The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-12-05
State news "

Wneel0ck Lao, W0lIIleQ~ 3 SUCK 81 QyII
Mantle over his mothers stoye.- the
thing exploded and Lee is minus one
Of his hands and his face was badly |
injured.
l.. A. Tryon, one of Velva's prom
inent citizens, has gone to Wesley,l
Iowa, his old home. for the winter.
Raise cattle. raise hogs. raise
horses, in fact raise any kind Of
stock on your farm that you can.
Feed up your grain. These products
have paid more mortgages than
wheat.
The prisoners in the Bottineau
county jail are editing a column Of
real good stuff in the Bottineau
County News.
Celery raising is very profitable
bushes in the low fiat sandy lands
of the Red River valley.
A hardware merchant in a neigh
boring town heard that the steel
range peddlers were headed that way.
By judicious advertising he sold Fl
ranges before the pedlers arrived and
the fellow couldn't make sale.
JOS. Kount of Turtle Lake raised
a turnip that weighs Z IL pounds. It's
most nigh as large as pumpkin.
The water in the Red river moves
at only a mile an hour. Regrets 20
leave such fine country.
Mrs. Geo. Putnam. wife of James,
town county commissioners, while
fighting prairie fires. was so severely
burned that she died.
Farm less and farm better, is the
advice Jim Hill gave the farmers at
Devils Lake. Send up box cars, and
send 'em oftener,' is the advice tn,
farmers are giving their Uncle Jim.
A bachelor in Rolette county har-
vested 243 bushels Of potatoes from
one acre which he held for 81 bush
lei. This is a good yield, but just
think what the crop might have been
had he been married man.
A Ludedsk club has been organ
lied at Condo. -
A Grand Forks woman IS undergo
ing q remarkable test to restore her
eyesight. She has obstained from
food and water for twenty days. B..
A. Hull, one Of the pioneer news
paper boys Of the state, has taken
charge Of the Mclean County Miner
and changed its name to the Under
wood Miner.
John Crouch Of Williston wishes he
had p.aoed more confidence in banks.
Someone relieved him Of $50 in cur.
rency which he kept IN ais trunk.
The Williston World has conclud.
ed that the successful candidate for
the United States senate will have to
be good spender this time.
There is rumor that the Minot.
Bismarck train is to be. put OF, and
the train run only between Drake and
Bismarck.
A month ago, G. c. Schroeder Of
Clay county refused an ofter Of >1e.-
900 for his 24o acre crop OF potatoes,
He dug them. got 1873 bushels per.
acre more or ts4 per acre. which
amounted to 81. 500. There's money
IN raising epuds. 4.
Probably few farmers know that
clover seed Is now usad. in thai max
ing Of the finest dyes. Good seed.
readily brings 3l2 bushel ana three
bushels Gamble secured from an acre.
state news @
Judge Cowan announces the fact
that at the expiration of. his present
term, he will retire from politics.
A Judge is supposed never to be in
politics.
A young woman contested the
claim Of an engineer in the western
part OF Ward county. The engineer
sent word to the lady that if she
won out on the contest, she would
have to take him with the claim. She
reconsideration withdrew the con-
test.
Hans Holm Of Grandin was arrest
ed for sending letters with Cancelled
stamps. Hans will tell all about it
in federal court.
A Minneapolis man drove from
Grand Forks to Neche, eighty miles,
with team Of Newfoundland dogs,
weighing $50 pounds each, in -
hours He nsnS a small h,,ppv wifi