The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-17
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State News

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During 1906, 353 couples were
married in Cass county.
The Bismarck Tribune is the
Oldest paper in the state.
The Mclean county bar as
sociatlon will be organized Jan
|2l.
In Williston the open air band
concerts continue through the
balmy days Of the winter.
CANCEL" Thompson OF Fargo
was arrested on complaint OF his
wife charged with adultery.
Another batch ofStark county
people were fined for failure to
send their children to school.
The Daily Bismarck Tribune
has instituted an associated
press service and has changed to
a morning paper,
"A 5OO-barrel annex to the Val.
LEY City -four mill is to be built
at once. 1t will consume 5000
bushels of wheat dailv.
Free from gambling dens and
blind pigs, Bismarck starts out
the year with prospects of being
q clean city for awhile.
A train near Bowbells struck q
farmers cutter, smashing it all
| to pieces. The farmer himself
had a very narrow escape.
Jens Peterson, a Bowbells far
mer will farm 1900 acres the
coming season. If he does THIS,
he will no doubt be the biggest
farmer in Ward county.
A Bowbells man recently killed
and skinned dog and threw the
carcass in the street. Tom Hur-
ley offers 80 cents reward for the
arrest OF the careless citizen.
All fences on government land
must be removed by April 1st or
the government will remove
them. This will effect consider
able fencing in North Dakota.
Oliver Dalrymple of Grand
Forks gave az Xmas presents to
his two sons, each eight and a
half sections OF land. That's the
kind of a father to have around.
Editor Bloom OF Devils Lake
has been sued by the Hamm
Brewing Co, for the cost Of three
cases of beer said to have been
bought in South Dakota in 1901.
It is rumored that sDick"
Shadrick will be Gov. Burke's
private secretary. He is one of
the best speakers in the state
and has done much for the Demo-
cratic cause.
Speaking of the deep snow,
Tom Hurley says he remembers
the winter Of 1896. when home
steaders cut holes in the top OF
their shacks as a means OF exit
and entrance.
Only fourteen democratic votes
were polled for Gov. Burke in
Mercer county and the office
seekers are wondering what they
can do down in that neck of the
woods to gain some appoint
ments.
A. E. Enos, q carpenter who
left Hansboro neglecting to pay
his board bill, was arrested at
Devils Lake. He had only So
with him but got busy and tele.
phoned to some or his friends |
who helped him.
1t is said that ninety per cent
of the attorneys OF the state have
signed a petition asking that
Gov. Burke appoint B. f. Spald-
ing supreme Judge to I'll the va
cancy caused by the resignation
Of Judge Engerud.
A conductor on the 500 was
given a box of fine Havanas by
some travelling men for being on
time. The knights OF the grip
afterwards did some tall kicking
when they learned that the train
was Just "a hours late.
Martin A. Beatty, a teacher at
Brinsmade, has filed a petition
in bankruptcy, and his assets are
said to be 81, 900 and his liabili-
ties $1,912.71. This is the first
instance ofa teacher OF this state
going into bankruptcy.
Minot was entirely out of kero-
sene oil Sunday and while the
c,ty ia liphtad mainly nv oloc.