The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-07-10
Local and Personal

Many of the farmers are enjoying
homegrown strawberries.
Albert Hoefs pleaded guilty to in
years sentence to the penitentiary.
The convicts at the penitentiary
have completed solid oak table IA
feet long with six legs for the board
of control.
T. Ranum, who has been visiting
friends at Tagus, arrived to accept a
position as meat cutter at the Valley
Meat Market.
Chas. Bury's two-year-old child
burned to death at York while the
parents and other children were work
ing in the garden.
Mrs. A. G. Crane returned from
Center City, Ia, today, where she
accompanied Pres. Crane, whose
mother died there.
Alfred Hunt, 4-year-old Stark
weather lad, was crushed to death by
being run over by a load of gravel.
The Carey elevator at Neville was
burned.
Atty. Aurland will cut his field of
winter rye southwest of the city early
next week. 1t is one of the very fin
est crops to be seen in this section of
the state.
Arthur Biverdorf, aged 20, was in
stantly killed and Herman Klebe, aged
81, seriously injured by a bolt of
lightning near Norge. The boys were
working in field.
Adolph Laiske, charged with burg
larry, was acquitted at Mohall. He
said that he had been induced by a
detective to sign his name to confess
sion, which was untrue.
"Know your cows" is the subject Of
an able editorial in the Flaxton Times.
And still there are good many farm
ers who do not care to cultivate the
acquaintance of the bossies.
A woman at the 500 depot who
wanted both her trunk and the check
created some excitement yesterday.
She could not understand English and
thot the employees were trying to "do'
her.
Sheriff Kelley has been at Estevan,
Can, where he went to get the men
who stole Martin Jacobson's automo-
bile from No Mans Land. 1t is be-
lieved that the auto has been located
there.
C. E. Sawdey from east of the city,
secured mess of new potatoes from
his garden Monday. The potato crop
is going to be one of the best ever
grown in the state.
The Minot Transfer bus returning
from the G. N station this morning
mired in a hole on First street near
Main. The dirt gave away from be-
low and settled several feet. The
passengers received a severe jolt.
A farmer residing near Buffalo
Lodge, north of Granville, recently
lost ten head of cattle. A sample Of
the water in the lake which they had
been drinking was sent to Prof. Ladd
who claimed that it had been poisoned
with water hemlock.
Hagbardt Olson was in from his
Norwich farm today. Hagbert in
tends to take trip to Norway next
winter if his crops turn out right and
as a heavy rain has been falling all
day long, he has visions of once more
seeing his native land.
The Ladies' Aid society will hold a
sale and dinner at the home of Carl
Hauge southwest of the city, July 10,
to which everyone is invited. Articles
which the ladies have sewed will be
offered for sale and ice cream will be
served.
President Champlin of the CONNER
cial club is circulating petition ask
ing the board of county commission
ers to buy the property in the name of
Ward county in order that the fair
association can handle it and clear
the debt just as soon as it is able.
The Ward County Fair Association
owes $4,000 on its valuable property
just south of the city and this will be
sold according to the condition of the
mortgage within a short time unless
something is done Immediately. The
property consists of 100 acres with
valuable buildings, track, ETC., and it
ought to be worth double the amount
of the debt easily. 1t is a shame to
see it sold.
A number of Americans who par
ticipated in a Fourth of July parade
at Moosejaw received interference
from the police on the grounds that
the appearance of the stars and
stripes might create a disturbance.
An effort was then made to head the
procession with automobiles decorat-
ed with the stars and stripes. but the
police tore the banners from the ma
chimes. Several Americans received
black eyes.