The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-19
AROUND THE STATE

seat and $4,000 for school house.
Former Editor Geo. B. Winship of
The Grand Forks Herald, has bought
a $4,000 home at San Diego, Cali.
Some of the 'ditors would have to
take long lead pencil and a large
sheet OF pager to figure out the
a cumu'Ate enough meZnma to do like.
wise.
nave taken a new method Of stopping
lie pra, tice Of hauling farm machin-
cry across the border without the
duty being rad on the same. They
have hecn instructed to attend every
farm auction sale near the border
Three of the eight prisoners, all
highwaymen, who escaped from the
Bottineau county Jail last week, were
captured Friday near Deloraine, Man,
and will he returned to the state. The
men undoubtedly had outside aid. for
the steel bars were sawed or
Judge burr has granted several
druggists permits in Rottineau conn-
ty which is noteworthy fact.
The authorities are trailing wild
man near the Gulstad farm northwest
# Dottineau. The fellow has thrown
stones thru The windows of the farm
house, MIXED the COWS. robbed the
garden and one occasion chased one
If the girls, who had gone out to
! milk The fellow is undoubtedly in
sane.
The county commissioners of Bot
| tineau county did not dispose Of the
Mouse river drainage bonds.
Eobart Brander of Souris has field
Of pot,Loes that yielded 600 bushels
! per acre.
The mayor of Newburg offers re-
, ward for the "low down cur who
| painted his windows.
Fifteen carloads Of tat cattle were
shipped down the Maxbass branch
| last week
A Dickey county man was tried for
setting fire to d straw stack. The
! jury disagreed.
O. J. Hansen, who grew angry at
an article that Editor Penn of Sher-
| wood wrote about him, assaulted the
editor, then paid fine.
The Crosby editors are having a
"crool" wordy war which seems to
| have ,ut!i>ed it's usefulness.
| The Rottineau Courant will here
! after charge $500 year for subscrip-
tions that are not paid up strictly in
advance.
Mr. Nelson, one of the Bottineau
county commissioners. cut 40 tons Of
feed from d 20 acre corn field
\ Wolford farmer paid dollar for
! a pint of ''red-eye" that proved to be
vinegar
The McHenry county corn confess
will be held Nov 16.The Judges will
meet at Towner in the forenoon. A
number of boys will enter corn in
competition.
\ Minot young man claims to be-
long TO the boosters club because
he is out nearly every night-"holler
ing for Minot.
have half section Of good lana
thai want to exchange for general
stock Of merchandise or furniture
stock. or will put in a quarter and pay
balance cash. Address L, Box 791,
Minot, NJ D.
Editor Smith of the Plaza Pioneer
does not find it necessary to grow his
own garden. His farmer friends are
bringing in garden sass galore.
G. A. ArneSs of Plaza, who has %
acres Of fine potatoes, dug thou
sand bushels from just six acres
1t has been demonstrated that
sweet potatoes can be grown in North
Dakota.
G. f. Eaton of Surrey bought {
small patch Of potatoes, consisting Of
~ rows for SIS. He was surprtsEA to
find that he had dug over $50 bushels
Of mo large Murphies from the patch.
A Casselt0n farmer has solved tho
weed question by buying 1000 head
Of sheep
rho engine on the Sherwood Cannon
ball went wrong when the train ar
rived at Deerfi1g one day latt week
and It was necessary to send another
iron horse out from Minot.
The Deering Enterprise is seven
years old and better than ever. Last
week one of tho live merchants car
ried page ad and besides the others
| were all we'll represented.
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