The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-07-06
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Bafour will build a creamery.
Tagus hasa paper, The Mirror.
Velva will have the first cream
cry in McHenry county.
There are now 81 inmates in
the reform school at Mandan.
T. Nj. Void OF Sawyer has six
breaking; rigs at work on his
farm.
ARismarck man has a rosebush
whichis loaded with over 200
yellow roses.
Petitions are being circulated
in Mclean county to have the
county seat removed from Wash
burn to Underwood.
The recent rains were not good
for newly shorn sheep. Don Free
man, of WibauX, lost 500 head.
The animals were chilled to
death.
The Sawyer Clipper believes
that the Velva Journal was not
fair in it's write-up OF the picnic,
inferring that the people got
drunk on Velva whiskey.
The wife OF S. H. Sleeper, Of
Mohall, was very i'll and it being
necessary to take her to a hos
pital, a special was chartered
Saturday. The run to Granville
46 miles. was made in - minutes
A Ward county teachers
association was organized at Mi
not with Miss Frost, Pres; d.
Inman, Vice Pres: Henry Finke,
Treas. The first meeting will be
held at Donnybrook in October.
The wolves in the cattle coun-
try are said to be unusually nu-
merous this spring and cattle
men attribute this to the hard
winter which killed off SO many
of the cattle and thus furnished
the wolves with plenty Of feed.
Wool is bringing from 16H to
tx cents a pound at Mandan.
This is a better price than last
year, partly because it is cleaner
this year, and more free from oil,
owing to the heavy rains has
we have had. a few choice lots
have brought as much as Is
cents.
Valley City is said to lead all
North Dakota cities and towns
in the ownership OF automobiles,
fifteen machines being owned by
citizens OF that town. Theroads
about Valley City are ideal and
there is considerable rivalry con-
corning the speed Of several ma
chimes.
The Ryder News does not like
the way the Underwood picnic
terminated and devoted a column
last week telling why. However
several hundred Indians were
present, and played ball with the
boys, the whites winning. The
Indians gave a good dancein the
evening.
No great rush for land on the
Devils Lake reservation is pre-
dicted, as it is said that only a
small portion OF that land given
away by the government is worth
taking up, and like some Of that
in Minnesota, a great part OF the
Devils Lake plat is likely to go
begging.
Ida Brietzke and her husband
Herman Brietzke, who were con-
fined in the Ramsey county jail
for several months past, were
found guilty of using the mails
to defraud. Judge Amidon SEN
fenced them to six months in the
Cass county jail and to pay a
fine Of 500.
The 500 has already commence
ed the extension Of it's Washburn
line from the present terminus at
Underwood. Some reports say
that it will go to Minot to con-
meet with other 500 lines, while
many people think it will follow
the old Wabash surveys and 60
| to Williams county.
Dillon, a prisoner at the Cass
county jail, awaiting trial for a
nameless crime, was placed on the
trusty list, and allowed a consid-
cradle degree OF liberty. He re-
ceived permission to visit the
ruins OF the old court house, and
he has not yet returned from his
visit. though the sheriff has