The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-09-15


belt OF threshing machine. the flesh
stripped from the bones to the 81.
bow. and both bones Of the arm hrok-
On. The arm may be saved.
Peter P1erson, for the past thirty
yeanv . resident of western North De-
kot1, died at 1anitoa.
Tho Ambrose Newsman was CON-
plimented by John J. Rogers Of the
Rogers Lumber Co. for the attractive
appearance Of that paper.
The Granville Herald says tho three
favorites among the supreme court
candidates in this part Of the state
are Goss, Burke and Fisk.
A Granville merchant, who learned
that a woman had stolen q piece of
silk from him, persuaded her to pa,
for the same. though she did 50 tear.
fully.
J. M. Ulsrud OF Minneapolis, an at.
torney, now occupies w. E. Slavens'
old office at Granville.
The Rugby Tribune says about one
sixth the usual crop will be harvest
ed there this yeae.
Devils Lake, North Dakota's largest
body OF water appears to be growing
dry gradually. During the past twen-
five years. it has fallen ten feet and
is now at the lowest point ever
known.
Constable Peck of Dogtooth, N. D.,
was fined $25 for selling horse upon
which a mortgage had been satisfied.
The oil tanks of the battleship
North Dakota caught fire in lower
Chesapeake hay and in flooding that
part Of the ship, three men were
drowned and others injured.
Mrs. Geo. Stems Of Ray raised a
potato that weighs pound.
Judge Goss granted liquor permits
to all druggists in Williams county
except the Kermit druggist.
Roosevelt gave a straight talk to
the striking street car workers at
Columbus, o., telling him that he
did not approve Of the violent meth.
DDS they practioed. While he SAID ne
believed in unions, and was himself
an honorary member of one, he be-
lieved that the laws should be upheld
at any cost. Roosevelt was guaroeo
strongly at that place, as it was not
known Just how his speech would be
taken. l1
Mayor Seidel of Milwaukee refused
20 meet Roosevelt, during the express
4dent's stop there. The colonel then
proceeded to refuse to attend the ban
luet given by the Hamilton club OF
Chicago, unless Lorimer:s invitation |
be recalled.
Nine. Melba will sing at Grand
Forks on Oct. II and musical lovers J
from all parts Of the state will hear ,
her.
County Auditor Larson announces
that more than 600 hunting permits
have been issued.
Money is none too plentiful this fall
50 that it is all the more reason why
you should trade with the Minot mer-
chants.
Harold Seaborn, a 14-year-old boy
from Seaborn, N. D., was found in a
box car at Minneapolis. He had been
tramping it for several weeks, but
was getting homesick.
Charles F. Merry, president Of tho
Dakota Southern railway, who has
fleeced more than one financier out OF
a $1O0 bill, was arrested in Cass coun.
ty and Is now in Jail at Darlington.
Merry, it will be remembered, was
convicted in Adams county of obtain.
ing money under false pretenses ana
sentenced to serve eight months In
Jail and fined $500. Appealing to the
supreme court he was admitted to
$4,000 bail and has since been able to
elude the officers. His home Is at
N. D.
Harrison Woods of Forest River
sneezed so hard that he dislocated his
shoulder. ".-.
A train near Warwick ran into a |
flock Of sheep, killing $50 of them or
injuring them so badly that they had
to be killed. The engine was de-
rallied.
Miss Minnie Blair, while assisting
in farm work at Douglas, was thrown
from a mower and her arm broken.
The two year-old son Of Henry
Brandt Of Douglas, Is dead.
The Douglas Herald urges the bust
ness men to gradually work into 4
strictly cash business. This would
save much bookkeeping, the expense
~ cn11ocfin0 and $ha -. A>o,n haA