The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-09
BRIEF STATE NEWS

to fall and break bone in the elbow
of his right arm.
MONDAY lunches are being served
at the schools in Crosby. The domestic
science department is getting consid-
cradle practice with little cost.
John Hanka, formerly of Kief, was
shot at Glasgow, Mont, on Saturday
night, Oct. 20. He is now in that city,
supposedly in the care of the hospital
| Any friends or relatives of this man
will kindly send him aid and see him.
The Minor Teller carried story of
fire that occurred in the hip pocket
Of Judge Long of Minor As reported
by the Teller the blaze was extinguish-
ed without fire department being
called out.
Auditor Felson if Pembina county
is issuing map of Pembina county,
with statistics. Besides it contains il
Illustrations and ancient history of the
county. It is issued at his personal
expense, which is considerable.
The women Of the Civic league of
Van Hook have discovered that the
schools of that place need library
and have taken up the matter with
the intention of providing one. Ted
Engdahl, meat dealer, has given ten
per cent of the sales he made at his
shop on one day for the purpose.
Sigurd Gillerstadt, who was shot
last week by Claus A. Lundquist at the
T. A. Stenehjem farm six miles north
Of Williston, is in the Williston hos
pital and has good chance for recov-
cry. Lundquist is in the Williams
county Jail. Both men are residents
of the Arnegard district and the shoot
ing was the result Of bad blood over a
land deal.
A fire of mysterious origin Destroy
ed the sheds on the Methodist parson-
age property at Willow City last Sat-
urday. Just how the building caught
fi'e will probably never be known, but
that the blaze caught in the northwest
corner of the building was evident and
by the time the fire was discovered the
building was pretty we'll enveloped in
flames and but little of the contents
could be saved.
Last Saturday Postmaster Luedke
of Burkey, Marvin Meggs and Dave
Jones were driving an auto on the road
from Wibaux to Beach and when just
west of the bridge near Yates the auto
skidded out of rut and turned turtle.
Mr.. Luedke was pinned under the car
and was thought to be seriously hurt,
but after three days in Beach hos
pital was so far recovered that he was
removed to his home. Dave Jones was
thrown from the machine onto his
head and lost most of the exterior COW
ering on one side of his face. Meggs
got off with lesser injuries.
A 6-cylinder, 7-passenger Oldsmo-
bile, valued at $4,000 went up in
smoke two miles east of Kindred on
Saturday afternoon. The car belonged
to Fred Bartholomew, the well known
hotel man of Grand Forks, and was
carrying the democratic campaign
speakers. The car was not working
Just right as they entered that village
and while the cause of democracy was
being expounded the chauffeur thot
he would drive out in the country and
adjust it and thus get it in good shape
for the remainder Of the trip. 1t ap-
pears that the engine back-fred and
ignited the oils and grease in the pan.
The driver opened the hood and en-
deavored to extinguish the flames by
throwing dirt on them, but it had
gained too much Roadway. The car is
total wreck, only the engine and
trent wheels remaining untouched.
Laast Tuesday evening, the night of
curious happenings, O. O. Lee of Roth
loaned his car to friend who was go
ing to Landa In the meantime Mr..
Lee, barking back to the days of his
youth, and noticing a Ford car on the
streets of Roth, decided that it would
be happy thought to change the wir-
ing, adjust the carburetor and do va
rious other stunts that would require
an expert Ford M. D. to put in order.
After he had surveyed the job with
perfect satisfaction he happened to
notice the license tag and discovered
that it was his own car which some
wag had "hooked" at Landa and brot
back to Roth. During the same eve
ming five ducks were taken from their
roosts and placed in the hotel, which
had been painted that day. 1t can
easily be imagined what an appear
ance the place presented the next
morning.
Samuel Weinberg, aged 20 years,
son of Isadore Weinberg, who resides
about eight miles north of Regain, was
taken to the Wilton hospital Sunday
afternoon in an unconscious condition,
due to injuries received in an automo
lille accident. Sunday morning young
Weinberg purchased a Ford car from
Willis Hollingsworth, the Regain auto
mobile dealer, and after few lessons
in the art of handling the machine,
started for his home. AS he was leav-