The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-08-15
AROUND THE STATE.

broken and plowed more than &
thousand acres with the Big -Four
outfit this season. They put In 300
acres of crop on their own land.
Upon complaint Of Robert Carru
Tiers, until lately pigger, Dr.. +.
F. Kennedy was arrested and taken
to Stanley early Monday morning or
the charge of having sold intoxicat
ing Liquors at the drug store without
requiring signature. To this charge
Mr. kennedy plead not guilty and was
bound over to the district court in
the sum of s500-White Earth Pee.
ord. 49,.
The weeds that are growing alon.
the fence rows and out of way
places will soon go to seed. If it ia
desired to make the place look tidy
and neat, and keep the weeds from
obtaining q more determined hold
they should be cut at the earliest
opportunity. A mower will undoutt.
eddy cut nearly all Of them. A sythe
will be found necessary only to cut
the weeds under the fences and n
the corners.
Charlie Kelley, the man Who left
North Dakota twice, only to return,
was iii fro mhis 5onarza farm at
Burlington Satur ley. Charlie says
mis- crops could not look Fett,1 and
he stated that he would bagin har-
vesting Monday.
Gas was struck at the John ST.
monieg place six miles north of
Glenburn last week. The pressure IS
about 70 pounds and there u On
ample supply for Mr.. Simonleg's uss
to heat and light his farm residence
and barns. Ed. Keefe's we'll in the
.;ame locality is again In working or
der. All the trouble With the we'll
was that it needed slushing out AS
the hole had filed in with sand
Glenburn Advance.
Fifteen head of horses owned by
Martin Bros. of Berg, were killed by
lightning on the Berthold reserve
ton. They were huddled together
on high butte for protection against
mosquitoes. 49,.
John A. Schmidt, the largest and
strongest man in that section OF the
state, was found dead in a small
pool OF water at New England coal
mine. The theory is that the man
was overcome by heat.
If Colonel Roosevelt happens TO-
be defeated for president, there's
a good opening for him as. police
commissioner of New York city.
The Colonel held this job, once to
the satisfaction of everybody and he
could do it again. 4tA &
A Plaza doctor performed an I'M
usual operation on a little lad, re.
moving two tiny insects from his
face, which had caused fostering
sore. The insects are known to sci
anca 40 Castronhi1us
The Cooperstown Courier tells the
story of a girl who has solved the
high cost of living. She took a pair
Of dads old pants, cut off one of the
legs and made one of the latest
model skirts. Any girl of gumption
can do it.
Melvin Mellum, a u ear old Jes.
sic lad, fell into a well. He struck
the ladder when 40 feet on his way
to the bottom, and was able to climb
out " .
Editor Jack Meyers of Maxtass
calls "Old Bilr' HolEein, of Lans.
ford, a diamond Of the first wa
ter" Right you are Jack. No vel
low in "Old Bill"
Antler is a good town. They are
building cement walks over there and
none of the businessmen send out
Of town for their job work.
G.. D. Gleason Of Minot Il The
new manager Of the Glenburn Far
ers' Cooperative Co. at Glenburn.
Hank Marean ID doing his share
towards giving Glenburn good roads.
He donated the use Of . man and
team five days and half on build
ing good highways. May Hanks
shadow nevzf grow less.
B. F. Baker. who has charge OF
the expending Of the automobile II.
cense money IN Ensign and Prescott
townships, near Glenburn, cleared IS
miles Of road from stone ana haa
money enough left to dig the stone
from 80 miles more. This ID clear