The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-18
STATE NEWS

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Scarlet fever is getting in its work at
Bowbells.
The hay crop this year is immense.
Cutting will begin about July.
VIM. Miller, aged 76 years, died at
his home north of Bowbells from in
firmities.
| The Tribune says it looks like there
will be an average of 25 bushels of
wheat to the acre in that vicinity.
The "Dinkey" out of Kenmare be-
cause of slow track, was tied up at
Flaxton over night by the 16-hour law.
The old settlers of Burke county will
gather at Flaxton June 81. U. L.
Burdick will be the speaker for the
Occasion. ...
The Bantry creamery shipped 80
tubs of butter last week and the far
mers are getting good sized cream
checks weekly.
Some of the papers have not been
up to the standard owing to the rush
of political work, but promise their
readers to do better after June.
The date for the big A. o. U. w.
picnic at Donnybrook is June 10
There will be music by the band, ball
games, and athletic contests galore.
Matt Johnson, clerk of court of Bot
tineau county, who owns the Omemee
Herald, is looking for printer and
he doesn't need to be an angel, either.
The recent rains have been good for
the crops, but mighty hard on the
candidates who are endeavoring to
make house to house canvas by
auto.
An exchange remarks that the far
mer who has to devote so much of his
time to his stock that he has little
time to devote to the fields, is the
most successful
The automatic press ordered by the
Bowbells Tribune has been tried out
and it works in satisfactory manner.
Bro. Stefonowicz says he has enough
work ahead for three weeks run.
Hans Larson, prosperous Newport
farmer, who has 1900 acres of crop
this year, will build his own elevator
on his farm and if he doesn't make
any many out of it, will have only him
self to blame. . &,
Elmer Olson a 13-year-old Bowbells
lad was accidentally shot by his six
teen-year-old brother, with a 20 cal
ibre rifle. The bullet pierced the
lungs. The lad is in the Bowbells
hospital and has chance to recover.
: E. A. Harthouse, who has leased the
Major Murphy farm west Of Minot
| has between 500 and 600 acres in crop
all looking the very best. Mr.. Hart
house figures that his lucky star j!
shining brightly this year and we hope
so. ... ~.
II Andrew Jacobson, one of the bes
farmers from the Burlington country
was in the city Saturday but he WASH
/ looking for foot race. A few weeks
ago a large horse crushed one Of hi
toes and he's still using his foot will
care. .~
DR.. S. Geo. White, the prominen
/ physician of Ambrose, in Divide coun
| ty, was hobnobbing in Minot on Sun
day and reports the brightest pros
poets for big crop this year He is o.
his way to attend the meeting o
Grand Lodge of the Masonic bodies a
Fargo.
| A band of fifty oxen passed through
Pembina, having been driven from
| Drayton to pasture, before being ship
ped to market. Considerable farm
work in Roseau county is still bein,
done by these faithful creatures.
| The business men Of Souris took u
a collection and graded and gravele
mile of roadway south Of that town
F. A. Parratt, editor of the Don
nybrook Courier, was in the city Sat
urday rounding up the candidates TO
the final windup. Mr. Parratt is get
ting out special political edition thi
week and we presume that it will b
full of the pictures Of the handsom
gentlemen who would serve the com
monwealth.
The North Dakota lodges Of tn
Danish Brotherhood will meet at Ken
mare June 10, 20, and Fl. On tn
18th, a number of addresses will b
given and in the evening, a banque
will be given at Nelson & Peterson
hall. The following day the visitor
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