The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-12-28
BRIEF STATE NEWS

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Nick Rober is making a fortune in
Ransom county where he is picking up
all available scrap iron and brass.
Over at Belfield the "tilted lid" has
been tightly frightened and pure
sparkling water is now in demand.
Editor Case in his Neville Journal
suggests that the time to do your ad-
vertising is when you need more bust
ness. Better still-Do It Now.
Erection of government flour mill
and bakery in the capital to demon
strate the real cost Of making bread
is proposed in bill introduced by
Representative Young Of North Da-
kota.
Wolford has organized band with
seven comets and five reed instru-
ments. Some sizable band all right.
The new Rex Hotel and Cafe has
been opened at Wyndmere. A course
dinner attended the dedication but the
dining room was too small to care for
the guests.
While getting out the Maxbass
Monitor last week, the "devil' drop
ped two pages of type on the floor
which must have made considerable
"pie." Bet that place was no place for
an "angel" about that time.
The faculty of the Williston school
went to the state penitentiary at Bis
marck-for visit through that insti-
tuition. They were conducted to Bis
marck by w. L. Gross, head of the
high school at the penal institution.
H. j. Carter fractured the prohibit
ton law in Morton county and is now
serving the usual ninety days, etc.,
etc., as the guest of Sheriff Mcdonald.
Applying the torch to five stacks of
hay in a field near Minor, an incen-
diary destroyed several hundred dol
lars worth of hay owned by c.. A.
Long-and Long is willing to lose an
other 500 in the form of a reward if
the firebug is found.
A night school is to be opened at
Belfeld. The commercial club of the
town took up the proposition with the
superintendent of schools and an ar
rangement has been agreed upon for
the instruction of adults who wish to
take up some course of study.
D. E. Garwood, a successful farmer
few miles west of Bottineau, has
gone into raising the Poll Angus They
are hardy variety Of cattle and de-
veiop little earlier than the Short
horn.
Plans are being made at Stanley for
the organization of Sons of Norway
lodge in that town. Already about fifty
residents of the town and vicinity
have signified their intention of join
ing the order.
| The Secretary of States office has
issued charter to the Farmers State
I; Bank Of Powers Lake, with $4,000
capital. Otto Moody, P. M. Olson and
Stanley Christensen are the incorpor-
ators.
Work has been started crawling the
main road running north out Of Willis
ton. The road is being improved under
an agreement between the Williston
Commercial club, the township board
| and the property owners, each of
whom will pay third of the expense
OF the improvement.
States Attorney Shafer and Sheriff
Ellickson went to Alexander Friday
with Floyd Chismore, who was arrest
ed recently at Schafer on a charge of
embezzlement. He was released on
$40O bond to appear at next term of
district court.
The newspaper boys are extending
the glad hand to A. T. Westernhagen,
who is back at the new Western News
paper Union home, having succeeded
C. A. Radford, who succeeded him
about year ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. l.. Clodfelter and
son and William Leach, who left Town
er in November in the Ford for St.
Augustine, Florida, arrived at their
destination December 5. They stop
ped at Sedalia, Missouri, for short