The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-02-03
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
Ray has q lady doctor.
A Sawyer coal miner is selling coal at
81 so ton.
Wood hauled to Ray from the Missouri
river sells high.
A First National Bank has been or.
ganized for Granville.
w. H. Campbell's residence burned
at Kenmare Thursday.
Over 3OoOO9 bushels Of grain shipped
from Granville last year.
Ray wants to incorporate. The Pioneer
is now an Official paper, why not!
The baby girl which Mr.. and Mrs. E.
r. johnson adopted last summer, died
Of Group.
President Andrews of the University
Of Nebraska, is reported to have claim
in McHenry county.
A faithful dogs barking saved j. Will
son Is head Of cattle which wore in .
burning barn near Velva.
Coal in the basement Of the Union |
Block at Willisten was ignited and .
serious FIRE narrowly avertod.
Clifford Chase and Al. Mcdowell weve
arrested Of Williston On the charge OF
gambling. Chase was scq9ittsd.
Stephen B. Branchdower whs had .
claim near Mckinney, died in Arizona |
whore he went for his health.
Dave Clark has wolf in captivity at
Mckinney and the Journal says il dses
not have congestion Of tho lungs.
NV. Frsnklyn new has charge ofths |
White Earth Record and W. n. Miller |
pushes tho pencil for tho Ray Pioneer.
Nels Tuiueson. Of Minot, offers $25 re-
ward for the conviction Of anyone haul
ing wood from his lands near Mckinney.
The Leeds News complains Of an I'M
human man who never warns the bits
for his horses-and they have sore
mouths.
Granville wants band il it cant have
q creamery or telephone or fire in
CINE or an organized town or the county
scat
Thad Michael accuses some OF tho old
married men Of Willow City with kiss
ing the hired girls while their wives arc
away.
A young man on Freemsn's ranch
near Williston had small pox ten days
without medical attention, and nearly
died.
A Velva farmer placed burning wood
in some snow in his shed and burned
his house. His family escaped through
the windows.
State Veterinarian, Of Willow City,
was in Flaxton on . FOOLS GRAND last
week-looking for glandered horses
he found none.
Thieves entered the home of Mrs.
Marshall, wife Of our representative 1T
Washington and stole 1900 worth of
diamonds and rings.
Supt. Bertrum Of tho Richland county
poor farm, dropped dead of heart dis
ease at Fargo Saturday. He had in
charge patient for the farm.
VIM. Chamness has returned to Ray
foot was frozen in December and it was
necessary to remove some bones.
A former Boer General, Jowhbrt, lee
tureu at the Williston opera house. An
effort is being made to transport q
colony Of Beers to Williams county.
The Williston Herald reports the
banana crop badly damaged by the cold
weather but says the lemons and orang-
.es we're we'll cared form the cellars.
The attempt to send the North Dakota
editors to Old Mexico on an excursion
proved failure and we suggest that the
association make arrangements for an
excursion to st. Louis.
Velva has been dry town for some
time but Bismarker who arrived there
recently lost his supply of booze which
was left in shack, while he was de-
ivering consignment over town.
Congressman Marshall has been in
strumental in having the number of
houses along free rural delivery route
reduced from 100 to Is. 1t is the opin-
ion that owing to this reduction many
new routes will be established in North
Dakota.
Ye editor and wife we're blessed by
the arrival of son last Thursday night.
The boy is of regulation weight and bids
fair to make as fine man as his sire.
Mother and child are doing nicely and
the father is able to be up night and
day.-Williston Herald.
Eugene Butler, the wealthiest man
ever sent to the insane asylum at James
town, became insane because he thought
that all the old maids and widows in
the country wanted to marry him. He
lived alone on his farm west of Grand
Forks and is worth $4,000.
A pack of hungry dogs attacked q
little crippled girl at Balfour, tearing