The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-12-07
Around the State.
Souris wants a good dentist

The Berthold band has dis
banded.
The citizens OF Mohall voted to
| incorporate, AZ to ?.
Mrs. B. L. Corey, of Granville,
died in q Devils Lake hospital.
The new weather bureau at
Devils Lake is in working order.
| The new fire engine has arrived
in Granville and was accepted by
the city council.
The Ross Valley News says that
enterprising farmers are talking
creamery at that place.
! The poles for the new telephone
| line along the Mohall branch are
set nearly as far as Mohall.
| The Fiaxton flax fibre mill has
notified that owing to the poor
flax straw this year, none will be
bought.
| E. q. Greenup, the Granville
land man, will locate in Williston
where he has large property
interests.
| A coal miner who stole Carl
Johnson's watch at Williston
was detected. He was sentenced
to 10 days in jail.
The people of Ward county
wonder who will take former
Editor Zimmerman's place
making political speeches-two
years hence.
The Great Northern has struck
a good flow of water at Glenburn
and the trains no longer carry
water from Granville in tanks to
use on the trips.
The Renville Tribune wrote the
Ripley McFadden hold up as a
fact. McFadden, it is said, is
learning that new song, "Itain't
no disgrace to run wnen you are
skeert.'
At Granville someone stuffed
an old suit OF clothes with hay
and threw the dummy back of
Harris pool hall. C. W. Hook
way and DR.. Davies and divers
Others viewed the remains. After
arrangements had been made for
a coroner's inquest the people
were ''put next
A young Grand Forks woman
walked into one of the depart
ment stores the other day and,
ordering a.$72 fur coat for her
self, asked the clerk to charge it |
to one OF the heavyweight bache-
lOrs of the city. And the nOrriu
man would not take thehin mt and
refused to pay Tor the coat.
A shooting affair took place
last Sunday at POOLS ranch IA
miles south of Davis ferry. A
dispute over stock was the cause
OF the trouble. DR.. Scott was
called and made two attempts
in a small boat, to cross the
river but there was too much ice
running. Seeing it was impossible
to render assistance from this
side, the doctor telephened the
physician, coroner and sheriff at
Dickinson to go at once.
A story is told Of a shock re-
ceived by a Devils Lake pastor
after the services the other even
ing. He makes it a point to vel
come any strangers cordial y and
that evening, after the compile
ton of the service, he hurried
down the aisle to station himself
at the door. A Swedish girl was
one OF the strangers in the
congregation. She is employed
as domestic in one Of the fash
ionable homes, and the minister,
noting that she was a stranger,
stretched out his hand. He wei
coined her to the church, and ex-
pressed the hope that she would
be regular attendant. Finally
he said that if she would be at
home some evening during the
week, he would call. s'Thank
| you she murmured, bashfully,
''but ay have faller.'
4 man named Mack Hamilton
raised five acres OF Yellow Globe
Denvers onions near leal, on the
500 line. The crop was fine, the
yield heavy and a big profit
seemed assured. September 10
he pulled the onions aad left
them to dry on the ground. But
they did not dry. A heavy frost
fell instead and the entire crop
was spoiled. Mr.. Hamilton, be-
ing an experienced onion grower
in New York state, thinks they