The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-10-25
A new depot has been built at

OuUUcI dllu Eggs, duu pOulUIy
to the Metropolitan Cafe, Minot
and receive the highest cash
prices.
A new time card went into eff
feet on the Great Northern Sat-
urday night at midnight. It will
be we'll for the readers to look
elsewhere in this paper at the ia
BILE.
A Berlin doctor says the bite of
a girl is more dangerous that that
of a snake, but the editor of the
New Rockford Transcript says he
is willing to be experimental
upon.
Let the Independent print your
sale bills and insert a notice Of
your sale in the paper at the
same time. In that way you'll
let everybody know about your
sale. Try it.
A cold is much more easily cured when
the bowels are open. Kennedy's Laxa-
tive Honey and Tar opens the bowels
and drives the cold out of the system in
young or old. Sold by PAUL V. Mccoy
& Co., Druggists.
The farmer who has something
to sell, or who wpnts to buy
some particular thing. will do
we'll to insert a want ad in the
local columns of the Independent.
You'll get results.
The new grain buyer at Ryder
is getting in his work buying
grain for six cents a bushel less
than the Garrison buyers. It is
expected that the new road will
be built to Ryder yet this fall.
Judge Goss convened district
court Oct. %, when it was adj
journed until the first Monday in
December, when the farmers will
have more time to act as jurors.
A representative of the Com
mercial West magazine, has been
in Minot several days, preparing
a write-up Of this city, with a
view of getting men to invest
their money here. A good idea.
Henry Clapp, a Sherwood
farmer, dug 155 bushels of pota-
toes from one-half an acre. Po-
tatoes are potatoes this year and
if Henry keeps them till spring,
he will get dollar a bushel for
them.
A bad prairie fire ragged be-
tween Mowrer and Douglas a
week ago Sunday. Some boys
set fire to a hay stock for fun
and a large expance of prairie
was burned over. One man lost
900 bushels Of oats.
True and tried friends of the family
DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Best for
results and best to take. Rosy cheeks
and sparkling eyes follow the use of
not grippe or sicken. Sold by PAUL V.
Mccoy & Co., Druggists.
Karl Klum, a fellow who bor-
rowed a hundred dollars from his
friends in Flaxton the other day,
has skiddcoed. He is the fellow
who recently advertised for a
wife in the Flaxton Times. He
also left the lady of his choice be-
hind.
Jim Jameson, a Kenmare gam
bier. was arrested charged with
gambling, and also with conduct
ing a gambling house. A free
for all fight occurred in the joint,
resulting in nearly all Of the fur
niture being demolished. KeIls,
a fellow who was sitting in the
game, was pounded in an unmer-
ciful manner.
T. A. Melhus, who left for his
old home at Vancouver, B. C.
last week, exhibited a potata to
a friend, which he has been car
rying in his pocket for years.
He believes that the potato wards
off rheumatism. The potato of
course has become very dry and
hard, almost like a piece of wood,
and it is much smaller than it
originally was.
The annual thief has made his
appearance in the little town of
Rennie, Ward county, and sue
ceeded in securing 200 bushels Of
wheat from August Carlson's
farm. No clue as yet. We sug-
gest that farmers in and about
the county invest in a number of
blood hounds to trace these cul-
prits.
Miss Christine Jostert, a young
woman residing on a claim near
Ryder, upset a lamp, setting her
shack on fire. The building and