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.lohn Bradley, of Ward oounfcr, stepped here over Sun­day on liis war to Maddock to see his sister' Mrs. Thomas Chase, who is seriously ill. He was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. 1. AV. Lvon while in the city.—Leeds News.

The creamery recently establis­hed at I'enn, Ramsey county, has .started out far beyond the most sanguine expectations of the promoters. The patrons of the creamery aro mostly (iermans and Scandinavians, formerly from Wisconsin and Minnesota, where this industry is the main support of the country. The creamery is now running to its full capacity, and its product is giving excellent satisfaction.— Leeds News.

I'ostmastor J. C. Hoff made a business trip to Minot last week and says that the pea-pie o f the capital city of Ward county always hare been lovers of good uiusic and supported a good band, but now they have two: the lligh School band, which has seventeen players, with Profes­sor Wolfe as instructor,, and the City band with twenty-six players with Professor Rognlie as in­structor. Both the bands have fine new uniforms and good ins­truments. Both bands played on Main street Friday evening and made a very good impression The citizens of Minot, as well as visitors to that city, can feel proud to know that .Minot is the city of music.—I'alemo Stand­ard.

Here is a curious little editorial from The Arcadia, (Kas.) Times:" "The Times will not discuss politics in this campaign. It will say a few words now, nd them hold its peace. We left the republican party in 1890 and supported William J. Bryan. I'or eight years we have followed his leadership. We are with him today, and expect to be with him four years hence. The St. Louis platform is not altogether satisfactory, and the ticket is worse. We think that Parker and Roosevelt are both owned, soul, body and breeches, by the money power. On the other issues we are for Parker, and shall vote for him. Uoosevelt will be elected. It will take six figures to write his majority in Kansas. This our individual opinion, and this is the first * last and only mention of matter in these columns. "The Times" is distinctly a local newspaper."

The growth of vegetation, particularly of prairie prass, is so luxuriant this season that far­mers and residents of the country districts will do well to be on their guard against prairie fires, which are certain toi-ag-emma^' localities during the fall season. More annual damage is done in this state from prairie fires than from hail or other elemental disturbances. The ptudent far­mer will surely take time in sea­son to plow fire guards about his house, his barn, his stack of grain and hay, and not content with that, will burn off the fire guards thus plowed, affording a double protection to his proper­ty. It is difficult, almost impos­sible in a country sparsely set-tied in many places, to prevent prairie fires, but the prndent farmer can protect himself with fireguards, which, properly ft re-pa red. will in a great number of cases be found efficient in the protection of property. The stockman will also look to his range.—Bismarck Tribune.

There is a gang of men work­ing the country hereabouts who call themselves doctors, they claim to be representing an in­stitution called the I)r. Allaman Medical and Hospital Company of Atchison Kansas. Their scheme is to injure of you neigh­bor as to your ailments and then when they call on .you they know your trouble and wish to" treat you for your ailment and will sign a contract guaranteeing to cure you in ?i,0. or 9 months for .10 or 100 dollars, for which sum they furnish you medicines to be shipped by express. They then tell you that as a matter of bus­iness they would have you sign a note for the amount in favor of a member of the gang instead of the Hospital Company, which they take to the bank and ende­avor to cash at a liberal discount. Now we would advise all readers of this paper not to sign any of these nottjs as the parties who represent this great Hospital may not be as reliable as they would have you believe and it is our opinion that they are a fake we would advise that you patro­nize some home physician upon whom you can rely.—loanword Times."

Surrey Items. Chas. Funderberg's new barn

is about completed. Wm. Allen's supply of twine is

well nigh exhausted, but has been replenished with a second and a third order.

Mr. Connoly and daughter, formerly from'London, England, now of St. Paul are taking their summer vacation in a protracted visit with .lohn P. O'Xeil and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Frauk Perry, of Howels, Neb., are visiting 'with Wilton Perry and relatives here. They are greatly impressed with the country. They saw no such crops between Howels and here.

If you wish to observe a few pointers on the advanced way of making hay, just step down to the Geo. Ivennefick farm and watch the O'Neil boys, John and Frank, put up hay with a buck­ing machine, 30 tons a day.

The law in regard to the re­moving of noxious weeds, tumbl­ing mustard, wild turnips etc., from the uncultivated land on sides of public highways, is not being observed by the farmer, or enforced by the officers. How much it would improve the looks of the country to see instead, alfalfa, blue grass, timothy, or clover, all of which flourish in this latitude.

The Lutsiturer-Brey threshing-outfit came along Monday. The unloading being accomplished by a very nice little piece of engineer­ing with a rope on thumb screw. It is a fine looking machine but none too good for this country, with its miles of wheat, oats, speltz. barley or flax on all sides of our village nearly maturing and promising the banner yield for the past decade. The pros­pects certainly warrant the above named gentlemen in taking this step. Rumor has it that the pur­chasers think of. putting in an­other rig after the danger of hail is past.

Sunday evening all present when No. 3 pulled in from the east were nob at all surprised to see James Foley step off and hand a young lady "down as himself and sister were expected from Rochester, Minn. But the sur­prise came when it dawned upon his friends that the sister was none other than his newly made bride from Minneapolis" Con­gratulations came warm and fast. The nuptial ceremony took place at the St. Charles Catholic church, Minneapolis, after which the couple took their bridal tour to Morris and Superior, Minn., and Leeds, X. I)., where both have many friends. The bride was Miss Edith Smith, an es­teemed young lady from Minne­apolis. The groom is one of our progressive east side1 fanners, he having purchased a half section this spring, making with his homestead three quarters of land. We heard someone say a charavari was in order.

Around the State

Printers Ink: The ginseng ad­vertisements that were a feature of the magazines a bout a year ago have disappeared, but the agricultural department at \\ ashington hasn't forgotten them. A craze for raising ginseng has spread over the country, and the department is besieged with requests for plant and seeds. Lpon £ood authority it is stated that the plant grown in this country could find no market, as tho Chinese get an ample supply from farms in Corea. The gen-seng advertisers represented that the plant brought fabulous prices for medicinal purposes ana that a small patch in any old back yard planted with the root would make a family rich beyond the dreams of the most gullible paton of get-rich-quick schemes. Accorcfing to the Xew York Sun, there has been fraud in connec­tion with the ginseng advertis­ing, some of tne firms sending to patrons seeds that, when planted, produced the common or garden variety of turnip.

Minnesota State Fair. To be heldatHamline, midway

between St. Paul and Minne­apolis, the "Soo Line'' has made a round trip rate of one fare plus 50 cents. Dates of sale August 27th to September 2d inclusive. The rate includes an admission to the grounds. Ask for adver­tising matter from the nearest "Soo Line" agent.

A Sumner Cold.

A summer cold is not only annoying but if not relieved Pneumonia will be the probable result by fall. One Min­ute cough cure clears the phlegm, draws out the lnflamation, heals, soothes and strengthens the lungs and bronchial tubes. One Minute cough cure is an ideal remedy for the children. It is pleasant to the taste and perfectly harm-lees. A certain cure for croup, cough and cold, sold by paul V Mc coy.

The brome grass on the tree claim of Mr. J. H. Wishek in Mcintosh county a short distance east of Ashley lias reached the exorbitant height of 4 feet 10 inches.

There are 140 families in Far­go by name of Johnson, 83 Petersons, 80 Olson, 74 Ande-sons, while the Smiths number only 42 and Jones 12. The Scandinavians have the lead now in nearly all western towns, the Paulsons, Larsons and Nelsons not being far behind their kins­men in numbers.

Mrs. Louis Weber publishes the following uotice to blind pig keepers of Lidgerwood: You are hereby warned- not to give or sell to my husband, Jacob Weiber. any intoxicaring liquor from and after the date of this notice. If this warning in not heeded 1 will take legal action to protect my­self and our children.

One exchange says: "A man who has the principles of republi­canism in his heart will never vote the democratic ticket." Another says: ' Voters should pick their "man, regardless of party." It, looks like party politics was a little mixed ancl that this fall it will be every man for himself and the d—talie the hindermost.

If people cont inue to buy goods of mail-order houses and box-car peddlers, there will soon be no hustling little town. They will

Kut the home merchant out of usiness, the only cities will be

the home of the eastern mail­order houses. Land is always worth more if it is near a good town and the only way to make a good town is to patronize the home merchahts.

A Texas editor hits the right spot when he says: "The sorriest fellow on earth is the fellow who will sit around and cuss his own town. If I lived astride the north pole, I would call it 'home' and be ready to boost it up. If I could not say anything nice about it. I would say that my ice bill didn't come high. I

•would not stay in a towii I had to cuss—not while the world is as big as it is now."

A very strange and unique deal came +o the ears of our reporter. T. J uve, a farmer- widower north­west of Mphall about ten miles, sold the grass on a quarter sec­tion to Mr. Louis Mortens for a hundred loaves of bread, the consideration being of the value of $10. One needed the bread and the other needed the grass, and accordiug to the old adage, "a fair exchange is no robbery. —Monall News.

According? to the weather statistics for thirty years the average date of the first "killing frost" in North Dakota has been Sept. 15. The earliest date on which the first "killing frost" occurred was Aug. 17, .88. The mean temperature for August has been 97 degrees. The hottest day was Aug. 8, 1900. when the mercurv indicated 105 degrees. The coldest month was in 18M5, when the average temperature was 02 degrees.

S. J. Creaser, who is pretty good authority on birds, alleges that the practice of poisoning gophers indulged in during the early spring and summer bv scat tering poisoned grain broad­cast has resulted in the wholesale destruction of birds of all kinds. It is very evident that if poison must be used in exterminating the gopher pest some means will have to be devised whereby gop­hers Only will pay fhe penalty. The indiscriminate slaughter of birds is wholly wrong. The good they do in ridding the country of various insects can hardly be overestimated and in addition it is wanton cruelty and in violation of our state law. —Yelva Journal*

A Towner City man writes: A great many people wonder and ask how it is I have so many strawberries. There is nothing strange about the business. You have only to put them in the ground, keep them as free from weeds and especially from erase, as possible. Nature will do the rest. Beds have to be changed every two or three years as they become matted. Now is the time to start a bed. The plants are putting forth their runners and if put out through August will give you some fruit the coming season. We have picked over 300 quarts this season of as good size and better quality than has been shipped in. 1 have raised them for 20 years; they are natives of the soil. No one need be without them.

Foot Impressions.

The impression you get of a well dressed per­son with sloppy Shoes is not the best*

Often it isn't the person's fault, either. Many Shoes are made to sell, only* No good stock or workmanship to insure

shape and wear* Only a smooth outside to catch the eye. f

Shoes not bought at the right place—that s where the trouble lies.

Are you getting all you desire or expect for your shoe money?

| If Not, Come Here £ The latest styles, the best Shoemaking, the

best leathers, and the most reasonable piices you'll find right here.

Man, Woman, Boy or Girl This ad is for you and for anybody and

everybody interested in good shoes.

J. M. WILSON, The Shoeman, - - MINOT, N. D.

I HAWLEY'S HEADACHE CURE, CURES, j x # $ J <l> T This cure goes right to the throbbing, tearing pain and 4 soothes it, and does it so quickly and effectually that you |>. % will likely ask "Where did that headache go?" and the# J cost is only 25 ccnts. <|>

| W. B. HAWLEY, The Druggist I x &

YOU THINK IT OVER Por yon could not find a better or more useful article than a

PARKER LUCKY CURVE

FOUNTAIN PEN

We have a complete line. Prices from $1.50 to 910.00.

Let ns remind yon that tight now is the time to pick one out. We guarantee them.

MEALS AT ALL HOURS, DA* Ok NIGHT.

Lodging or Rooms in Connection.

DELM0NIC0 RESTAURANT. MRS. L. HOFFMAN, Prop.

Located in the basement of the Grow Clothing Co. <# Minot, N. D.

If you buy a Parker Pen here I give you a written guarantee to keep it in good repair for one year regardless of how, when, or where you break it.

PAUL V. IHcCOY, LELAND HOTEL, MINOT, N. D,

S*M ia Mj Jewilrj leprtaeat

MINOT CAFE Always

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Rooms for rent. H. Aualander.

Basement South side of Soo Track. Meals at all hours. Hoard by t.he day or week. Lodging in connection.

COMBES & SON., Minot, IN. Dak.

Two spotters have been in Minot for several days and in consequence it is said thfit every­thing in the pig line, was closed. One spotter was notified that un­less he left town before Thursday night, he would be a victim for the hospital. We understand that the man was here that night.

One of the employes of the electric light while at^work on top of one of the high poles Thursday went to sleep and it is miraculous that he didn't fall to the ground. The men in the em­ploye of that company are hustl­ers and hardly ever go to sleep. Perhaps for that reason a kind providence saved this fellow. *