The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-13
BRIEF STATE NEWS

The editor of the Hillsboro Banner
complains that between the alarm
clock and the door bell, the telephone
and the switch engine, life is just one
damn ding dong after another.
Charged with failing to report the
death and and burial of an infant, DR..
G. w. Callerstrom is under arrest in
Grand Forks county. Northwood
health officials made the charge.
While hunting rabbits, John Thom-
as, ID years Of age, son of E. r.
Thomas, county superintendent of
schools, fell thru thin ice on the back
waters of the Knife river and was
drowned. The body was recovered.
Ross Hutsinpilar, deputy auditor Of
Dickey county, has resigned his posi-
ton to become Methodist Episcopal
minister. He will occupy the pulpit
at Caledonia, Mimi, until the confer
ence meets in September.
Businessmen of Crystal are heart,
soul and financially behind the organ
ization of a base ball team in their
city the coming season. They have
agreed to donate the use of their auto
mobiles to carry the players on their
trips.
The Fargo Y. M. G. A. will be thirty
years old in June and plans for a Gel
ebration of the anniversary will be
made by the directors. The associa-
ton has become the strongest in
North Dakota in point of work and
members.
Burke have given the committee their
word that they will do everything they
can to get the noted orator and states
man to come here. Mr.. Peterson says
he has advice that Mr.. Bryan said he
would come if he possibly could, and
he believes he can.
Neil Littlejohn, an elevator man at
Sherwood, recently attempted to start
his Office fire with gasoline, mistaking
it for kerosene, with the result that
the stove exploded. One hand was Sc
verely burned, and the other hand and
his face suffered somewhat.
At one Of the auction sales held
near Edinburg last week cattle that
were to be sold had a nice lunch be-
fore the sale started. The cows got
into the sheds where the tables had
been set with all kinds of foodstuff for
the prospective buyers, and cleaned it
up.
The Indians in the vicinity Of Fort
Yates are enthusiastic over the pro-
posed plan to organize Indian cavalry.
The idea originated among some of the
young Siouxs on the S. D. section Of
the Standing Rock reservation. Pc
titions to congress for permission are
being considered
Mrs. John Rowland, wife of the
fellow who shot young Walcott in
Mountrail county last week, has been
arrested on a charge of insanity and
taken to Stanley for examination. 1t
is stated that Roland, who did the
shooting was supposed to have a hear
ing before the same board.
At the term Of the Indian court at
Fort Yates, trial by an Indian jury was
attempted for the first time. Supt C.
C. Covey is responsible for the inno-
walton and says the experiment was
successful. Jurors were drawn from
the different districts Of the reserva-
ton and several cases were disposed of
in record time.
Attorney Abe Ginsberg of Mime
apolis was slapped by Arthur Fowler,
states attorney of Cass county, during
a heated argument in police court at
Fargo. The trouble arose when the
men became involved in a controversy
in connection with the cases of James
Evans and A. Bush Lee, charged with
robbery in Fargo. Evans and Lee, St.
Paul men, were accused Of robbing a
Fargo drug store
Bernard O'Neil, U. S. mail carrier
from Dunn Center to Bailey, tried to
ford a stream, his horses forced to
swim, became entangled in a fence.
O'Neil seized the single mail pouch
and swan to shore. Breaking Of the
harness freed the team and they were
rescued. Fritz Johnson, farmer living
east of Bailey, was not as lucky. A
four horse team tangled in the harness
when he drove them through a deep
creek, all four being drowned.
Glen Waldron of Donnybrook had
narrow escape from drowning in the