The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-10-14

rowcd shot gun with which he
"winged" the cat, but it escaped. Mr..
Stevenson says that it was d real wild
sells on the ears.
Announcement has been n:.de by
, the Commercial club at Ryder, that
the big street fair that was to have
been pulled off in that city last week
has been postponed until November
II, ~ and 13. The rainy weather
caused the management to make the
change.
+! After cooking in the Morris hotel at
Drake for several months and earning
an honest living, Bill Clark quit his
job to do bootlegging in the vicinity Of
that town. Last Monday night he was
rounded up at Max, arrested and taken
to Washburn, and confined in the
county Jail, where he is awaiting fur
ther developments of his case.
! A bad accident occurred last week
down near Heimdal, N. D., when j. d.
!; Emery, a carpenter in the employ of
w. H. Carson, contractor, was in
stantly killed by a falling 2x4, which
struck him on the head. A doctor was
summoned from Fessenden but the un-
fortunate man died before the arrival
of the physician. He was 81 years of
age and a native Of South Dakota.
o. A. Hill, who lives a few miles
north of Ray, and who is said to be
one of the most prosperous farmers OF
that locality, took two 13-months-old
hogs to town recently and sold them
on the local market for $51.17 The
combined weight was 800 pounds,
which is a fine growth for them in
little over one year. Mr.. Hill thinks
raising pork is money maker, altho
his chief occupation is that OF cattle
raising.
One night last week strange man
entered the 500 line depot at Caring
ton and wired the governor of Utah
that Joseph Hillstrom, the man who is
to be hanged in that state for the
murder of J. G. Morrison, a grocer,
and his son, was innocent Of the crime
! and that he, VIM. Brown, the sender Of
the message, was the guilty party,
and now a wide and thorough search
J. is being made for the man Brown, who
Immediately dropped out. of sight.
Sheriff Morgan, who lives in Caring
ton, says he thinks the fellow who
sent the wire is probably crank.
Sheriff Kunkel, of Darlington, over
hauled an l. w. w. one day last week
who was carrying tin tobacco box
full of emery DUST to be used TOR the
purpose of burning out the boxing OF
threshing rigs belonging. to men who
they do not like. The fellow had some
trouble with man by the name OF
Knudson, of Hurdsford, about board
bill, and intimated that the reason SO
many machines were being destroyed
was that the men were not used rlght.
However, the officer got him before
he had time to do any damage.
Mrs. Peter Dostart, woman who
runs a restaurant at Larimore, has
confessed to having received stolen
goods from Charles Marshall, R. e.
Carter, and Charles Patrick, who are
being held in the Grand Forks jail
after their arrest a short time ago
following the robbery Of the postoffice
and general store at McCanna, N. u:
The three prisoners were arralgned
before U. S. Commissioner Robbins
and their cases set for Oct. 18th, their
bonds being fixed at $4,000 apiece
A number of Finnish laborers got
into a fight near Rolla last week
which resulted in Adolph Tangberg
shooting Victor Garvi and Sam Kurpi.
Both men received serious wounds in
their heads and they were Immediately
taken to the hospital at Devils Lake
and given medical care. The sheriff at
Rolla was informed and he, together
with a number of prominent citizens,
went out to the camp where the trou-
BILE began to arrest the guilty party:
Tangberg put up another fight and
fired several shots at the officer and
those with him, but they got the drop
on him and when they ordered him to
throw up his hands instead Of doing SO
he turned the gun and shot himself
thru the neck, inflicting dangerous
but not fatal wound. It is thought