The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-04-11
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was struck by lightning.
Four inmates of bawdy house
were arrested and fined at Leeds.
Seeding has been in progress
in Hettinger county for three
weeks. The ground was in good
shape on March 4, it is said.
An effort is being made to have
Carrie Nations paper, the Hatch
ct, moved to Grand Forks, and
some people say that is the right
location for the paper.
A lot of North Dakota potatoes
have been shipped to California.
The irrigated potatoes are said
to be coarse and fiat compared
to the flickertail tuber.
c. Donnely, Grafton farmer,
killed a mink, selling the hide for
SIS. The mink had killed 35
chickens belonging to the farmer.
Norval Baptie, the worlds
greatest skater, was presented
with a gold mccall by his Bath
gate friends. Minot's greatest
skater got a skate on the other
night and his wife presented him
with a black eye.
A second installment of black
bass will be placed in Des Laos
lake soon by the government.
The first batch. installed a few
years ago is increasing rapidly.
The proprietor of the Pacific
House at Minnewaukan was ar
rested and fined for conducting q
gambling house. Only the arts
tocratic citizens were allo wed to
visit his house.
Attorney George Murray of
Sherbrooke has been appointed
State Temperance Commissioner
by Gov. Burke.
Mail orders for job printing
will receive careful attention at
this Office. Often a farmer wants
letterheads and envelopes print
ed. Send in your name and nd
dress and We will do the work for
you for. 50 cents a hundred.
| A pig followed 4 jamestown
farmer to town and remained
with the buggy until the fellow
returned home. It trotted along
lik yellow dog.
Two lady school teachers near
Sykeston got stuck in snow
bank and a couple of men at
tempted to assist them out. The
men also got stuck in the snow.
and the whole outfit was SHOW
eled out by the wives of the res
cuers.
Knute Miller, discharged en-
ploye of the Grand Forks Press,
put the press out Of business be-
fore leaving. The removed the
tympan from the cylinder, the
washers from the rollers and 9th
erwise damaged the press. It
was necessary for the Herald to
print the issue. Miller was ar
rested and upon his promise to
fix the press he was not
cuted.
Cad Logue and Herbert B
young farmers of Linton,
deaths door as the result OF
drinking formaldehyde. They
found bottle OF the liquid in the
pocket Of coat hanging in
livery barn and drank it, think
ing it to be whiskey. 1t is
thought both will die.
Earl L. Appleby, . deaf mnte,
shot and fatally wounded him
self ct the Antlers hotel, Grand
Forks. Tho man was On sdver-
Using solicitor and had done Q
good business. He leaves a wife,
whom be advises not to marry q
drunKard. He left q letter in his
pocket written to an inmate OF 9
bad resort in Fargo, imploring
her to give up the life she vas
Heading and 20 with him. He
had evidently decided not to
mail it.
Mrs. Albert Moore, q much
abused woman at Balfour, died
leaving four little children. Her
husband. according to the
Statesman, had run away with
another woman, but had given
hif wife the homestead which she
sold for $500. The man arriv-
ed from Minnesota the day after
his wife's death, but the woman's
brother threatened to do dire
things to him and he took the
next train to Minneapolis.