The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-08-22
State News

Farmers report the hay crop
light and short. Happy is the
man who has cen or fifteen acres
of tame hay.
There is a movement on foot
at Devils Lake to re-orgazlze the
militia company mustered out
some time ago.
Lightning struck the John
Blocher barn near Norwich KILL
ing a calf, aud doing small
amount of damage.
Two New Rockford brothers
have installed d foundry on their
farms that will turn out CAST
ings up to 400 pounds.
A prominent young Bismarck
couple who used u lawn Tor a
Garden OF Eden, was arrested by
the police-but begged OFF.
The Chautauqua railroad at
| Devils Lake continues service to
accommodate many who are
still camping out Oh fairgrounds.
About $4,000 acres Of school
land in Ramsey county will be
offered for sale this fall. 1t has
been appraised at $12 SO per
acre.
Miss Mary Kadashan, an Alas
kan girl, visited in the vicinity OF
Norwich last week. She was en-
route TO her home where SHE will
do missionary work.
Mrs. Joe White of Sherwood
who was badly injured while
crossing the race track at that
place on the Fourth, will be TAX
en- to Minnesota for an operation.
While Peter Hotter and family
were attending the big Garrison
celebration last Thursday, light
ming struck their barn, burning
the building, also harness, oats
and pigs.
The McHenry county game
warden has been looking thru
his glasses at Norwich parties
killing game out of season and it
would not be surprising If sever
al arrests were made.
The Mouse River Drainage AS
ISOLATION OF Bottineau county
will endeavor to get the state to
drain the meadow lands from
the southern part Of the county
to the International line.
The Oberon Reporter has shut
up shop on account Of the adj
vances made by the paper and
type trusts. An editor has to be
a good business man to make
both ends meet nowadays.
/ A Bottineau county woman
died leaving her property to two
little girls who had been her COM
panions during her last days;
The woman's relatives contested
the will, but the little girls won
out.
Miss J. McCallum edits the
Barlow Enterprise. Women are
quite successful in the newspa-
ner business in North Dakota :
have no trouble in jollying up the
business men to fork over their
advertising.
The Young people Of Bismarck
are giving the police all kinds OF
troubles with their lawn parties
held a couple of hours past mid
night. The Tribune says that
the parents should keep a closer
watch of their sons and daugh-
ters.
Winter wheat can be raised in
North Dakota aud some samples
that have come from Trail coun-
ty to the department CT agrlcul-
ti1re to be entered in the state
contest for prizes for best grain
grown that the grain grows we'll,
even thu ough SO severe a winter
as last, and has matured a gcod
Weld. Further experiments will
be encouraged by the depart
ment along this line.
Confetti at street fair at Will
liston got two men into trouble.
One thot the other threw the
confetti and told him to stop or
he would hit him. The other
thereupon struck the fellow a
blow between the eyes shatter-
ing his glasses. The assailant
paid the victim ten dollars and
thought he had fixed up things,
but the man bro suit for 5000
damages. The justice found for
the defendant.