The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16
Around the State.

mare this week.
The charges. against A. M,
Christianson have been quashet
by Judge Palda on 4 technical
ity.
The Mohall News and the Mo
hall Independent are at war
Election's all over boys, smoke
the pipe OF peace.
Someone threw a bag OF cats,
tied, in the street at Des Laos.
hoping. that a wagon would fin
ish the hellish work.
The Devils Lake Journal can
hardly realize how it all came
about anyway-this thing about
Roosevelt's being elected.
Editor Egan Of the 'ragus Mir
ror, could with those unusual
talents, have been a renowned
North Dakota poet Just as well
as not.
The Forum regrets that Bob
Dunn was showed under in Min
nesota, but thinks he will have
more respect for the newspapers.
even If some Of them did abuse
him numerically.
John Bolstad OF Granville
forged the name OF his employer,
r. ii. Wagner, to an order and
secured a suit of clothes. He was
detected in his crooked work and
arrested but squared the deal.
Father Wagner OF kenmare.
tho not a member Of Chas. Pal
da's church, accompanied the
remains to Cedar Rapids. Ia,
with Judge Palda. Father Wag-
ner has been a devoted friend to
the Paldas.
The foundations OF partisanry
are surely out. Massachusetts
elects a democrat for governorin
a presidential year, and Missouri
gives it's electoral vote to Roose-
welt. The independent voter is
abroad in the land.
Douglas. the shoeman in Mas
>achusetts, through his wonder
Jul advertising, was elected gov
ernor of Massachusetts on the
Democratic ticket with a plural
ity OF $40, while the state
went for Roosevelt Sc, 279.
p. NJ. Cole bet \. W. Gray that
- straight Republican votes
would be cast in kenm;re Gray
lost by one vote, consequently
paid the debt by wheeling Cole
abolt the square, in a wheel
barrow. a crowd followed blow
ing whistles.
The entire Republican ticket in
McHenry county was elected
with one exception-assessor of
the 4th district. The winner
there. Ashley johnson, has the
serious charge brot against him
OF buying Republican votes
with Henry George cigars.
While the people Of the village
Of Granville were at worship in
the church, Il little girl excitedly
entered the church and said that
Lippman's lumber yard was
burning. The worshipers went
out hastil y to ind that only Sec
ton men were burning rubbish
along the track.
The government engineers
have staked out the irrigation
bitches and located the reservoirs
necessary to irrigate about / 900
acres ofthe HofHund- Nesson flats
near Ray in Ward county. The
work will represented next year
and will make this piece of coun-l
try very valuable.
4 man with an automobile
passed Z. Brownweii's team near
Bowbells, frightening the horses.
Brownwell was thrown out and
his arm was broken and dislo-
Gated. The man in the auto did
not stop to determine if the vic
tim was badly injured Or not.
Some men are fools when in
charge Of automobiles.
People who have been observ-
ing the muskrats this fall say
that they have been perfectly
idle, and have made no prepara-
ton whatever for winter. Hence
it is argued we are to have an
open winter. But the other day
a man shot a goose with a thick
breast-bone. How are we to
reconcile these things?
One Of the grain bins in the