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

it is doughnuts to fudge that he is
welded to the wrong woman.
j. L. Hort of Reeder, a member Of
the state legislature from Adams
county, has announced that he will be
a candidate at the 1916 primaries fol-
secretary of state. g.
my idea of pessimist," remarked
Joe Blaisdell, "is the man who divides
his time between wanting what he does
not get and getting what he doesn't
want"
Mrs. Sam Burnett of Langdon, who
submitted to several difficult opera.
tions at the Minot hospital, has re-
turned home fully recovered.
Floyd and William Engle, living ir
the hills country west of Flaxton, were
held to district court charged with
stealing two loads Of wheat from Aug
Pommler. aess
Up at Sherwood the people have the
| good old fashioned way Of remember.
ing the ministers. Rev. A. E. Prior
and family were given sled loads OF
| turkeys, foodstuffs Of all kinds and
many other presents for Christmas.
Jim Thornburn of Souris was kicked
by his 26-year-old mare. The old girl
objected to Jim's squeezing her into a
blanket that had become a bit tight
for her aged corpulency and the own
er is out Of the Marathon class.
Senator Gronna has won favor with
the Indians. He was presented with a
beaded stone peace pipe, buckskin
tobacco bag and tom-tom, as an ex-
preston of the high esteem of the
Sioux Indians. They conferred upon
him the title of Tiawashta, or "Roya]
Blood" rus~ .-~
While Cavalier county is not gener.
ally known as much of timbered re.
gion, M. L. Sullivan tells us that he ex.
poets to get out considerable wood and
posts on his Olga farm this winter. He
has a contract with one party to cut
several hundred cords of wood and g..
600 posts.-Langdon Republic.
Among the new students at the Mi.
not normal beginning next week will
be Misses Stella Wicks, Mabel Barrett
and Opal ellison from Glenburn The
Minot normal is doing good work and
all those who are attending from here
are well satisfied with the school,
Glenburn Advance.
Will E. Holbein, secretary of the
Association of Commerce, is prepar-
ing to place beautiful exhibit in the
500 booth at the local passenger sta
ton and will arrange another booth at
the G.. N. station. Mr. Holbein is hav-
ing three cases of grain and other
North Dakota products shipped back
from the Partama-Pacific exposition
and will use them for the displays.
Another remark A. E. Bowen made
during his speech here last week, that
we can call him on, was the statement
that farmer can take bushel of
wheat, wipe each kernel perfectly
clean, take it to the elevator, and his
bushel would be locked. There has
been wheat marketed right here in
Westhope, lots of it, that went No. /
hard, without an ounce of dockage.-
Westhope Standard. ~
Ray Skinner arrived in Sawyer Sum-
day and is visiting his father, E. D.
Skinner of this place, and other friends
here. Mr.. Skinner completed a term
of two years and three months service
the U. S. navy the past summer and
has been making his way east from
the Pacific coast since his release and
arrived here in time for the holidays.
Ray states that he prefers hustling
for living rather than all the emolu-
ments he might win serving in Uncle
Sans navy.-Sawyer Telegram.
John Brown, farmer near Dickin-
son, is under arrest for shooting his
son, Nick. The boy is IA years old
and was not materially injured, but
the shooting is said to have occurred
while the farmer was in violent fit
of temper, and the arrest followed.
The Brown family have hired~a special
attorney to assist the regular states
attorney in the prosecution. This is
the second time that Brown has been
accused Of violence towards his child
rem, the first instance being about ten
years ago when he was charged with
numbering one. In that case the
prosecution was abandoned.
The North Dakota corps of farmers
institute workers will be extremely
busy during the month of January, the
schedule providing for a series of
twenty meetings. The staff of speak
ers includes B. Sanford as superin-
tendent; B. Bryon Bobbo, ]. Pickett,
J. E. Eastgate, L. A. X. Larson, Miss
Ida Ratzlaff, E. A. Greenwood, E. S.
Delaney and Mrs. Bertha Laws. The
institute cities and dates are as fol-
lows: Max, Jan. and A; Rugby, S
and 6; Lorraine, 6 and 7; Petersburg,
z and 8; Havana, 10 and IL; Forbes,
IL and 10; Englevale, IA; Merricourt,