The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-10-21
BRIEF STATE NEWS

| October 9th was Fire Prevention
Day. Mrs. O'Leary's cow started it
Oct. 8, 1871. .a-
George Mckay, merchant, of Mes
son, raised 500 bushels of potatoes
this season from a two-acre tract near
his store.
It can be said on good authority
that the Non-Partisan League will not
put candidate in the field for COVER
nor or any other state Office.
+! At the close of business this fall in
Bottineau county, the Fair association
at Souris, after all bills were taken
care of, showed a balance of 100000.
A N. P. passenger train and a stock
train collided near Angora last Thurs
day, killing the. engineer Of the pas
senger outright and injuring his fire.
man and the conductor.
A burglar was discovered in a Shey-
enne barber shop and the fire depart
ment was called out to give him bath
but Re was gone when the company
arrived with the hose.
The new water tower at Sykeston
has been completed and the new steel
tank will soon adorn the structure.
When finished the entire height will be
1875 feet, with plenty Of good water.
e. X. Cavalier, postmaster of Penn
bina died Friday night last from
heart failure. The Cavaliers were
among the earliest settlers of the
Pembina district and for years have
ben prominent in political affairs thru
out that section.
Kenmare's murder mystery is still
unsolved. The bullet that caused the
death of the stranger found in a box
car near that city recently, has been
discovered in the mans clothing. 1t
is soft nosed bullet from .3S calibre
shell.
Young Johnson, one of the youthful
State Bank at Medicine Lake, Mont,
last February, has been located in Ok
lahoma, where it is said he is serving
time in the penitentiary for another
crime.
Frank Davis, one of the outlaws
who was recently killed by the police
in the holdup at Darlington, forward
ed money to his mother regularly, at
her home in Enid, Oklahoma. The in
formation was obtained from an inves-
tigation by the officials after the man
had died.
An entire threshing crew, consist
ing of seven men, the engineer, fire.
man, separator man and four pitchers,
were burned to death while sleeping
in barn near Brandon, Can. Every
thing in the barn, including twelve
horses, were burned. The origin Of
the fire is unknown.
A travelling beggar was arrested in
Minneapolis and when the cops "frisk-
ed" him they. found a pocket ledger
containing very neat account of the
hobo's expenses and his profits in each
of the towns he had worked. His field
was Minnesota and the two Dakotas
and according to his books the bust
ness yielded a profit of $1,000 year.
Oliver Hill, lad % years of age,
living with his parents at Roseglen,
N. D., accidentally killed himself with
a rifle last week. While handling the
gun it was discharged, the bullet en-
tering the temple. When found by a
member of the family he was dead and
the rifle lay near by. There was no
eye witness to the accident and no
shot was heard. He was a bright
young fellow and had no enemies or
troubles that anyone knew Of.
Baron van Heerdt of Holland, head
of the Holland Dakota Landbouw COM
pany, in recent visit to Dickinson,
where the company has large hold
ings, reports finding the Dutch set
tiers prosperous and happy. Condi-
tions in the mother country are caus-
ing considerable uneasiness. The
standing army has been increased
from 100000 to 100000 in order, that
the government may be able to cope
with any possible contingency that
may arise. ..
An I. w. w. "got his' at Ambrose.
He had placed railroad spikes in bun
dies, wrecking the Hagen & Stems
land threshing machine, and had re-
moved the burs from bundle wagons.
He was chased thru the streets Of Am
brose by members of the crew and
beaten severely. He took refuge in
store and the proprietor locked the
door, keeping the man out of sight
until the crowd had cooled down, when
he was escorted to Jail. He was held
charged with being an agitator. While
the fellow was being chased down one
street, he threw rock, laying out one
of the threshers.