The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-12-27

"A Devils Lake OOV CauSnU III Il
lie said: 81 Just told a mistake. "
The teachers OF the Third Dis
trict in Ward county, was organ
lied at Bowbells.
AS the days begin to lengthen,
the cold begins to strengthen
What's the size OF your coal pile?
The hardest working and poor
est paid, working class are the
mothers and house wives who
never strike.
Joseph Tucker, a chicken thief
and a wife beaten ofGrand Forks,
after promising to do better, was
released on $500 bonds.
John Millet raised a lot.of fine
crisp celery which is selling on
the Bismarck market. He is also
q raiser of small fruits.
There is considerable talk of a
first class papers being started
at Ross. The business men
should welcome such a venture
Business evidently, is a little
overdone at Glenburn. Onelarge
concern has taken the auction
method, reducing it's stock.
Brennan 4 Grey, two of the
leading Devils Lake attorneys,
have written a valuable law text
book consisting OF 600 pages.
The Bismarck Commercial club
is shaking hands with itself
having succeeded in getting an
improved train service on the
Linton branch of the n. p.
An Illinois owner OF Hettinger
county land has planted hickory
nut, walnut, acOrns and box
elders on his land. The result
will be watched with much in
terest.
One of our exchanges is a little
hard on the doctor, in speaking
of the death of a reader when it
says: ''They called the doctor
in the evening, and in the morn
ing the poor fellow was dead
A Fessenden man sent 500 to
his wife in Russia some months
ago that she might join him in
this country. but she has been
detained. The other day he was
compelled to send her some more
money.
A cabinet organ is to be INSTALL
ed in the Missouri insane asylum.
1t said that music has a sooth-
ing effect on the nerves OF an in
sane person and it is to be hoped
to return the light to the mind
of some poor soul.
A Bottineau mans family went
away on a summer vocation and
left him home with the parrot.
When his wife returned size said
to the parrot, HAS poor polly
been lonesome??' The parrot
shook itself and replied, ;'Gimmie
"a stack OF whites. y
In days OF yore when we were
kids the editor used to announce
births, marriages and deaths,
under these singular headings.
"Hatched," matched and
dispatched. y And we would
suggest that all divorces be
catalogued under SCRATCHED"
The costIiest overcoat in the
world is worn by Ex-.judge VIM.
II. Moore of New York, and is
valued at $4,000. 1t was made
from Russian sable fur. Dollars
20 dOughnuts its no warmer than
one Of those 81. sheep skin lined
coats Jack Wilson sells in Minot.
North Dakota. according to a
statement made by james j.
Hill, is away ahead ofNlinnesota
in earnings to the Great North
err, which means that we are
more prosperous agriculturally.
In Minnesota. outside the ter
mini4ls, Minneapolis and Duluth,
there are eighteen stations earn
ing 100000 annually, while in
this state there are thirty-one.
Great numbers OF fish, pickerel.
bull heads, perch aud suckers are
being speared i'll the river at La
AIoure. Where the water flows
from the artesian well into the
river, there is an open space in
ice and the fish congregate in
this space foot deep. Sports
men, shovel the fish out, take
out with pitch forks, or any old
way. Its clearly against the law
but no one seems inclined to in
terfere.
4 man over in Jackson county
who patronizes the mail-order