The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-04-11
AROUND THE STATE

Mrs. Geo. Mcclure of MinOt, who
arrived in the city last Saturday for
a few days visit with Mrs. c. Y.
Swanson at the Hotel Berry, was TAX
en- seriously ill Monday. At the
present writing she is improving
nicely and will be able to return to
her home some time next week. Mr..
Mcclure was called from Minot Mon
day and remained with his wife un.
til Wednesday.-Velva Journal.
Frank Scoufe, the McHenry hotel
man, who killed John Mclaughlin,
was found guilty of manslaughter in
the first degree and sentenced to
Serve twelve years. Mclaughlin S
wife had left him and was working
in Scoufe's hotel, which started a
quarrel between the men.
Staale Hendrickson of Coteau, alb
solutely refuses to become a candi-
Gate for the Senate, but will probably
be out for the lower body.
Those who have made a test, say
that flax which has been out in the
field all winter, will not grow. ONLY
about half the wheat that has been
tested, will terminate properly. Be
careful Of your seed.
The Bowbells well, altho 400 feet
deep, has an insufficient supply Of
water, and the drillers will go down
farther into the bowels of the earth
The soil expert at Cando is having
a hard time securing plats from &C
tual farmers. He has all kinds Of
chances to experiment for the town
farmers" but these are not the men
he is bent on helping.
Over at Cando where they don't
have much to talk about, young
swain and lassie met on the street
recently, and this is what the Dem
ocrat says they said: HULA! HUI
la! How you gitalong? Oh, I git
along; how you gitalong? Oh, git
along. Uh-huh. I hain't seen you in
a long time now. l hain't seen YOU
in a long time neither. Uh-huh!
Coin to school? Yep; you goin' to
school? Yep. Uh-huh! What you
laughin' at? was laughin' cause you
was laughin. So long. So long.
Farming operations are we'll ad-
vanced over the state and in some
sections seeding will begin this week.
In fact some seeding was done more
than a week ago. Several days dur
ing the early part of April, the ther-
mometer stood at 10 degrees and
fires were allowed to go out. A good
rain Friday with light snow Friday
night, will start the pastures In good
shape.
The Mississippi and Missouri riv-
ers are on a rampage, the worst in
years. Thousands of people along
the rivers have been driven from
their homes and great damage done.
In the south levees have been washed
away and the low lands flooded. At
Bismarck, the Missouri is over it's
banks and people driven from their
homes on the fiat. Deer and coyotes
driven from their recesses, in the
brush, have run thru the city of Bis
marck to escape.
There is a law on our statutes
against cruelty to animals. NJ. Mel
son of Glencoe, N. D., was fined $15
and costs amounting to s74 for feed
ing seven horses insufficiently dur
ing the past year.
Several dealers in cream and but
ter on the south 500 were arrested
last week and fined SO and costs for
keeping their products in unsanitary
places Look out or the dairy COM
missioer will get you.
J. M. Anderson, secretary of the
Society of Equity Of North Dakota,
has been asked to call conference
Of the N. D. society officials to
protest against the free sugar bill
now pending in the senate, in an ef-
fort to help out the sugar beet grow
ers of the country. While North d.
kota does not grow many sugar beets,
it is known that they will thrive well
here, and the chances are that II the
free sugar bill does not pass, this
industry may be given some atten-
ton in the state.
Those farmers who have wintered
their horses on corn, see the differ
ence in the results Of this feed %
compared with others. Their horses
have come out fat and sleek and 1T
for a summers hard work. Farmers
should grow corn for their horses II