The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-10-03

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of carrying the coal into the
cellar and the expense Of paying
| for it.
Fred Behnke, a young farm
hand at Granville was bound
over to district court, charged
with attempting to rape Mrs.
Jordhaugen. The fellow was
drunk, and 1oenterea the lady's
bed room, but those who know
him best do not believe he had
any bad intentions.
While digging on a knoll near
an old Mandan village in Nor
ton county, the field officer OF
the state museum found a part
OF a telescope containing a mag
nifying glass. 1t is thought
that the glass belonged to Lewis
and Clarke, as they are supposed
to have camped on this knoll in
1904.
| Hansbrough is in great de-
mand as a public speaker. He
addressed a big excursion party
at Rock Lake recently. The
senator ought to get up excur-
sions all over the state, as he
can thus get an opportunity to
talk to more people than in any
other manner.
| Since 1898, the United States
has spent over 400 million dol
lars on the PHILIPPINES. 1t be-
gins to look like overcapitaliza-
tion. While we have always
been republican in principles, we
will have to admit that VIM. J.
Bryan's attitude on the Phil
ppines is about correct.
The case of Mrs. Alice Doug
las who was arrested at Bert
hold charged with shoe ting. one
Hagen in the foot has been trans
fered to Minot and will be heard
by Judge Murray. It is claimed
that the woman took a shot at
the man striking him in the foot,
because he refused to rush the
can for her.
| While the Independent is not
making much OF a stir over it,
it's a fact that our subscription
list is still growing. Sixteen
new names we're added last Sa-
turday, a pretty good record for
one day and hardly a week goes
by but what thirty or fourty
new names are added to our
ever growing list.
Be careful what kind OF pos
tails you send thru the mails.
Henry Peterson. OF Buffalo was
arrested by deputy T. s. Mar
shall for sending a comic postal
thru the mail to a married wo-
man at Tower City. Upon the
postal was printed a liars IL
cense, and the woman evidently
believes that she does not need
one.
During the absence of the boss
Of the machine, a travelling pho
tographer stopped work on a
threshine machine at Devils
Lake, lined up the men and took
their pic ture. They lost fully
twenty minutes. When the boss
returned and learned What had
been done he grew SO angry that
he started out to To- K for the
picture man. threatning to scalp
him. Ii the snap shottist is
found he will be sued for DAM
ages.
After Oct. 1. millers of the
state will have to adhere strictly
to the rules laid down by Prof.
Ladd concerning bleached -four.
1t shall be unlawful to sell
bleached flour, containing nitro
gen absorption, addition Or sub
stitution products. On all other
bleached -four, containing no re-
sidual products, the q b e |
''bleached' must appear with
the name OF the brand or pro-
ducer.
Any one who is in doubt as
to being able to raise tame
grapes 10 Stark county, N. D.,
may satisfy their skepticism by
examining Fl. P. Dinlus's vine
yard, says the Richardson News
He has several large, healthy
looking vines, which he leaves to
run on the ground, not training
them at all, and by lifting the
vines one may see large clusters
OF fine looking fruit growing in
the same manner as melons or
.ucumbers. The vines are only
two years old, are bearing we'll
and look strong and hearty.