The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-03-21
State News

The new court house at
Towner will not be built, at least
for the present. The commits
sioners turned down all bids, be-
cause the cost Of the building
would have been over $4,000.
The voters were promised that
the building would not be over
that amount, and the bids will be
readvertised.
A bachelor at Riga is absent
minded. He attempted to cook
eggs for breakfast SO boiled some
water and thought he put the
eggs in it. After waiting about
four minutes he thought he would
look at his watch and was aston
ished to learn that he had placed
the watch in the water and the
eggs were in his hand.
An attempt is being made to get
Pres. Roosevelt to visit Williston
at the opering Of the irrigation
project on June II. The Pr, sident
intends to take a western trip in
June and we understand that he
favors the idea Of making Will
liston one Of his points. Minot
ought to get in line and secure a
few bears and invite Teddy to
participate in a bear hunt. If
Slocum had only saved his bears.
The Balfour Statesman gave
he Methodist preacher a whole
page of advice in last weeks is
sue.
Anna Sameruk, a domestic in
the employe of the Maxwell
House at Balfour, is in the coun-
ty jail at Towner charged with
infanticide.
Editor Plumley Of the Fargo
Forum is receiving numerous
congratulations for having secur-
ed the mastership of the post Of
flee in that city.
Towner has decided not to have
a water works system this year
on a shortage of the medium of
exchange.
Willow City has organized
debating club with a membership
of forty charter members.
The Towner basket bail team
was defeated by the Lansford
team by a score Of 81 to l3.
A fellow in McHenry county
got married in less than twenty
days after his first wife had died.
His name is John Dobovoy.
According to the Cooperstown
Sentinel at least ten farmers will
retire this spring, from tilllng
the native soil, as the paper was
running ten auction sales in its
last issue. We take it that they
have made enough money during
the past five years to live on the
interest of what the old home
stead will bring.
George Whitaker of McHenry
county has been arrested on a
charge of disposing OF mortgage
ed property He was bound
over to the next term OF the dis
trict court. The bill providing
for a new judicial district called
tho 9th, has passed and become
law. The new Judge will be
elected at the next state election.
The new district will take a big
slice off the eighth district.
"Old Bill" Mumby, who edits
the Buford Tribune, slipped and
fell out of his buggy the other
day and skinned his nose. cold
Bill" Is the fellow up in the west
ern part of the state who is ad.
vertising Hamm's Beer and
wines and liquors.
The Great Northern passenge r
station at Devils Lake has been
opened for the use Of the general
public. 1t is a beauty, but no.
quite SO nice as the one at Minot
J. A. Dahl and his son Of Nc
Vile, were found lying dead in
their bed one day last week, as a
result OF escaping coal gas from
a stove.
The three Indian boys who e.
capped from the Fort Totten In.
dian school have been found and
caught near Trenton.
The contract for the [. 0. O. F.
temple at Williston is let and
that town will soon have a grand
meeting place for the brother
hood.
During a thirty day period