The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-01-13


Garden Valley, and Williston TOWNSHIP
clubs are interested in the scheme.
A gentleman is a person who will
pretend that he is enjoying the infor-
nation when other men are telling
him things that he already knows.
The Cando Record remarks that
Grandma may have smoked an old
clay pipe in secret, but she didn't pow
der her nose or show yard OF her
leg in public.
Hans Olson, who formerly lived at
Velva. was drowned in the Missouri
river at Williston. No details Of the
tragedy were available when last
weeks Journal went to press.
A fund of 100000 for the main
tenance of the New Rockford Colleg-
late institute, Congregational institu.
ton, is being raised by representa-
tives of the school, considerable sue
cess already being attained. --.
A head line in the Grand Forks
Herald: "Man Married to Eight Wo-
men Must be Punished More" The
word smore" is good and shows that
the Herald has a head liner with a
sense of humor nearly equal to that
of B. Nye. -.'
w. H. Peters, live stock expert Of
the North Dakota agricultural college
at Fargo and secretary of the North
Dakota live stock association, has an
nounced the programme for the an
nual convention of the organization to
be held in the city of Grand Forks on
February and 4.
E. A. Wagner, a blacksmith of Rus
sell, while performing some kind of
an experiment, got his ear frozen
fast to the Wheatline rails last Mon
day forenoon. If the flyer had not
been late on account of a frozen pipe
at the Deep tank, a serious accident
might have resulted.
The Canucks are hieing themselves
to North Dakota in order to evade the
draft that is possibly imminent in all
British possessions. Better marry
some good Dutch girl and avoid the
draft in that way and at the same time
help end the war by bringing the Eng
lish and Dutch closer together.
There is rumor afloat that the
Northern Pacific will extend it's Leeds
line north and west to the Montana
line, passing through Upham. This
being the case the new line would
cross the Bottineau branch between
Barton and Willow City, possibly
passing through one of these towns.
The North Dakota curling club as
ISOLATION has been organized in Grand
Forks. The association comprises all
the clubs of curriers' in the state. At
the district bonspiel to be held in
Grand Forks about the last week in
January; the organization will be COM
pleted by the adoption of a constitu
ton and bylaws. Tx
Benedict is becoming one of the
leading grain markets along the Bis
marck and Minot branch of the 500.
Over 100000 bushels Of grain has
been marketed there during the past
season and careful estimate places
the amount still to be marketed here
before May 1st at 100000, making a
total Of 100000 bush els marketed at
Benedict.
Fred Trunshke has purchased ten
acres of land from M. L. Kelly, Of
Hazen, for a consideration of $50 per
acre. Mr.. Trunshke intends to estab-
lish a packing plant and sausage fac
tory thereon, selling meats to the re-
tailers of other towns up and down
the line and also to run meat wagon
about the. country tributary to that
city.
Headquarters have been opened at
Bismarck, N. D., for conducting the
campaign in North Dakota of Hon.
Henry D. Estabrook of New York
City for the Republican nomination
for president for the 1916 presidential
primaries. The active management
of the headquarters will be in charge
of Theodore Koffel as secretary of the
Estabrook organization of the state.
C. w. Reichert of Darlington, has
sold $500 worth of sheep and wool
during the past four eyars and has as
many sheep now on hand as he started
with at that time. A year ago in Mo-
vember Graves & Co. invoiced their
flock Of sheep at a conservative valu-
alton and during the year sold enough
sheep and wool to equalize the invest
ment. During 1915 Graves & Co. sold
$2,250 worth of hogs from their farm.
The postal authorities at Washing
ton, recognizing the ability OF post
masters TO- make mistakes in getting
letters in the wrong boxes, have fixed
a penalty of 5000 on persons taking
mail out of an office other than their
own and not returning it Immediately.
This law includes newspapers. The
excuse that it is the postmaster's
fault is no excuse. If you have been
getting other peoples mail you had
better take warning or you may get
yourself into trouble.
Jimmy Holland, a native Langdon
boy, is back from the European war
with both arms gone. The young man
is not yet Fl years Of age. The last
word previously received from young
Holland was that he was recovering
in an English hospital and would soon
return to the front in France. Then,
without announcement, he came home,
in his present condition. Letters re-
ceived from the young mans family,
who live in western Canada, tell of
his plight. Holland lived in the city Of
Langdon till four years ago, when
the family moved to Canada.
The body of Bruce Parkinson, alias