The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-09-25
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News. Notes

Casselton. The new canning fac
tory IL giving employment to twenty
] five persons.
Ambrose Charged with stealing 4
horse from q local resident, two young
boys are in jail.
Ralston.-Hit by fast train while
riding a speeder, L. Cox, age 81. waa
seriously injured.
Dyder.-ln q hunting accident neal
this city Joe Ruder. aged 20, lest -four
fingers and was otherwise uninjured
Ryder.-Pushing Sunstock into q
buggy while holding to the muxzle cost
Joseph ,Ruder. . homesteader, his
hand
Regan.-seeking better communica.
ton with Regan, the farmers between
here and Alta have formed telephone
company.
FargO.-Water consumers will get q
rate of Is cents thousand gallons
on meters under the ordinance lust
introduced.
Grand Forks.-Four young women
received diplomas of graduation from
the nurses training school OF St.
Michael's hospital.
Des Lacs.---Struck by Great North.
ern No. I, signalman Cox lay by the
side of the track for long time be-
fore he was discovered. He will re-
cover.
Fairview.-Fairview is to have
newspaper. w. r. MUMMY of Buford
has moved the plant here with which
he formerly issued the Tribune at
that point
Golden Valley.-Crushed under
piece of Ignite coal, weighing more
than ton, William O'Brien, employed
in the Davis coal mine, died few
minutes after the accident.
St. MISUNDERSTANDING refuge under
separator when a storm came up,
four members of a threshing crew
were struck by lightning. N Bende
was the most severely injured.
Wahpeton.-After making trip to
Wheaton, business men of Wahpeton
will make another to the southern part
of the county to advertise the Rich
land county fair, which opens Sept 80.
Willow City.-Either because some
explosives had been placed in the
grain or hot box developed the front
of the A. X. John separator exploded,
and several men had narrow escapes.
Jamestown-Two new Methodist
churches have been dedicated in this
county at Woodwork and vashti
Bishop Luccock and District Superin-
tendent S. A. Danford were in charge
of the dedicatory services.
Cavalier.-The dedication Of Penn
bina county's new courthouse, the con-
struction Of which has just been COM
pleted in this city, will take place Oct
10 and plans for the event are being
laid by the county commissioners.
/ go.-With the prospect Of a
larger display and a greatly increased
number Of exhibitors arrangement
are already being made for the big
corn show to be held in Fargo during
the tri-state convention IN January.
Luverne. ~ Lars Nelson, proprietor
of pool hall, was robbed. When first
held up the men got only So and his
gold watch, but later. after beating
him, they compelled Nelson to dis
close the hiding place Of $50 more.
Ambrose-Peter Dukart has set
tied with claim agent Of the 500
road for injuries sustained when a
work train struck and wrecked his
wagon and caused him serious In
turies when he was thrown from the
rig.
Schaefer.-As result Of twenty
J four bushel yield Of wheat on the
!: farm Of T. G. Buchanan, there are ad-
ditional converts in this locality to the
better farming movement His crop
was planted under the direction Of
that association. Several other farm
ers will Join in the plan for next year.
Marmarth.-Three small boys riding
one pony to school attract much at.
ltention here daily They are children
Of family residing three miles In
the country The one in front insists
he Is the engineer. the middle one Is
passenger and the rear boy Of the
trio IL the conductor OF the pony train,
| Portland. Claiming to have estab.
lished q new threshing record on one
quarter section in one day, NJ. B. Mon
son says his machine turned out 3,47l
bushels Of wheat in eleven and three
quarter hours. It was on one-quarter
HAS acres of which we're in wheat and
J the yield was twenty-four bushels q
acre.
Knox.-Sander Nestagard 10 In ,
hospital with collar and other bone'
broken. He was managing a thresh
Ing OUTFIT and while walking alongsid,
the front Of the engine which wa
moving from one neld to another. b.
fell in front Of the small wheels an
was run over by them, being badl
crushed.
Grand Forks.-Gvand Forks VII
! build a municipal ahattoir at Z cos
Of about $4,000. and the contract wi
I be let at the meeting Of the city coul
ell on Monday. The abattoir is q +,
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