The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-05-11
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Happenings Throughout the
State TelseIy Told.

The organization of the Valley City
Chautauqua association was effected
at Valley City at meeting OF more
than 100 members. Fifteen residen'
and six nonresident directors were
chosen Among the directors are
Former Governor Frank White. Sen
ator George M. Young. President
George A. Mcfarland of the state nor
NAL, Superintendent G. w, Hanna OF
the city schools. D. 8. Delaney of the
Northern Seed company. all residents
Of Valley City: A. NJ. Baldwin OF
| Coopsrstown, Rev. 4. V. Shaw o'
Minot. Superintendent g. A. Danford
Of the Bismarck district OF the Meth
odist Episcopal church. Alex Wrig ut.
editor Of the Oakes Times; James Blu
chanan. late csadidass for governor,
and sen>tor Wesley Mcdowell yot
Marion. r. =. Packard, was chosen
president and Fred Osborne secre.
tary. The association will held its
Arst sssembly JuIy to II. 1t vii:
s,sn with Abes picnic. with John
Mitchell to Aslivsr the address. It IL
Drobabk W. ]. Bryan will close the
session. Thirty Dsograms have been
arranged and tSact Of twelve acres
Of beautiful grove one mile from the
city on the banks . The sheyenns has
bsso secured ~ grounds. The asso
! citation expects 70 have everything In
readiness by Vie AAts OF opening. A
guarantee fund q $4,000 hes bssn
raised TO inaugurate ~ enterprise.
II the amount Of building that 10 to
b done in Minet, the metropolis of
Western North Dakota. 10 a true indt.
cation Of the financial condition In
~ section, there 10 no cause for
dawn. A summary Of the new build
ings already started and those which
are practically sure Of being erected
within the next year places the tota'
amount at over one million dollars.
which Is nearly twice the amount of
Building In any other one year in the
history Of Minot The site il cleared
for the new 100000 500 passenger
station and the contract Is supposed
10 b awarded by May Is. The Mis-
souri, Valley High Carbon Fuel com
Dany. which is planning on erecting
Avs large briquetting and gas plants
In Western North Dakota, has pnr
chased a site for a $4,000 plant and
has secured plans from the Mashek
Engineering company of New York
The site is also cleared for the new
Emerson theater costing $4,000 and
bricklayers have been 1t work on the
new four-story Lexington hotel for
two weeks. In addition to these nav
| buildings repairs on business blocks
| will b made. swelling the total build
ing figures for the year to nearly a
million and q quarter, which 10 the
record for one year In the history Of
Atnot
Seeding Of wheat In Northwestern
North Dakota IL practically finished
and In several places the grain is up
and doing we'll. Experts state that
NE heavy frosts did practically no
damage The cool weather is having
. tendency to make the wheat stool
we'll. A. A; Robinson, president Of the
Robinson Elevator company, which op-
crates a string of elevators in West
orn North Dakota, said: Practically
al of the early sown wheat in West
srp North Dakota IL up and doing
we'll. This wheat was nipped some
what by the frosts. but no serious
damage was done. l consider condi-
tons favorable thus far With rain
In two or three weeks there Is moth
ing to prevent good crop Of wheat
In North western North Dakota" The
farmers are breaking much new land
west of Minot for fax and the acreage
In this crop will be larger than last
year, Flax seed has been shipped
into Minot in carload lots for distribu
ton throughout the western part of
the state and many farmers are put
ting in an exceptionally large acreage.
Miss Ethel Halves of Turtle Lake,
the teacher who horsewhipped How
ard WATSON, the Northern Pacific
brakeman whom she claimed insulted
her, and Amos WEIGH and Charlie
Lynch, arrested for taking part in the
affair by holding the victim that he
might receive the lashes, have secured
their bail of $500 and all will be tried
ct Washburn In June. Feeling in the
matter is still growing and It would
seem that "the man in the case" is
getting most of the sympathy. No
papers have yet been served on Was
son. qa
After suffering terrible agony for
twenty-four hours the little two-year-
old daughter Of Herman Golden of
Grand Forks, who fell into boiler Of
boiling water, died The child was
playing about the Kitchen while her
mother was washing. She dropped q
cup into the boiler which was stand
ing on the floor and in attempting to
reach 1t sne fell In. She was con.
1 0eiouS until death relieved her Of her