The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-09-18
North Dakota
News Notes.
Anamoose.-Cit are making an


Calvin.-Customs officials are in.
vestigating the smuggling of liquor
over the international boundary line.
Havana. - The separator of Henry
Weber was badly damaged by old
castings that had been placed in grain
bundles.
East Grand Forks.-The fall meet.
ing Of the Adams presbytery will be
held in East Grand Forks on Sept.
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Martin. - Despondent because his
crops were not yielding as large as he
expected, J. r. Calkins committed sui.
eide by hanging.
Thompson. Obtaining two gold
watches and $25 in cash as their loot,
robbers ransacked three rooms in the
West hotel here.
Grand Forks.--Four young women
received diplomas of graduation from
the nurses training school of St.
Michaels hospital
Mooreton.-One of the three barns
on the Downing farm here was struck
by lightning, entailing a $4,000 loss,
about half insured.
Cogswell.-Standing in the door OF
the barn on the Frank Baird farm
Ole krogen was struck by lightning
and instantly killed.
Milnor.-While out On his farm,
James Jensen saw his house burning
Neighbors arrived in time to save the
granary and the barn.
Mohall.-After an interesting con.
test among democrats, Dennis Clifford
has been named postmaster here to
succeed Charles Lano
Bismarck.-North Dakota bank re.
sources were increased $500, 195.56 the
last year, according to the report of
the state bank examiner.
Garrison.-Overcome by gas while
putting in a curbing in we'll, Otto
Schlichting, farmer, fell to the bot
tom and was dead when reached.
Observation-Disclosures Schneider, a
Northern Pacific brakeman, was acct
dentally shot by AL Kramer, a fellow
worker. Schneider's condition is seri-
Gus.
McVille.-After seven years as post
master F. w. McDougall has rendered
his resignation. Petitions are in cir.
culation for the appointment of H. B.
Blackey.
Grand Forks-While a search 10
being made for her missing daughter,
relatives are delaying plans for the
funeral of Mrs. Minnie Hall, who died
here recently.
Crosby.--A farm hand under the
name OF James Gibson, raised a $3.50
check and succeeded in getting the
money. The officers traced him to
Niobe, where he disappeared.
Marmarth.-P. c. Allison. a rancher,
found the dead body of William Vance
by the roadside. Vance had been in
Marmarth on the afternoon Of his
death after load of lumber. Marks
on his body indicate he had been run
over by the wagon.
Bismarck. Lala, former men,
Der Of the house of representatives Of
this state, has been. brought to the
penitentiary to serve a sentence of
one year for robbery. Lala robbed
man who was working with thresh.
ing crew in Walsh county of $22.
Devils Lake, The site for the North
Dakota building at the Panama-Pacific
exposition in San Francisco will be
chosen by Judge p. J. McClory of
Devils Lake and Axel Egeland of Bis
bee, who are on their way to San
Francisco for that purpose.
Mandan An effective campaign
against illegal liquor sales in Morton
county will be launched this week by
States Attorney II. R. Biting, who
will make application for injunction
restraining twenty-five holders of fed
eral liquor licenses from disposing OF
liquor.
Grand Forks.-Paper pulp manufac.
tured from flax straw in Grand Forks
is being tested at paper mills in Wis
consin and if the test proves satisfac.
tory active manufacturing operations
will be begun Immediately. The man.
ufacture of pulp from the straw is an
invention Of ]. Green, superintendent
of the company that has been formed
to utilize the straw.
Kensal-J. E. Son broke 2x4 beam
with his head in a tumble out of a
hay rack, fracturing his skull in the
operation. Son, however, will recover.
Standing in such manner that he
did not know the driver was about to
start the horses, Son was thrown by
the sudden jolt of the wagon. He
formerly was the agent Of the 500
railroad at Darlington
Raleigh. Planting twenty-five vari.
cites of corn and maturing fifteen OF
them, with the possibility that one or
two more will mature, G. c. Wolf be-
lieves that southern Morton county
is In the heart Of the corn belt. He
wanted to see which were the better
varieties for this locality, so took prae.
tically all the kinds he could secure.
He is convinced Of the great possible.
ties in this locality for corn, and
points out the fact that more than q
century ago Lewis & Clark found the
Mandan Indians growing fine corn.