The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-09
BRIEF STATE NEWS
IF woman may be tickle,


And often change her mind;
But in one thing she's as loyal
: AS a soldier to his flag
/ She clings with moist persistence
To her channels powder rag
The next convention of the w. c..
T. u will be held at Valley City.
There will be another sale of Stand
ing Rock Indian lands held at Fort
Yates on Dec. 81.
Louis Lorenz of Rolla shot big
lynx near the Stack cottage at Fish
lake. He is going to have it mounted.
The thirteenth anniversary of the
organization Of the Lutheran church
at Adams will be celebrated Nov. 10.
John Aamdahl is the name of Mil
nor hunter who was instantly killed
by the accidental discharge Of a shot
gun.
A fence is to be erected around the
school house at Mohall. The idea is
to keep the kids in and the chickens
out.
The splendid condition of the slope
country is evidenced by the fact that
there is. over 100000 on deposit in
the Bismarck banks.
Two Granville citizens endeavored
to occupy the same space on Main
street of that town with their automo-
biles and as a result both cars were
damaged cit can't be did," observes
the Herald.
Mary Riddle, the 16-year-old daug-
ter of Fred Riddle, prosperous Kid
| Il ,+1,f 60 11yho o1oroI with n
Chance a short time ago, has been
found in Minneapolis and taken home.
F. w. Schmidt, former postmaster
at Fort Rice, has been taken to the
Leavenworth, Kas., prison to serve
two years for embezzlement while in
office.
There are a whole lot of church
members who know that nickel will
make more noise than a dollar bill
when it is dropped into the contribu-
ticn basket.
The farm residence of Andrew Bur-
log, northwest of Upham, was burned
to the ground. Practically everything
in the structure was destroyed The
loss was heavy and only partially COW
cred by insurance.
The elevators at Mckenzie are ex-
periencing trouble in the securing of |
a sufficient number of cars to ship out !
the grain as fast is it comes Both !
houses are filled to the brim most of !
the time.
M. Miller of Fargo, Sc year of age, |
has % caliber bullet in his neck and
is partly paralyzed, following an acct
dent on farm near Casselton. A fell
low laborer had just returned from a !
hunt and was cleaning the gun when |
an explosion occurred.
Roy Kline of Van Hook died at !
Phoenix, Ariz, word to that effect be-
ing received at Van Hook last Tues |
day. Mr.. Kline was we'll known along |
the line as ball player and his I'M
timely death will be learned of with
regret by large circle of acquaint-
ances.
The Plaza and Makoti papers speak
OF the dance given at Waubek some
time ago as warm number, consid- |
cradle liquor being in evidence The
Makoti Sentinel says in going home an
autoist crashed into a buggy in which
were man and two girls, all of whom
were more or less injured.
A train wreck at Chadwick, the sid
ing north of Shields, was the cause of
a 10-hour delay of the south-bound
passenger and two freight trains on
Saturday. A dance in town that eve
ming helped entertain the crews as
well as the passengers, and while
there were few passengers who were
anxious to reach the main line, every
body made the best of it.
E. W. Swanson, harvest hand, hop
ped freight at Mandan to ride to Nc
Kenzie in order to save carfare. But |
he was held up by two tramps and rob-
bed of $76. Swanson was then thrown
from box car by the yeggs when the.I
train was making 80 miles an hour.
Fortunately he received nothing worse
than severe bruises from the expert |
ence.
Mrs. Nellie Tharalson, aged "A, wife
of Adjt. Gen. T. H. Tharalson, died |
last week from pneumonia. Mrs.
Tharalson had been i'll for the last ten
weeks, six of which she was patient |
in Bismarck hospital. Shortly after !
she was removed to her home che con-
tracted pneumonia and became rapid
ly worse. She was conscious until the |
last, calling all the members of her
family to her bedside for a last fare
well.
Tosten Bergen of Hatton was killed |
and Lewis Aasen of the same place,
seriously injured when the auto driven
by the latter turned turtle in ditch |
SIX miles west Of that city last Tues