The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-15
North Dakota
News Notes

Forman-FOrman Is to have pub
lie market day Feb. IT,
Wilton,-At Wilton 10000 Red
Cross Christmas stamps were sold.
Ia Sheyenne.-Farmers around Shey-
enne are having trouble to secure
water
:, Buffalo.-Soren Sorenson has re-
turned to Buffalo from trip to his
old home in Denmark.
McIlenry.-Juanita is new post
office with William Hazlett in charge
and mail is supplied from McHenry.
Lidgerwood.-P. G. Myhre, Rich
land county farmer, had to kill eleven
head of cattle on account of tuber-
culoss.
Minnewaukan.-A. E. Hutchinson
may become a candidate for commits
sioner Of agriculture and labor in
North Dakota.
Mohall.-A chautauQua is being
planned for Mouse river park, thir-
teen miles west Of Mohall, to open
the coming summer.
Ryder-A section of land on the
Berthold reservation has been set
j aside for experimental purposes, and
49, 900 will soon be spent for the
buildings thereon. !
Rugby. - The new Pierce county
| courthouse will be formally dedicated
Feb. 20. Judge Spalding Of the su-
preme court of North Dakota will be
the principal speaker.
Bismarcf.-Feb.2 20 is the date fixed
for the election at which the question
Of recalling e. G.. Patterson and H. G.
| Tatley, members of the city commits
! sion, will be submitted.
| Valley City.-Robert Halvorson, liv-
ing four miles from Leal, one of the
Oldest settlers in that section of the
county, is dead of pneumonia after
an illness of two weeks.
| Cleveland.-Nels Strand has COM
menced new industry. He is ship
ping rabbits to Fargo by the wagon
load, receiving $3.50 per dozen for
them; he says it is good business.
! Bottineau.-Bottineau county bank
i deposits show a per capita wealth
we'll above the average of the state.
The average per capita deposit in
the banks of the county is $151.69.
Hillsboro.-Hillsboro has a mad dog
scare; the animal was killed and the
university reported the brain showed
rabies, and all dogs bitten have been
ordered muzzled for several MONTHS
Steele An explosion of gasoline
vapor in the basement Of the Charles
Barber home near here almost killed
Mr.. Barber. He was using a gasoline
stove in the basement to prevent
frost, and a leak had filed the place
with vapor Mr.. Barber was only able
to reach the trap door in time to save
his life, but was badly burned about
1 the@hands and face.
Bismarck.-County auditors will be
compelled to place the names of as
pirants for probate Judge on the bal
lots at the June primary election de-
spite the fact that no provision is
made in the new ballot law for that
office. 1t has been contended that
there was a possibility OF no probate
judges being elected this year, be-
cause of the legislatures oversight, but
the county auditors who have looked
| luIO ILc plOpOolllOu uO1u OLIlCA WloO.
Bismarck. - North Dakota netted
$17,661.8O in profits to the counties Of
the state from July l, 1911, to Janu-
airy /, 1912, under the operations Of
the state auto tax law, which only
became effective last year. That
amount was apportioned to the coun.
ties for the improvement of roads,
| <p ;uir
and Grand Forks receiving $1,008.35
as their share of the total. There
were 1891 automobiles taxed and 261
motorcycles taxed, the total income OF
the department being $22,447.
Rugby.-Herman Schultz has been
bound over for trial on the charge Of
numbering William j. Murray, night
Waterman in charge of the engines
and steam shovels used in grading the
new cutoff OF the Great Northern. It
was at first thought Murray had fall
en- from the engine, sustaining frac-
,ture of the skull, but the medical ex-
perts proved that the injury was too
great to have been caused by fall.
Schultz was then arrested the evil
dence being then only circumstantial.
No evidence was offered on the part
of the defense.
Wilton. - Former Senator w. D.
Washburn of Minneapolis, president Of
the Washburn Ignite Coal company,
accompanied by Mrs. Washburn, STAN
ley Washburn and w. H. Keller, sec
rotary and treasurer of the company,
were in Wilton last week, looking over
the company's Ignite coal mines. Mr..
Washburn and Mr.. Keller conferred
with the local officers and are highly
pleased with conditions. The output
of coal the past three months was the
greatest in the history Of the COM
pany. With a very large acreage OF
coal still untouched, Mr.. Washburn
expressed himself as hopeful for even
a larger production in the future.
| While in Wilton plans were formulat-
ed for improvements at the big plant
next summer. The output averages
! 1000 tons a day at present.
Bottineau.-The farmers OF the
northeastern part of the county have