The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-09-28


could not be pulled out, where it was
found by workman who was doing
some repairs the next day.
Frank Woods of Granville was re-
Gently placed under arrest on charge
Of signing another name to secure a
shipment of liquor. He had permits
sion to do SO but is still open to
charge of misdemeanor.
F. J. Durant, a farmer living near
Mckenzie, is charged with shooting J..
P. Spies, a Bismarck travelling man,
when the latter killed prairie chick
en- on the highway adjacent to Dur
ants farm. Durant is out on $4,000
bail, pending a definite change in the
condition Of Spies, which is critical
Durant says the party Of which Spies
was member killed a prairie chicken
his children had tanned, but he main
tains that he was shooting at the tires
of their automobile and not at Spies.
Frank Banks, owner of the old Bird
head ranch, 80 miles north of Watford
City, is one of the alfalfa kings of
western North Dakota. He has 200
acres from which he took two heavy
cuttings the past season. Mr.. Banks
ranch and has about 1000 tons of al
falfa and prairie hay in stacks for
winter feeding. Mr.. and Mrs. Banks
expect to remain on the ranch the
coming winter instead of moving to
Williston as heretofore.
Walter Lamont, son of Mr.. Lamont
of Balfour, met with a serious acct
dent at Keene, N. D., when the tendon
of his heels was severed by the sickle
of the mower which he was running.
He succeeded in cranking his car and
drove into town where his injury was
attended. The nature of the wound is
such that he will be laid up for sew
eral months and will be fortunate if
he is not permanently crippled. Walter
has many friends here who will learn
with regret of the unfortunate occur
renee.
Denny Newman, a young man of
eighteen years, living east of Devils
Lake, was shot and fatally wounded
while out hunting in company with
some members of the threshing crew.
He was crawling through the grass to
the hands of one of his companions
was accidentally discharged, the en-
tire charge striking young Newman
in the bowels, and at the same time the
man carrying the gun was slightly in
jured The young man was rushed to
a hospital but lived only three hours
after the accident.
A mean deed was committed during
the latter part of last week when the
foxes belonging to Frank J. Vejtasa
on the Vejtasa farm, southwest of
Milton, were poisoned with strychnine,
causing the death Of three of them.
Suspicious of poisoning were aroused
on Saturday when all Of them were
taken sick and one of the carcasses of
the three that had died was taken to
Milton for an examination, where it
was found that strychnine was the
poison used. There is no chance of
the poison having been given by mis-
take. as the feeding of them is very
carefully done under Frank Us per.
sonal supervision. Frank is offering
reward of $25 to anyone who can
discover and cause the arrest of the
person or persons who committed the
deed.
Paul, the en-year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. c. A. Boyer of Wildrose, met
death in a bran bin at the mill of his
father last Saturday morning about II
o'clock Just how the accident hap
pened is not definitely known, but he
was found in the bin dead shortly aft
err being missed, and although he was
worked over for long time to restore
life, evidently his lungs were filled
with bran and he was beyond human
aid. The funeral was held at the
Synod Lutheran church at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Hegg offici-
ating, and interment made in the Wild
rose cemetery. School was dismissed
that afternoon in order that the pupils
and teachers might attend the last
rites and the church was crowded to
it's capacity by friends who came to
pay their last tribute to the remains
of little Paul.
Arthur Norman of Sedan. Mimi. a
member of the Thompson Yards silo
construction crew, met with serious
accident Saturday morning while on
the Harold Martinson farm southwest
of Minor. While at leisure the young
man was pounding two hammers to-
gether merely doing it for the sake of
doing something, and while so engage
ed Clipped piece of steel from the
face of one of the hammers and the
particle of metal struck him in the
right eye, penetrating the eyeball. He
was hurried to Minor and given what
aid was possible, but he boarded the
noon freight for Breckenridge to con-
suit DR.. Rice, the eye specialist of that
city. A powerful magnet was applied
which extracted the steel from the eye
but later reports state that he will
lose the sight and in all probability
it will be taken out to avoid danger of
sympathetic Inflammation to the 9TH
er, which would probably mean the
loss of it also. AS he was not actual
ly at work at the time of the acct
don't IL is doubtful as To uhathar the