The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-08-06
North Dakota
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Hettlhser.-A h.uol.-g Vas he'd
here for the purpose of perfecting .
county fair association.
Beach.-The Northern Pacific has
let the contract for the grading of the
new line south Of this place.
Medina. The George B. Zinck store
was broken into and seven pairs Of
shoes, seventeen watches and some
other merchandise stolen.
Grand Forks. - Rudolph Lind Of La
Moure, N. D., committed suicide in q
barn at the Grand Forks fair grounds,
intense heat driving him insane.
Williston. - Over 1900 Williams
county farmers attended the Nessen
alfalfa picnic, conducted under the d.
rection Of the Nessen Valley Farmers
club.
Grand Forks.-The hearing on the
order issued by Judge c. M. Cooley.
enjoining the state of North Dakota
from interfering with shipments of oil
for the Bartles Northern Oil company
will probably be held early this month.
Sentinel Butte.-While Veach L.
Williams was assisting John Stone
round up some horses on the Wagner
ranch for branding, one of the ami
mails kicked young Williams over his
heart, bursting one of the main arte.
ries and causing instant death.
Grand Forks.-Barney Reilly, the
ski jumper was injured seriously on a
patent slide at the Grand Forks county
fair when he lost his balance in leap
ing gap, striking against the edge OF
the platform on which he had expected
to land. He was injured internally.
Mandan.-Sidney Par,lin and Char.
les Seaman are in Texas where they
will purchase $50 head of two-year.old
heifers for w. S. Parkin, with which
he will fill contract recently secured
from the government to furnish cattle
for the Fort Hall, Idaho, Indian reser.
walton.
Valley City.-Ernest Reed, an en-.
gineer, was killed while switching in
the local Northern Pacific yard. A box
car had been showed on an adjoining
track, and Reed, with his head out
Of the window, failed to notice it. His
neck was broken and he died aboard
passenger train at Buffalo, Mimi,
while being taken to the Brainerd hos.
pital.
Beach.-The Northern Pacific has
let the contract for the grading Of the
new line south of this place to the
Cook company. Materials are expect.
ted daily and the superintendent Of
construction for the railroad is al
ready on the ground to take charge OF
the work. 1t is planned to extend the
branch as rapidly as possible in order
to haul out the crop his fall.
Wuliston.-S. A. Burns, charged
with the murder of Henry Sexse, his
neighbor, in Mckenzie county, has
been removed from Williams to the
Ward county Jail, on the orders of
Judge Frank Fisk. Threats against
Burns were made by friends of the
dead man. A few months ago MUIR
derer was lynched here and the Of
ficials were not willing to take any
chances.
Fargo-At the meeting of the coun-
ty commissioners the county budget
adopted totaled over $4,000. There
was set aside for general purposes
$92,500; roads and bridges $4,000;
county roads $4,000; interest and sink
ing fund $4,000; an additional levy of
$4,000 was made to cover the ex-
pense Of the insane for the year end
ing June 80, 1915, and $4,000 the usual
levy for for the county fair. Twenty
five was set aside for the purpose of
conducting rural school contests.
Dickinson.-Last week C. S. Lang
don brought to the city a bundle of
wheat pulled that day from his field
four miles west of Dickinson. Meas
ured from where the stalks were above
the ground to their extreme length the
plants were found to have attained a
height of 6S inches. This is consid-
cred to be some tall wheat" to be
grown from spring sowing by July is.
The sample exhibited by Mr. Lang
don was durum wheat heavily bearded.
Antler.-Little Allen Benson, four
year-old son of Peter Benson, south
east of town, is dead as result Of
drinking strychnine. Clarence, aged
five, is very i'll from the same cause,
but will recover. The children while
playing in the back shed discovered
some Of the poison on high shelf and
each swallowed some of it. Their
screams attracted attention and DR.. H.