The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-03
BRIEF STATE NEWS
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Five head of horses persisted in the
vicinity of Rawson during the recent
cold weather. They were found stand
ing, frozen stiff.
Passenger service on the Wheat
Line in the northern part of the state
has been tied up for the past two
weeks on account of the heavy fall of
snow in that locality.
The snow down at Hillsboro, in the
Red River Valley, is so deep that the
farmers are reported to have been
using skis on their horses to get to
town and elsewhere.
Two Jail birds in the city bastile at
Mandan got cold while serving time
for being drunk and set their bedding
on fire. The chief Of police arrived
in time to save the building.
There was a $4,000 fire in the lit
tie hamlet of Monango, down near
Glendale, one night last week, when
the large department store belonging
to Ed Magofin was totally destroyed
Full covered by insurance.
James Greenwood, prosperous
farmer of Concrete, committed suicide
by shooting himself in the stomach
with a IL gauge shot gun last Sum-
day morning. Altho conscious till the
last he gave no cause for the rash act
E. j. Lander of Grand Forks, was
recently elected president of the Great
Northern Life Insurance company at
the annual meeting held in the above
CITY, The company's business is in a
satisfactory condition, according to
the annual report.
J. M. Anderson, president of the
Equity Cooper alive exchange; B. F.
Wood, of Deering, and Magnus John
son, of Kimball, vice president, re-
Gently attended a meeting Of the
South Dakota Elevator association at
Watertown, S. D.
The Laymen's missionary conven-
ton held in Fargo last week was the
the state. Enrollments reached LOO
and the banquet was immense. More
than eightv-one towns of North DalSo-
ia were represented.
The large farm house of johnson
Brothers, east of Ray, burned to the
ground one night last week. The fire
started while the men were doing the
chores at the barn and it was thru a
hard effort that the big dairy barn
was saved There was no insurance.
| One out of every ten of the Indians
on the Fort Totten reservation near
Devils Lake is suffering from that
terrible eye disease, trachoma, which
if not treated in time results in blind
ness. A number Of white people, as
well, have contracted the disease.
Two Hebrew peddlers, at Wing, left
their sleigh standing in tough neigh
borhood while they canvassed the town
and on their return found that some
one had gotten away with several hun
drcd dollars worth Of merchandise.
No arrests were made,
The dedication exercises for the new
public school building recently erected
in the city of Granville will be held
! tomorrow. State Superintendent E. j.
Taylor and President Crane of the
Minot Normal will be the principal
speakers on the occasion.
L. A. Travis, of Mandan, succeeded
H. R. Lyon of Minneapolis as presi-
dent Of the Lyon banks in the Slope
district. They are located at Glen Ul-
len, Hebron, Richardton, Flasher, Raj
eigh, Golden Valley and Elgin, N. D.
The combined capitalization is $780,
900 and the total deposits January l,
were $1,050,0O0.00, an increase of
$250,000 over last year.
Two Donnybrook stores. bought
from the farmers and shipped 49,
besides many farmers shipped their
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cows in the Donnybrook country,
which has become noted for being one
of the best dairying districts in the
state.
Floyd Kemper, Northern Pacific
| brakeman, was killed at Richardtor,
thirty miles from Dickinson, last
week. Kemper, who was on stock
train, had to deliver a message to the
operator at the depot, and it is 81.
posed that he slipped under the NOV
ing ira in. The young mans parents
live at Two Harbors, MINI. His body
al miles before the accident was dis
covered by the train crew.
Ole Axvig, of Milton, has put Tip
perary on the map of North Dakota.
That is the name this tall Norway
pine has chosen for siding the Great
Northern railway will maintain in the
northern part of Cavalier county for
the accommodation of farmers in that
section. Ole Axvig is we'll known in
the state, having been a member of
the last state assembly and once be-
fore having served term as repre-
sentative. Tipperary is his favorite
song.
August Little Shield, Sioux In
dian, who lived in the Cannonball dis
trict of the Standing Rock reservation,
committed suicide last Wednesday, by
| shooting himself thru the heart. Lit
tie Shield had considerable trouble Of
late, having recently been arrested for
hitting neighbor over the head with
club, and the death of several of his
childred this winter, is thot to have
brot on the deed. He was among the
prosperous Indians of the reservation,
having sixty head Of cattle and con-
siderable land.
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