The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27
State News

Giant twirlers next season. McGraW
told me before l left that l would
have a regular berth. will spend
the winter in training. do not pro.
pose to let myself get run down, alio
for that reason ! am hiking back tc
the farm house at Garrison.
| Range fed animals are commanding
top prices in Chicago. Last week 3O(
spring lambs were shipped from :
Stark county point. The average
weight was seventy-four pounds anc
the gross price $5.44 per head or $73'
cwt. in Chicago, a net price of SIS pei
head.
J. C. Clarke, ex-editor of the Stan
ley Promoter, who left Stanley two
years ago in poor health, is located II
the west where he is improving stead
lily.
j. w. Rode, formerly of this city
has engaged in the ranching business
near Kalispell, Mont. Johan was one
of Ward county's early ranchers.
DIR. J. H. Griffin, who was ordered
to leave Ryder by angry citizens, has
located at Makoti
Fred Olson will head committee
that will 90 to Wisconsin to buy Az
blooded cows for Ryder farmers. This
is a mighty important little news item
Adam Baisler, a Leipzig farmer,
paid no attention to repeated notices
to send his children to school. He
was arrested and fined and failing to
pay the fine is serving a 25-days SEN
tence in the county Jail.
A carload Of potatoes delivered on
the track at Bowbells was sold by Geo.
is. White to Fortuna merchant for
rs cents bushel.
Hilarious Young lives in the south
ern end of the county. There are num-
erous other frisky, coltish youths in
that locality.
From the sportsmen's column in the
Portal International: "Louis Kill left
on Wednesday on two weeks hunt
ing trip to the wilds of Northern Sas-
katchewan." Louis has rather sug-
gestive name.
Morrison Bros, of Portal, are work
ing on light built auto, double cyl
inder affair that will weigh but a
few hundred pounds, carry three pas
sengers and cost only $500:
Two of the big mail order houses
donated to the M. E. church at Bene-
dict, and the Banner says that they
can well afford to.
An effort was made to burn the
buildings on the John Shelshanko farm
near Benedict. Hay had been set on
fire in the house where $500 worth OF
grain and $500 worth of farm machin-
lery were stored, and the roof was
burned off the stone barn.
w. w. Labrant, formerly of Stanley
was shot thru the left lung and left
for dead in a town near San Francisco
He had money and papers on his per-
son representing $3.50. -.
Cleve Culbertson, in Jail at Willis
ton bound over to the district court or
three distinct murder charges, is. said
! to be very morose and will say scarce
| ly word to anyone. His alleged VIC,
tins were Mr.. and Mrs. Dillon and
daughter, north of Ray.
Dickinson is to have daily paper
published by Ben Whitehead.
| Natural gas that burns was struck
near Manitou at depth Of $50 feet.
A Willistonite was fined $25 fol
beating a cow with neckyoke.
Geo. Irving, deputy sheriff, was
held to district court charged with
drawing a gun on Editor Brinton OF
! the Beach Chronicle. The deputy had
objected to something the editor wrote
about him. Irving was discharged as
deputy.
August Zueldorf, a wealthy retired
businessman of Mimic, N. D., who was
swindled out of $4,000, in St. Paul
recovered it and $18 besides. Some OF
the papers, including a local paper
stated that the merchant was from
Minot.
James Lighthall Of Donnybrook has
new well SIS feet deep with 300 feet
Of good water.
The Times goes after the Flaxtor
officials for allowing a band of boot
legpers to run the town, terrorizing
women and children and shooting uI
the town at all hours of the night
Mrs. w. Glaspey Of Ignite, while
cleaning the walls of one OF the rooms
ran needle into the fleshy part OF
her hand She was taken to Flaxton
an anaesthetic given and the needle
removed.
Ed Lennon, 500 agent at Hurd
plead guilty to maintaining gam.
bling place in the Hurd depot. Judge
Burr fined him $25 and gave MN 81
day Jail sentence, suspending the lat
ter.
"Doc" Thompson of Omemee was
fined $50 by Judge Burr and given
40 day jail sentence for gambling.
Katherine Korte Of Lansford wa:
granted divorce from Gerhard Korte
;. Tioga is about to be lighted by cleo
tricity, an up-to-date direct curren
plant now being installed. This place.
Tioga right on the map as being ont
Of the most progressive little cities
between Minot and Williston. 4.
\ Arthur S. Grogan, d Minneapoli:
salesman, formerly resident of Ii
oga, was killed when his auto skiddet
lin Minneapolis, throwing him to tn
pavement and crushing his skull.
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