The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-06-10
STATE NEWS.


The Boomer Girls took the Balfour
nine into camp to the tune of 8 to 8.
H. J. Willis and Miss Edith X. Pow
ers of Lansford were married at Bot
tineau. VS.
R. Gilbertson, the Glenburn publish
err, was elected member of the school
board.
Wilton's park has been improved
and is now one of the beauty spots of
the state.
Carlson Bros. of Glenburn lost q
pigs when their straw hog house
caught fire.
O. H. Langhans of Glenburn has
gone to Minnesota to attend the fun
eral of his father.
The warning nations have purchased
a half million horses in this country
since the conflict began.
H. L. Finke was elected to the three
year term on the Berthold school
board without opposition.
A. Haldi, a prosperous farmer living
northeast of the city twelve miles, in
vested in a new Overland car.
A Noonan farmer drove ten miles
with 60O-pound hog, with the bur to
one of his wagon wheels missing.
Although there are not many "dead
ones" up in the Mohall country, GEM
etery association has been organized.
Alfred Alexson, who became ill in
Montana several months ago, died at
the home of his mother, at Guthrie.
Nels Olesen's Norma Gazette has
given up the ghost. The editor says
the field is too limited for newspa-
per.
Crosby is live base ball town and
has team that is doing things to it's
opponents. The Crosby team took five
straight games.
Morton county, where States Attor-
ney LANCER has become famous, has
spent over $4,000 this year prosecut-
ing blind piggers.
w. M. Deusch of Virgil, ILL.,, who is
studying for the priesthood, is spend
ing the summer with his uncle, N.
Schilling, at Berthold.
| The Kulaas Lumber Co. of Minot
has bought the yard of the Crosby
Lumber Co. to add to it's already good
SlZeu SCrlng OF yafQS.
The Drake ball team seems to be
getting the worst of it. Velva admin
istered such a licking that the News
failed to give the score.
| Editor Cal Andrist of Noonan ad-
vertises that the thief who stole
sheep lined coat will not be prosecuted
if he returns the garment.
There are four sets of twins, all un-
der year old, residing in the third
ward at Darlington. This ward is
known as the Roosevelt ward.
AS the coyotes disappear, the jack
rabbits become more numerous. The
coyote is the natural enemy to the
jackrabbit, which is very prolific.
Mrs. Alma Haugen of Arnegard, N.
D., threw herself in front of a street
car in Minneapolis and was crushed
to death. Dementia was the cause of
the suicide.
Reuben Jacobson of Drake mourns
the loss of brand new Ford, stolen
from his garage. As the country is
full of 1915 models, he has given up
hopes of ever locating it.
Stubbins is the name the new sta
ton between Granville and Deering.
1t is named after C. A. Stubbins Of
Granville. A stock company has been
organized for an elevator.
Last summer H. o. Thompson of
Bowbells lost his watch in the harvest
field and found it only the other day
while blowing. He wound the time
piece and it is keeping perfect time.
The Equity Society of the state is
raising the sum of $4,000 to fight a
suit instigated against them. F. B.
Wood subscribed $500 to the fund and
M. P. Johnson of Tolley like amount.
Glenburn will hold a market day
and baseball tournament June %. The
Glenburn band will furnish the music.
Two base ball games will be played
and some prominent speaker will be
on hand.
P. O. Paulson, Wildrose farmer,
was accidentally shot in the back of
the head while driving out of Cros-
by in his car. Ayoung woman was
shooting at bottle with % caliber
rifle and nearly took the farmers life.
State Treasurer Steen has served
notice that he would honor no more
warrants drawn against the state
printing or capitol maintenance fund,
stating that both accounts were over
drawn and there will be no more mon
ey available until July.
| It took Richard Twaddle of Duluth
ten years to make up his mind to pros
ecute his wife and Richard Witte for
unlawful cohabitation. The couple
were arrested at Brocket and taken to
Devils Lake. The woman deserted her
husband ten years ago.
The 2-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. O. Hughes of Rocky Butte, fell
into boiler Of water and when the
mother discovered the child, the little
one was nearly dead. A doctor was
called, but the, child regained consci-
business before he appeared.
The Bottineau News fears that Viii
son has already gone too far, having
made demands o nGermany which that
country can never meet. "Falky"
treats the Lusitania incident lightly
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