The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-12-21
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Alex Kriestien, IA years of age, died
At a Jamestown hospital last week. He
was shot while crawling through a
Frank E. Sargent, prominent cit
izen of Towner and pioneer Of the
state, died last week after an illness of
two years.
The did" is on at Dickinson. By
order of States Attorney Burgeson,
theaters, pool halls and bowling alleys
must close Sundays in the future.
fence, dragging his gun behind him.
The city justice and marshal of Ana
moose destroyed several gallons of
perfectly good booze last week while
the thirstily inclined looked on.
The water in the school house we'll
1T Marmath has been condemned as
unfit for drinking purposes. Impure
water is the cause of the typhoid fever
epidemic that has been raging in that
city.
The increased cost Of print paper
has been the cause of many North Da-
kota publishers raising their subscrip-
tion prices from $3.50 to $500 per
year.
State Game Warden VIM. Reko has
employed experienced trappers to as
sist in Kidding North Dakota of it's ex-
cess supply of beavers. These animals
are doing great deal of damage
throughout the state.
A car loaded with cotton caught fire
last week on a westbound freight and
it was sidetracked at Gascoyne, where
it went up in smoke. There were 1870
bales of cotton in the shipment, with
value estimated at $4,000.
Bantry has bank that is in class
by itself. The Farmers Security bank
Of that city, according to it's last state
ment, has not dollar on deposit; it
has no cash on hand and only $685.
due from other banks.
Orders have been received at Dick
inson for over 400 scar loads of fire.
proof brick. The high quality of the
Dickinson tile and brick has focused
the attention of the building world
upon this state.
A dog poisoner got busy at Sarles
and as consequence half of the dog
population was sent to the happy hunt
ing grounds. Indignant owners are
making dire threats of vengeance to
the culprit if he is found out.
A little fire scare occurred in Grano
last week when the editor stepped out
for few minutes and upon returning
discovered that some papers had be-
come ignited during his absence from
the Tribune office. The blaze was put
out in time to prevent any serious
damage.
A colored porter for the Hotel Met
ropole at Fargo became engaged in a
quarrel with white lad engaged in
similar capacity for the Hotel Gard
ner and the latter now lies in seri-
GUS condition at hospital in that city
with several knife wounds in his back.
The alteration took place at the depot
Of the Northern Pacific, while the plat
form was crowded with passengers,
many of whom witnessed the bloody
attack.
Exchanges: Before election we were
informed that President Wilson had
kept US out of war and that this coun-
try was not at war. This worked very
nicely on election day and thousands
Of voters all over the country gave
Woodrow a vote on that account Now !
the democratic administration, of
which the gifted Woodrow is the head,
has made another fip-hop of its posi-
ton on the war question. Some of the
officers of the North Dakota regiment
have been trying to resign, but have
been informed by the secretary of war
that they cannot resign while the