The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-04-12

! Gov. SarleS lost his candlOate
| for MAYOR ut HillsbOrO.
The &. y. receipts at Ray in
February were over s 200.
Father Turcottes says Lansford
will have one OF the best Catholic
churches in the state.
DR.. johnson is attempting to
organize Il hospital association
at BOttineau. with $50. 900 stock.
A Maxbass liveryman adver-
tlses, Bum rigs, bum drivers,
nigh prices That fellow will
get the business.
The Devils Lake Commercial
club offers $25 in prizes for the
best articles advertising Devils
Lake. A good idea.
Mr.. Qualify will rattle Off his
Sherwood hotel, at $1.5O per
ticket. The hotel is one OF the
good ones OF the county.
Johnson an anti.machine man,
was elected mayor OF Fargo.
against the wishes of the Fargo
Forum. a state machine paper.
The Yowner Tribune wants a
thousand new subscribers and is
going to give away a diamond
ring and a gold watch to get
them.
The Drake News is telling it's
readers how to abolish tho herd
laws, not knowing that that law
was abolished in McHenry coun-
ty two years ago.
jim Dolan at White Earth has
a COW whose breath smells like
onions. Those who have par
taken OF bossie's milk recently
have been put to sleep
Some we'll meaning person
poured kerosene on the floor of
the Towner city jail and set. fire
to the building burning it. The
fire apparatus was burned.
Arthur, the four year old son
of Alex Smith a Berthold farmer,
fell in front of a disc which ran
over his head, cutting a bad cash
across it. 1t is a wonder that his
head was not clear off.
Peter Engle hauled the largest
load of wheat to Harvey last
year, having 149 bushels and 20
pounds on the load. Samuel
Renfrew brot in the second largest
load, Just one bushel less. The
men were given prizes by the ele-
vator company.
Farmers between Devils Lake
and Aneta last fall offered 81 for
every acre of land which they
owned, to induce the G. N. to
build an extension. Now that it
is about settled, the farmers are
asking exorbitant prices for the
) right Of way.
The school lands in Nc Henry
Fcounty brought good prices,
ranging from ten to $22. so per
acre, at the sale last week.
The buyers pay one fifth down
and the balance within five years.
Several quarters close to Grand
vile were sold in this lot.
One large train in North OAK
Ota often carries the entire pro-
duct OF 1926 acres OF wheat.
One large car will contain -
acres OF wheat averaging 20 bu.
per acre, and often trains of Is
cars are hauled. With all this,
it is an immense Job to haul the
products of the prairie to the
markets OF the east.
Mrs. Mary Jensen was awarded
$40, 900 damages by the Jury at
Bottineau as damages for in
juries she received in jumping
; from the second story of the
Commercial hotel in Bottineau
at midnight, Oct. 13. She claims
, that Robert Schofield. the pro-
prietor attempted to get into
:; her room, which caused her to
! Jump from the window.
Ralph D. Paine, in the Outing
Magazine, told in a beautiful
story, ''The Home Builders" the
success of the new inhabitants Of
Northern North Dakota. Paine
spent several weeks last fall along
the new G.. n. branches and along
the new 500 line, visiting 81
towns, and what he has to say
of North Dakota and her pro-
gressive people, will certainly
have an excellent effect.
John Albrecht has been arrest
ed on a warrant sworn out by