The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-01-11

Williams county. PoA, wha was form
erly city au i.or OF the Cit, of Wiliiston
was recently pard ,ned alter serving
three yeaf, OF Ten year sentence for
classifying his records. Tie tuld the, boarc
OF pardons few things which lead t.,
the Investigation an" 1t is ilkely that
several citizens wilt be Involved
One of our exchanges makes the
following inquiry which TO date has
not received a satisfactory answer:
When jealous man who is no &C
count. shoots somebody who is nc
account, for being too attentive to a
no account woman, why should any
body who is some account, get ex.
cited over it?
A man asked Miss Katherine Pitts,
The breed of her little dog, Fritz;
II Think" replied Kate,
Its Expectorate;'
The fact was her dog was a Spitz
A Minot man who is noted for his
oratorical ability was heard to re-
mark: 1--WE have had twelve cold days
in concussion." Right you are, old
fellow.
George Smith will probably claim
that Sam Clark gets his cue for Jim
Jam-Jems' from The Frogestine, one
issue of which only, was ever pub
lished by the Plaza publisher.
The 8 year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fugleberg was taken seri-
ously ill with obstruction Of the
bowels few days ago. Wednesday
morning the parents and the child
left for Minot where the girl is to
undergo an operation at the hospital.
Palermo Standard.
Miss Pearl Merriman, young
school teacher near Drake became
badly frightened when a man entered
her school. She ran to a neighbors
house and upon her return, she was
minus purse and some iewelry
which the man had taken.
The first carload of corn to be
shipped out Of Ramsey Co. this year
went to Williston. Corn has been rails
ed successfully right along in Ramsey
county, but heretofore it has been
used entirely for home consumption.
According to the new edition of the
Encyclopedia Britannica, tho VOID
steak is apparently derived from
Icelandic "steik," used in the same
sense as the English word, which
meant properly roasted meat, from
steikja, to roast; that is, placed on a
stick or peg of wood before the fire
Compare Swedish, sick; Danish, sick,
roast meat)." The same authority
says: "A 'porterhouse' steak is a
choice cut of steak from the loin, so
named, apparently, first in New York,
from we'll know porter house. and
eating house where chops, steaks,
etc., and porter or stout were served
at which steaks we're specially. A
steak drilled between two other
steaks, which are not served after the
cooking is finished, is also sometimes
called a 'porterhouse steak Not in
these days of high cost meat would
such practice as the latter be very
generally followed, however.
The Canadian conservatives do not
want any more Americans to colon
ize Canada, it is said, and will now
encourage immigration from England
and Scotland. One hundred thousand
Americans have been going to the
Canadian northwest yearly and Our
friends across the border figure that
he Americans have been endeavoring
10 take Canada by the wooden horse
device. There is to be no more Ca
madam land advertised In American
newspapers and immigration agencies
Ire to be discontinued, it is said. In
he meantime, Americans should con-
tinue to develop America.