The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-09-07
BRIEF STATE NEWS

A farmer near Reeder lost fourteen
head of cattle in a recent electrical
storm. They were struck by light
ming.
The town of Ryder has put on a
night Waterman to guard the citizens
until the season for ex-wOrkers is
over.
A wave of crime is said to be
sweeping over the eastern part of the
state, where holdups are common
occurrence.
Seven carloads of mail order house
catalogs have recently been received
at Bismarck, from which point they
are mailed all over this section of the
state.
Indians on the Ft. Berthold reser-
walton will soon receive $500 per head
| from the government. This payment
is in lieu of the sale of land several
years ago.
The Wildrose Plainsman says that
the lumber dealers of that place are
at their wits end trying to supply the
demand for lumber required by the
building operations in and around the
town.
A shed in the rear of the Wesley
hotel at Sanish caught fire but the
blaze was eXtinguished before great
deal of damage was done. The fire
originated near a quantity of kero-
sene which took fire.
Bare legged women are to be barred
from the beaches at Atlantic City
next season-in other words there will
be less seen of seaside scenery. The
puritanicaI modesty of the East is be-
coming almost prudish.
A New England banker put up $500
for good roads leading into that town
if the rest of the town would raise ST.
500. They raised $4,000 with little eff
fort, and it will all be spent on good
roads leading into New England.
Mountain, small town in Pembina
county, was visited by fire which de-
stroyed the Olson blacksmith shop
and the Halldorson feed mill and barn.
Nothing was saved at either place and
very little insurance was carried.
1t was not a niger in the woodpile
but real live negro which Harold
Connolly of Devils Lake found in the
basement of the Bell drug store. The
negro said he was looking for his ice
tongs. Connolly let him tell it to the
police.
The Dickinson city council adopted
resolution assessing the cost of the
oiling of the streets to the owners of
the abutting property. The apportlon-
ed cost will amount to about 8 cents
Sc
for each 2o-foot lot.
The sheriff of Adams county warns
all auto owners not to run their cars
until they have secured their license
from the secretary Of state. 1t is es-
timated that there are over 5000 auto
owners in the state who have failed
to secure licenses.
The editor of the Benedict Banner
is for law enforcement in the true
sense of the word. He approved of
the arrest of two colored bootleggers
in his town last week and wants to
see the blindpigs at Ruso and Straw
berry lake put out of business.
The dead body of transient was
found hanging to box car at Bottl-
neau on Friday night. The unfortu-
nate man was a Bohemian whose
name we are unable to get. The
cause of the rash act is mystery.
He was between IS and 80 years old.
One of the biggest deals recorded in
Bottineau was closed the first OF the
week when T. F. Woods sold his de-
partment Store to the Bottineau Co.
Operative Store Co. The new company
is capitalized at SIS 100000 and is COM
posed of about 200 farmers around
Bottineau.
Work has been started at Sanish
on a two-room school building, 24x6O
feet. The building will be put up by
the Farmers elevator and rented to-
the school board at $500 a year, with
the privilege of buying. 1t is expect
ed that the building will be completed
in time for school.
A horse belonging to John Dahlgren
of near Banks fell into an 80-foot well
on the Dahlgren homestead the other
day. The accident occurred when the
horses were crowding around the wat
ering trough. The plank covering over
the we'll gave wayy and the horse
dropped to the bottom.
The level of Devils lake is now Is
feet below the level of the same as it
stood in 1882, according to survey
just made by E. F. Chandler Of the
state geological survey. He conduct
ed the survey to determine, if posi-
lie, the lakes outlet and it's source of
supply. Agriculture is held RESPONSE
BILE for the decrease of water in the
lake, which once poured into it from
the prairies. being now absorbed by
the titled soil.
A disastrous fire broke out Wednes-
day night about 10 o'clock in Ted Bic
sons bakery in Van Hook, causing
property loss of over $4,000. The fire
originated in the bakery, consuming it.
and spreading to Sather's general
store, Rossum & Hagen hardware
store and the Bovey-Shute lumber
yard, which places Of business are re-
ported total loss. The cause of the
fire is unknown and it is very doubt
full if the places will ever be rebuilt.
The first road map ever made of
North Dakota is being prepared by
Jay w. Bliss, state engineer, and will
be included in the seventh biennial