The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-12-28
LEONA TAYLOR, Instructor,

paper and lit it, being badly burned
about the face and neck. The loosely
rolled paper quickly ignited and his
clothing caught fire. His face will be
disfgured.
Overly school kids are increasing
so fast that new teacher had to be
employed to take care of the increase.
At New Rockford the Donnahue hos
pital is nearing completion and will
be ready for work in the near future.
While Jess Tschabold, a farmer
near Milton, was hunting recently, he
came upon a large raccoon which
gave him fierce fight. The animal
was freed and the man went after him.
His hands were badly scratched and
blood poisoning set in later. The coon
weighed fifty pounds, and was the
largest ever caught in the state.
A. C. Fossum of Petersburg met
with a painful accident while he was
unloading beef. He Slipped and fell,
breaking the forebone of one arm Just
abive the wrist.
1t is freely predicted that the COM
ing session of the North Dakota leg
islature will be the shortest in history.
Should present plans carry, the solons
will complete their work in thirty days
and such short session will relieve us
from reading many laws that would
be enacted should the full sixty days
session be had.
Bismarck will have ample room for
the caring Of all legislators, politicians
and visitors who anticipate being at
the Capital city during the session. Ed
Patterson is to open the old Northwest
hotel which has already been christen-
ed the little Big Horn"
The Deering postoffice has been
raised to third class with a salary of
81, 100 per annum. Brother Roble
should now wax fat both on the profits
of his paper and the margin of his
stamp sales.
Attorney George Purchase of Halli-
day pleaded guilty to embezzlement
after one-half of the jury had been
chosen for his trial. Purchase was
charged with misappropriating $4,000
entrusted to him by client. He will
be sentenced January 16. The penalty
is from one to six years Imprisonment.
| The school board at Van Hook has
authorized the calling of an election
for the purpose of voting bonds for
the erection of school house and the
selection Of site for the building.
The amount of bonds to be asked is
not yet decided.
The matter of establishing a cheese
factory at Edgeley is being discussed
by the people of that town and vicini-
ty. A meeting was recently held at
the town hall and those present be-
lieved that the proposition was feas-
lble one, the present plan being to
lease the present creamery building if
possible.
The Max Enterprise is of the opin-
ion that the town we'll should be put
into use again. The pump has been
out of commission for time.
The Ford Motor company is trying
to collect $50 from w. H. Allen of Nc
Lean county and has taken the matter
to the courts. When the company was
sending out $50 to owners of Ford
cars last summer, Mr.. Allen, it is al
legged, received two such payments.
Blaisdell is of the belief that ply
sisian should locate there. An cpl
demic of some kind struck the town
and while not serious it is quite in
convenient to wait for doctor when
he is needed.
The 10-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Volk of Hague had one of his eyes
seriously injured in a runaway in
which he and the members of the Volk
family were thrown from a vehicle in
which they were riding.
Glendale has four-year-old hero
inc. Grabbing the little hand of her
playmate, Lesh boy, Frances Car
penter, four-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Carpenter of Ellen
dale, screamed until help came, when
the little fellow broke through the ice
near the Carpenter home recently. The
water under the film was probably
four feet deep.
Henry Waccheter, who lives two
miles east of New Salem, somewhat
enfeebled of mind, stepped out Of his
home one night last week, wandered
all that night and portion of the next
day on the prairie, being picked up by
Albert Swanson shortly after noon,
who was driving to New Salem. The
unfortunate man, who is 80 years old,
was none the worse for his experience.
Rate Expert Little of the railroad
commission in a recent delve into cen
sus statistics discovered the gratifying
| fact that North Dakota leads all other
states in the union in the proportion
of home-owners, which is 80 per cent.
In other words, only one North Dako-
! ia family in five lives in rented prop
IN MirnoSOfo rho norcorto 90
of home-owners is 63.5; in Montana
only $50 per cent Of the people own
ton is 71.2 per cent, while in the
United States as whole the proper