The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1916-07-07
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One hundred twenty coyote pelts
were brought into the auditors Of
fee at Williston anu a bounty Of
$3.50 for each was claimed. One
man had ~ pelts.
In spite Of almost continuous
search and the use Of dynamite,
the body of Rohus stous, who was
drowned at Devils Lake two weeks
ago has not been found.
August Johnson of Milnor was
fred upon twice by holdup artists
recently. One shot struck him be-
low the heart. but the bullet must
have been of small caliber as it
did not penetrate the breast.
That it pays to raise good horses
was demonstrated the other day
when Asher Anderson of Hannaford
paid Fred Wilke $3.50 cash for an
8-year-old Clydesdale gelding
weighing 1900 pounds.
Officers raided a shell game out
fit with a circus at Mandan last
week. One old gentleman was
worked as a sucker. to the tune of
about $40. The manipulatOrs
skipped and could not be located.
When Pauline Heidi of New
Salem attempted to throw belt
on a gasoline engine used in oper-
ating washing machinery. her arm
was caught and badly broken.
Her sister was near ana shut off
the machine almost instantly.
Charles Poier of Rudyard had
his foot and ankle crushed last week
when his trousers caught in the
gearing of his tractor. with the re-
suit that amputation was necessary.
He crawled 80 rods toward the
home before anyone discovered
that he was hurt.
A. N. Cadry, Brocket barber, left
a lighted lamp sit near near by
while he filled the gasoline tank
for his lighting system. The Lord
takes care of fools and imbeciles,
however, and he escaped with only
a few minor burns. Prompt as
sistance prevented the building from
De1ng burned.
Fred Hildebrant. southwest of
Fessenden,s was the Victim Of. a
kick from q horse last Sunday, the
hoof of the animal striking him
just back of the left eye on the
temple, knocking him unconscious
and necessitating four stitches, the
cut going clear to the bone in a
semi-circle. He was handling
stallion at the time
Frank A. Left. a young farmer
living on the r. M. Black farm
five miles west of Wahpeton, shot
himself through the heart and died
instantly at his hone last Tuesday
morning, as the result of troubl:
between himself and his wife whie h
has extended over couple of
years time.
Secretary of State Thomas Hall
had painful accident during the
Elks' convention at Dickinson. He
was aiding a brother Bill to climb
to seat in the bleachers at the
Wild West show and in some man
ner tore loose the ligaments in his
right arm. 1t will be several
weeks before he will be able to re-
gain full use of the member
Milton Berg, l4-year-old son OF
H. H. Berg of Minor, had the
misfortune on Friday evening Of
breaking both bones in his right
arm. The young man was crank
ing the automobile and probably
had the spark advanced too far
with the result that the engine
kicked, with the above result. The
fracture was reduced by DR.. King
and at this writing the patient is
doing very nicely.
During a thunder storm recently
at Mckenzie, lightning struck the
residence of AL Liuska northeast @,
town. the bolt penetrating the
kitchen and killing the dog lying
asleep within three feet OF the
cradle containing the baby. The
other occupants of the room were
dazed by the shock but otherwise
.uniInjured. The damage to the
building was slight.
While L. D. Shaw was in Fair
mount, son, Joe, Is years of age.
found a dynamite shell ami not
knowing what it was, bored into it
with wire. It exploded, taking
the thumb and frs; finger off and
otherwise lacerating the hand. Hc
was taken to medical aid immed
lately and the injured member at
tended to by DR.. Steele. The pc
culiar part of the accident was
that the finger or thumb could not
be found, although thorough
search was made.
Attorney John Knauf Of James
town, met with painful accident
Sunday evening. He was driving
an automobile and in turning the
corner near his Office on Fourth
avenue was run into by an auto of