The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-12-28
STATE NEWS.

reports the destruction of rural
mail boxes near Grafton.
Chief OF Police Markell who
was shot in the leg some weeks
ago at Williston, is able to be
out on the streets again.
According to the Fargo papers
a coach load OF Washington and
Oregon farmers came east O short
time since to look up better farm |
lands.
Il. G. Greennp has disposed OF
his real estate business in Gran
vile to JamesC. Weaver. Green
up has established a business in
Williston,
Geo. c. Morgan, a ciyilengineer
from Chicago, is at Williston de-
termining what a water works
system would cost. That town
needs water protection badly.
A. G. Reinicke, formerly with
the Grand Forks Plaindealer and
the Minot Optic, will start an
afternoon paper at Grand Forks
which will sell at one cent a. copy.
Herman Nelson, OF HOLLAND,
was in Williston and reported
that he raised $500 bushels OF
flax which he sold at 81 per bu.
He will put in 300 acres Of fax
next year.
Robert BARTLETT who was ar
rested at Park River three
months ago charged with steal
ing a horse, died in the Deaconess
hospital. He was taken with
paralysis shortly after ho was
arrested and taken from the iail
to the hospital.
The Telephone line between
Deering and Mohalli is completed.
It will be completed to Granville
as soon as additional telephone
poles arrive. Some farmers about
Granville object to telephone
poles being set along their farms
consequently the company was
compelled to build around their
farms.
IT'S said that the Bowbells
district school board has sent in
an order for a car OF E'insecticide"
to be used on some OF the pupils
in our public schools. Last year
it was a plague offever, thisy year
a plague of lice, cause variety
adds spice" to quote our old
friend Josh Billings.-Bo
Tribune.
The Williston Herald is pros
porous rag with twenty-three
columns of advertising and three
columns of news in their home
print department.. 1t is the way
you have of educating the peo-
pie. There was a time when Mi
not people stood for papers Of
this sort, but a rural country
sheet no longer satisfies our en-
terprising people.
Farmers are advised to expert
ment this winter with their wheat,
previous to sowing next spring
to see if it will terminate well
and strong and to see further
whether the stalk will continue
to grow in good shape. Try the
grains under a variety OF soil and
moisture conditions. this winter
while YOU have time.
A minister OF the gospel III
Wisconsin announced, that any
member oil his church, who at
tended dances, would be expelled
from the church. He was very
rash. A preacher down in Texas
made the same threat, and was
left alone with a congregation
consisting OF two old maids and
four crippled old men.
1t is stated by those who are
in a position to know that an
epidemic OF some kind has broken
out among the little cotton tails
and they are fast disappf airing
from the wooded bottoms OF the
Missouri. Last year at this time
hundreds of rabbits could be seen
in a few hours walk along the
bottoms. This year they are
very scarce.
According to the Berthold
Tribune a six months old babe
OF a family living nine miles
northwest Of Berthold met with
a terrible accident one night
recently while the parents were
getting ready to attend q party.
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