The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-05-08
with a 22-calibre rifle while hunting

with a 22-calibre rifle while hunting
gophers.
r. A. Raumm, Deering farmer,
broke through the top Of his thresh-
ing machine and one of his legs was
badly bruised and cut in the mach
inery below.
N. C. Abbott, who has had charge
of the extension work of the State
University for two years, has re-
signed to engage in other work He
has been successful. His successor
is Prof. Pettijohn of the University
Of Wisconsin.
Ball teams have been organized at
Bantry, Eckman, Maxbass, Sherwood,
Bowbells, Burlington, Portal and 9TH
er towns in the Northwest, but the
Minot Wagners have not shown any
sign of the usual spring awakening
The Advance claims that the auto
speeders have been travelling at too
fast clip on the streets of Glenburn.
No more snuff will be sold in the
state after July l.
Glenburn will market 10000 BUSH
els of fax from the spring threshing
at about q dollar bushel.
Mrs Joe Amerin from near Carpio,
fell from chair while fixing a stove
pipe, and broke her wrist.
The "Uncle Toms Cabin" outfit
that appeared at Carpio was reported
by the Free Press the rottenest ever.
A small crowd bit.
{, 1t has been discovered that steel
head trout will live in Devils Lake and
the government will plant several
| ~ 3f <ko Ech <hornsr
The John Diest farm near Carpio
was sold to Peter Shol of Fergus
Falls, Mimi, for $35 an acre.
More than half Of North Dakota s
wheat crop is in the ground and that
which has come up shows fine color.
The "glove skirt" has gotten past
quarantine and made its way fresh
from Paris to New York. The glove
skirt is merely slight Tightening of
the hobble and fits like rubber finger
stall. The fancy hose makers are
pushing it along with great enthusi-
asm, as the garment is slit to the
knee in order to make locomotion pos
sible. The prudes may attack it, but
the ordinary man will try to see
something good in it; and the ladies
will regard the question Of adopting
it as mere matter Of form. As for
the wearing of tn glove skirt, they
will be the last ones to kick. They
can't.-Drake News.
Ernest Warner, law of Gene
Tofflemire, and who resides about
nine miles north of town, had the
misfortune to lose his house by fire
early Saturday morning. Mr., Warner
had built fire in the kitchen stove
and gone to the barn to do the chores.
| Mrs. Warner only discovered the
blaze in time to grab up her baby and
get out in her night clothes. The fire
IS supposed to have been started by
a spark from the stove and was a
close call for the lady and babe
Sawyer Telegraph.
Uncle Sam will grant his posrmast-
ers five days. vacation to attend the
state convention at Jamestown July
% and %. D. F. Humphreys Of
Brocket, N. D., is secretary Of the
stamp Founders association.
Grand Forks has good base ball
team this year that is in the Northern
League The first game of the season
was played on the Grand Forks
grounds Monday with Winnipeg. 9th
er games are to be played with Min
neapoils, St. Paul, Winona, Virginia
Duluth and Superior.
M. L. Hines is building six room
modern house at Sawyer that will be
occupied by R. H. Bowman, cashier
of the Sawyer State Bank.
dad" Green enjoyed Halloway's
Uncle Toms Cabin entertainment al
Sawyer, but deplores the fact that
eli" Eva" had to appear before such 9
small audience
Joe Fisher Of Bantry, who did his
blowing last fall, finished seeding his
wheat April 16, and it is all up and
J Hans Skaug had such success will