The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-06-27
State News

"a circulation war
5S7 Hush-its only the noise made b!
!. the growing wheat.
sAS Several hogs were killed in a hal
- storm near Williston.
The Lansford Times turns doWr
1lcer and whiskey ads.
@ Regular North Dakota weather. AS
yessow so shall We reap.
Wheat and meat are both going up
"A bad season for the eats.
June 21 was the longest day of the
year, the sun shining sixteen hours.
Farmers in all parts of the state re-
port pleasing experiences with al
falfa.
A Rugby biped was arrested for get
ting drunk and beating his wife ard
children.
Chas. Newcomer, Doyon farmer,
killed himself with a % rifle. No cause
is known.
The Crosby Review claims that there
are fifty dead horses in that vicinity
nnburied.
Fargo charges Barnum & Bailey's
circus license of $3.50 for showing
there this year.
Hay is selling for twelve dollars a
ton and prospects are that it will not
be an extra large crop this year.
AZ The nearest man in Kenmare is the
fellow who put something in his cold
cure to spoil the taste Of whiskey.
& Some of the homesteaders who
proved up in the new Williston land
Office, are now receiving their patents.
Geo. B. Finch of Medina has been
arrested by u S. marshal for send
ing a scurrilous 'etter thru the mails.
The green bug is reported to be COM
ing north. Lay him down gently on
his back, and hit him with barrel
Stave.
The Adams Express CO. has deciar-
ed 200 per cent dividend. Hans
brough ought to go after that trust
a While
The Fargo college received gift Of
$4,000 from D. K Persons of Chicago
who had already given that institu-
ton $4,000
A little girl has written the secre-
tary of the state fair asking if he
can't find place for her to exhibit
her Teddy bear.
Frank Chapman, of Buford, caught
25 pound 'lunge in Fish lake. Frank
is entitled to belong to the Grover
Cleveland class now.
Because the man she loved did not
return her affection, Miss Olive Pierce
an Cakes dressmaker killed herself
by taking chloroform
What has become of the old fash
toned o'clock tinker who used to
tramp thru the country fixing up old
time Seth Thomas clocks?
A Bismarck man was touched Tor
$50 by the clown who diverts the pa
irons Of the wheel. The fellow was
arrested and made to dig up.
The Dickinson Commercial club is
"a live organization. 1t is out after a
500 barrel flour mill now and has
about landed a new $4,000 hotel.
A number of Devils Lake young men
appeared SO we'll in dress suits at a
recent ball that they are contemplat-
ing investing in suits of this kind.
The mayor of Towner has notified
the merchants that they must close
their stores at II p. m. Some have
been keeping open until midnight.
L. F. Besuchet, a Newark farmer,
who has thirty COWS, has started a
cheese factory on his farm and will
make specially of Swiss cheese.
Fargo now claims a population OF
1900 or an increase of 700 over last
year. Keep your eye on Minot. We 1e
gradually nearing the 10000 mark.
the ground must be thoroughly inno-
cuIated with the alfalfa germ, by scat
aering sod, in which alfalfa has been
grown, in the new land to be planted.
A man has just so much energy to
spend If he uses it all up in abusing
his oo-workers, it is little wonder that
he does not make a success in MS
business
Nine head of horses stolen from H.
Wells, an English gypsy, near CARR
on, were found near old Fort Steph-
no ri, To fhipvac has