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Newspaper
The Ward County Independent
Location
Minot, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
1
A heavy water pipe broke free at the G. N. round house Saturday around 1 20 PM. Two Japanese laborers suffered serious injuries while a traveling engineer and a boilermaker's assistant escaped severe harm. The pipe fell twenty feet, striking one man and narrowly missing others as they were treated at a local hospital.
Stuyvesant Fish argues extravagance, by rich and poor, government and individuals, fuels economic downturns. He cites overspending on clothes, table costs, cookery, and the automobile craze, then warns of recurring cycles as restraint fades. A Dakota Farmer columnist ridicules his views and defends farmers against alleged idle luxury.
The piece foms against Fish and his economic ideas, arguing that the average worker earns subsistence wages yet supports national extravagance. It mocks calls for shared sacrifice and targets figures like Thaw White and Orchard as corrupt influences while deflating claims about eating costs and culinary knowledge.
The Norden Society held a well attended basket social at the K P hall Saturday night to raise funds for a club room carpet under the Bijou theater. With 140 members and growing, the club offers Norwegian and English papers, a cafe, a writing desk, and a basin of community activity led by John Bergheim and Peter Olson.
A letter and local items recount a Minot man dubbed This Man Mugg in a quarrel over a 400 advertising bill with the News. Other notes cover social visits, birthday celebration, post office antics, a streetcar franchise debate, and town commentary from Stringtown to Mason City.
The piece extols dairy farming for Minnesotan households and North Dakota farmers, citing Surrey grower Ed Long who averaged 1.75 dollars per day per cow from a herd of eight. He sold cream, milk, and butter locally, kept grain farming, raised chickens, and plans to expand to ten cows next season with a Jersey bull valued higher than purchase price.
The Independent promotes a six-paper club for $2.25 including St Paul Daily News daily delivery. Other publications include Ward County Independent The Farm Magazine The Farmer's Wife and Northwestern Agriculturist. Offer ends March 1 1908 with cash in advance required and readers urged to send payment promptly.
The Independent editor will accept gold coins on subscriptions but the inscription "In God we Trust" is missing. The government says subscribers are not trusted. Fargo’s milk inspector finds 125 of 126 cows in a herd have tuberculosis. Villagers then patronize thirst parlors across the river.
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