The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-10


the 500 depot, was ruined by
the upheavel OF a large stream of
water, which damaged the casing.
A new well is being bored.
w. H. Galusha has taken the
contract OF unloading and haul
ing to the new e. N. branch, 300
tons OF thing to be used in the
construction OF the new road.
He will set Is teams at work.
A. =. Slocum has returned
from Clitheral, Mimi, where he
spent u week fishing. Mr.. Vinkle
has a cottage there and Mr..
Slocum and family thoroughly
enjoyed themselves. Mrs. Slocum
is now visiting at Cakes.
An insane mannamed Herman
son was examined in this city
Sunday. Sheriff Scofield brought
him to town. He was not con-
sidered very dangerous, so that
evening was sent to his home
nine miles southwest of town.
John Fawcett, who has been
local editor of the Reporter for
two months, left for Grand Forks
Sunday night. The local work
will be ably handled by c: B.
Goodrich and Editor Wilson.
Mr.. FaWcett got out a very newsy
weekly.
Several new mammoth loco
motives. equal in size to any
mountain engine, are to be sent
to Minot by the G. n. company,
in a short time, The trainmen
will not have an opportunity OF
complaining about double head
ers very long.
We were shown a recommen-
dation by A. G. Spell, a
trained nurse from New Castle,
Indiana, signed by eleven OF the
physicians from that city saying
that he was a careful painstak-
ing and efficient nurse. He will
follow the business in this city.
S. B. Pinney, the we'll known
lawyer, has opened offices in Olaf
A. Olson's building in this city.
He arrived from Washington,
D. c., recently and will spend the
summer in Minot. looking after
some cases regarding the open
ing OF the Buford reservation.
NJ. J. Warner, who put up a
mammoth reservoir on his farm
southwest of this city last sum-
mes, says it in now full Of clear
cold water, enough for the whole
Ward county. He uses it main
ly for his stock. The reservoir
is in Il big coulee which was dam
med.
VIM. johnson went to St. Paul
to buy elegant new tonsorial
fixtures for the new barber shOp
which he will soon open where
the Astoria barber shop is now
located. We understand that
Mrs. Muhs will open a shop in
the La Porte Clothing Co.'S. old
stand.
A young woman travelling for
some medicine house, stopped in
this city recently, and having Il
small boil on her neck, had a To-
cal physician lance it. She left
Immediately for Grand Forks
where she grew worse. Several
physicians attended her but she
died. ... ...
John A. Cooper discovered alden
of six young wolves, 100 rods
from his ranch out on the
Knife river. He killed the little
animals and will claim the $500
bounty. Johns cattle would
have suffered had be allowed the
wolves to have grown to matur.
ity.
The MlnOt base ball team was
defeated at York Wednesday by
the team from that city, s to l.
The Minot boys played well, but
were outbatted. Ray Hopkins
made the only safe hit, and X. Il.
Leighton made the one score.
Anderson and Robinson, the lat
ter from Granville, pitched for
our team.
The Mohall Tribune says that
NJ. 0. Hall is not a citizen of
this country, therefore cannot
by right hold a homestead. TO
add to Mr.. Halls displeasure, it
is now said that Mohall will not
be the terminus of the G. N.
branch, but that road will ex-
tend only as far as Gordon thisl
season, and will likely go to Ken
mare next summer.
Next Sunday will be kept ass
Children's Day at the NJ. e.,
church. An appropriate SER,
mon will be preached at the1
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