The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-01-06

! Louis Leshovsky, seventy-one years
Of age and a resident Of Paramount
was gored by vocious bull while
crossing his pasture and may not sur,
vive.
! Between 5000 and 10000 bushels of
grain were destroyed when the Acme
line elevator in Rogers was destroyed
by fire. The Carpenter lum-
cause Of the fire has not been discov-
cred.
Wrapped up to protect himself from
the cold weather, V. B. Semb of Leeds,
70 years of age, failed to hear the
| whistle Of an approaching train and
was instantly killed on the goth ult. A
wife, two daughters and two sons were
attending church services when the &C.
cident occurred.
Charles F. Patrick, the third of the
McCanna postoffice robbers who were
found guilty at the last term of the
United States district court at Grand
Forks, was sentenced in the federal
court by Judge Amidon to spend the
next five years in the federal peniten-
tiary at Leavenworth.
The Methodists of Edgely have just
completed and occupied their magni-
ficent new structure which was re-
Gently dedicated at a cost Of $4,000
and the structure is clear of debt. One
man gave the proceeds Of his entire
crop from quarter section of land,
the total amount Of which was $4,000.
Francis Laroque, formerly of Olga,
little hamlet near Milton, was burn
ed to death on his farm near Calgary,
Alta, Can, mysteriously. He was
found in the yard with his clothing
ablaze. The supposition is that he
fell on an oil stove while having an
epileptic fit, which it is stated he was
subject to.
Clarence Nelson stood beside the
kitchen range at his home in the city
of Grand Forks when the water front
exploded. AS result of the injuries
he suffered he may lose the sight Of
both his eyes and probably is perma-
nently crippled. The water front had
become frozen while the family was
, absent on Christmas day.
Canada's vigorous recruiting cam
paign is drawing many men from the
United States. At recruiting rally
recently held in North Portal, Sask.,
which is in reality part of Portal, N.
| D., seventeen young men offered to en-
list. Of this number more than half
are Americans. Every border city
is holding recruiting meetings.
The name of Senator Robert NJ. La
[ Toilette will be on the presidential pri
! mary ballot in North Dakota primar-
les in March, and the Wisconsin sena-
tor likely will receive the support Of
the same faction that carried the pri-
| mary for him in 1912. The most form
liable candidate in opposition to La
, Toilette in this state is Senator Cum
! Minis of Iowa.
Playing "Wild West" with pistols
given them for Christmas, Edwin
Hendrickson, Is years old, of Kathryn,
was shot and instantly killed by his
! IT, car-old brother. The tragedy oc-
Cured at the Hendrckson home dur
ing the absence of the widowed moth
err. The Barnes coroner, who made
the investigation, decided that an in
quest was not necessary.
at is quiet day, and have a
good chance to write,' said John c.
Clements, a Walhalla, North DLkotan,
with the Canadian expedition in
France, in a letter to his wife in the
above place Here are some of the
things which Clements said took place
while he was writing in one of the
front trenches: one hundred yards
from the enemy; sniper sent bullet
near where he was seated; sharpnel,
and few "coal boxes" were bursting
around him. A few yards from him
machine gun was peppering away at
the Germans. Aside from that it was
quiet day at the front.
When Mrs. Frederick Boil Of Nc
Gamma died Christmas day, her Oft
repeated wish was fulfilled. Mrs. Boil
was buried at Russell, N. D. At diff
ferent times during her life she had
: expressed her desire to die on Christ's
! birthday. She was the mother Of CHR
teen children, eleven Of whom survive.
The death of Frank E. Wood, cash.
ier of the Farmers and Merchants
bank of Leeds, occurred last Monday.
Mr.. Woods was a prominent resident
of Benson county and belonged to the
Elks' lodge at Devils Lake. He was
! STRICKEN with a combination of pneu-
| monia and typhoid fever.
F. H. Kungel Of Kuroki, N. D., cal
led at the office Of the Equity Ex-
change in St. Paul recently and told
, of some quick work in organizing a
farmers elevator company in his
town, and the prospect that they will
make Kuroki a cooperative town.
"One Thursday in August some farm
ers got together and decided that we
would have a cooperative elevator.
On Friday we boarded automobiles
and Started on tour Of the neighbor-
hood. We secured subscribers, or
ganized stock company with CAPT
tai of $4,000. On Saturday we bot
one of the elevators in town, and on
Monday we began the shipping of
wheat on the cooperative plan. Then
we bot some lots and established CO.
operative lumber yard. In the spring
we intend to open bank"
TAKES OFF DANDRUFF,