The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-11-11

"A had prairie fire occurred south
of Wheelock last week Stverson,
farmer set nre to q straw stack,
and the wind raised. starting bad
fire. Siverson got out with . plow
and tried to check the flames. and in
doing % was 80 badly burned that
he may die. His hair and mustache
were burned on, and his lace and
hands were cooked. There are
burns about the body. The fire burn
ed several hundred tons of hay. KAN.
Frederick Weber OF Mandan was
fined SIS for failure to send his
children to school. MI n
Tom Harding of Mekinock, N. D.,
was foully murdered at Culbertson,
Mont, his body being found in quite
q badly decomposed condition in g
feld about 100 rods from q road.
Two wounds were found On the body,
one over the heart and one In the
breast between the third and fourth
ribs. The officers are working on 2
clue as to the motive for the: crime,
and 1t Is possible that the mystery
! Will be cleared up. Harding evident
" had been working on . threshing
crew. s.I & 4
Tom Johnson, four times mayor OF
\ Cleveland, O., was defeated for re-
election by Herman c.. Baehr. 'Wm-
]. Gaynor was elected mayor OF
New York city over VIM. Hearst and
Barnard. Gaynor is Democrat.
Mrs. Adam God was released from
prison in kansas City. The woman
has been in Jail since the day OF the
riot. when several persons were
killed. Her husband, James Sharp.
Is serving term of 25 years. for
murder. The case against the 'Wo-
man was dismissed. She says she
viii wait 25 years, for her husband
1t will be remembered that this band
Of religious fanatics, once visited
Minot. s 4z.s NJ NJ AZ
Dr.. Cook, the discoverer Of the
North Pole, passed thru North Da-
kota the other day. He stopped for
a few minutes in Fargo. He had
been to Nissoula, Mont, where he
visited his former guide, Edw. Bar lar,
rill. who made affidavit that Cook
did not ascend Mt. Mckinley. Cook
1 says he is going to climb the noun
n tain again with a reliable campaan-, M an !,
I ion and bring back the records ne
left on top of the mountain.
The Ross Valley News says: We
don't need money ourselves, but the
fellow we owe, needs it, SO pay you'1r. y'1.
subscription. and help the fellow
out. s ssi1
During the trial "trip of the North
]. Dakota, one Of the seven inch tubes
in the boiler bursted, and four men
were injured. tho all will recover.
4 The ship can easily keep up to its
intended speed, q knots an hour, and y q
{ on dts trial did even better, showing
(, her to be the fastest was ship In the
world. Her engines dveloped e
total Of $4,000 horse power.
Il. Augustus Heinze. the copper
king, stepped from his train at Fargo
dor q few minutes, and failed to re-
turn in time, go had TO wait about
the quiet burg for several hours.
t John Cook Of Cavalier, who vas
the father of eighteen children, died
very suddenly. He was 70 years old.
The Lidgerwood High School foot
ball team Is playing In bad y ]. luck. s'l !.
I Out of four games played; they lost
sa I'll OF them, and only scored once
In the games. A. ~
Those Iansford business men are
certainly hustlers. The trench for
the four miles OF gas pipe has been
dug. and che workmen are now clean
ing It out The trenches in the al
leys IN the town have been dug, and
nix cars Of pipe are on the way. The
Journal avs that Lanstord will be
ssfighted with gas within four weeks,
lend It looks - II this 4is. true. The
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