The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05

pedltlOn TO the MIL country SUNDAY
evening with the finest bag of NAL
lards we have seen this season. Out
of 1876 ducks shot on the trip 80 were
mallards. Before distributing them
among their friends the ducks were
photographed.
The Burlington friends Of John
Seaverson, who has a large cattle
ranch in the hills district, are sorry
to learn of the loss of his barn during
the fierce prairie fire that swept that
section this week.
Burger Swanson, Is years old,
1921 North Hermitage avenue, a
foreman employed by the Chicago
Surface Lines, was fatally injur-
ed last evening when the front
porch at his home collapsed, pre-
cipitating him to the ground. His
skull was fractured and he died
early today at the Alexian Broth
ers' hospital.
The above, clipped from a Chicago
paper of last weeks issue, records the
death of brother of C. ]. Swanson,
who owns the large Kelley ranch up
the Mouse. Upon receipt Of the tele-
gram conveying the sad intelligence of
his brothers death, Mr.. Swanson left
at once for Chicago, where he arrived
in time to attend the funeral.
Mr.. Swanson informs US that his
brother had been employed for twen-
ty-two years with the street railway
company of Chicago and that he leaves
a wife and four children. The many
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Swanson unite
in extending to them their heartfelt
sympathy.
E. A. Madsen, accompanied by Cliff
Miller and Joe Pirkl, left Tuesday for
Raymond, Montana, where Mr.. Mad
sen has recently established a large
general store. The main object of the
visit at this time is to attend the sale
Of town lots at Raymond Friday.
Messrs. Miller and Pirkl are merely
going along to get a look at the coun-
try.
Miss Susan Phillips of St. Henry's
was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Ned
Calvin, the fore part of the week.
Election day passed off very quietly
in Burlington. Everyone was inter
ested more or less in the outcome and
the vote this year was the heaviest
ever polled in this precinct. Ninety
seven ballots were cast and the cleo
ton clerks were busy until an early
hour Wednesday tall lying the score.
There seems to be a prevailing ten
dency to split the ticket these days;
very few straight ballots being cast.
Barton and, Nedreloe tiled with 38
votes. JWomen's4 suffEage received As
votes for toa45 against. Seven women
participated in the noq-partisan school
election.l szooa~uGa Hrq G.. e .:
Travellers over the; road leading west
from fMinot may thank John Ehr for
the generosity and public spiritedness
manifested by him in repairing the
bridge across the coulee near his barn.
For months this bridge has been a
source of annoyance and of late a pos
tive menace to the travelling public.
Finally, disguised ii at the niggardly
policy of the town board, last Satur-
day John set men; and teams at work
and graded up the road leading to and
over the bridge and now one can get
to Minot with one thing less to CRATE
upon his sensibilities. It is positive
ly shameful the way the valley road
has been neglected by the board Of
Harrison township. There are innum-
cradle places in this much travelled
highway that cause much annoyance
to travellers and damage to vehicles.
If the excavations and maledictions Of
a righteously indignant travelling pub
lie avail anything there are those who
will be able to warm their shins at
the shrine of Lucifer in the hereafter.
We had already prepared a beauti-
full obituary on the life and works Of
the Logan correspondent but his re-
appearance upon the scenes of this
mundane sphere has brought our Ia
bors to naught. However, we appre-
bend the good brother is Of a more
chastened and contrite spirit, now that
he has had time to reflect upo nthe
futility Of booming his neck of the
woods to the disparagement of Bur-
lington on the 500.
+. In another column will be found the
record of momentous doings in Bur-
lington as described by our assistant.
Our multifarious duties has made the
employment of an assistant scribe a
matter of imperative necessity.