The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-09-08
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plant being sworn to by E. c. Bowen.
ex-states attorney Of that county. The
editor says he is SIS years old and this
arrested. He further states that If he
! has to go to Jail for voicing his views,
he will take his medicine and continue
to express his opinions when he gets
the chance. 49,
The Plaza Pioneer tells Of cow
boy who was, being interviewed by
Bishop Ccwell. slapping his face and
kicking the patches on his pants.
d; Peter Johnson, who lived three
miles south of Max, committed sui
eide by hanging himself in a small
abandoned shack.
Editor Crockard Of the Douglas Her
aid is now willing in his mansion on
the prairie north of that place. The
,neighbors built the house one after
inccn and dance was held in it that
night
! Nels Bee, alleged to be a Kenmare
plgger, who escaped from the city
jail at that place, was arrested again
at Portal and was brought to Minot,
where he is charged with jail-break-
ing. He may receive sentence Of
term in the penftentiary, as he is said
to be an old offender, The Kenmare
News hints that Doe may have been
igiven assistance to break out of Jail,
and says the man was kept in the city
Jail for forty hours without knowing
upon what charge he had been ar
rested.
The Kenmare schools opened with
an attendance of 2S4 pupils. Two of
the teachers engaged failed to arrive
and this left a temporary vacancy.
Roy l.. Freeman, gentlemanly
jyoung man from Providence, R. l.,
passed down the Missouri at Williston
lin canoe, bound for the Gulf of
Mexico, from Fort Benton, Mont. He
handles his canoe like an expert and
hopes to make the 1000 miles with
out mishap. He camps out en- route
when unable to put up at a hotel or
farm house. .,-.
@. A. Thornberg, formerly OF Por-
tai, was drowned at Trial, B. C. His
companions made three attempts to
save him.
The sheriff of Williams county has
; imported two blood hounds to assist
him in running down criminals. The
Crosby Eagle wonders II they will
be OF any assistance to the sheriff in
seeming liquors in cellars. 4
Dan Collins of Rugby has a very
profitable COW. She gave birth to
three calves one day recently.
A Great Northern detective located
, the Berthold fellows, who stole bar.
rel Of beer out of a car recently. The
. boys paid for the beer and all ex.
penses, so were not arrested.
The Donnybrook Courier thinks the
, Minot politicians are foolish in not
scattering around some Of the money
spent with the Minot newspapers. Ac.
cording to Sam Clark's story, he got
enough to divide up with all OF the
editors of the county, and give a pref.
ty fair chunk at that.
Be sure to get hunting permit be-
fore leaving with your dog, gun and
Jug. "
The Reporter, very creditable
looking paper, 10 now published a
Greene, M. o. Halls town.
While Frank Swanson, Townel
butcher, was away visiting. three o.
his me& butchered five COWS, which
are said to have been stolen from far
!, mers nearby. They were arrested.
and but one Of them gave bonds.
!, A barn and three horses on the G.
Larson farm six miles west Of velva
were burned. Lightning struck the
barn. .- ~.
| Several cases Of infantile paralysis
are reported at Harvey. .-,...-a
/ The Williams county fair property
has been turned over to the tillers
of the soil.