The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-10-22
STATE NEWS

For the second time in ten days, !
VIM. Reardon, Mandan butcher, was
robbed.
E. S. Person will attend the Nation
al Dairy Show at Chicago next week,
the greatest show of its kind held in
the United States.
Fred w. Davis writes from Findley
Lake, N Y, that the grape harvest is
immense, some vineyards yielding
seven tons of fine fruit to the acre.
E. B. Talmadge, of clam bake fame,
has shipped 20 head Of cattle from
South St. Paul to fatten on his Town
er ranch.
A. A. Swanson, the new editor of
the Tolley Journal, has put lot of
ginger into his paper, setting a pace
for some of the others to follow.
Mrs. Geo. Else, wife of the well
known conductor on the Antler
branch, received word from the war
zone that three of her cousins in the
German army had been killed.
Six months ago there were two
newspapers in Dunn county. Today
there are five. H. T. Jenkins Of Man
ming has just launched paper at
Killdeer, a new town.
Oziah w. Burdick, father Of U. L.
Burdick of Williston, candidate for
governor in the primaries, is dead at
Port Angeles, Wash, at the age of 80
years.
The Mott Spotlight, "Jawn" Charm
ley's paper, says woman ought to
have two husbands, one to love and
cherish and the other to honor and
obey. And "Jawn" but recently mar
ried
The Cavalier County Republican
deviated from the beaten political
path and carried an attractive display
advertisement for the republican coun-
ty candidates, set off with the pictures
Of the handsome willing Barkuses.
i Howard Huston, who attended the
state university, is assistant principal
of the Surrey school. Mr.. Houston
will make good in that capacity, too.
He intends to return to the university
later to complete his course.
Rev. Geo. w. Shoemaker, who had
charge of the Methodist churches at
Des Laos, Sherwood and Pleasant
Lake some years ago, died of appen-
dicitis at his homestead in Alberta,
Sept. 20. He leaves wife and two
little daughters.
Phillip Larson, son of a Sheldon
farmer, and himself Valley City
Normal student, was held up along the
track near Sheldon by three men, rob-
bed of his watch and money and lock-
ed in box car, where he was found
four hours later.
C. H. Withers has finished thresh-
ing 5000 bushels of flax at his reser-
walton farm, the crop averaging 10
bushels. His wheat averaged 1s
bushels. Charlie will soon open an
implement house and hardware store
at Van Hook, one of the new reserva-
ton towns.
William Jennings Bryan will open
the Democratic campaign in the state
Oct 26 and will make a tour of the
state, visiting Minot in all probabili-
ties. The Democrats are making a
hard fight to elect a United States
Senator, realizing that it is important
to them to secure a good sized major
ity in the Senate.
Sam Clark of Bismarck has been
hunting big game in the wilds OF
northwestern Canada. His party was
showed in for week, snow falling
for 80 hours without break. The
party killed seven big game, three OF
them record sheep heads.
An early morning fire in the Grand
Pacific hotel at Bismarck, one morning
last week, routed the guests from
their beds at a. m. All got out by
way of the fire escapes, some attired
only in their "short stop" suits. Nc
one was injured.
T. A. Eaton, who owns three quarter
sections Of land in the Surrey district
now resides at Tusla, Okla, where he
is owner Of dray line, employing
twenty-five men. He is making money
in the south. He is a brother of c. F
Eaton, prosperous Surrey farmer.
Frank Leslie, writing from Carpio
reports the wheat running from 10 ia
20 bushels, oats SO and flax 8 to 10
per acre. Mr.. Leslie stacked all of his
grain, which saved him large sum
in threshing. Fifty acres Of his wheat
went Is bushels per acre.
The new Chamberlain road grader
that Maryland township recently pur-
chased, was tried out Friday. John
Bjorn and H. Barker, who participat-
ed in the trial, report that the grader
does its work in an excellent manner.
It is operated with Is h. p. engine
and stood all the tests given it. The
grader cost $1O5O and freight.
The city Of Bottineau, thru it's Com
mercial club, has decided that it will
not extend an invitation to the North
Dakota Press Association to hold
their summer meeting at Lake Nett
goshe, because Bottineau does not feel
capable Of entertaining such q large
crowd. There are number of cities
that are planning on extending an in
vitation to the "gang."
| Devine Made Hit at Washburn.
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