The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-07-29
BRIEF STATE NEWS

! Several base ball teams in the state
have disbanded.
The Glenburn Advance says Minot
has the best team of home base ball
players in the state.
Attorney Dudley l.. Nash has been
spending some time at Grand Forks
attending to business.
Ivan Dalrymple, widower, who
made his home with brother south
of Voltaire, died of cancer.
w. E. Weld, better farming expert
at Lansford, who gained some unfav-
orable notoriety, has gone east.
Deputy Sheriff Scofield grabbed 500
pints of whiskey that had been ship
ped to Glenburn for Minot bootleggers
and others.
Helen, the eleven-year- old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Swartout, of
Ensign township, near Glenbun, died
from diabetes.
Miss Lulu Satterlund, publisher of
the Washburn Leader, saw the big ex-
position and will enjoy trip to AL
aska before returning.
Mrs. Loechel arrived from Chad
wick, ILL.,, last week for an extended
visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
C. E. Colcord, at Glenburn.
Editor Gilbertsen protests on &C
count of fast auto driving thru the
streets of Glenburn. Raise your
crossings a foot or two, brother
The Glenburn Advance asserts that
the Worlds Peace Movement seems to
have been launched primarily to ad-
vertise Minot. Put on the soft pedal
brother.
The Beach band has been engaged
for the roundup celebration to be held
at Medora on the Both and 31st of this
month. Fifteen members of the local
organization will make the trip.
Nick Clouse, one Of Glenburn's
thrifty farmers, bought swell new
Overland car. Nick expects to ride
around good deal and let the other
fellow "make hay while the sun
shines"
The many friends of little Minor
Bond, son of Senator and Mrs. Walter
Bond, will be sorry to learn that h
is suffering from asthma and it ma!
be necessary to take him to another
climate for while.
r. C. Wynn, the non swearing con
ductor on the Sunshine Limited thai
travels up and down the Sherwood
branch, is in San Francisco seeing the
exposition, while Bert Shumaker has
! charge of his train.
| F. A. Kelly, brakeman on a grave
f train at Drake, was killed while max
t ing a coupling. The wheels severed
: one limb and lacerated the other. HI
died from the shock at the Harve!
5 hospital Kelly was 20 years old ant
: popular.
9 Gollmar Bros. circus drew GROVE
! of 5000 to Mohall. The Tribune
= News man believes the circus is not a
: good as in former years, the menag
!, erie being smaller. This is owing t.
h the foot and mouth disease, which pre-
d vented bringing many of the animals
q The Eschman World United Show
u "got in bad' at Wilton, where severs
young men were fleeced out of $50
e with an old shell game, in one of tn
= side shows. The marshal ordered tn
5 fcircus out of town so the evening pei
" Torrance was not given. The mai
d attraction was reported fair, but &c
Is itor Stewart says the girls gave ir
u decent dances at the side show.
oo| The Renville county commissioner
: have made levy to purchase strycf
7 nine alkeloid in large quantities an
i next year will furnish the TOWNSHIP
J. clerks with same. Each township wi
| have charge Of poisoning the gopher
the government formula and
case any land owner in the count
Il does not spread out the poison, tn
l. townships will hire man to do tn
| work for him and the expense charge
as tax against such land.