The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-12-20
COUNTY NEWS

The Mouse River Journal, the
paper published at Mckinney,
mas been discontinued.
The Great Northern depot at
Palermo is nearly ready for &C.
cupancy. and people Of that place
are beginning to rejoice.
The Palermo Standard either
had to pay $6 for a load of lig-
mite coal or else close up the shop
and they preferred the former,
even at any price.
Peoplein and around Sherwood
in this county were compelled to
burn straw to keep from freezing
during the recent cold snap and
much suffering is anticipated if
fuel does not arrive in that town
soon.
Potatoes and eggs are at prem
iun1 and the merchants are be-
sieged with customers every day
with inquiries for these articles.
Those who have laid in a supply
of ''spuds" are quite fortunate
as they promise to be a scarce
article and away up in price be-
fore next seasons crop is ready
for the market.
A farmer near our town re-
Gently hired a lad to help him do
chores. One morning he told
hina to take some salt and salt a
calf out in the pasture. The boy
took a quart of salt with him and
thoroughly rubbed it all over the
calf, working it into the hair. A
gang of colts in the pasture
scented the salt and got after the
calf. They licked all the hair off
the calf and nearly took the hide
off too.
BAILEY TELLS ANOTHER.
w. B. Van Brocklin brought a
live gopher to the office Wednes-
day morning. It was one of the
striped variety. When found the
gopher had a pair of snow shoes
on and was sitting on a snow
bank singing I'm the Good Old
Suanmer Time" w. B. says he
viii get his farming tools all in
shape for work as it is a pretty
good sign Of an early spring.
FEET FROZEN.
otto B. Johnson and Gust.
Hegre, from near Crosby, were
brought to Ray last week and
placed in the hospital. These
two gentlemen got lost in the
blizzard about three weeks ago,
going from the house to the barn,
and slept in a hay stack and on
awakening in the morning had
their feet frozen. DR.. Scott oper-
ated on the parties Wednesday,
an4,utating several toes from
each one.
HARD TRIALS OF MAIL CARRIER.
Go nplaints have been made in
regard to the roads on the rural
routes. says an exchange. Pat
rons of the routes cut across
fields, leaving the main route un-
Travelled except by the rural mail
carriers. The carriers cannot
cut across fields, but have to
keep TO the section lines in order
TO reach their patrons, and we
rth sdS it no more than lust that
patrons Of the routes travel the
satire way And thus make a pass
able road for the mail carriers.
BLAISDELL WILL LIVE
AT BISMARCK.
Alfred Blaisdell, who will sue
coed e. F, Porter as secretary of
statt after the first Of the year,
was isin the city and will be here
for a day or two looking the
ground over. Mr.. Blaisdell is
probably the youngest man who
ever held a state office in North
Dakota, but withal has as long a
head on him as many Of his older
associates and is one Of the best
fellows ever. He announces that
he intends to make Bismarck his
residence during his term Of Of
fee. which will be good news to
his many friends here. He also
says it is probable that William
LsMoure Of this city will become
his deputy and that in all proba-
bility thhre will be no change in
the other employees now in the
Office. Tribune.
MERCHANT RAISED PRICE.
"A report has it that a certain
young lady living not more than
a thousand miles from Sawyer,
canae to one Of our general stores
recently to buy twenty wards OF
doth. Her husband being away