The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-08-19

That genial Mialesian gentleman
Jack Burke a. he is Familiarity called
/ has decided to be numbered among the
wealthy land barous of queenly Ward
/ county and to that end went to Mino,
I on Saturday last to make proof on his
| claim here and there is millions in it
/ Being an old timer. hard worker and d
courteous and gentlemanly fellow at all
! .'StageS OF the game. so to speak. Jack
! Is deserving of all the good things that
come his way.
Proprietor Wallace of the Burlington
meat market is trying to figure out these
| bright August days. what kind of an
accident happened to his horse that he
lost the other day. The aforesaid equine
was carefully attended TO the night pre-
vious, but the next morning he present
ed a sorry sight. The poor beast had a
badly kiuked neck. and his head swollen
out OF all proportions. besides innumer-
able cuts and bruises over his entire
body Alvin ayers chat he did not get
afoul of the 500 righ, of way nor be
come tangled in the rope that he was
tethered with. and does not believe that
any person would be cowardly enough
to punish 4 dumb brute in such a, terri
bic manner. Sutiice.it to say. that Alvin
l. out horse and the cause of his terri
bly, beaten condition still mystery
Another interesting and red hot game
of base ball took place on the divide
last Sunday between the High and Low
Dutch teams, and your correspondent
learns that the score stood 81 to 81 in
favor of the High Dutch. and that the
wicked playing and vast improvements
in the winning team was somewhat do to
the fact that no mail kegs and "such
things were present on this occasion.
lis said that Hurb Storms, John Turk.
Johnny Cow and Charley Van Wagner
knocked such vast holes in the atmoS-
pherc that the ball dropped out of sight
over the Divide and into the Mouse
river on TWO or three occasions The
next game will be played next Sunday
on the grounds of the princely estate of
sporty Bill Snyder, the well known
Teutonic chief of the Mouse River Val
ley. The gallant chief promises the
boys good time.
Mr. Allen Tolapisin>, of Rugby. was up
here on Friday last interviewing the
Burlington Ignite Coal company. with
a view OF having them ship him ter or
twelve car loads OF coal to that point
where he has recently put in large
Electric light plant Allan reports
Rugby where Editor Young and 4
legion Of other energetic and broad
guaged North Dakotans live enjoying
IA strong and healthy growth and fast
assuming metropolitan proportions. 1t
did the old timers here good to again
greet Mr.. TompkinS. a. he was among
the energetic boomers Of Ward county
in 81, having come in with the advent
of the Great Northern railroad to Minot. |
That stately hotel the Leland house. |
nom under the able management of
Clarence Parker and who is making it |
one OF the best hotels in the state-i- a |
monument to Mr.. Tompkins' energy and |
as he was the founder of the |
same-though Mr.. Parker has added
large and commodious annex to it. That |
Mr.. Tomp!lin, energy, vim and get
therclye was appreciated by old |
time Minoters i evident from the fact |
that they elected him Mayor of Minot |
four successive terms a position that |
he filled with eminent ability and with |
:redit 10 the city. In these days of |
Ninot's early progress and boom when
the town was filed with toughs, gam |
olerS. fakirs and like unclean charac
,era it required Il strong and fearless
hand to restrain them-but Allan Tom
Dkins filed the bill to perfection Mr..
Tompkins by his energetic character
Helped much to build up Minot and add
:ertise imperial Ward county-and
hough at present he is resident of
Rugby. his old-time friends
lere will be pleased to know that the
waves of prosperity are
coming his way and no one is more
deserving