The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-05-14

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Eleanor Regan of Devils Lake was
granted divorce from B. B. Regain
and her name changed to Eleanor
Stoessel. She was given a $4,000 farm
and some personal property.
A gang of sixteen Italians are set
ting out a hundred thousand Russian
Golden Willows on the Northern Paci-
fic between Dilworth and Valley City
These will In time serve as snow
breaks.
Mrs. Carl Nelson, wife of the editor
Of the Cando Democrat, is. candidate
for superintendent Of schools of Town
er county. Mrs. Nelson is very cap
able woman and would make a good
superintendent. She formerly taught
in the Velva schools.
81. w. R. H. D. De La the editor
of the Balfour Messenger, seems to
have Bishop Cowell going some and is
| trying to get the Bishop to explain
why he deserted the Hansbrough
rank.
1t is becoming more apparent that
the Office of secretary of state should
only be held by trained lawyer, as the
! rapidly increasing corporate business
both domestic and foreign-is of
| such nature that only one trained in
| the intrdcacies of the law can sue
cessfully undertake it.
North Dakota suffered the least and
| benefited the most from the late
storm which was general. South Da-
kota, Minnesota and Wisconsin fruit
was injured. In Nebraska, Iowa and
damage to property and loss of life re-
suited from the tornadoes which &C.
companied the storm. In North Da-
kota the grain and grass got just
what they needed and nothing was in
jured Prospects never were better.
There are perhaps one hundred men
laid off at the shops for the first four
days of this week. This means that
the company will save approximately
! $4,000 in expenses and that the
mounthly income of each man effected
will be reduced about ten dollars. The
order which laid off the men is not on
ly issued to Devils Lake shops alone
but to practically all the shops on the
system.-Devils Lake Journal
Now that farmers are buying au
tomobiles, there is less prejudice in
the country against their presence on
the highways. When this antagonism
wears away there will be more CO.
operation between towns and country
in road Improvement.
Word has been received Of the &C.
cidental schooling of the four year old
girl of Mr.. and Mrs. Rasmus Loken
on their farm two miles west of Brins-
made in Benson county, Tuesday af-
ternoon. 1t seems the eight-year-oh
son was practicing and in some man
4 ner turned the gun on the little girl,
the bullet passing through her heart
and killing her instantly. Because
these guns are small and used for ex-.
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imagine they are harmless and allow
children to handle them, but the fact
is they are as dangerous as any fire
arms and the above accident is only
one of many which our state papers
I have chronicled this spring Church.
! es Ferry Sun.
Bismarck Palladium: It takes two
to successfully conduct blind pig
one to sell the stun and one to buy It
one to pour It out from the inside
! one to pour it in from the outside. The
latter class is far more numerous than
the former, and just as guilty.
Many farmers are complaining be.
cause their neighbors allow stock to
run at large causing great annoyance,
inconvenience and more or less dam.
age. The peacefully inclined farmer
will suffer great deal OF this sort OF
trouble before taking advantage of the
law to protect his rights. There are
sections in the country where one man
causes trouble for the whole commun.
ity. Such a man is a pig-pure and
simple, and his neighbors should unite
for self-protection and give him both
4 barrels. Devils Lake journal.