk thread about twelve inches long fcnd fasten the other end around the Joint nearest the nail of your right forefinger. Allow the ring to hang about half an inch above the surface of the table, on which you rest your elbow to steady your hand. Hold your finger horizontally, with the thumb thrown back as far as possible from 'the rest of the hand. If there be noth­ ing on the table, the ring will soon become statibnary. Place some sil­ ver coin, three half dollars will do, Immediately below the ring and it will begin to oscillate to and from you. Bring your thumb in contact with your forefinger syid the oscillations will be- 1 Mesmerizing the Ring. tome transverse to their former swing. This may also be effected by letting a girl take hold of your disengaged hand. When the transverse motion is fairly established, l§t a boy take hold of the girl's disengaged hand and the ring will change back to its former course. Instead of silver you can suspend the ring over your left forefinger with similar results. Simple but Effective Trick. Into a glass dish pour water until ft is about an inch in depth. Now, If you stand a glass tumbler in the dish upside down, the water will rise in it almost as high as it is in the dish. It will not rise quite so high, because there is air in the tumbler, and that will prevent it. But there is a simple way to make it rise higher in the tumbler than it is In the dish. Get a flat cork and put it in the water it will float, of course. Jtfow, light a wad of paper, lay it on the cork and place the tumbler over it. As the paper burns, the water will rise in the glass, and will not fall again, if you leave the glass as it is. The reason is that the burning of the paper exhausts some of the air in the glass, making a partial vacuum, or empty space, and as the air pres­ sure on the surface of the water in the dish is greater than the pressure on the inside of the glass, the wat«xr is forced up. It is on that principle that what the doctors call "cupping" is done. Into a glass cup made for the purpose they put a piece of burning paper, and at The Water in the Glass. once press the cup down on the flesh of the patient, which rises in a little mound inside the cup, because the out­ side pressure of the air is greater than that inside. Do Not Forget. £o not forget as you go on your way Through this busy world, with its toil and strife, Often a kindly word to say To those you meet in the paths of life. Do not forgot that a smile of cheer May romfort a heart that is sad and drear, 'And brighten a day that is hard and long. The burning words that for ever live It may not be yours to speak or give- But there's heart and hope in a bit of a song. £o not forget that wherever you go Kindly deeds may be found to do. No one so poor but can bestow The help that will courage and faith re­ new! So one so weak who cannot give The hanil that may help a soul to live And rise again from the trodden clayJ Splendid achievements may n'jver be yours. But the deed that for love's sake is done endures, ,5And will blossom for ever from day to 7 IK pi Bread Pill Trick. Make two bread pills, and say to fhe spectators that you are going to throw one of them away, and put the other in your left hand while t,b3 lat­ ter is closed. Then the thrown-away pill will come iuto the left hand while the latter is closed. Here is the way to do the trick:" Hold one of the pills between the thumb and first finger of your right hard for everyone to see. Then make a motion as if throwing it away, but by a deft, unseen motion of your thumb you must slip it between the Brat and second fingers, where you can keep it concealed. if Now take up the second pill and place it in your left hand, skilfully placing the other pill there at the same time by letting it slip from be­ tween your fingers. Close your left hand quickly, and then, after a few words, open your hand and show both pills in it. It will require only a little practice to make your performance of this trick so deceptive that no one can "catch" you. Conundrums. What animal has death no effect on? A pig when killed he can be cured. When are you not yourself? When you are a little pale (pail). Why is a baker like a beggar? Be­ cause he kneads bread. What is the difference between the north and south pole? Ail the differ­ ence in the world. Why should soldiers be tired on April 1? Because they have just had a March of 31 days. Why should no man starve on the deserts of Arabia? Because of the sand-which is there. Why is a kiss like a scandal? It goes from mouth to mouth. What did the spider do when he came out of the ark? Took a fly and went home. What contains more feet in winter than summer? A skating rink. What is the difference between a good and bad governess? One teaches a miss and the other teaches amiss. Why is twice 10 like twice 11? Twice 10 is 20 and twice 11 is 22. What is most like a hen stealing? A cock robin (robbing) to be sure. Why is a pair of skates like an ap­ ple? Because they both are likely to be the fall of a man. Cash of the Long Ago. Lineal descendants ot the bronze axe of remote Celestial ancestors are the little brass cash, th£ Chinese coins. Here is how this curious pedi­ gree first worked itself out In the early times, before coin was invented, barter was usually conducted between producer and consumer with metal implements, as it still is in Central Africa at the present day. At first the Chinese in that unsophisticated age were content to use real hatchets tor this commercial purpose, but after a time with the profound mercantile instinct of their race, it occurred to some of them that when a man wanted half a hathet's worth of goods he might as well pay for them with half a hatchet. As it would be a pity to spoil a good working implement by cutting it in two, the worthy Ah Sin ingeniously compromised the matter by making thin hatchets of the usual size and shape, but far too slender for practical usage. By so doing he in­ vented coin, and, what is more, he in­ vented it far earlier than the claim­ ants to that proud distinction, the Lydians, whose elecirum staters were first struck in the seventeenth cen­ tury B. C. This Family Is Incorporated. Tne Fairbanks Family of America (Incorporated) is one of the latest or­ ganizations asking for a charter. The objects of the society are to collect and compile historical records of the clan Fairbanks, to hold property, to preserve objects of interest to the family, and to promote education of its members in subjects relating to the family history. The first Fairbanks to take up an abode on this continent was Jonathan, but the tribe has been prolific, and about 4,000 American families have descended from him to refute the racial suicide hullabaloo. In August last a family reunion was held at the Fairbanks homestead in Dedham, Mass., and one of its results was the incorporation recently asking for a charter. The idea of the so­ ciety is to purchase the Dedham prop­ erty and provide for an annual in­ come sufficient to maintain it as a Fairbanks headquarters. What Thorns Are For. Most persons think that the stem of a plant grows from the roots on the contrary, the roots grow from the JT RMI*Jil«A stem. In the case of a plant that dies down to the ground in autumn it is not the roots that send up a new stem in the spring, for a part of the true stem remains under ground on the root crown, and from it grow up the bud bearing stems in the spring. When a seed germinates it sends the light loving stem upward and the dark-lov ing root downward. Saw off part of the tree trunk and you will find a series of rings from the center to the bark, each ring marking a year of growth. But these rings indicate also which of the sea­ sons through which the tree has lived were dry and which had plenty of rain. The rings are always of un­ equal width the narrow ones repre­ sent dry seasons and the wide ones seasons when the conditions of growth were better by reason of plentiful rain. Every rose has its thorn, and the same may be said of such fruits as blackberries, raspberries, etc., only they are not real thorns, but prickles, which strip off with the outer' bark, while thorns will not strip off, being hardened, undeveloped branches. But why do bushes and vines have prickles? Many people wonder at it, for they see no good reason for such a growth. But there is a reason, as there is in everything in nature. The prickles are given to them as a pro­ tection against plant-eating animals. The stems have a pleasant, aromatic taste, and cows and sheep would be sure to eat them in winter, when they crave something fresh, if it were not for the prickles. A Puzzle Cross. Get thirteen pennies and arrange them in the form of a cross, as shown Placing the Pennies. in the accompanying illustration. That is to say, you place nine of the pennies in a straight line, one be­ low the other and two on each side ot the third penny from the top. Now, with the cross thus made you may count nine in three different ways: First, the stem counts nine from top to bottom second, count six from the bottom up to the cross piece, and then three from the middle penny of the crosspiece to the right third, count six from the bottom up to the crosspiece, and then three off to the left. The puzzle is to take away two oi. the pennies and leave the cross so that it will count nine in three differ* ent ways. Lay the paper down and try it Perhaps you may succeed, but if you do not, take away one penny from each side and remove the top penny to the bottom. Simple enough, isn't it—when you find it out? Looking Glass Puzzle. Put this diagram up where you can see it well. Then at the top of a sheet of blank paper lying on your desk put a looking glass, standing It up so that when you put your pencil on the paper you can get a good view of it in the glass. Now look in th« glass at the paper and pencil and draw a diagram like the one you have put up for copy. It sound awfully easy to do this but try it. The objects in the above picture illustrate the names Of two well-known games. What are they? fcU 1 •:..Vl-..,:.-.,t' V-'»i ii«8P us 6St^fS& EVERKTT, MASS.— I received the •ample of Doan's Pills and they stop­ ped all my trouble of pain in the back, from which I have suffered for two years. I am a sole-leather cutter, and being on my iect and lifting heavy dies all day, appreciate the help Doan's Pills have given me. I feel like a new man.—GEO. A. BURGESS, 103 Bolmont Street. ST. LOUIS, MO.— Received sample, and am on my first bottle from the druggist they helped mo wonder­ fully. I had a feeling of wanting to urinate all the tiiue, and trouble in passing, burning and itching. That is all gone now, and I feel thankful.— E. K. STKVENSON, 5351 Euston Ave. ASPEN, COLO., April 10, 1903.— Doan's Kidney Pills accomplished the desired result in my case relief came the second day after I com­ menced taking them. I was troubled With retention and dribbling of the urine. Now it is natural and free as ever in my life.—D. L. STAFFORD. Uncomfortable. Finnicus—I wonder why it is that those who attain the pinnacle of suc­ cess never seem to be happy? "Cynnicus—Because the pinnacle of success is like the top of a particular­ ly tall lightning rod with a particu­ larly sharp point, and those who suc­ ceed in perching temporarily upon it usually find that they are targets for all the world's lightning. DR. COFFEE Discovers Remedies That Restore Sight to Blind People. Dr. W. Q. Coffee, a noted oculist. 360 Good Block, Des Moines, Iowa, has discovered med­ icines tor the eyes that people can use at home iml cure Cataracts, Scums, Granulated Lids, Ulcers or Blindness and restore sight. Dr. Coffee has published an 80-page book on Eye Diseases which he will send Free to every reader of this paper. This book tells bow to revent old sight and make weak eyes strong, frite Dr. Coflee today for his book. An Objection. "No," said the friend, "I don't think your new type of American girl will create anything of an artistic stir." "Why not?" asked the artist, in a tone of indignant disappointment. 'Because her legs are not too long nor her waist too short. In fact, she looks too much like a human being to be accepted as artistic."—Washington Star. Equally Divided. "You allow no beer in the house?" "No my wife and I never drink Anything but wine and water." "In what proportion do you take ft?" "I drink the wine and my wife drinks the water."—Lippincott's Mag­ azine. An Unwarranted Liberty. Tess—Yes, indeed, he had the impu­ dence to try and kiss me, and he did It, too. Jess—Why didn't you run away from him? Tess—I couldn't. You know how small our sofa is.—Judge. The Last Resort. "I am very sorry that none of my prescriptions has relieved your in­ somnia," said the eminent practition­ er, "because that makes it necessary for us to try a heroic remedy, but it is one that has never been known to fail." "What is it, doctor?" asked the sleepless one, eagerly. "Dress yourself up in a policeman's oniform."—Judge. Stubborn. A little girl was talking to her rab­ bit. "Five times five," she said. "Six times six, seven times seven." Be­ tween times she shook the rabbit Vio­ lently. "Dorothy," said her mother, "what are you doing to your rabbit?" "Well, papa says," replied the child, "that rabbits multiply rapidly, and 8unny won't do it." IN CONVENTION. Teachers Learn Something Not in the Class Book. A number of young' women attend­ ing a teachers' convention In Okla­ homa City some time ago learned a valuable lesson in hygiene through a sister teacher who says: "About a year ago I had my first attack of pqpr health and It seemed a terrible thing to me for I had always been so well and strong. My stomach distressed me terribly it seemed like it was raw, especially after breakfast, and It would burn and hurt me so I fcould not rest. I was soon convinced that It was caused by coffee drinking and at the request of a friend I gave up coffee and began to use Postum Cof­ fee. "The change in my conditloh 'was something marvelous. I had actually given up teaching because doctors were unable to help my stomach trbu ble, but since I quit coffear and used Postum my troubles have disappeared rod I have gone to teaching again. "Some time ago attended a con rentlon at Oklahoma City and I de­ termined to have Postum at my board tng-house where there were eight oth­ er teachers, four of them suffering from coffee sickness. My landlady did not make the Postum right, buf I showed her how and we all found it delicious. We all drank it the rest of the time we were there and the young ladies in question felt much better and declared that their heads were much jlearer for study aiid their general health much improved. I have their lames If you care for them." Names tarnished by Postum Co* Battle Creekk Iflcht limb swellings and drop ••MMKM«Ml|!W!illllR.' »v,w»»w« DOAN'S CHANGE DOUBT TO GLAD SURPRISE Aching backs are eased. nb swellings and dropsy They correct urine with brick dust sediment, high colored, pain in passing, dribbling, frequency, bed wetting, Doan's Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel. 'Relieve heart palpitation, sleeplessness, dizziness, headache,. 4 "Ah, Georgfe, dear," she said to the duke, "why don't yeu go to papa to­ day? Delays are dangerous, you know." "•Yes, I realize that," he replied, "but I've only known you three days and these get-rich-quick schemes always seem to be so risky."—Chicago Record Herald. Modern Conveniences. One day my little three-year-old brother was vfsiting at our neighbor's. He came home very much excited and said: "Mamma, you ought to have a pump like they have at Camery's. You turn It like a gasoline stove and water comes out like a washing machine."— Little Chronicle. No Longer a Mystery. "I have often wondered," observed the doctor, "at the extraordinary pop­ ularity of 'Dixie.' People always ap­ plaud whenever an orchestra begins to play it. Why Is it?" The professor was silent a long time. "Well," he said at last, "I have sometimes thought it was because ev­ erybody liked the tune."—Chicago Tribune. Feds Younger and Stronger. Festus, Mo., May 4th.—Mr. January S. Lilly, a highly respected old gentle­ man, aged 76 and whose home is in Festus, says: "For many years I was falling In health. My kidneys were weak and gave me no end of trouble. I had pains in my back and hips so bad that I could not sit up straight without bracing my bade, and could not sit only a few minutes in any one posi­ tion. "I had to get up during every night very frequently to relieve myself. "Our doctor said I had Kidney, and Bladder inflammation. I have suffer ed for over five years in this way, always worse at night. "I could get no relief and was get­ ting worse till 1 used Dodd's Kidney Pills. "After I had used a few boxes of this remedy I fett stronger and better than I have for years and years. My pains all left me and I can rest and sleep. "Every old man or woman who feels as I felt should use Dodd's Kid­ ney Pills and I am sure they will not be disappointed They brought me out wonderfully." Why So Named. Visitor—You say you call your horses Biscay and Bengal. Aren't horses? Farmer—Ef the joggrafies hain't changed since I got my schodlin', them's mighty good names for a pail o' big bays.—Baltimore American. A Prophecy. Critic—That actor doesn't seem at home in his work. Theatrical manager—No, he isn't but he will be unless business gets better pretty soon.—Chicago News. PATENTS. List of Patents Issued Last Week ts Northwestern Inventors. Charles Badger, Minneapolis, Minn., switch operating mechanism Wilbur Hunt, Audubon, Minn., portable saw MOl Frederick Kees, Minneapolis, Minn., wall for tanks, storage bins or warehouses Ludvlg Korab, Renville, Minn., apparatus for manufacturing flour August Princen, Minneota, Minn., automatic blowpipe Samuel Singer, Great Falls, Mont., suspender buckle. Iiothrop Johnson, patent lawyer*. 911 and tt't Pioneer Press Bids.. St. Paul. The Real Thing. "How cultured and polished that Mrs. Kazamms is." "I know it. Whenever a person sings anything she always calls it ren­ dering it, doesn't she?"—Chicago Rec crd-Herald. To Care a, Cold in One day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. A] druggists refund money it it fails to cure. 25a Pleased Too Soon. Barber (testing razor)—Do I hurt you, sir? Baird—No not so badly as the ,las| man who had me in his chair. Barber (highly gratified)—Who wai that? Baird—The dentist.—Tid-Bits. Too many expect to purchase heaven with the profits made by the sale of their own souls. •Me Hip, back, and loin pains, signs vanish. nervousness. 'Doan's Consult our Physician by mail medical advice free. Not Too Precipitate. '®pFW?^ 4k •'ty*'? mmm. BcRLtNGTON JUNCTION, Mo.—I received sample of Doan's Pills and they are all that is claimcd, they re­ lieved a pain in my back, aiul did all that was represented.—C. C, KAY, R. P. D. No. 1. TAYLORSVIT.LE, MI8$.—No man can tell the good of Doan's Kidney Pills until lie tries them for a weak back. I tried everything nud got no relief until I useu Doan's Fills.—J. N, LEWIS. WEstBnAKcn.Micn., April iltli.— Many thanks for the sample of Doan's Kidney Pills. We liad tried many remedies with little benefit but found Doan's act promptly, and hit the case, which was an unusual desire to urinate •—had to get up live and six times of a night. I think Diabetes was well under way, the feet and ankles swelled. There was an intense pain in the back, the heat of which would feel like putting one's hand up to lamp chimney. I have used the free trial and two full boxes of Doan's Pills, with the satisfaction of feeling that I' am cured. They are the remedy par excellence.—B. F. B-ALUARD. The Umtt. Bridge—And you got right on eai ing soggy bread and half-cooked meats. For heaven's sake, why dA't you discharge your coak and get an­ other one? Pike—Well, you see,, otd feitew, so far as I can find out the courts won't grant you a divorce for bad cooking.—• Boston Evening Transcript.. Made a Difference. Miss Mainchancel suppose you vo heard of my engagement to Mr. Jenks? Her Friend—Yes, and I confess I was surprised. You told me once that you wouldn't marry him for ten thou­ sand pounds. Miss Mainchance—I know, dear but I discovered later that he had fifty thousand.—Cassell's Journal.. His Plight. Yeast—Well, he has something now he can't control. Crimsonbeak Gracious! Has he^ bought an automobile or been getting married? This-Will Interest Mothers Mother Gray'sSweet Powders for Child­ ren. used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, Cure Fever ishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the bowels and destroy Worms. Sold by all Druggists, 35c. Sample ITKEE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeBoy, N.Y Looking for a Chance. Mrs. Gobaug—This paper saya tBafr a Kansas man sold his wife for $8. Gobang—I wonder if it will ever be my luck to run across a fellow who is throwing money away?—New YorJf Times. When a man buys a healthy peace at the pricc of a sickly pride lie has made a good bargain. DYSPEPSIA OF WOMEN, Mrs. E. B. Bradshaw, Guthrie, Okla., cured of, a severe case by Lydia E. Pinftliam's Vegetable Compound. A great many women sufffer witfci form of indigestion or dyspepsia which does not Beem to yield to ordinary medical treatment. While- the symp­ toms seem to be similar ta those off ordinary indigestion, y.et the medi­ cines universally prescribed do not seem to restore the patient's norma) condition. Mrs. Pinkliam claims that ther* is a kind of dyspepsia that is cawed by derangement of the' female organ­ ism, and which, while- it causes, dis­ turbance similar to ordinary imEge* tion, cannot be relieved without medicine which not only acts, aa a stomach tonic, but has-peculiar uteriM* tonic effects as well.. Thousands of testimonial let­ ters prove beyond question that nothing will relieve this distress ing condition so surely as Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Con pound. It always works hi har­ mony with the female system.*" Mrs. Pinkham advices slek women free. Address Lynn* Mass. Never Twa their Baikc Roottwr tmakM Uidf faoea bright and roar A PACKAGE MAKM aire gallons. where, oi bymall.fcvmc. CHARLES E. HIRES CO. Matora, Pa. OWN A CHICAGO LOT FOR $1 A WEEK White7oatr.MTl.irhrIt. l«u*l?SmSfmSSHS

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#Fi ip fei fM K* -viS tfe -'A k' fe I .'Vjte. ',1 i* t* ai if '1 HE'1'" IfMWW V*i8f. tV« fB1 CONTEST NOTICE. Department of Tho Interior—United States Land Office, Minot, N. D., April 14 1903. A sufficient contest nfRdavit having been til 3d in this otttoo by Mali Ion Antrim contestant against H. E. oi\try No, 7554 made May 6th 1901, for these of Sec. 28, township 156, Run^e 81, by JohriO. Studobaker confcesteo, in which it is alleged that said entry man has wholly abandoned said tract for a per­ iod of more than six month* labt past, and in fact, never did establish residenco thereon and has never cultivated tho same. And that said alleged absen­ ce from said land was not duo to his em­ ployment in the army, navy or marine corps of tho United States a- a private soldier, officer, marine or seaman during the war with Spain or during any other war in which the United States may be engaged. Said parties are hereby noti­ fied to appear, rospond and offer evi­ dence touching said allegation at 10 o'­ clock a. m. on June 9th 1903 before the register and receiver at the United States Land Office in Minot N. D. Tho said contestant having in a proper affidavit filed April 29th 1903, set forth facts which show that after due dilligence personal service of this notice cannot be made, it is hereby ordered and di­ rected that such notice be made by due and proper publication. R. C. SANBORN, Register. Grocnleaf Leighton, Attys. 4-29 5-20 CONTEST NOTICE. Department of the Interior, United States Land Office, Minot, N. D., April 14,1903. A sufficient cont?st affidavit having been iiled in this office by Joseph Geliuske contestant, against homestead entry No. 12296, made January 4th, 192, for northwest one-quarter (nw.^), section 20, township 153 N, range 83 W, by John Chick, contestee, in which it is alleged that said entryman has wholly abandoned said tract for a period of more than six months just last past, has failed to establish a residence thereon, and has never cultivated the same, and that said alleged absence from said land was not due to his employment in the army, navy, or marine corps of the Unit­ ed States as a private soldier, officer, seamen or marine during the war with Spain or during another war *n which the United States may be engaged. Said parties are hereby notified to ap­ pear, respond and offer evidence touch­ ing said alK^ation at 10 o'clock a. ni. on June 9, 190'3,. before the Register and Receiver at the United States land of­ fice in Minot, N. D. The said contestant having, in a proper affidavit, filed April 22rd, 1903, sot forth facts which show that after duo diligence personal service of this notice can not be made, it is hereby or dered and directed that such notice be given by due and proper publication. Boclter has wholly abandoned said claim for a jieriod of more than six months immediately prior to the filing of contest affidavit she has not been on said claim after filing, novet built a house thereon, never cultivated any par', of sud land: that said abandonment was not duo to hor employment in the army, navy or marine corpaof tne United States in time of war. that said entry was speculative and was not made in Rood faith: said parties are hereby notified to Hppear. respond and offer evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock n. m. on .Tune 3, 11*13. before the Register and Receiver at the Unitod States land office ill Minot, D. Tho said contestant having 111 a proper affi­ davit filed April 24,1903. set forth facts which show that alter duo diligence personal service of this notice cannot be made, it is hereby or dorod and directed that such notice be given by a due and propor publication. •t-Lt) F-20 R. C. SANBORN, Rereisrer. CONTEST NOTICK. Department »f the Interior, United States Land Office. Minot, N n, April 14. 1903. A sufficient affidavit, having been filed in this office by C. J. Ford, contestant, against Lena Anderson, entry No. 17130, made July 21st. 1902. for no 1-4 of se l-l sec. 4. twp. 157, range 82, 'by Lena Anderson, contestee. in which it is allesed that, said contestee has wholly abandoned said land for more than six mouths since making said entry and next prior to the date hereof, that she has wholly failed to establish a resi­ dence on said land or make any improvements thereon, that said al!c\^ro'l absence from said land- was not due to her emplovment in the navy, army or marine corps of tho United States as a private soldier, officer, seaman or marine during the war wilh Spain, or during any other war in which the United States may be engaged. Said parties are hereby notifiecl to appear, respond and offer evidence touching said allega­ tion as 10 o'clock a. in. on June 8th. 1903. before the Register and Receiver at the United .States land office in Minot, D.. The said contestant having, in a proper affi­ davit, filed April 8th, 1903. set. forth facts which show tfrat after due diligence personal service of this notice cannot be made, it is hereby or­ dered 4'id directed that such notice be given by due and proper publication. 4-29 6-20 R. C\ SANBORN. Register. A. Johnson, Atty for contestant. m 'S&s CONTKST NOTICK Department of tho Interior, United States Land Office, Miijot, N. V., April 18, 1903. A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed in (his office by -John Paulson, contestant, against Exo.l31SI3,made February 25,1902.fr the sw 1-4 of scction 20, township 153, range 83, by Oakley Worthington. contestee. in which it is alleged that said entryman has wholly abandoned said above tract for a period of more than six months- last past, has failed to improve and cultivate the same, and has never, in fact, es­ tablished a residence thereon. And that said alleged absence from naid land was not due to his employment in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States as a private soldier, officer, seaman or marine during the war with Spain or during any other war in which the United States may be engaged. Said parties are hereby notified to apiwir. respond and offer evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock n. m. on Juuo 13,1903. before the Register and Receive? at the United States land office in Minot, st. Dak. The said contestant, having, in a propor afPi davit, filed April 13, ISKrt, set forth facts which show that after due diligence personal service of this nfttico cannot bo made, it is hor.iby or­ dered and directed that such notice bo given by due and proper publication. 4-29 -V20 R. C. SAMBOKX, Register Greenleaf Leighton. Attys NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. ,"Jjand Office at Minot, N. D., A pril 15, 1903. •Notice- is hereby given that the following named settler hap filed nosico of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Alfred HlaisdoH-Ufliteft States Commissioner, District of North Dakota, at Minot, N. Dak., on May 23, 1903, viz: EDWARD M. .TENSOX, H. E. No. 3298, for the northeast quarter of sec. 23. twp. 156, rv. 82. Ho names the following witnessos to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: Sever T. Kuldcugnos. Ole 0. Brandvold, of Surrey, V. D., B. J. Anderson, of Minot, K. D., Hans Fossen, of Surrev, N. D. JAS. JOHNSON, Attorney Law. Proofs Made and Con tests Defended. RIINQ YOUR BOOTS AND SHOES TO Herman Llndberg. UZ' R. C.' SANBORN, Register. Greenleaf Leighton attys 4- 29 5-20 CONTEST NO TICK Department tho of Interior, United States i. ui Office, Minot. r, April f\ a ontost. affidavit having been file! in this oTice byjA!mil Liin.se, contestant, against homt steml entry NO. 11091. male December liml, lor the w1? of no 1-4 nnrl w'j of so 1-1 of scction -9, township 153. ralitre 82, by Anna Boclter, con­ testee, in which it is aliened that said Anna TO HAVE THEM REPAIRED. With J. W. SaraucLson, Nash Building. Notice for Publication. Land Office at Minot, N. I)., Apnl 13th, 1003, Notice is hereby given that the iollow|iig named sett, or has tiled notico of his intention to make dual proof in support of li is claim, and that s-iid proof will be niiiclo before Register and Receiver, United States! Lund office of North Dakota, as Minot, N. I)., on Mil} 2-, 19A», MARGARET BUTTS, (formerly Margaret. M. Pike No. 1351R, for tho wli 6f the so'.i soc. 11, twp. 157. rg. 83. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upan and cultivation of said land, viz: Clinton Howell, Clifford Fell, J. M. Wilson, Thomas Wilson, all of Lvnch, N. D. R. C. S.VNBOK.V, Register. J. J- Ooylc, Attorney. CONTEST NOTICE. Department of t.Iio Interior. United States Land OtHce, Minot, N. D., March 25, ltK)3. A sufficient contest aflidavit. having been filed in this otlieo by George Arnold, contestant, agaiust homestead entry No. l'Jl0i5,mado Oct. 32, LFLOL, for southeast quarter section 14, township 157, range 85, by Jacob O. Rommetvedt, contes­ tee, in which it is alleged that said claimant has wholly abandoned said tract of land, lor more than six months, just prior to the .filing of this contest, the fact is he never did reside up­ on the tract of land, or make any improvements, except thren acres broken. anl_ build a shack without windows, and that said nlledged ab seuce from the said land was not duo to his em­ ployment in the army, navy or mariue corps of the United States as a private soldier, othcer, seamen or marine during^ tho war with Spam or during any other war in wliich the United states may IKS engaged, and said parties are hereby notified to appear, rospond and otler evidence touching said allegutian at 10 o'clock a. m. on May 20, I'.MJ, before the Register and Receiver at tho United States land office in Minot, N. D., The said contestant, having, a proper affi­ davit, filed April 13,1903, set forth facts which show that after duo diligence iiorsoual service of this notice can not be made, it is hereby or­ dered and directed that such notice be given by due and proper publication. R. C. SANBORN, Register. CONTEST NOTICE. Department of tho Interior, United States Laud OHico, Minot, N. D., March, 26, 1903. A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed in this ofiice by A. K. Shoriden, contest­ ant. against homestead entry No. 97(53, made Oct 15,1001, for the se»i section 2, township 158, range S3, bv John Brancel, contestce, in which it is alleged that said entryman has wholly failed to establish a residence upen said tract aad has wholly abaudonod said tract for a period of more than six months last past, and has never improved or cultivated said tract in any manner whatsoever that snid abandon­ ment still exists, and was not duo to his em­ ployment in the army, navy or marine corps as a private soldier, officer, seaman or marine during the war with Spain or during any other WH in which the United States may be engaged. Said parlies are hereby notified to appear, respond and offer evidence touching said allega­ tions ak 10 o'clock a. m. on May 21, 1SKI3, before the Register and Receiver of tlio United States land olrice in Minot, N. D. The said contestant having, in a proper aui davis. filed April 1, 1903. set forth facts which show that after due dilligence personal service of this notice can not be made, it is hereby or­ dered and directed that such notice be given by due and :roper publication. 1-15 5-20 R. C. SAX BORN Resistor. CONTEST NOTICE. Department of the Interior, United States Land Office, Minot, N. D., April 15, 1P03. A sufficient contest notice having been filed in this ofiice by W. J. Butts, contestant, against homestead entry No. 4025, mucin April 21, 1900. for the nr'. of sec. -9, twp. ,15", range 83, by Henry Hager, contestee, in which it is alle.red that said entrynien has wholly abandoned said tract, and changed his residency therefrom for more than six month since making said entry and next prior to the date hereof that he has not established a residence thereon: that said tract remains in its natnrnl state, wholly abandoned and unimproved, and that said al­ leged absence from the said land was not due to his employment, in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States as a private soldier, officer, seaman or marine during the war with Spain or during any other war in which the United States may be engaged said parties are hereby notified to appear, respond and offer evidence touching said allegat ion lit 10 o'clock a. m. on June 10, 1!*)3, before the Rogister and Receiver at the United States laud ofiice in Minot, N\ D. Tin* said contestant in a proper affidavit, filed April 11, 1803. sot forth facts which show that after due diligence personal service of this notico cannot be made, it is hereby ordered and directed that such notice be given by due and proper publication. R. C. S-\NBORN, Rogister. Li,'Sueur Hradford, Attys for contestant. SUMMONS. STATE OF NORTH BAKOTA I In District Court County of Ward, 8th Judicial Dist. Mary M. Schossow, Plaintiff, vs. William Schossow. Defendant. The State of North Dakota to tho above named defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer tho com­ plaint in this action and to servo a copy of your 3nswer upon the subscribers within thirty days after service of this summons upon you, ezclusive of the day of service and in case of your failure to appear or rniwor judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in tho complaint. Dated April 9th, 1903. McGKE COYLE, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Thos. Office at Minot, N. D. NOTICE FOIS PUBLICATION. Land Office at Minot, N. Dak., April 20,1903. Notico is hereby given that, tho followiug named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Register and Receiver, United States land office .of North Dakota, at Minot, N. D., on May 6th, 1903, viz: CHRIST PASCH, No. 13086, for thu nw'i of scction 19, township 158. range 81. He names the following witnesses to provo his continuous residcncc upon and cultivation of said land, viz: R. Barrett. J. Mvers.EdJohnson Walters, N. D. Said B. C. SANBORN, Register. Bird, Sutton fe Becde. 4-15 5-20 Laboring Men! 'We invito you to our store! When in want of shoes, hats, gloves, overhalls or any thing in furinsh ing», ^offie and look us over, quality (fuarranteed' pr tecs'" rKrht Left Larson.' IT. Ungcr, all R. C. SANBORN, Register. J.J. Covle. 4-22 527 CONTKST NOTICE Department of the Interior, United States land office, Minot, N D, April lcSth_, 1903. A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed in this office by Ole N. Sather,contestant,against homestead entry NO. 13310, made March 3rd, 1902, for wH no .1-1, ne l-l ne 1-4 sec. 22, and nw 1-4 nw 1-1 section 23, township V1 raus^e 85. by Einl Severin Eiclson, rantestee, in which it is alleged that claimant has wholly abandoned said tract of land for more than six months just prior to the filing of this contest, the fact is he never did reside upon the said tract of land or mnke any im­ provements thereon. And that said alleged ab snnco fri said land was not diue to his employ­ ment in fhj army, navy or marine corps of tho United States as a private soldier, officer, sea­ man or marine during the war with. Spain, or during any other war in which tho -United States may be engaged. pnrtieu are hereby notified to nppear, nd and offer evidence touching said alle- rosponi gation at 10 o'clock a. m. on June 13, 1003,_ be­ fore the register and receiver at the United States land offiro in Minot, l». The said coalcstant having, in a proper affi­ davit, filod April 13.1C03, set forth facts which show that after due diligence rcrsnnal service of this notice can not bo mano, !t is hereby ordered and directed that such noticc may be given by duo and pro^er_pub!ieatioii RAJJBOBN Jair.es Johnson. Atly. Resistor. r* E. Olsgard, LAWYER. Contests, Filings, Final Proofs, Land scrip, Real Estate and Loans. BANK BUI&DING. Minot* IV. Notice for Publication. Qepftrtment of the Interior, land office at Minot, N. D., March 17,1£03. Notice is hereby given that the fol­ lowing named settlor has iiled notice of his intention to mnke final proof in sup­ port of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver of the U. S. land office at Minot, N. D, on May 9th, 1903, viz: AUOUSTE HEINZE, Formerly Agitata Nitsch, E No. 13'J8.1, for tne se sec. 26, twp. 157, range 8.3. He names tho following witnesses to prove' his continuous residenco upon and cultivation of said land, viz: Thomas Laudebaek, John Heinze, William E. Heinze, William Finkc all of Minot, N. D. SANBORN, Register. A. Johnson, ntt.y for claimant 3-18 4-22 ti rXblXi^WrtluiN. Department of the Interior, Land Office at Minot, N. D., April 4,1903. Notice is hereby given that the fol­ lowing named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in sup­ port of his claim, and ihat said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Minot, N. D., on May 1G, 1903, viz: GEOKOE S. GILSON. H. E. No. 7165, for the ne^ sec. 32, twp. 158, range 82. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: Amos Walker, A. B. Shattuck, Ole Austin, Peter M. Austin, John Gilson, all of Markillie, N. D. 4-8 5-13 R. C. SANBOBN, Receiver. C. Aurland, Atty for Claimant. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Minot, N. p., April 7th, 1903. Notice is hereby given that the fol­ lowing named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in sup­ port of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Alfred Blaisdell, United States Commissioner^ District of North Dakota, at Minot, N. D., on May 23,1903, viz: WOOUFORD D. WILSON, H. E. No. 8031 for sej£ sec." 3, twp. 1E6, range 84, He names tho following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and culiivation of said land, viz C. W. Green, J. W. Green, A. L. Dout, Jewel Ward, all of Burlington, N. D. 4-8 5-13 R. C. SANBORN, Register. Bird, Sutton Beebe, Attys. NOSICE FOB PUBLICATION. Land Office at Minot, N: D., April 7th, 1903. Notice is hereby given that the fol­ lowing named settler has filod notice of his intention to make final proof in sup­ port of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Rogister and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Minot, N. D., on May 16, 1903, viz: LUTICIA Koons, (Formerly Luticia Southard) II. E. No. 12085, for the of nej£ of sec. 28, twp. 158, raoge 82. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: W B. Markillie, T. C. Welch, Fred Southard. George E. O'Dell, all of Mar­ killie, N. D. R. C. SANBORN, Register. LeSueur Bradford, Attys. 4-8 5-13 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, Land Office at Minot, N. D., on April 41903. Notice is hereby given that the follow­ ing-named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver U. S. Land Office, at Minot, Ward coun­ ty, N. D., on May 23, 1903, viz: DALL TaoRn, H. E. No. 10G90, for the nwj-i of sec. 26, twp. 158, range 81. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residenco upon and cultivation of said land, viz: Theodore Johnson, John Olson, Rich -ard Barrett, Arne Lunde, all of Peebler, N. D. R. C. SANBORN, Register. W. F. Peddicord, Agent for Claimant. Nstlce of jJHearlns£etltlonl to Establish Heir­ ship. STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, County of Ward. In County Court. Before Hon. Wm. Murray, Judge. In the matttr qf the estate of Betsy Hagen, deceased. Nels T. Hagen, petitioner, vs. Bertha L. Hagen and Telfred Hagen, minors, by .their guardian A. C. Nedrud, re­ spondents. The State of North Dakota to the above named respondents and all per­ sons interested in tho estate of Betsy Hagan, deceased. JNotice is hereby given, that Nels T. Ilagen has filed in the county court of Ward county a duly verified petition praying for a decree establishing the right of succession to the estate of Betsy Hagen, deceased, and that Wednesday, the 13th day of May, 1901, at 11 o'clock a. in., of said day, being a day of a regu­ lar term of this court, to-wit: of the May term, A. D. 1903, at the court room in the city of Minot, county of Ward? North Dakota, ha3 been set by order of this court as the time and place for hearing said petition. At which said time and place any and all persons interested may appear and show couse why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this 2nd day of April, 1903. By the court: y-jk. ".'VWIR. MURRAY,# [Seal] Judge of the County Court. Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! Buy the B. &M. shoe. Best fitters, best wearers, and best lookers. Lee Larson t-29 3-2.0 mum CONTEST NOTICE. Department of tho Interior, United States Land office, Minot, N. D., March 28th, 1903. A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed in this office by John F.Mor­ rison, contestant, against homestead en­ try No. 17415, mnde August 1,1902,, for nw^ sec. 22, twp. 151, range 80, by Ed­ ward Morgan, contestee, in which it is alledged that said entryman has wholly abandoned said tract and changed his residence therefrom for more than six months since making said entry and noxt prior to date hereof that he has not established a residence thereon that said tract remains in its natural state, wholly abandoned and unimproved and that said alleged absence from tho said land was not duo to his employment in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States ns a private soldier, officer, seaman or marine, during the "war with Spain, or during any other war in which the United States may be engaged. And said parties aro hereby notified to appear, respond and offer evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock a. m. on May 22,1903, liefore thwRegister and Receiver at the United States Land office in Minot, N. D. Said contestant having, in a proper affidavit, filed March 26,1903, set forth facts which show that after due diligence personal service of this notice can not bo made, it is hereby ordered and direct­ ed that such notice be given by due and proper publication. R. C. SANBORN, Register. 4-1 5-6 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, Land Office at Minot, N. D. April 1st, 1903. Notice is hereby given that the follow­ ing named settler has filed notice of his intention to mako final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Register and Receivor of U. S. Land office at Minot, N. D. on May 9th, 1903, viz: GUSTAF D. BERGSTROM, H. E. No. 9969, for the nwj4 section 18, twp. 153, range 32. He names tho following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: Frank W. Amsler, Erick Maryen, Sy vert Marven, Stephen Gulseth, all of Minot, N.D. R. C. SANBORN, Register C. A. Johnson, Atty for Claimant. 4-15-6 NOTICE x-on PUBLICATION. Land Office at Minot, N. D., April 6th. 1903- Notice is hereby given that the fol­ lowing named settler has filed notico of intention to make final proof in tupport of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Register and Receiver, United States Land office, Minot, N. D., on May 14th, 1903. viz: JESSE EHLING", H. E. No. 9625, for the sw)| sec. 3, twp. 153 N, range 82 W. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: Dub. Worrell, Isaac Worrell, Joe Put­ ney, of Sawyor, N. D„ J. J. Coyle, of Minot, N. D. R. C. SANBORN, J. J. COYLE, Atty. Registor. 4-8 5-13 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, Land Office at Minot, N. D., April 3,1903. Notice is hereby given that the fol­ lowing named settler has filed notice of his intention tp make final proof in sup­ port of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Register and Recei­ ver U. S. Land Office, at Minot, N. D., on May 16,1903, viz- HERMAN F. WITTENBERG. H. E. No. 6838, for tho of sw?^ and lots 3 and 4, sec. 30, twp. 157, range 81. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: John Wittenberg, Claus Carlson, Cal­ vin Mabin, Charles Padellford, all of Minot, N. D. R. C. ANBOBN, Register. C. A. Johnson, Atty for claimant. 4-8 5-13 Notice for publication. Land Office at Minot, N. D. Apr. 3d, 1903. Notico is hereby given that tho follow­ ing named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before John Lynch, clerk of the District court, forWard county, N. D. at Minot, N. D., on May 14th, 1903. viz: John Nelson, H. E. No. 6868. for the ne}4, sec 13, twp. 155, 82. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residenco upon and cul­ tivation of said land, viz: Warren Bray, Joseph Bray, David Crafford, C. W. Glendening, all of Surrey, N. D. R. C. Sanborn. Register. Notice of Hearing Petition to establish Heir­ ship. STATE CP NOKTH DAKOTA, County of Ward. In County Court. Before Hon. Wm. Murray, Judge. In the matter of the the estate of John 8. Bredenbeck, deceased. Emily L. Bredcnbock, Petitioner, vs. Clara M. Wilander, Cora J. Bredenbeck, Harrison F. Bredenbeck, Respondent. The State of North Dakota to the above named respondents and all per­ sons interested in the estate of John S. Bredenbeck, deceased Notice is hereby given, that Emily L. Bredenbeck has filed in the county court of said county of Ward a duly verified petition praying for a decree estalbish ing the right of succession to the estate of John S. Bredenbeck, deceased, and that on the 13th doy of May, 1993, at 10 o'clock a. m., of said day, being a day of a regular term of this court, to-wit: of the April term, A. D. 1903, at the county court room in the city of Minot, county of Ward, North Dakota, has been set by order of this court as the time and place for hearing said petition. At which time and place any and all persons interested may appear and show cause why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this 25th day of April, 1903. By the Court: 1 WM. MURRAY, 'j- 4 Judge of County Court. LE SUEUR BRADFORD, Attorneys for Petitioner The neatest, newest and swellest of spring- tics, at Lee Larson's. VMlt ft TO line FOR FIRST- CLASS Blacksrr.ithing, Plow Works, Wood Working and Scientific Horseshoeing ao Shop opposite Grand Forks Mercantile Wholesale House SANPORD BARLOW MONEY! MONEY 'V I Money to Loan. In tho last three months we have.loanod out more money on Farm Lands thnn all other money loaners in tho county. We Will Moke You a Loan To make proof on your claim or any amount you desire. Wo will make it quietly and quickly. If you want money, call on us. OLSON MEISCH, C. A. Johnson's Building, Minot, North Dakota. The New Wholesale DRY GOODS HOUSE Carries a full line of samples at Minot Mr* A* D# McGill is our representative and Dakota merchants are cordially invited to inspect the offerings, EVERYTHING NEW ^SAMPLE HOUSE AT MINCO open Saturday's till Monday's, A. Patrick: Co., DULUTH, MIIN1N. At the South Side Department ^tore While We Always Sell as Cheap And a Little Cheaper than Most of the other Stores,tt.. We are going to give the people some Special Bargfaing- at our Establishment for one week, to make room for our larg-e Stock of Spring and Summer Goo&v LACE CURTAINS—We are closing1out a line of hand­ some curtains at only 48 cents a pair. We have better ones for more money, You can go as high as you wish. LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS--48 cents and upwartjs. Our big line of Trimmings will be sold at ypur own price. All kinds and styles. SHOES—We have a larger stock than ever and on account of the durable quality of the make, they give the best of satisfaction. HATS—Everything the latest for Men and Boys. Don't foiget that we sell Groceries Righto* CLEVEN HANSON. Martin Jacobson THE HARDWARE JVIAINi DESIRES EVERY FARMER IN........ e* WARD COUNTY of -i To Call and ExamSie Ms Complete Line of Harness* We have just placed another car of HafcifeiS GoidsJ -M Ward County Independent, $1.00 Per Year. V.INOT, N. D. D'ri. I*.

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