The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-12-14
AROUND THE STATE

mVUVD I'LL OIHIL
In trying to save Roy Keller, for
merly Of Gobleville, Mich, from Ger
tain death in a we'll filled with gas,
John Augustine Of Grafton, N. D.
lost his life on farm near the Can
adam border.
The body of Miss Minnie Edelburg,
who died in a Bismarck hospital was
buried without casket by the order
of her parents who are Russian Jews
and insisted that she be buried in
that manner.
The Ward County commissioners
are always in the lime light in some
way or other. This time it is the
Chairman of that board that is in
trouble. The county has for several
years been blessed at times with a
very undesirable class of commission
ers. Only few short years age two
of the board at that time were ousted
by Judge Goss, This time a peniten-
tiary term stares the accused in the
face. -Stanley Sun.
Stickley insists on calling Bro.
Wilson of the Bathgate Pink Paper
George"
We are informed there are still
hundreds Of acres of flax in this neigh
borhood not yet cut or just being cut.
Harvesting in December in North Da-
kota seems rather ridiculous, a con.
dition of affairs that will never again
he brought about, but it exists at the
present time. All of it will be cut
and threshed, too, if the nice weather
continues. Opinions differ as to its
worth, but if it can't be threshed it
makes good feed for the cattle ana
is thus worth while in any event. Be-
sides, every farmer wants to get IN
all the acreage he can next spring,
in view of the excellent prospects.
We understand TT can't be turned
over in the spring with the flax on it
if it is to be devoted to crop next
year Ryder Journal.
Some merchants expect the local
newspaper to continually wage fight
against the inroads of the catalogue
houses on their business but they do
not see the necessity of giving their
patronage to the newspapers advertds-
ing columns or to its job department.
Those who do not advertise in these
columns and expect The Courant to
fight their battles for them have
guessed wrong. We will play square
but we are by no means an eleemosyn'
airy institution .-Bottineau Courant.
A Kenmare hunter shot gopher
that was summing itself, Dec. 5, and
now they are specializing on an open
winter up in the Gooseneck.
John Sheehan of the Busy Bee res
taurant of Kenmare, and his man
Smith, were arrested for plugging.
Goods we're found in their possession.
The men were taken to Minot.
Nels Eidet and MISS Ragra Li1lois
who have valuable claims south
Berthold, were recently married in
Minot.
The Westhope standard serves not
ice that it will play an April Fool joke
on some of the subscribers Jan. l
unless they pay.
The Kenmare News wants Minot to
divide up the county offices with
some of the other towns in the coun-
ty.
Mrs. J. C. Haugland, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Peterson of Ry-
der, died at her home in Warwick,
following the birth Of little son.
She was but Is years Of age.
The Ryder Journal suspects that
Gust Johnson, the Rire Lake murder
or did not get his just dues.
There has been so much typhoid
fever at Ryder that every time one
OF the citizens finds his tongue coat
ed, he PUSHES for the doctor.