The Ward County independent., 1904-04-13
. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Around the State

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Dr.. Barman willlocate at White
Earth.
Some seeding has been done in
the Red River Valley.
A Norwegian church may be
organized at Ryder.
Walter Bosshard is running
the stage between \linot and
Ryder.
A sum OF Sl6,175.63 has been
sent thru the S 1pndinavian for
| helpless in Aalesund, NORWAY.
Fargo has a young female
avenger who goes armed and
threatens the life OF her seducer.
Theo. kahellek was elected
Mayor of kenmare over Major
Binford by one vote-156 votes
were cast.
An EnmOns county man has a
COW that was the mother of twin
calves last year, and this wear
she produced triplets.
Rose Dow is Offering for sale
her household furniture at Willis
ton. The climate is not condu-
Give to her good health.
A party of eight hOmesteaders
enroute from Minot to Ryder be-
came stranded in slough and
all got Il ducking. One of the
horses fell down and had to be
pulled out to be saved from
drowning.
Mrs. Bowman, who was driv-
ing across the lake near Ken
mare. nearly lost her life. 4
wheel broke thru the ice which
was very rotten but she was
rescued.
+. {. Tolley. of kenmare, is in
Washington. d. C., trying to
have the new ruling OF the land
office changed, in order that
homesteaders need not prove up|
before the land Office, orelse have
their proof stand for inspection.
Earl Sims the second son of
postmaster Sims, OF Willow City,
Ia boy OF about ten or twelve
years old had the misfortune to
have one of his eyes severely cut
by a ten pin ball, in the bowling
alley OF that place last Saturday.
tie was setting up pins when the
ball accidentally struck him.
Someone has wisely remarked
that if you want to know what
kind OF a wife a girl is liable to
make, get well acquainted with
her mother When buying a
young animal it is not bad bust
ness policy to ask to see the dam.
The apple is not apt to fall far
from the parent tree.
During this coming month the
mean or normal temperature
should be ~ degrees, according
to the average of the past %
years. The lowest temperature
that ever struck us in April in the
time named was in 1895 when it
went down to 3 degrees below
zero. On 1891 and also in 1900
it went up to 90.
Stockmen and veterinarians
from the western part of the
state held Il conference with Gov.
White, at which plans where pro-
posed for ridding the state of
cattle scab, and preventing it's
importation from Montana. A
quarantine against Montana
cattle was one Of the methods
recommended. and genera dip
ping another.
A new game has cropped out,
It's called "Tickle the Editor"
and is as follows: Take sheet
or ordinary writing paper, fold
it nicely, enclose a bank note
sufficiently large to pay all ar
rearages and one year in adj
vance, and hand it to the editor.
Keep an eye on him, and if
smile adorns his face the trick
works fine and dandy. Now is
the time to play thejoke, it beats
:'ping pong and 'sflinch'' all
hollow. '-Crary Public Opinion.
George Burgess who lives on
the Little Mouse north of Me(lora,
recently bought a 16 horse pow
er engine and a 8 inch pump
which he will luse in irrigating 200
to 300 acres OF fine bottom land.
His plan is to dig a large well
/! near the river. The we'll will be
connected with. 1.-THE river by means
OF a large pipe laid deep in the
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