The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-20
I'll. ali Facts
North Dakota Stat. News In Con-
densed Form.

Forman. Randolph Holding, OF
Ransom City. accused Of criminal as
sault, was found not guilty.
Williston.-Dave Hill. % years old.
q lineman, was electrocuted while
working on telephone pole.
Enthusiastically, Minot citizens
held banquet, marking the formal
opening of the campaign for $4,000
funds for the construction Of st.
Joseph's hospital
Willow City.-Elmo Brynjolfson, IL
years old, received severe wound in
the left leg while hunting, by the &C.
cidental discharge of a weapon in the
hands of a companion. He will re.
cover.
Devils Lake-Six month in the
county Jail and fine of $64O was the
penalty inflicted on Joseph Roadhouse
of Doyon on his plea of guilty to the
charge of blind-pigging, entered before
Judge Buttz of this city,
Bismarck.-The society event of the
season for this city will be the eighth
annual ball of the Bismarck council
Of United Commercial Travellers. In.
vitations were forwarded to travelling
men and their friends all over North
Dakota and Eastern Montana.
Mandan.-The North Dakota game
board removed Peter Schantz from
his position as district game warden
October 18th and his star was turned
in. Schantz is one of the three de,
in hi II,
which have been in the courts for
seven. years.
Fargo.-All doubts regarding the &C.
ceptance of the Episcopal bishopric OF
North Dakota by Rev. J. P. Tyler OF
Hagerstown, Nd, were set aside by
the receipt of telegram announcing
his decision to come here. He is q
native Virginian and succeeds Bishop
Mann, transferred to Southern Florida,
Drake. - Thrown from a ladder
while putting storm windows on his
dwelling, Gustave krenZe, farmer,
fell backward over the edge of a wag.
on box and his back was broken. He
lived forty hours, but did not regain
| consciousness. Krenze had fortune
of $4,000, and was a widely known
farmer.
Dawson.-The business men Of Daw-
son have started campaign to wrest
the county seat of kidder county from
Steele. The first effort will be to
raise $4,000 cash for new court.
house: Petitions to have the county
seat changed to Dawson are being
signed rapidly and each signature is
sworn to.
Valley City.-Barnes county officials
traced w. r. Hearst over q thousand
miles before they brought about his
arrest at Maud, Okla, on the charge
of forgery, laid against him by busi-
ness man of Oriska, near here. Hearst
was brought to this city by Deputy
Sheriff Kelly, waving extradition. He
will be given hearing December /.
| Alexander. - Alexander business
men have completed the establishment
| of a grain market in this city, being
| the first market to be established in
Mckenzie county, along the new line
| of the Great Northern. Although in
| operation less than week, the Alex
ander MARKET has received more than
| 5000 bushels each of wheat and flax.
Devils Lake. = Carl Behnke and
George Moriarity, carnival employees
of st. Paul, pleaded not guilty when
arraigned before Judge Buttz on a
! charge of numbering Harry Freese at
| EdmOre last summer. Poisoning and
beating on the head are the charges
against the men, who were found in
Presses body.
Fargo.-Rev E. r. Anderson, of SUI
| perior, Wis, who recently received a
call from the First Lutheran Church,
Of this city, has wired an acceptance
of the offer, and he will soon take up
the work. Rev. Mr. Anderson is a St.
| Olaf's college graduate Of the 1911
class, and he has been pastor Of the
| United Lutheran Church at Superior
| since that time.
Stanton-A number of elevator sites
have been selected on the Stanton
branch of the N. P. and work Of erect,
ing the elevators is being begun at
once. 1t is expected that the railroad
track will be completed in few days,
and the work of hauling out grain be-
gun as soon as the rails are laid. The
Star Elevator Company secured a site
for a 100000 bushel house at Zap, about
twenty miles west of Stanton. The
Occident Company selected sites at
Hazen, Beulah and Olinda.
Wimbledon large crowd was
here Friday for the annual corn show.
Combined with the corn show there
was held an agricultural products fair.
Prizes were given by local business
men for the best corn, alfalfa, all
kinds of wheat oats, barley, peas,
beans, clover potatoes, carrots, cab
bage and other vegetables. There
/, were special prizes for the best bread
and butter and, after the awards there
were athletic events. Addresses were
made by Representatives of the state
dairy department, the Better Farming
Association. the domestic science de.
partment of the Valley City normal,
and by Superintendent Niels1n, of the
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