The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-30
County News


ments in her water works and sewer
system this summer.
The Metropolitan Hotel at Sher.
wood caught fire one day last week
but was caught in time to Der ex tin
guished before much damage was done
The Sawyer Clipper reports plenty
of measels in that vicinity, but thinks
no particular harm will result from
them.
A disreputable dog poisoner is out
after the dogs at Sawyer, and has
already succeeded in getting few.
The Sherwood Tribune kicks be-
cause farmer in that vicinity purch-
ased wagon box Of goods from a
mail order house and then went to
the local drug store and had 81 worth
of something charged
Ryder will celebrate the Glorious
Fourth this year and have already
ured the handsome sum of $500
to be expended for that purpose.
The electric light plant of Kenmare
on the 500, was struck by tightening
last week and put out of business for
few days, finally an expert from the
Twin Cities was secured and the ma
chinery repaired.
The skeleton of a man was found
on the farm of Lars Hollicon near
Palermo last week about half buried,
and there seems to be no one who
is able to throw any light on the sub
ject as to how it came to be there,
or who the deceased may have been.
Miss Iva Potter, of Kenmare was re-
Gently adjudged insane and committed
to the hospital at Jamestown. Miss
Potter is said to be quite popular in
er formelr home.
Pat Devaney, a former Hastings,
Mimi, boy, but now of Bowbells, met
with serious accident the other day
while seeding. He was standing on the
drill and accidently fell off backwards
striking on one of the levers injuring
him so that he was unable to walk
for few days.
Ward county has twenty-five crack
ball teams all doing good business
according to the reports current.
The Tagus Mirror reports that new
Skyy Pilot has arrived in that town
to take charge of the meeting house
for the summer.
Ward county has population Of g.
bout forty thousand and is still on the
increase.
Bowbells is trying to maintain the
base ball reputation they won last
year.
Donneybrook is having a regular
building boom this spring as result
of the disastrous fire which wiped out
good portion of that city last winter
the buildings will be bigger and better
than ever.
The Donneybrook Courier accused the
Grano Tribune of swipping half COL
umn of pure reading matter, which
was aroast for the mail order houses.
a manner that is pleasing to all in
that neighborhood. He has the entire
farm fenced and cross fenced, has
good house 24x26, barn 26x40 and hog
house 14x23. He kept until recently
number Of fine Jersey cows some hogs
chickens etc. His wife died last Mar
CHI and he will spend few months
visiting relatives in the east.
O. N. eleven a prominent former
rancher from south of the city, states
that his oats are up several inches and
!, looking fine.
Tom Lundy the unlucky section Tore
man, who was nearly killed at Hecker
last winter, is able to walk out OF the
hospital, but still is in bad shape. Tom
will have to go back to the hospital
for an operation on his leg, which
was broken. One of his legs Is sew
eral inches shorter than the other.
Tom was about as badly used up as
any an who ever lived. In addition to
getting his leg crushed, his jaw was
broken, four ribs smashed and then
pneumonia set in. For several weeks
Tom considered hiring some one to
breath for him. It has been reported
that he will soon start an action again
st the 500 for heavy damages.
Deputy Sheriff George pulled pool
hall at Kenmare Friday night, secur-
ing twenty barrel Of beer. Lyman
Waughand Gene Anderson were ar