The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-20
BRIEF STATE NEWS

A new bank has been organized at
Kathryn, N. D., with J. Jensen as
cashier.
Underwood is soon to vote on
whether she wants to be full-fedged
city or not.
w. J. Watson, formerly of Elgin,
will have charge of the new bank to be
established at Thinner, N. D.
Business men and citizens of Bal
four have subscribed $500 to the
fund for a new school building in that
city.
Berthold will build $3O,377.12 worth
Of cement sidewalks this year. The
contract was awarded to T. T. Stew
rud, Of Elbow Lake, MINI.
Dune. Beaton of Bottineau topped
the South St. Paul market the other
day with a car of hogs, receiving 1858
for 80 head. A nice little bunch of
money.
C. B. Aasness and J. E. Galehouse,
Of Darlington, have asked the council
at Towner to grant them franchise
to operate an electric light plant at
Towner.
John Schubert, charged with having
robbed the Columbia clothing store
at Harvey some weeks ago, was ar
rested in Wisconsin and brought back
to Wells county to face the music.
1t is expected that the proposed rail
road from Williston to Crosby will be
built early this year. The road will
be financed by the businessmen of
Williston and farmers owning land
adjacent to the road.
Joe Watson trapped a full-grown
bobcat at his farm on the Little Mis-
souri, river the other day. The animal
was nearly four feet in length. 1t had
been killing Mr.. Watson's chickens,
making nightly raids on his hen-coop
for sometime.
Governor Burnquist Of Minnesota
and Governor Hanna of North Dakota
will address the convention of United
Commercial travellers of Minnesota,
North Dakota and Western Canada in
annual session at Minot June 8. Other
features of the program are being ar
ranged.
The Flasher Hustler, speaking of
the new assessment blanks, says
"everything from lodges to pet cats
are taxed" Not only pet cats for the
list reads call animals of whatever
kind born on or before April LIST, -
which must include rats, hippopota-
muses., rhineocerusses and the lie'uns.
Disclosing total resources Of $685.
87,512.O8, state banks and trust COM
panies in North Dakota are in the
most prosperous condition Of their en-
tire history, according to the report
issued by the bank examiner, covering
the recent call. The 649 banks and 4
trust companies show a total gain of
1883, 221.47 in resources during the
period between December 81 and
March 7.
Severyn Thompson, employed on a
farm near Antler, came near being
smothered last week. With two or
three others he was cleaning barley
out of crib bin in the field, and when
the party got to the house, Thompson
was missed. They returned to find
him buried under the snow and ice
that covered the top of the bin. He
was dug out but was unconscious for
several hours.
One out of every Twenty-Five resi-
dents of the state Of North Dakota
owns an automobile, according to a
motor census just compiled by Donald
Mcleod Lay, of the editorial staff of
The Automobile, national trade pub
LEGATION. The figures are based on
the automobile registrations during
1915 and the census figures of 1910.
North Dakota is tied with Indiana for
ninth position on the list. The total
number of automobiles in the United
States is 2,423,788 and the average
ownership for the entire country is
one out Of every AZ persons.
It begins to look very much as if
Fort Lincoln will again be occupied by
United States troops within a short
time. John Yegen has just received
an inquiry from the war department
asking if the land formerly leased