The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-04-13
The Palermo Standard congratula

The Palermo Standard congratulate
ties a man who lost his little child
by death, and the same day received
word that his father had died in
, Minnesota. The editor probably
meant that he sympathiZed with the
, unfortunate man.
Editor Falkenstein of the Bottineau
News is in Montana looking around.
The fact that with all of our snow
last winter, their is very little water
in the slOughs, goes to prove that the
! moisture has soaked into the ground
making it's condition ideal for spring
work. Get busy, farmer right and
reXt fall you'll smile.
Russell has a band of 20 pieces
Most Of the towns in this part of
The state are organizing ball teams.
Spring shooting is said to be legal,
as the emergency clause was not at
tached to the bill Spring shooting
will not be illegal until next year.
Julius Fauchald has a large force
Of men at work tearing down the
the three story Blakey block pur-
chased from the 500.
The Consumers Power Co. has
large number of men and teams at
work excavating for its new block,
corner Main and Third streets.
The agricultural college will con-
duct another corn contest for boys
and girls this week. II you want
seed corn, apply to Supt of Schools,
Warren.
DR.. Huber Of Ryder, has located
at Willfston The doctor is quite an
advertiser, and manages to get the
right rates. We like the Doctor
we do.
Mrs. e. Cox is looking for a glass
| cane which she says he son Frank
appropriated and put in the soak, y
She prizes the cane very highly as
a souvenir and will pay we'll to get it
back.
! The Glenburn Advance says. A
number Of outside farm hands arriv-
ed this week kand have accepted posi-
tons with farmers near town. There
has been considerable demand for
help. The prevailing wages are
$35. 90 per month, including board
and fe wother perquisites.
| Miss Hattie Abraham is attending
the Valley City Normal school. She
attended the Highland Park Univer-
city at Des Moines last year and Is
| thus receiving splendid education.
August Gull from the South Prairie
after disposing of his personal pro-
perty left for Montana Monday, where
he will file on a half section home
stead.
The Turtle Lake Wave mentions a
farmer near Turtle Lake that has rs
hens which produced a dollars worth
of eggs each the past winter. He
kept them in a sod house adjoining
his stock barn and they did not sui
fer from the cold.
Great Northern train No. was
saved from wreck Tuesday by boy
nine years of age, who was walking
along the track one mile west Of
Norwich when he discovered ,:lece
Of rail about eight inches long broken
out of the track. He gave the signal
for the train to stop which would 9TH
erwise have been ditched.
It is reported that the charge
against ex-State Treasurer Bickford
will be changed from embezplement
to misappropriation of public funds,
owing to the fact that all the short
age shown has been made good to
the state. The trial is set for May
Is at Bismarck, but the Impression
prevails that q charge Of venue from
prevails that a change of venue from
Cancelled.
J A we'll known divine was preaching
| one morning on the subject of the
| great and the little things of crea-
ton. To illustrate his thought that
nothing was too great or too little
| to he Of interest to God, be proceed
ed with these words:
The creator of this immense uni
4 verse created also the most infinitesi-
NAL atom in =, The architect OF
these vast mountains fashioned also
the tiniest thread Of gold running
| through them. The God who made