The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-01-15
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Engineer Giffen, who has been
holding the throttle on the Turtle
Mountain unlimited for the past three
years, is now pulling the fast mail
between New Rockford and Minot.
Gift will be missed by his many
friends on the branch, Mir
rOr.
An Oklahoma newspaper advertises
sale, giving milk, three tons of hay, a
lot of chickens, and several stoves"
That is a COW worth having
Frank Busek returned to Minot last
week after spending several weeks at
the home of his uncle, John Busek.
He was accompanied on his return by
Miss Theresa Podjoil, who will visit at
Minot for some time.-Flaxton Times.
The newly appointed official papers
of Renville county are the Glenburn
Advance, Tolley Journal and Mohall
Tribune. Dist. No. 1, where Sher-
wood is located, gets no paper.
The Mohall Tribune published the
picture of a crowd at a base ball game
played few days ago.
H. H. Steele of Mohall was fined $40
and costs by Judge Crewe, upon COM
plant of N. Nelson, a painter, for as
sault and battery.
Just because we remarked that we'd
about as soon dine on fricasseed cat as
rabbit, Mike Breen of Wolford says
if we ever come up his way, it'll be to
the cellar for his cat "Moocher.''
Cando has an auto for each eigh-
teenteen inhabitants, but The Mirror
claims one auto (including Fords) for
each of the population at Wolford-
and the editor owns one of 'em too.
The G. N. is building 100000 bar
rel reservoir at New Rockford.
The high cost of living at Wolford
got jolt the first of the year when
the price of milk dropped back to five
cents quart.
Most of the farmers have been let
ting their stock run at large so far
this winter, saving great deal of
feed, but should storm finally come,
a good deal of this stock would stand
a chance of perishing.
AS the result Of a drunken spree at
Flaxton, warrants were issued for the
arrests of eight participants and
farmer north of town, who is said to
have sold beer, may be arrested for
bootlegging.
Crocuses were blooming at Carpio
last week and farmer took few
blades of green grass into the office
of the Free Press.
Walter Blair, fifteen year old lad
bells, was instantly killed while trying
to shoot pigeons in the barn. He was
crawling into a hay NOV with his gun
when the hammer caught on the man.
ger and when released the charge Of
shot entered the body.
With the top Of his head kicked off,
and four teaspoonfuls of brains taken
out with the crushed bone, Tommy
Grotemeyer, a four-year-old New
England boy, will recover. The lad
was kicked by horse.
Samples Of wheat were sent from
Bottineau county to the Paris Expo
siti0n rs years ago.
The Bowbells Tribune, Portal Inter-
national and Powers Lake Echo are
the ojcial papers of Burke county.
John Hart of Wolford, who shipped
a car of horses, q in number, to New
York state about Thanksgiving time,
returned, shipping the horses back,
except six which he sold. He reports
things are so quiet in the east that
one can hear feather drop on snow
drift.
Alfred Stredwick, one Of the most
spent satur ryn Tie ety and re-
manned for the shows in the evening.
ALI was in for little vacation which
he can well afford. He has forty head
of horses and an equal number of
cattle, all first class stock. These have
been running out all winter, saving
him ten or twelve dollars a day in
feed, and they are waxing fat. He
refused $55 a head for bunch of
steers coming two years old. He has
a team Of four-year-old draft horses
that tip the scales at just 5000 pounds,
which he is going to exhibit in Minot
one of these days and offer for sale.
Severt Olson, sent up for ten days
at Rugby for being drunk, opened the
jail door and escaped. The officials
were glad to get rid of him.
There are five rural mail routes ex-
tending out from Minot, accommodate
ing 671 farmers.
F. 0. Hellstrom, former warden of
the penitentiary and one Of the states
most prominent democrats, was in the
city on business Monday.
Sixteen horses affected by CHAMBERS
and owned by three farmers near
Manfred, were ordered shot by the
state veterinarian.
Twelve Acre Plot Seeded to Onions by
Minnesota Farmer.