The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-09
News Notes
OF the GREAT NORTHWEST
1OTTiNEAU COUNTY.


The Rottineau Courant will charge
500 a Year subscription when not
paid strictly In advance. In urging
the subscribers to pay up the pub
Usher says: please let us have
OUR MONEY that you have been
carrying around in YOUR pockets.
The five prisoners who escaped
from the Bottineau jail the second
time, are still at large. One ex-
change says the Bottineau Jail must
be as strong as hen coop.
The Mansfield boys at Lansford
turned over the ground this fall with
three gas tractors. at the rate of Is
acres a day.
Prominent men in the counties Of
Renville. Burke, Ward, McHenry and
Bottineau. have formed an associa-
ton known as the Mouse River Loop
District. for the purpose of adver-
Using the advantages for settlers, In
the above named counties. Ono Of
the first things that will be done 10
the sending Of an exhibit TO the Chi
cago land show. The 'fine exhibit
which resulted from the state indus
trial exposition 1t Bismarck Is avail
able, and additional exhibits will be
secured. The car of exhibits is ex-
pected to leave Minot.
Art Hall, the Lansford wrestler,
lost his house and barn by fire last
week. The fire started in a granary
that had been used as kitchen.
A. j. Evans, who has been editing
the Omemee Herald, has gone to
Montana, where he has accepted a
good position. R. H. Cook, a cap
able publisher, succeeds him.
The Bovey-Shute Lumber Co. Of
Omemee bought the yard Of the In
perial Elevator Co. while the latter
concern has taken over the Bovey-
Shute stock at Overly.
While the price Of turkeys promis-
es to be six or eight cents a pound
lower this year in the Twin Cities,
than last, the price will remain about
the same in this state.
Candidates are slow in making
their announcements in the guberna-
torial race. Perhaps they are wait
ing until Herman Midtbo comes back
to the state.
The ,Maxbass Monitor says II the
| banks and the International Harves-
ter Co. do not tie up the farmers too
tight, that paper hopes to collect
some subscription money. Whatever
can be said regarding the Harvester
Co. that concern has extended a
| long line Of credit to the farmers of
North Dakota, their notes aggrega-
ting about 100000 at the present
time
"Grandpa" Armstrong, father of
the Armstrong family at Willow City
died of paralysis at the age OF IS.
4 Willow City elevator man is ad-
vertising that he is paying two cents
over list for grain.
The Willow City Eagle publishes
the names Of doctors in connection
with news Of the sick
The Maxbass Monitor says that
: Senator Grant Trimble was the
Santa Claus" who paid the fiddler
during the campaign in 1908.
The Westhope commercial club as
sisted a potato buyer who agreed to
buy several carloads of potatoes
| from the farmers. Two cars were
loaded and shipped. j w. Belcourt
hauled in 200 bushels for the third
car, loaded them in the car, whe.l
ne learned that the fellow would not
buy any more. The angry farmer had
to haul his potatoes back to the fari"
Peter Cook, who lives west OF tie
river in Bottineau county, thresh ed
100 bushels of clean flax which net
ted him 81 so per bushel.
Considerable excitement yas Great
ed in Bottineau yesterday morning
the 26th when the body Of a new
born babe was found in an outbuil1-
ing. A young girl-bareiy II years
old-was taken sick and 1 d3ctol
was called. When the doctor arriy-
Ell he knew what had happened and
this led to tho discovery of the bod;
An inquest was held and post NOR
tenn examination made at which Il
was found the child had been bort
alive. The unfortunate girl Is tbs
daughter of a laboring man and lei
mother died several years ago. Tie
girl has not told who is the guilt,
man in the case .-Omemee Herald
Editor Holbein Of Lansford, says
Wind pudding and canned breez'
NAV he filing hut they are not v,.r,