The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-08-19
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Garrison's annual corn show will be
held Sept. 80 to Oct. 2.
During July, Devils Lake farmers
received $24,978 for cream.
Mrs. C. A. Pigelow, one of the
pioneers of Rugby, is dead.
The Presbyterian church at Glen
burn is being advertised for sale.
A Wahpeton justice will fine speed
ers $25 hereafter with maximum of
500 for old offenders.
Druggist G. P. Makee, of Kenmare,
was arrested charged with selling in
toxicating liquor contrary to law.
The DeLamere Mistletoe records the
fact that real live deer was seen
feeding in a wheat field near Hamlin
recently.
Three sisters, Thors, Algretta and
Lydia Carr, all submitted to surgical
operations at Grand Forks hospital
IN the same day.
Elmer Jones and Olson, the escaped
convicts, were captured near futile,
while walking along the railroad
track.
The extreme eastern section Of
Ramsey county, near Edmore, was
struck by a severe hail storm, about
two sections being wiped out.
The Ryder creamery has struck
a snag. Foreign concerns raised the
price on cream and this has made the
business rather hard.
The Glenburn Advance urges the
state newspapers to expose fake
shows. North Dakota has been in
tested with several of them.
Editor Penn is doing good work in
commencing the people of Sherwood
for identifying their city and calling
attention to certain sins of omission
as we'll.
Sherwood was disturbed by several
drunken men but no arrests we're
made because the town has no "cod-
err
Mike Breen of Wolford tells of a
hired man who says he does not know
the color of his employers house be-
cause he has never seen it by daylight,
and then remarks that it is no wonder
some farmers cannot get help.
A young married man filled up on
booze and raised disturbance at VOL
ford. He was thrown into Jail. At
ter SOLDERING up, he promised to do
better, so he went home, a sadder
"budweiser" man.
The first barley marketed at Wolford
was raised by Oscar yellow. 1t was
little off color, weighed 45 pounds
to the bushel and sold for 81 cents.
The field averaged rs bushels.
Editor Paige of Rugby had his only
coat stolen last week. Perhaps if his
subscribers come through nicely, he
will be able to get another before the
wintry blasts blow.
Robert Lewis, an Eckman farmer,
lost his granery, barn, nine head of
horses, three calves, two wagons and
harness by fire. He was expecting
, horse buyer to arrive and had run
the horses into the barn.
Nicholas Rebhahn, 10 year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Robhahn of
Wimbledon, while grinding feed last
Monday was caught in the drive belt
and hurled against the fly wheel of
the engine and fatally injured, dying
a few hours later.
A reward is offered for the finding
of W. H. Drummond, who left Grand
Forks a year ago, presumably for
Chicago. His father, John Drum
mond, resides near Burlington. 1t is
feared that the son may have met
with foul play.
Father Jos. Raith has returned from
a vacation of several weeks spent in
the East. Father Raith has had
charge of St. Leo's Catholic church in
this city for nearly fifteen years, and
he has been away but few weeks
during all of these years. No priest
in the state works harder nor with
better results.
The two young women from Winni-
peg who crossed the state on foot re-
Gently, enroute to San Francisco, were
chased by bovine of the male per-
suasion and lost no time in getting
out of his way. If they meet with
many experiences Of a similar nature,
they are apt to reach the exposition
away ahead Of schedule time.
The Mott Spotlight makes an ex-
cellent suggestion to the effect that a
night-light be maintained in every
business place during this particular
season when so many burglaries may
be expected as consequence of the
influx of strangers, many with
questionable regulations. The light
would aid in the detection of possible
crime and it's absence be a sign of
warning to passersby that something
was wrong.
Herman Illig, prominent farmer
living near Forman paid off his hired
man Monday evening and the next
morning found that somebody during
the night had stolen his new Stude-
baker automobile, later learning that
the $3.50 check given the hired man
had been raised to $3.50. The fellow
in company with another man who had
been employed in the vicinity of the