The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-25
North Dakota
News Sifings


first market day last week.
Wahpeton. The richland count.
courthouse was dedicated Monday.
Mandan.-A concrete dam over thu
Heart river at THAN was washed on,
by flood waters.
New England.-Murphy 4 Gardner
have shipped into this point Bis heif
ers OF dairy types.
Wyndmere. Pioneer residents Of
Richland county held twoday cele
bration here last week.
Finlsy.-A county fair 10 to be held
here. The dates will be fixed fol
either September or October.
La Moure. - Otto Hackle was
drowned in the James river here
while bathing with companion.
Grand Forks. The body of 81
Whalen, who was drowned In Red
Lake river, has been recovered.
Jamestown.-There are $500 acres
Of alfalfa In Stutsman county this
year. This is the county record for
the state.
Grand Forks.-The budget system
Of handling commercial club interests
was approved by Grand Forks bust.
ness men.
Fessenden.-Fessend 10 to have .
white way" The business men will
pay for the posts and the city will
furnish the light.
Grand Forks. - Peter Morgan was
attacked BY three thugs who, after
sandbagging him, robbed him Of all
the money he had.
Mandan.-The suit of Mrs. Rosalia
Zickhur, against r. F. c. Lorenzen Of
this city, for $4,000 damages for
malpractice, 10 on trial.
Valley City.-President George A.
Mcfarland has just closed the twenty.
second year Of his work at the head
of the state normal school.
Minto.-While playing with a shot
gun he found in blacksmith shop,
Winslow Rose, 13-year-old boy, had
his forearm almost torn OF.
Mandan.-Work ia to be hurried on
the construction of buildings for the
Northern Great Plains station estab.
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Balfour. - Seventy-five friends Of
Mr.. and Mrs. M. v. Reed assembled
in local hall and participated in the
celebration Of their golden wedding.
Sentinel. - The 2-year-old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Hegseth was
drowned in water trough. The acct
dent occurred in the absence OF the
parents from the place.
Grand Forks. - Run down by a
threshing engine, Elmer Alton OBJ
tanned $4,000 damages at the hands of
district court jury against Hoselton
& Elliott, Of Pembina county.
Observation-Disclosures new town has
been established in Stutsman county.
1t is called Ramon and is located 81,
the Northern Pacific railway midway
between Woodwork and vashti.
Grafton.-The explosion of an old
musket, which he found on the Theo-
dore Kulas farm near Mimic, while
visiting there, resulted in the serious
injury of George Rose, aged 10, of
Mimic. ..
Beach. = The First State bank of
Burkey has been organized by F. w.
Stevens Of Sanborn, Mimi, and A. w.
Bollum and Charles Bohart OF
Rhame, N. D. Burkey is in the ia
nous Goden valley and about twenty
miles south of Beach, on the proposed
Northern Pacific branch. @
Steele.-While on his way from Mis-:
souri, to St. Paul, where he was to
with the federal animal bureau, DR.. ID.
W. Patton was killed in a crossing &C
cident near st. Joe. He was making
the trip in runabout. He was for
years resident of Steele.
Grand Forks. - When lightning
struck trees in the vicinity of the
main tent of the Grand Forks Chau-
tauqua, in progress last week. near
panic was created in the tent, filled
with people at the time. Several wom-
en- tainted and only the presence Of
mind Of the lecturer, Thomas Poole,
prevented a general stampede.
Inkster.-James McEwan of Caval-
Ter. was elected president of the
Young Peoples union of the Pembina
Presbytery, at the annual meeting
which ended here. The other ON
GERS follow: Vice president, Mrs. D.
Haddow, Gilbyl; secretary, Miss Mary
Cruttendden, Inkster; treasurer, Miss
Jennie Robinson, Langdon; superin-
tendent Of departments, Miss Edith
Aitkin of Park River, Miss Jean Giles.
pie Of Forest River and Miss Lena
Giles of Grafton. 5
Minot-Over $4,000 Of the $50, 900
necessary for the construction OF the
new st. Joseph hospital in this city
has been subscribed, and the commit
tee engaged in the movement to obtain
the sum is energetically engaged in
completing the movement James
Hill has pledged $4,000 to the build
ing fund, his subscription being avail
able when $4,000 additional is raised.
Louis Hill, of st. Paul, has given ST.
900 to the fund, while the Rogers Lum-
Der company, the RussellMiller Mill
ing company and several other twin
city concerns, have subscribed sums
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