The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-08-31
AROUND THE STATE

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ground up, and yet the most essential
part Of the management of most no
tells Is in the basement.
Every town has lamb shearing o..
casionally which is not attended by
the general public and every commun-
| ity has it's lambs that most of us don't
hear Of
E. Harry Reese, former Max mer.
chant died Of tuberculosis at James
town, N. D. He had just returned to
this state from Colorado, where ne
had sought relief.
be appointed postmaster at that place.
| Albert Freitag, a Max man noted
fer his yer, city, tells good jackrabbit
story. He says he chased a jack-
rabbit into a fax field near Max, the
flax being so thick that the rabbit
could not run, making It's capture
easy. He discovered six dead jack
rabbits that had become entangled in
the dense growth of flax and enter
tains fears that dead jackrabbits in
the fax fields will interfere some
what with the harvest of the crop.
The Ryder Journal, new Ward
county publication, is said to be very
! Interesting, though a copy has not yet
reached our desk.
Some of the papers Of the state per-
sist in saying that the Minot normal
school will be located on the Valley
street site. The normal will be To-
Gated in he valley, about a mile
north from Valley street.
The posoffice at Amanda is to be
discontinued, and the patrons will re-
ceive their mail at Epworth, by rural
mail route.
The Garrison Indep endent fears
that if the Republicans nominate Taft
in 1912, they will make so many So
cialist votes that there will be be-
tween ten and twenty members Of
that persuasion in congress.
There is a rumor that Hanna may
decide to run for governor, and the
Garrison Independent wonders why
the people can't have something to
say about it.
| Tut Johnson, MaXbass banker,
| EJ,,o foy,
mer Minot young woman have wed.
! John Conway, the muse OF the Des
Laos lake. makes pitiful plea for a
wife in a very touching poem (printeu
by requesO in the Kenmare News
last week. John might have some
chance Of winning a bride if he'd
stick to the pillow and cut out his day
dreaming.
! Mrs. M H. Linsley of Dickinson
was run over by Ford auto, driven
by seventeen-year-old Ethel Peck, dy-
| ing from her injuries.
The Optic reported that the presi
dent of Chicago bank registered for
| a. Berthold claim. This was about as
| near correct as the Optic generally
gets things. The man who registered
| was not the president of the bank at
all, but an employee in the savings de-
partment of the concern. He's a
splendid citizen, alright, and We hope
! he draws the right kind Of number.
: grip containing five 81 Is CT dy-
Mantle, enough to blow up the whole
| town, was brOt into Devils Lake in
| the express car the other day. 1t was
tossed about carelessly but when it
was found what was in it, the people
realized that they had been sleeping
on the crater of a volcano so 10 speak
The owner has not called for the grip.
A year ago last April, John Sjodin
Of Kenmare died at Stanley from an
accident received near that place IN
| a runaway. He left $4,000 worth of
property, but as none Of his rela-
tives live in this country they have
never received one cent. The yhysi
clan who operated upon the man fol-
lowing the accident, has put ina bill
for $1,000. Clark Hovey, Ward coun--
! tvs public administrator, is endeavor-
ing to take charge Of the affairs and
| if he does, there may be some show
| for the relatives in Norway.
Burke county will hold it's first fair
at Bowbells Oct. 5 and 6.
Duck shooting is going to be good
this fall, the lakes are said to be just
black with the birds.
W. G. Chapman, a prominent Por-
! tai citizen, died Aug. Is, from short
| attack Of diabetes.
Hugh A. Robinson, an expert Cur
tiss aviator, will fly each Of the three
days of the Williston fair, Sept. 20