The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-30

rcchial schools at Kenmare, last
week.
The driver of the Standard Oil
wagon at kenmare, broke thru the
ice while attempting to cross the
lake, arM oil went down immediately
after. The load was recovered lat.
J er.
{ Francis Murphy, the Minot attor.
ney, cleared a Fessenden man on the
charge of pigging. This is the first
time in eleven years that a man
charged with this oifense has gone
free in Wells county.
Charles Dopp of Ryder, recovering
from typhoid, has developed fine
case Of humps.
Supt. Warren made a trip to Ry.
der thru the snow in an hour and
half. He hit just the high spots
The Journal rejoiCes Eecause the
| Ryder farmers are so humane in
blanketing their horses. He's a
mighty mean man who will drive his
| horse thru the cold, and then let the
animal stand shivering while he
tcasts his own shins around good
fire. There are officers of the hui
name society located in nearly every
town who will keep their weather
eye open for the man who is unkind
to dumb brutes.
George Nilsson, Roseglen farmer
is said to be so handy with his dukes
that two of hrs neighbors, H. l.. Ga
briel and John Myers caused his ar
rest, hoping that he would be placed
under bonds to keep the peace.
Peter Benson, the Ryder farmer
gave the editor of the Journal some
fine vegetables, which nearly promp
ted Bro. Larin to break into rhyme
again.
Ryder has an excellent band. Her
man Miller, the solo cornetist, was
a musician in the United States nav
al band and in 1905 made the mem
orable trip around the world with the
naval vessels.
The Royal elevator at Baden burn
ed Sunday night of last week, and
it is believed that the fire was of in
cendiary origin. Between four and
five thousand bushels of grain were
destroyed. The Royal was the only
elevator in use at Baden and it was
filed to it's capacity. The loss was
fully covered by insurance.
Frank Wan, Donnybrook farmer,
discovered his house to be on fire,
and water not being handy. he mount
ed ladder and put out the flames
viii a pail of swill
K. H. Knudson, Donnybrook
farmer, while butchering sustained a
broken nose, when a scaffold broke.
George Gray of Donnybrook, lost
"a fine chickens, the work of badg-
err. He drowned the badger out and
dispatched him with a crowbar.
The Donnybrook farmers are invit-
, ed to use the Commercial club rooms
at that place as a rest room. Not
bad idea.
The Donnybrook Courier was we'll
filled with ads. and interesting news
matter last week. The Donnybrook
merchants are live wires.
Speaking of Flax, attention is call
ed to the fact that North Dakota
produced more than one half of all
the flax seed grown in the United
States in the past year Her yield
was 1858, 900 bushels and the total
for the country was 21,692,0OO BUSH
els.
M. Gunderson, living near Grand
Forks, has just marketed 1000 BUSH
els of onions off of five acres, 400
bushels to the acre. $3.50. 90 per acre.
c. T. Carson of Larimore raised
40 bushels of Early Ohio potatoes
to the acre on a 22-acre tract, he got
78 cents bushel for them-$2,382. 40
or an average of s10S.SO per acre.
Mons Johnson Of Cummings, raised
AZ bushels to the acre Of Barley, on
forty acres, total $1512.0o.
F. A. Herald, chief Of the geolog-
ical force at work on the Berthold
reservation, with his corps of assist
ants, quit work last week. We un-
derstand they found some very valu-
able Ignite coal deposits south of the
river, in veins running from Is to
20 feet depth, that in quality are
deemed superior to any yet found.
It is said to be even better than the
Wilton coal. The force will return IN
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