The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-08-26
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Sanish, "The City of Ambition" now
has daily train service.
! The school boys of Larimore have a
brass band of forty pieces.
August F. Gherke died of apoplexy
at Flaxton.
! Langdon's fine new $4,000 depot
has been opened to the public.
The publishers of Bottineau county
will enjoy an outing Saturday at Lake
Metigoshe.
While hunting gophers, w. A. Dick
erson of Antler shot himself in the
! leg with 20 calibre rifle.
The Free Press hears that another
newspaper may be established at Car
pic.
Some of the New Rockford farmers
have their crops all harvested except
flax.
| G. r. Christ of Wimbledon thresh-
ed $500 bushels of barley from 60
acre field last week.
President McVey of the state Uni
versity, is enjoying two weeks vaca-
ton in Canada.
Game Warden Reko of Hazen says
it is unlawful to kill brush rabbits at
this time of the year.
The State Bar Association passed
resolutions favoring national prohibit
ton.
The smoky condition of the atmos-
phere may be charged to the forest
fires in Canada.
A Powers Lake farmer wants to
trade power blowing and threshing
outfit for a real good Ford car.
Backlog has made it's appearance
among several herds of cattle at Kra-
mer.
McHenry county has eighteen con-
solidated school districts. There are
ffty-fve districts in the county.
Work has already begun on the big
Farmers elevator at Sanish. The Sec
rotary is S. D. Stafford of Sanish.
N. L. Nelson, cashier of the State
Bank of Plentywood, returned Sunday
from six weeks trip to Alaska.
Knute Larson's young hopeful walk
ed into hot ashes at Willow City and
his tootsies were badly burned.
The fees received by the state from
motor vehicle licenses was $73,839 to
July 81, 1915; the fees during the
same period in 1914 was but $50, 793.
The -four mill at Bowman has been
obliged to put on an "ertra shift to
keep up with the demand for their
product. .,...
Dan Conan, Jr., of Sanish, was Sc
8yerely injured by being-kickedE on the
| leg by a refractory horse which he
was caring for.
As H. H.%Kenyon Of Beulah offers 4 re-
ward Of $1,000 for the arrest and con-
viction of the party who stole his
hunting dog. Must be some dog, Ell?
Florence, the 3-year-old daughter Of
Mrs. Fred Johnson, fell head first into
a large jar of water at Havana, N. D.,
and was drowned. ..-.
The Allies are figuring on buying
all Of this years cotton crop in order
to offer balm to Uncle Sam for the
recent ruling that cotton is contra
band of war.
James Ludwig, aged 26 years, was
drowned while swimming his horse
across the Cannonball river near Mott.
The river had been swollen by recent
rains.
Emil Emanuel of Berthold enjoyed
a visit from his mother, who lives in
Wisconsin. She is "a years old and
so spry that she is planning on max
ing another visit here soon.
Williston won a twelve inning game
from Glendive played at Fairview re-
Gently. The first II innings were
played without score being made by
either side.
The Mckenzie county fair will be
held this year at Alexander, Sept. "a
and Is. Gov. Hanna and the Hon. U
L. Burdick are included in the list OF
speakers.
. To see a real live deer in the east.
, ern part of the state is rather uncom
mon, but one was seen feeding in &
wheat field on the John Herman farm
near Hamlin.
Buddie Lukow, an eight-year-olc
youth of Grand Forks. fell under thu
wheels of a Great Northern feigh
train Monday, thereby losing his lief
foot.
Senator McCumber is making ;
tour of the state in his auto. in tn
interests of his senatorial campaign
He is accompanied by "Bob" Hughes
the Wahpeton publisher.
The Transcript tells of hired MAJ
being lost in one of the tall whea
fields near New Rockford. The far
mer missed the hand at dinner tim
and after waiting an hour rang tn
bell which assisted the hand in locat
ing the house.
Editor Cooper of Benedict collecte
ST. to fix the town pump, but say
that unless everybody contributes, tn
list will be destroyed and the none
returned. a.
A black-hand letter demanding $50
from C. M. Fisher, president Of tn
Ramsey County National bank {
Devils Lake, fails to worry the final
cier in the least. 's
Ira Cray, the Mckenzie count
farmer sentenced to the penitentia1
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