The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-01-27
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Miss Clara Anderson had her feet
badly frozen last week while waiting
for the train to arrive at Carbury
A complete stage outfit Of curtain,
flies and scenery has been bought for
the school auditorium at Sanborn.
The LaMoure park board has pur-
chased several blocks of property
which will be made into city park in
the spring. go -.
Robert A. Yeater, postmaster at
Wing, has been adjudged insane and
has been taken to the asylum at
Jamestown. g.. -. -s- S.
The gymnasium of the school at
Edgeley has been given new floor,
and some new equipment has been
added.
Reynolds businessmen are consider
ing the advisability of organizing 9
commercial club and will shortly hold
a meeting.
Walden Green, IA years old, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Green of Hankin-
son, may lose his right foot as a re-
suit of catching on" to bobsleigh.
Work on the electric light plant at
Tower City has been delayed by the
illness of the superintendent of con-
struction.
Mrs. C. w. Nordstrom of Minor cut
her wrist badly when she was opening
glass fruit jar. The jar broke, and
physician took five stitches in the
wound.
According to the Bowdon Guardian,
the inhabitants of that place are all
worked up over the prospect of secur--
ing an electric light plant and a real
waterworks. The most popular view
is to have the municipality own both,
providing bonds in sufficient amount
to pay for the plants can be f1oated.
Colonel VIM. Cody has accepted an
invitation from the Dickinson lodge,
B. P. O. E., to join in and aid in a
frontier celebration which will be a
feature of the annual meeting of the
North Dakota State Association OF
Elks, at Dickinson on June 16 and II.
Over 5000 visitors are expected at the
meeting.
Fire one day last week put DR.:
Johnson's Office in Bottlneau out OF
commission for a time. The flre,
which is thought to have originated
from defective electrical wiring, was
confined to the roof, and all the Of
flee fixtures and instruments were re.
moved before being damaged. "F'alky'
says the ceiling was badly demorallz-
ed.
With his feet terribly frozen and
his legs to the knees turned black,
DR.. T. G. Andrews, who recently took
the place of DR.. Rice at Cannonball,
! lies in a hospital at Fort Yates, and
may have to lose both his legs. He
was out on sick call on one of the
recent cold nights, and the team he
was driving played out. He unhitch-
ed the horses and tied them to wheel
to rest, and himself sat in the buggy,
pulling the quilts and blankets about
him for couple of hours. Then he
managed to hitch up again and got
home, but in the meantime his feet
had been frozen.
There are all kinds of charity work
and one kind that is not much adver-
tised is being done in Bismarck by two
young ladies. They receive no pay
and spend two to three hours every
night in the week doing the good
work. Their pay is enthusiasm anu
interest with which their efforts are
received. These women conduct school
at private home and eleven young
men between the ages Of 16 and Fl
are attending. They have never been
able to go to school and could not now,
if it were not free. They are learn
ing the English languagfe and may
some day be counted among the
states best citizens. Even tho these
women receive no compensation they
will never be forgotten by these
young men who realize that fortune
has knocked at their door.