The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-03-30
BRIEF NEWS|TEMS
Happenings Throughout the
State 1erse|y Told.

The National Briquetting company
of Minneapolis has purchased the
Smith mine at Kenmare, a Ignite
coal property, for $SS,300. The com.
pany will establish its first briquetting
plant there next summer and convert
the raw Ignite coal output into almost
Dnokeless and ashless carbon bri-
quotes. The firm now owns three
large coal properties in North Dakota,
one of l 1888 acres On the Northern
Pacific and another Of 100 acres on the
Puget Sound division of the Milwau-
kee road. In addition to the purchase
Of the latest coal mine the company
has made working agreement with
the owners Of the electric light plant
at Kenmare, which eventually is to
pass into control OF the Minneapolis
firm. Briquetting plants eventually
will be installed at all the different
properties of the company. The firm
claims that it can transform waste
material such as coal dust and slack
into fuel
Richland county citizens want new
courthouse and have presented the
county. commissioners with a petition
signed by 500 taxpayers praying that
they submit to the voters of the coun-
ty the proposition of bonding the coun-
ty for sum sufficient for the erection
of the new building. The board has
deemed it advisable, before mourning
the expense of calling a special cleo
ton, to place before the taxpayers all
the facts and conditions of such a
move as pertaining to finances and
then will get an expression from them
as to whether they prefer to levy a
higher tax for few years to pay for
the building or issue bonds as urged
In the petition The old building has
served for thirty years and is now
considered an unsafe depository for
the records OF the county.
Governor Burke has vetoed house
bill 293. which would appropriate $751;
900 out of the capitol building fund
for the construction of an extension
of the State street railroad to the pen
itentiary and up Ninth street in Bis
marck. making a total distance Of
about one mile additional. In his veto
message the governor calls attention
to the fact that the money FOR the con-
etruction of the original line also was
taken from the capitol building fund
and he says this. as we'll as the pro-
posed extension, Is unconstitutional
and suggests that steps be taken to
replace the 100000 originally appro
priated.
One Of the best evidences Of the
prosperity Of the Missouri slope coun-
try is the fact that sales of land are
being made largely to actuol farmers
instead Of spectators. William Jones
Of Courtenay purchased seven sections
Of land near Dickinson and will put
three gasoline pillow outfits to work
and SOW two sections to fax this
spring. This body of land lies in the
famous Knife river valley and was
formerly known as the Phelan ranch.
Mr.. Jones has taken the tract Off the
market and intends making it one OF
the finest farms west Of the Missouri
river.
After having been dragged through
the courts of the state for three years
q final accounting in the Lemery es-
tate has been effected at Grand Forks.
BY the settlement title to real estate
involved. valued at about $4,000,
passes to J. A. Lemery and B. D.
Lemery, while cash settlement is
made with the other heirs, eleven in
number. In this case the will left by
the elder Lemery was declared void
IN the courts on tho ground that the
maker was not in condition at the
time the will was drawn to know
what he was doing.
Cogswell authorities have a warrant
I'm their possession for the arrest Of
Fred Askerooth. charged with selling
liquor to Indians, the death Of Mrs.
Angie Ortley, an Indian woman, being
responsible for the action. The wom-
ans dead body was found in the road,
with her husband lying several feet
away. He was still alive, but she
had been killed by acute alcoholism.
In the inquest 1t was brought out
that the liquor was sold by Askerooth.
The latter has left for parts unknown.
Opposition to the approval Of the