The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-10-28

come from the store and post-office at
Garske, another small town not far
away, which was robbed on Oct. 4th.
However, the burglars escaped for the
time being.
In Mandan, when three more new
buildings have been completed, the
valuation for the year will have reach
ed the 100000 mark. The CONNER
cial club makes this announcement.
Saturday, October Both, has been
set as the date for special election
to be held at Leith, N. D., for the pur-
pose of voting on the question of in
cooperating as village.
The Stutsman County Fair associa-
ton at Jamestown, N. D., have an
nounced that henceforth and forever,
the fair in that county will be an an
nual event, the first, this year, having
been decided success.
Information comes from Harvey
this week that the shortage of butter
and eggs in that locality recently was
the direct cause of so many threshing
crews in that locality having to be fed
during the recent bad weather.
The Wesley Board of Education,
created by the State Methodist Con-
ference last year, has Incorporated
and the charter has been issued to
James Anderson, Jamestown; Joseph
Blatchford, Fargo, and Rev. C. E.
Stinson, of Devils Lake.
Frank Butt, the assistant village
marshal at Russell, N. D., fell asleep
the other night while on duty and
when he opened his eyes some time
later in the evening he found that
some of the small boys had swiped
his star.
A prisoner in the Jail at Mandan at
tempted to commit suicide by burning
to death. He set fire to the building
and only for the quick action of the
fire department he would have accom-
plished his end. AS it was he was
taken out in serious condition.
At a recent meeting of the state
fish and game board, held at Fargo,
John H. Kirk, ex-judge of the county
court of Bottineau county, was select
ed as member of that important
board, and elected as vice president
for the ensuing term.
The farm residence of Sebastian
Roll, near Villa, N. D., was recently
destroyed by fire, together with the
contents of the building. The fire was
said to be caused by a defective flue
and was loss of about $4,000, covered
by $4,000 insurance.
Sam Stenerson, farmer living near
Baker, N. D., was fatally injured a
few days ago when a rope he was
using to start threshing engine be-
came tangled about his legs and drew
him into the fly wheel. His left knee
and thigh were both badly broken.
The threshing crew stopped the ma
chine.
Mrs. John Anderson, of Powers
Lake, N. D., attempted to take her
cow away from the chief of police of
that city when the officer was taking
the critter to the village pound, and
lost the fight. Afterwards she had
the chief arrested for assault. She
alleges in her complaint that the cow
had broken loose from the stable and
when she last saw it the officer was
leading her to the pound.
Two men, reported to be escaped
cOnvlcCS, from tne State pen at WaIIa
Walla, Washington, were captured and
identified near Darlington, N. D.,
few days ago by Washington officers.
They gave their names as Ernest
Mathews and Peter Hamilton, and are
said to have been under sentence for
terms of Is years each. Their Of
Tense was that of highway robbery.
A bunch of rough riders wrecked a
pool room belonging to Andrew Jen-
sen at Luverne, N. D., the other night.
Billiard balls, chairs and furniture Of
all descriptions were flying in the air.
After the windows in the front and
back Of the building had all been
Jensen came to the conclus-
ion that things had gone far enough