The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-09-23
Around the State.

TOWner county has a good eX-
hibit for the world S fair.
A Bartlett man raised tobacco
four feet high and will send it to
the st. Louis fair.
Potato growers say the late
rains damaged spuds and the
price promises to be high.
A correspondent at Bonesmont
writes that Saturdays snow
storm did not reach their neigh
borhoOd.
The Donnybrook Courier print
ed a lengthy article on, elbow to
fight prairie fires the week OF
the snow storm.
Wheat buyers say the grain is
too soft to grade well and advise
farmers to keep it in the stack or
granaries longer.
Two hundred Indians arrived
at the camp meeting at Linton
the other day, manifesting great
interest in the religious services.
From the same town comes the
report that a woman OF sixty
five winters thought it wise to
terminate her eXistence by homo
eide.
The Towner News thinks it is
time for McHenry county toplace
a candidate in the field for COVER
nor, as nearly every othercounty
has one.
: The burglars who successfully
robbed the Red Wood Falls
Minnesota Bank are wanted.
Their capturers will receive a re-
ward OF $500.
The Indians are learning the
practices of our advanced civil
ization fast. The latest evidence
Of this is the clipping incident Of
Fort Totten.
The editor of the Granville
Record states that hereafter he
will charge regular rates for an
nouncement for church So
cials and entertainments.
Mandan, the town with a past,
has a Boston University gradu-
ate preaching with much success
to it's church-goers. No doubt
the town is pleased with it's change
of dOctlinal menu.
The North Dakota farmer has
learned that it pays to stack his
grain and stack it well. 1t don't
pay to let it lie in the fields wait
ING ior the thresher to arrive.
We get a little rain here occas-
ionally.
Evangelist Mahood who isnow
preaching: at Grand Forks is re
ceiving considerable attention
from the Grand Forks Herald.
1t is interesting to find a paper
speaking Of good deeds" as well
as ''bad deeds. ,
Llewellyn Felker who escaped
from the county Jail at Butte on
August y, did the surrender act
on Sunday evening. The sheriff
warmly welcomed him. Felker
should be emulated by all who
are cheating Justice in his way.
The Lansford Times advises
the farmers to hold their grain
until the new line is completed.
But it does not tell the farmers
that by coming to Minot they
can save 25 per cent by trading
here, besides having an oppor-
tunity to pick from a big assort-
ment Of goods.
Stoltz, the townsite proprietor,
on the Granville branch, has
made concessions to the business
men in Lansford and Mohall. He
gives those business men who
have to move their buildings,
one third OF, but for all new
eomers the price Of the lots re-
mains $500 and $500.
Senator Bob Fox met COnst-
able Allen OF Boissevain, Man.,
at Rugby the other day and
knew him, although he had only
seen him once and then it was 20
years ago, when Allen arrested
Fox for riding a horse over a
bridge. At the headquarters, the
officer cot out expecting Fox to
follow but he didn't.
There is a movement on foot
to give Sir 'rhos. Upton a ma
tional appreciation OF his estim-
able character and princely con-
duct. | suppose it is thought
that the Tea King is in need of