The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-01-15
North Dakota
News Notes.

Bismarck. - Bismarck's municipal
auditorium will be formally opened
Monday, Jan. 10.
TRANSFORMATIONS dozen patients
at the North Dakota insane asylum
are inflicted with smallpox.
Devils Lake.-Dates for the annual
midwinter fair, poultry show and farm
ers' school, selected by the Lake Re-
gion Fair association. are Feb. II, IL
and 10.
Grard Forks-FIve hundred knights
Of Columbus met in Grand Forks Sat
urday, Sunday and Monday for the
winter ceremonial of the Grand Forks
council.
Grand Forks. The Grand Forks
creamery, doing an $4,000 business
annually, has been sold to Peter Miller
of Morris, Mimi, and Peter Storvick
of Fertile.
Northwood.-One hundred and fifty
farmers attended weeks school in
agriculture in this place. The school
was conducted under the direction Of
the Northwood Commercial club.
Denbigh. - The Mouse River Brick
company of Denbigh has been organ
lied. The old plant Of the Denbigh
Brick company, which recently went
into bankruptcy, has been taken over.
Fargo.-Dr. C. C. Creegan, whose
resignation from the presidency of
Fargo college became effective Jan.
!, is in Battle Creek, Mich, where he
presided at the convention for race
betterment.
Fargo.-Great interest is being
shown In the automobile exhibit to
be held here this week. The display
will be held in the armory auditorium
which is being decorated for the &C.
casion. There are sixteen dealers in
Fargo and Moorhead.
jamestown. - Thomas A. Boyden,
agent of the Northern Pacific here, is
dead at Oakland, Cal, where he had
gone for his health. He was in the
Northern Pacific service over thirty
years, twenty years as agent at Lisbon
and nearly ten years at Jamestown. .
FARGO. c. creegan, retired presi.
dent Of Fargo college, will accept a
call to the pastorate of Congrega-
tional church in Cleveland, Ohio. Sew
eral other calls also have been tend
cred him, but he views with most
favor that received from Cleveland.
Grand Forks.-Governor L. B. Hanna
has accepted the invitation of the
North Dakota corn and clover conven-
ton officials to open that meeting
which begins here Feb. 2. Farmers
and the State Government" is the
topic which the governor will discuss.
Bowbells. to draw up
q loaded shot gun with the muzzle to-
ward his chest, while he was climbing
into haymow, Walter Blair, aged is,
was instantly killed today. The wea-
pom was discharged and the full
charge tore into the lads chest. Blair
and his companion were attempting to
kill pigeons when the accident occur
red.
Grand Forks. - The operation Of
horse-drawn vehicles was suspended
here last week as a result of rain
which, falling on the pavements, froze
and formed a complete covering of ice.
After attempting to make deliveries
in the paved districts several firms
abandoned the effort. Today's rainfall
continued several hours and adds an
other remarkable weather feature.
Fargo.-Cass county netted more
than 100000 through the sale of $4,000
acres of school lands at public auc-
ton in this city. The total is the
largest ever realized in sale Of this
kind, and the prices exceeded all pre-
vious records. The record price was
reached in the sale of two sections
III Gardner township, which brought
$65 an acre. The greater portion Of
the land sold for more than $50 an
acre and the average price was APP
proximately $40 an acre.
Williston. james J. Hill, Of St.
Paul, Is responsible for the compile.
| ton of the plans for the dairy excur-
sion of inspection, liberal cash do
nation from him completing the fund
! that was necessary. The farmers, who
will be chosen by local committee,
will be named because of their inter-
est In the dairying industry. The
party will go directly to Madison, Wis.
arriving there February %, spending
the day there. On February "a they
will be at Lake Mills; on February Is
at Rosendale, and on February 26, in
| Minneapolis and ST. Paul.
Dickinson.-Fou families who set
tied in the Gladstone district, this
county, thirty-two years ago, grew in
numbers from that time from % to
146, and Of that number 1913 are living.
This remarkable showing, discrediting
the race suicide theory, has been I'm,