The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-26

City, Minot, Grand Forks, Fargo and
several other cities in the state that
have planned beautiful parks.
The papers are giving a good deal of
publicity to the foot and mouth dis
ease.
From looking over the state papers,
we notice that great many acres of
alfalfa will be sown next year.
Frank Carlson of Des Laos is suf-
fering from blood poisoning, which
started from slight scratch.
C. o. Ashiem and Hans Franson of
Ross, not to be frightened by the war,
left for their old homes in Norway for
visit.
The Beach Advance continues to call
Editor Brinton blackmailer and
liar and Brinton keeps right on saw
ing wood.
The Mclean County Independent
credited one of the Independents edi-
torials to the Pioneer Press, but that's
all right.
The Beach Advance publishes
weekly letter from skunk Hollow"
No wonder the correspondent has such
a nose for news.
Mrs. D. F. Seed, wife of our we'll
known veterinarian, who underwent an
operation at St. Joseph's hospital re-
Gently, is recovering nicely.
The Equity elevator at Garrison
caught fire from an overheated stove.
The fire department turned the office
building over and saved the main
structure. ..,r.
, Cleveland Hicks of Des Laos, while
riding wild broncho, was thrown into
a fence and remained unconscious for
two hours. His collarbone was prob
ably fractured also.
T. G. Levine, an Emmons county
farmer, has just returned from a trip
to South Dakota, his first visit out of
the state in thirty years. And vet.
why should anybody leave North Da-
kota, anyway? ~.
Editor F. C. Hoyt of Portal has re-
turned from trip to Minnesota and
Wisconsin and is telling his readers
about the skyscrappers of Minot and
Minneapolis; and other cities through
which he passed. .y
At the present time an eight gallon
can of cream is worth about as much
as two sacks of wheat, and about four
hundreds pounds of skim milk is left
on the farm that can be used as feed
for pigs and young stock.
A collection was taken UP for the
purchase of a windmill to pump the
water from the town we'll at Benedict.
Fred Jorager, manager of the Lang
worthy Lumber Co. at Benedict, was
found dead in his bed, at Benedict.
B. w. Aylor, Grandin farmer,
shipped 1000 sheep to his farm Sept
15 and fattened them on grass and on
a 2O-acre field of corn. He shipped
them last week, and they netted him
a big profit as they made an average
gain Of 20 pounds apiece. Feed sheep.
With ice claiming the Missouri riv-
er from shore to shore, Nov. 16, the
river became frozen over the earliest
in years. This may be mild winter,
however Hunters in Montana say
the bears are still ranging over the
country, making little preparation for
winter, and the deer also seem to
dread the approach of winter but lit
tie. Farmers near Minot say that
neither field mice nor gophers have
laid in supply of winter food.
The Garrison Independent has failed |
to locate Miss Jessie Evans, the young |
woman that "Cow Boy" Torgerson is !
supposed to have rescued from the |
steer, afterwards nearly losing his life |
in the turbulent waters of the Mis-
souri,. Torgerson says he was in the |
water several hours. The Garrison
editor probably thinks that Torgerson
is the biggest liar running loose, and
most likely he is.
"A combined convention and celebra-
ton Of the establishment of the Far
mers' Terminal Selling Agency to be
held in St. Paul, December 8, 8 and 10
will be Of unusual interest to farmers.
How farmers may escape the abuses
of the Terminals, will be the principal
subject-matter of discussion by the
most able speakers in the United
States.
Cocaine is being peddled in the
northwest by a well organized cocaine
ring, according to the opinion Of the
Grand Forks police, who recently have
had many cases wherein the victims
have been "doped" with cocaine or
heroin. AS most of the persons con-
cerned are tourists, the police believe
the drug dealers are operating on
trains. wv
Thirty three to thirty-fiv degrees is
the best temperature for storing DO
tatOes. "a thermometer does not cost |,
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