The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-30

Eddy county by Mr.. Gordon and the
buyer Of the South St. Paul market
stated they were the finest sheep ever
brought into that market and they
topped the market, bringing $1,000.
Their were also of extra good weight,
averaging seventy pounds each.
The grain boat, White City, loaded
with 5000 bushels Of grain, enroute
from Elk Landing to Sanish, froze up
in midstream Tuesday night and her
cargo will have to remain aboard ship
until the ice is strong enough SO that
teams can haul the grain into San
ish on sleds.
Under date of November Is letters
signed by John F. Albers and Phillip
Maier are being sent throu ghout Dunn
county from Stanton, offering a re-
ward Of $500 for the arrest and con-
viction of the party who murdered
Carl Maier of Beulah, on the 3rd day
of November, 1916
Mandan is scheduled for two big
state meetings. The meetings are the
annual auction sale of the Livestock
Breeders association, which is to be
held some time during March, and the
other is the annual meeting Of the N.
D. Dairymen's association, which is to
meet there in January or February.
George Noble of Beach has perfect
ed and patented an emergency brake
for Ford car, which he claims is alb
solutely all the name implies. With
this brake a car can be left on any
incline with perfect safety, and car
stopped in a very few feet, even tho
travelling at high rate of speed. 1t
can be attached to any car in few
minutes.
A new bank is being organized at
Columbus and will be known as the
Security State Bank of Columbus. The
organizers have purchased the old
Northern Hotel building of Nels Pet
erson and are making the necessary
repairs for a banking house. The new
bank will be organized with a capital
of $4,000 and C. w. Grinnell will be
president.
The incoming Legislative assembly is
likely to repeal the game warden law
and leave that work to the peace Off
GERS of the different counties, believ-
ing that the present law has been used
largely as a piece of political machin-
cry. This seems to be a common be-
lief among a large number of people,
and in consequence it is likely that the
law will be wiped off the statute books.
Nels Bergstad has demonstrated the
fact that there is money in sheep rails
ing in this country. He made ship
ment last week of IT'S head and re-
ceived $1,316.86 for the lot. Mr.. Berg
stad topped the market with Is head,
at $10.25. The average price received
was 1882. A few sheep on the farm
are comfortable asset in crop fail
ure year.
A company, to be known as the Des
Laos Oil Co. is being formed TO carry
on development work on the A. F.
Blum farm, where oil has recently
been discovered while drilling for wat
er. AS soon as the organization is
completed work will begin in earnest.
Some time. during the next ten days
a time will be set when newspaper
men, bankers and other business men
will be invited to inspect the well.
''Do you see that healthy, strong
looking man there?" asked an Am
brose citizen of a Montana friend
whom he met in the Comm hotel
lobby the other day. ~ was lust adj
miring his physique" replied the
stranger. "Well, that's jim Miller.
The doctors gave him up years ago."
81 am much surprised" calculated the
stranger. "What is his trouble ?" ooh,
The doctors just found out
they couldn't make anything off him,
so they quit"