The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-01-04


10 births This, the News explains
was tor period of months, Why,
there were to be 80 deaths in Ken
mare in one month, the town woul
be we'll nigh depopulated.
]. II. Shirley from Norwich. wa
a Minot visitor bright and early Sat
urday morning. Mr.. Shirley an,
wife expect to leave in a few day
for Palm Beach, Fla. to spend tire,
months. Mr.. Shirley enjoys the sal
ubrious winter weather Of North Da.
kota all right, but Mrs. Shirley.
health is not the best and they usual
~ spend the winters in the south
During the past three years, they have
spent their winters in California. Tex
as and Florida, but like Florida bss
Of all.
White eating an oyster stew, A. N
Bauman Of Westhope found six fine
pearls attached to one oyster which
are rather valuable.
Theo. Johnson, a former well to dc
farmer of Glenburn, was recently pre-
sented purse of 500 by neighbors
and friends. Mr.. Johnson suffered 9
stroke Of paralysis four years ago and
has experienced other reverses since
The Wolford Mirror says: "A
daughter was born to the King and
Queen of Spain last week. The Mir.
ror extends congratulations.
The general land office has render.
ed recent decision, ruling that a
mans family alone may make suffic-
lent residence on homestead to
make final proof Had this sort of a
ruling been made years ago, many a
poor devil could have been away
earning money to keep his family in
existence on the homestead.
Fred Lamar of Elgin. N. D., drove
clear to Bantry, 200 miles, arriving
last week, to trade horses with his
brother, Rev. H. G. Lehner. He re-
turned the very coolest weather. Two
hundred miles is some distance to go
to trade horses, and we'N wager a
doughnut that the preacher beat him
at that.
The Socialist Advocate Publishing
Co. has purchased the plant of tho
Coteau Sentinel and will issue it's pa
per from that place hereafter.
A new barber shop was installed at
Portal.
Whenever the city pump at Portal
fails to work, the electric light plant
has to be shut down and the pump
has to be shut down and the pump
has been on strike several times, ~
Gently. TO-
The Portal band is getting in good
trim and will Be able to play Sweet
Bunch Of Dastes'' with a vim - tho
Fourth. = ]:
Lansford's postal savings bank Vim
open Jan. 10. Editor Holbein w1l
welcome j. as place to deposit some
Of his surplus. = ~
Bowbells has a breakfast food nc
tory, installed BY M. Kopriva.
At Carpio, Jack rabbit was served
by one Of the hotels on Xmas day
and everybody except the proprietor
thought they were eating chicken.
Since Ben Whitehead has become
so busy campaigning for Democratic
committeeman, his spicy edi.
tortals have been missing from the
State.
Frank Wilson, the Bathgate editor.
is candidate for Democratic nation
al committeeman. It's pretty certain
that a newspaper man is going to
land the job.
John Mccartney Of Granville. who
underwent a surgical operation in the
Minot hospital, was taken i'll of small
pox shortly after his release, and is
now In the pest house.
An exchange says: IT you would
really know how an unbfanketed
horse feels after violent exercise IN
cold weather, take a brisk run Of !
mile or SO, then stand where tho cold
wind will strike you for half an hour.
Bert Badke, Bantry trapper. rot
his fingers too close to the business
end Of badger. caught in q trap,
and is carrying his hand in sling.
w. B. Parker Of Westhope, who
went back to Iowa last week on .
visit in his excitement, left his lunch
basket, filled with fried chicken and
other good things in the westhope
depot. At Rugby, he secured the
check to travelling mans trunk In
stead Of hts own.
Tom Crow was arrested at Antler,
with plugging and placed m
der 81 0fO honHa An avrbon~ -