The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-01-20
BRIEF STATE NEWS

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Grand Forks soon.
Debaters of the North Dakota agri
cultural college defeated the Oregon
agricultural college team by a two tt
one decision.
Albert Peterson, aged IS, the old
est convict in the penitentiary, dice
Sunday of old age. He was sent W
% years ago for life, charged with
wife murder. .--
w. r. Foster, we'll known farm.
er of Starkweather, has been arrest.
ed charged with selling mortgaged
property. A large legal battle will
take place at the next session Of the
Grand Forks is after the new
Equity packing plant and it is report.
ed that the Commercial club Of that
city has offered cash bonus Of $780,.
900 if the committee will consider
their city.
When fire broke out in the moving
picture show in Fargo recently, the
audience arose and passed out quietly
enabling the firemen to extinguish the
blaze before material damage was
done. ...
Andrew Foss, of Aneta, found his
wife lying dead on the kitchen floor
one morning last week. Mrs. Foss
had evidently gotten up to get the
morning meal and dropped over from
heart failure. She was SO years OF
age.
The annual meeting of the North
Dakota we'll drillers' association is be-
ing held in Devils Lake this week. A.
L. Brown, Of Grand Forks, president
and Howard E. Simpson, Of the state
university, are conducting the pro-
gram. There are 300 we'll drillers in
the state.
Choosing to celebrate her wedding
on the scene of her daily labors, Miss
Julia Nelson, a school teacher near
Watford City, in Mckenzie county,
was married few evenings ago at the
school house, to Ellis Nereson, of
Schafer. Patrons and pupils of the
school were present. The brides
home is at St. Joseph, Montana.
1t has been learned that the stock
holders of the Northern Trading COM
pany Of Casselton, at meeting held
recently, elected among their directors
R. C. Kittel, former president Of the
defunct First National Bank of that
CITY and his brother, w. F. Kittel, for
mer cashier. Among others elected
on the board were attorney K. M. Pol
lock and Judge Edward Engerud, both
of Fargo.
Leo. Kissick, of Moorhead, Mimi,
has big fight on in the Cass county
district court. The purse is for $1,000
and the battle started on Jan. 18th.
A decision is expected in few days.
From the high lights Of the battle it
appears that Kossick, while riding a
motorcycle on May 3, 1914, was
"knocked out" in an unpugilistic way
by being struck by an auto, alleged to
have been recklessly driven by II. r.
Kallgren, of Fargo.
The killing of Bart Kramer, an Am.
erican, and former resident Of Grand
Forks, was officially reported in de-
spaches to the state department by
Collector Cobb at Ell Paso. Kramer
was killed near Guerra, sixty miles
west of Santa Ysabel. The depart
ment was informed that the band
which killed the party of Americans
was commanded by two former Villa
colonies, Lopez and Bettran.
Walking eleven miles with the tenn
perature 20 degrees below zero and
the wind blowing a gale was what A.
H. Yoemans, of Devils Lake, did in Or
der to open his moving picture house
at Crary one day last week. The train
service was not running to suit loe-
mans. When he reached his destina-
ton he was thoroly chilled, but when
the theatre opened he was the hero Of
the moment.
Edward Katter, aged so years, was
burned to death in his home four miles
west of Leeds on Wednesday of last
week. From the position in which his
bones were found close to where the
door would have been, it is believed
that he mad an effort to get out OF the
house. Katter was abchelor, and
had lived in the country about twenty
years. There are no known relatives
in this country and he lived alone.
They have relied on the friendship
Of both factions in Mexico and have
paid the penalty of death. That is
the belief of Mrs J. C. Haney of
Grand. Forks, who may be the lone
survivor of her family. She has lost
two brothers killed by Mexican ban
dts, in the western Chihuahua dis
trict, and with no word from her
father, mother and two other brothers,
she believes they two have been made
victims Of Villas vengeance: Mrs.
Haney opposes Intervention in Mexico.
Rev. o. N. Fosmarck, Of Grand
Forks, died last week. He was known
chiefly for his contribution to the
great controversy that ragged a gen
GRAFTON ago among the Lutherans OF
the country on the question Of predess-
tination, which was largely RESPONSE
BILE for the settlement Of that contro-
versy. For thirty years he was pas
tor at Fergus Falls, MINI. He estab,,
lished the Park Region college, and
until a few years ago was financial
agent of that institution. A recent
contribution by Rev. Fosmarck to the
present movement towards unionlsm
Of several Lutheran conferences gives
promise of being important.