The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-11-29
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INCrChWeSJ thursday.
A report from Bottineaustates
that Dan Gibbs home was
burned. Gibbs is a well known
insurance man.
/ A hundred thousand bushels
! of as fine wheat ever grew out OF
doors are stored in six large
grain bins at Harvey.
4 That fine fruit can be raised in
North Dakota was demonstrated
in Walsh county where there are
some very fine orchards.
Three rural mail routes will he
started out Of, Harvey Dec. l.
Minot farmers, what are YOU 60
ing to do about those othermail
routes?
The Hankinson News tells OF
the recovery of a ch,ld who sWal-
lowed two bladed knife and re-
tanned the whittier eighteen days.
R. l.. Kruger from Foxholm
says that he threshed at the
Greimans farm last fall when
blue stem wheat averaged 36R
bu. per acre.
States Atty. Bowen OF Botti-
neau fned a 'bunch' ofgamblers
at Lansford. The average gam
bier cares no more for that than
a duck does when water is poured
on it's back.
W. r. Foster believes that
there is more money in hogs
than in cattle in this state. He
sold the other day two June
Poland China hogs for $40 each
and has a nice lot OF them left.
| C. A. Fairbanks, a Lansford
farmer, spent Monday in Minot.
He had been deer hunting at
Spanish Point, with a Berthold
party, and brought down one
fine buck. N
A Hungarian section hand in q
fit OF epilepey at Foxholm We'd
nesday fell from a hand car and
fractured his skull. He walked
to the hotel, doctor was called
and he will recover.
! A man whose conscience
troubled him over the stealing.
of an article from Peter Bertel-
son, the big Kenmare merchant.
enclosed $25 in an envelope, and
\ squared accounts with him.
Some one circulated a report
that the grain men at Palermo
were unable to handle any more
grain. Those fellows are up in
4 their ire and are laying for the
malefactor with a stuffed club.
! A man in the southeastern part
of the city is in the habit OF turn
ing his horses loose to feed upon
his neighhors' hay. They are
getting tired of it, and will fix
the fellow plenty if this occurs
often.
1 E, O. Keene editor Of the Sher-
wood Tribune, has returned from
a Deer hunting EXPEDITION in the
wilds OF Williams county? He
killed no deer but shot one
knocking out enough hair to
make a mattress.
/ A young man up at Kenmare
had a vision and saw the letters
"P. c." standing out against the
sky. He interpreted them to
mean "Preach Christ" He con-
Guided later that they meant
"Plow Corn
| People in the neighborhood Of
Bowbplls have been in the habit
of taking sand for building pur-
poses from the highways, and SO
many pits have been left that
the authorities NAV have a
damage suit on their hands any
day.
At Ashley new elevator was
Opened and the management an
nounced ST per bushel would be
paid for the first load Of grain.
The lucky man reached the ele-
vator before 2 o'clock. Several
other loads we're there before
daylight.
R. L. Kruger from Foxholm
was called TO this city Monday
by nistrictcourt. He owned the
threshing rig which was running
at the Theodore Drumming home
when Joseph Huff Jr. nearly
killed Mr.. Drumming and his testi-
mony in the case will be impor-
tant.
A Russian and his wife who had