The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-12-30
STATE NEWS

organize lodge in that burg.
S. A. Falconer, of Wilton, aged 81,
dropped dead as he entered church
last Sunday.
Eighteen head of young stock are
ers near Chadwick and Selfridge by
wolves.
Michael Kavicks, wanted in Linton
as horse thief, gave himself up to
the authorities last week at Maiden
Rock, Wis.
Charles Bunthrop, prominent
business man of Edgeley, has given a
subscription of $4,000 to Wesley col
lege at Grand Forks
A fellow from Belfeld who had
been placed in the Dickinson jail on
charge of blindpigging, sawed a bar
from his cell and escaped.
The Souris Messenger editor says
the time is coming when preachers
will all be putting on motion pictures
to keep their congregations from GO
ing to sleep.
Arthur Delvin, age 9 years. skated
to his death in the Red river at ,Dray-
ton. He fell thru an air hole in the
der. The body was recovered,
Frank Fenton, who has been work
ing around Marmarth this fall, was
given 20 days in Jail for stealing a
watch at Amidon. He received light
sentence because of his youth.
Makoti has an elevator capacity of
one hundred and eighty-fve thousand
bushels of wheat. Recently 100 teams
were unable to get their wheat in the
elevator until some of the cars were
loaded.
Tom Doe, a farmer living south of
! the Badland P. O., went to bed full of
booze, and accidentally killed himself
with shot gun he was using as bed
fellow. Badland postoffice is near
Marmarth.
The Dunn County State Bank at
Killdeer will be converted into the
First National bank, with a capital
of $4,000. This will be the first ma
tional bank to be granted charter in
Dunn county.
Two suspects, accused Of shooting
Patrolman John Bliven, of Grand
Forks, were arrested at Leola, S. D.,
and brought back to Grand Forks,
proved not the men wanted. The
guilty ones are still at large.
F. Jensen, wanted in Sheridan coun-
ty, Mont, for stealing an automobile,
was recently arrested in Williston,
and the auto found in his possession.
The Montana sheriff came in and took
him to Plentywood, where he will face
trial. -"
Miss Susie Borg of Adams met
with a serious accident when she fell
down cellar and broke both arms Miss
Bjorg was carrying two pals when
she slipped and fell, the handles of the
pals holding her arms in such man.
ner as to cause the above injuries.
Three brothers, Walter, Arthur and
Henry Granlund, cornered the prem
ium supply in the state contest for boy
corn growers this year, taking first,
second and third, respectively, in the
awards announced. Walter raised 80
bushels of corn on an acre, Arthur
SO IL and Henry 70 1-2.
Thirty dollars an acre for land that
was appraised at $40 an acre was the
record for the school land sale in
Morton county last week. Of the 3d.
900 acres of land offered, 10000 acres
were purchased. The average was
$17.25 per acre and the total amount
received was $175,117.50.
The Eagles lodge of Jamestown
has made the necessary financial ar
rangements for the construction of a
building upon the basement which
they built some five years ago. The
contract for the building will be let in
the near future, the cost being esti-
OF ton
thousand dollars.
Because they are made by cowboys
who used to be numerous in the days
when Teddy Roosevelt, Marquis De-
Mores and others were ranching, the
saddlery company at Sentinel Butte
claims the most unique plant in the
nation. Cattle ranging is thing of
the past, SO the cowboys have turned
their attention to saddle making.
The stork left several boys in this
locality during the past week and no
girls that we have heard Of. Is this
a sign of war? Tell it to Henry
Ford.-(Alexander Chronicle. Differ
ent here There has never been boy
born in Charbonneau-all of 'em girls.
Is this sign of----? Tell it
to Jane Adams. -Charbonneau Her
aid.
VIM. Presley, aged 10 years, living
with his parents near Bottineau, was
accidentally shot and killed almost
instantly, on Saturday last. The I'M
fortunate youth was going out hunt
ing and set loaded 20 calibre rifle
down to get some shells out of cup
board, when the rifle was discharged,
the bullet striking him near the eye.
The funeral was held Monday.
Mrs. John Hargrave, who operates
the Northwestern hotel at Anamoose,
was arrested last week, charged with
violating the prohibition law. She was
given hearing and bound over to the
district court. The arrest came as a
distinct surprise to the residents and
it is thought by the people Of the
town to be the result Of a little differ
ence Mrs. Hargrave had with some of
her help.
It is confidently expected that the
new WilliStOn arn1OrV will he near