The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-07-27
AROUND STATE.

ing, 0. Fargo, came to her rescue.
j. r. Hendricks little daughter was
| pain uily injured at Douglas when her
| foot was caught in a mower Gil,
Two Palermoites have invented
detachable tooth fork, and If they Can
just invent an easy way Of bearing
down upon the handle, success will
be theirs. f.
Mrs. Lester Smith Of Richardson
! died July Z, her husband having left
several days beor To lind work. He
was not located until some time after
the funeral had been held.
Money for auto licenses is rolling
! into the state fast. 1t is expected
/ that 1000 licenses will have oeen is
| sued by Aug. l. Get your license be-
fore that date
Choke cherries along Mouse river
are very abundant this year and hun
! dreds of pickers are out daily gather.
ing in the fruit. 81
In fist fight at the Philadelphia
navy yards, Anton AOwalskit, of Far
go, marine. struck another marine
on the temple, causing his death.
Two Italian rtilroad laborers on a
hand car ran into an auto at Valley
City and we're thrown over the han
die bars of their machine. They be-
gan to fight each other for their care
lessness.
Peter McCurdy, young Mckenzie
county farmer, has been missing since
tho Fourth when he rode a borrowed
bicycle to Schafer, where he attended
the celebration. He had sixteen dol
lars and his father fears that he met
with foul play.
The Burlington Reporter, edited by
E. J. Myers. who installed the Lead
err at Foxholm recently, has appeared.
The Reporter is newsy and for & new
paper in the field, appears quite pros.
porous. Burlington, for its size, is one
of the Invest wires in the northwest
and if the Reporter keeps up it's pres
ent pace, it will be credit to the en-
terprising town.
Henry Paris of Burlington IL
mourning the destruction OF his auto.
which was run into by. A. U. Num-
sons team near Foxholm. Geo.
Johnson, who was in the car, was
thrown ont and severely bruised. MI.
Paris escaped injury. .,.s }.
Melvin Holland. an employe at the
Davis mine. near Burlington, Was rob
bed Of his valuables ~ his room
mate, while he slept. The thief has
not been apprehended.
The oldest building in Ward county,
located at Burlington, is being con
verted into two residences.
Ryder may have another newspl-
per soon. D. Larin, a newspaper
man from Duluth, states that he will
ship plant to that point tt once.
No wonder those Stanley ball play
ers were cleaned up" by the Minot
K. C..s. While engaged in practice,
Oscar Haugen, one of stinley's play
ers, allowed high fly to strike him
on the nose, fracturng the bones Of
that organ. Incidentally, one Of his
eyes was closed.
Strengthen your local business In.
terests. Buy a home. Be loyal to
your home town. Invest your money
here. 1t will all come back tenfold,
but It will never come back II the
fellow in tho other town gets his
hands on Il.
Joe Kaczor of Stanley, tried for
horse stealing, was found not guilty
The man is alsi charged with steal.
ing poles ION the reservation
The Stanley Sun says that the edi-
tor, r. B. Bierly, went to Minot Sun
day to visit relatives, and found them
away and no one at home but the cook
and the cat; however, he returned
home without expressing any regrets.
Now what do you think of that?
Cando's chief of Police has warned
boys Of that town who have broken
street lights, window lights in vacant
buildings, breaking into school houses
and stealing engine brasses. With Z
bunch Of energetis boys like that, the
chief must earn his salary.
The old Dakota elevator and the
Farmers elevator at New Rockford
went up in smoke. AS usual, the
cause of the fire is unknown.
j. E. Hunt Of Btntry has already
cut his rye, and as is usually the case,
he is sorry his acreage wasn't larger
A game of ball was played at Tioga
| between n team of professionals from