The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-15

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WHY yj,. that's the best game of them
And tho you come out of each Cruel
ling bout
All broken and beaten and SCARED,
Just have one more try-it's dead easy
to die;
It's the keeping-on-living that's
hard.
The two-year-old daughter of Rob-
ert Howard, formerly of Glenburn, but
now living near Bow Island, Alberta,
died recently from the effects of an
overdose of gopher poison which the
little tot had eaten.
Down near Dawnson, Edward Man.
ley, young man living near that
town, was instantly killed by lightning
while driving home during a heavy
rain storm. His companion sitting be-
side him on the same seat was thrown
from the rig but uninjured Both
horses were killed by the bolt.
The 3-year-old daughter of Chris
Steinvendt, living twelve miles from
the town Of Noonan, was drowned in
a slough last week. The little girl had
wandered away from the barn while
her father was milking. After long,
strict search her body was found in
the water.
The two-year-old son of Dallas Gun
derson, a farmer living few miles
north Of the town Of New Salem, was
burned to death one day last week in
a fire which destroyed the home. Mrs.
Gunderson, who was in the house when
the fire started, was terribly burned
while attempting to rescue the baby.
Mr.. Gunderson was in town when the
fire started and knew nothing of the
burning until he arrived home later.
Fred Fredrickson, a young man who
has been working in the vicinity of IT,
oga, was brought to justice last week
for robbing the Tioga Cash store last
winter. Fredrickson when caught con-
fessed to the crime and told the au-
thorities how he committed the crime
by breaking in the back door of the
building. The young man is under
age and has been sent to the reform
school at Mandan.
Mrs. Lena Hirengen, residing two
miles north of Alexander, sustained
serious fracture of the right leg near
the hip last Saturday. She was at
tending school picnic at the Todd
school where her daughter had just
closed her year of school, and was
playing games with the children when
she slipped and fell, suffering the in
jury above mentioned.
1t was only after thorough search
hol l4 IL
family and friends, and in Sentinel
Butte and Beach by Sheriff S. A.
Smith and his deputies, and darkness
had descended upon the day that the
four-year-old daughter of D. C. Young
Of five miles east Of Beach, who had
strayed away from home late in the
day last Tuesday, could be located. The
child was found in Sentinel Butte, four
miles from home, none the worse from
the experience. She had not been
missed from home until about five o.
clock that day.
Henry Revo of Sherwood, who is en-
ployed with Charles Sanderson, came
near shuffling off this mortal coil un-
Intentionally Tuesday by taking
swallow of water out of the formalde-
hyde jug. Mr.. Revo was thirsty and,
stepping to the wagon, picked up Jug
and started to drink, but discovering
his mistake he gagged himself by
sticking his finger down his throat,
threw up and hunted up the doctor.
Aside from a raw throat, he appears
to be in a fair way to a speedy recov-
cry.
Saturday Deputy Sheriff Ed Elliott
went out on the farm of Jas. Cocgburn
near Webster and placed under arrest
a young man by the name of Fred
Bond, who is wanted at Waukesha,
Wis, the charge against him being
blackmail. 1t seems that some time
ago he wrote party living there that
unless he deposited 81 900 in a certain
bank that he would do things to him
and his property. Since leaving there
the authorities have been after him
and he was traced by suit case which
he had shipped to him and the arrest
followed. The Wisconsin sheriff ar
rived and took charge Of his man.
Theodore Kahellek, chief of the
Kenmare fire department for the past
ten years, and four years member of
the board of trustees of the state or
ganization, was elected president of
the State Firemen's association at the
meeting of that body in annual con-
vention at Fargo. The honor is fit
ting one as the State Fireman's asso-
citation has no more enthusiastic men,
Der or better fireman, and Kenmare
is honored by the recognition given it's
chief. The state meeting came to
close after one Of the best meetings in
the history Of the association. Valley
City was selected for the next meet
ing place in competition with Bismarck
and Grafton. John Neville Of Botti-
neau and F. A. Post of Casselton were
electad delenafes To the National cor