The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-03-18
trip up and down the Missouri river,
as one of the many forms of entertain

trip up and down the Missouri river,
as one of the many forms of entertain
ment.
Ed Kress, the Des Laos hardware
dealer, who broke his leg six weeks
ago, is able to be out.
Rev. Hal P. Fudge of Minot deliver
ed an address at the Baptist church at
Bottineau Monday night.
l.. A. Washer of Porter shipped "a
hogs weighing 18,640 pounds, receiv-
ing $978.60 in South st. Paul.
Ole and Knute Mason of Carpio
were called to Slater, Ia, by the death
of their father, who was 80 years old.
Frank Ployhar turned down a gas
franchise at Bismarck because that
city insisted upon it's right to buy the
plant at any time.
Some of our exchanges are advising
the farmers to burn their potato par
ings. The thrifty farmer usually feeds
them to his hogs.
f. A. Nelson, manager of the Rog-
ers Lumber Co. at Donnybrook, re-
signed to go onto his fine farm in
Roberts county, S. D.
Down at Devils Lake where Colonel
Bloom and other good people live,
there was only one arrest in month.
A regular Sunday school village.
The Minor Teller has installed a
new press, lot Of new type and a
new dress. Bro. Fyles now has one of
the best looking papers in the state.
Mr.. Botten, an aged citizen of Ora
no, dropped dead in the blacksmith
IL Il, Jipfr His
remains were buried at Breckenridge,
MINI.
The first child born in the new St.
Alexius hospital at Bismarck has been
named Alexius. He is the son of MIR.
and Mrs. Geo. Schneider of Sweet
Brian.
The 'crool" war between Editors
Frost and Brinton of Beach is still
waging. The Allies and the Germans
are not in it. Beach is always in the
war zone.
Mayor Lucas of Bismarck is in a
predicament He resigned, but his
fellow commissioners refuse to accept
his RESIGNATION and he is still on the
job unwillingly.
VIM. P. Hall, aged IA years, died at
his homestead west of Donnybrook,
where he had lived since 1901. He
was Civil war veteran. He leaves a
wife and eight children.
Deputy Sheriff Scofield arrested
John Milne on an old warrant for pig
cling. He was bound over under $500.
Milne is running a hotel in Minnesota
and came back to dispose Of his prop
erty.
DR.. Alex. Carr of Valley City, man.
ager of the Valley City Chautauqua,
donated his services to the domestic
science department of the Stanley
schools. with fine lecture. His
daughter is a teacher in the Stanley
school.
Jacob Christmann, who shot and
killed Henry Becker during a quarrel
at Stanton six weeks ago, was found
guilty and sentenced by Judge Hanley
to ten years in the pen. He is 81
years old and has wife and four
children.
| A. P. Upton of Alexander, whose
back was broken in an auto accident
near Williston, Sept. 80, is still alive in
Minneapolis. Doctors declared he could
not survive, but Upton insists that he
is going to live. He can bend back
like jack knife.
The school building at White Earth
was Quilted by fire. The loss is S11,-
900, with $4,000 insurance. The loss
to the school library is $1,000. The
origin of the fire is not known. The
school board will endeavor to secure
temporary quarters at once.
D. W. Kelly, known in Minot, was
arrested at Plentywood, Mint, charged
with white slavery. He was taken to
Great Falls, Mont. He is charged by
the federal authorities with transport
ing Mrs. Jack Carroll from Montana
to Canada for immoral purposes.
The Provident Insurance Co. of
North Dakota has been organized with
capital of $250,000 and the head
quarters are at Bismarck. One of the
incorporators is L. H. Bratton, the
Rugby newspaperman, and another is
w. H. Mann, one of the railroad COM
missioners.
Des Laos has an up-to-date fire de-
partment with C. H. Groninger, chief.
R. R. Hathaway is assistant chief; C..
w. Groninger, captain; Ross Veach,
lieutenant, Squad No. 1; Robert Beck
err, captain, and L. X. Arnold, lieuten-
ant, Squad No. 2; w. C. Rustad, Sec
rotary; Chas. Field, treasurer.
Bill Lewis, who lives in Mckenzie
county, about twenty miles west of
Fairview, hauled load of grain to
that town valued at $218.70. There
was ninety bushels of wheat that sold
for 1926 and 300 pounds of sweet Glow
err seed that sold for $92.70.
| Clarence Tweeden, a Fargo young
man, is in Jail, held to $4,000 bail, on a
serious charge made by a young wo-
man employed at restaurant. She
charges that Tweeden pulled and tore
her hair and otherwise maltreated her
in an attempt to accomplish his pur-
pose.
Il H. H. Steele, the Mohall banker, has
been appointed by the governor, a
member of the state tax commission
When the bill was introduced, provid.