The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-10-05
Jacobson & Fuge|so Hardware
Round Oak Stoves and Ranges.
Distributors Of

ell disposed of his own grain, consist
ing of hard wheat, some time ago, and
that he sold Durham wheat to the Rus
sell Milling company at Minot last
week. This coupled with the fact that
he did not raise Durum is the basis for
the warrant. Mitchell was just recent
ly married.
North Dakota will require 100000
bushels of wheat to seed the 1917 crop
and large part of it must come from
the northwest corner of the state, is
the assertion of Prof. Bolley, who is
one of the highest authorities on mat
tiers pertaining to cereal crops.
A young man and woman came to
Edmore Tuesday morning on the train
and were in town only a short time
before Marshal Oakley introduced him
self and put them in the village bastile
for safe keeping until the sheriff of
afternoon. From reports this young
couple were characters Of very shady
tint.
Attacked by an I. w. w. who WELD
ed chair viciously, Sheriff Geo. F.
, Fahrer of New Rockford shot the pris-
oner through the foot, subduing near
riot in quick order Six I. w. WIS had
been arrested the day previous and on
assigning them their cells the sheriff
found them in an ugly mood. When
one swung a chair at him, and threat
ened to repeat the operation, he re-
ceived bullet wound that stopped all
proceedings.
The patrons of the Ryder public
schools have started a movement
which should result in much good
They have organized "Parents' and
Teachers Meeting" which will meet
every month during the school year.
The chief aim of the organization will
be cooperation between teachers and
parents in securing the best results
possible in the moral, physical and in
tellectual training of the pupils.
A bold robbery was pulled off at
the hardware department Of the ]. S.
Hart Lumber company in Ray Sunday
night. The thieves gained entrance
through a window on the south side of
the store. They first pried out the
window stops and siding, but were I'M
broke out the glass. The value of the
goods stolen is ROUGHLY estimated at
about $500, consisting Of two shoteuns
and rifle, two revolvers, ammunition,
and large number of knives, razors,
scissors, hair clippers, flash lights and
spark plugs. The cash register was
left open on closing the store and the
money put in the safe, which was not
tempered with. On leaving the store
the thieves went out the front door
and when George Ulman came down to
work Monday morning he found the
door wide open.
One Of the boys, who left New Rock
ford some time ago and went to Can
ada to thresh, is back. He relates an
experience which is good. After work
ing five days for three dollars a day,
and not being able to get the custom
airy cup Of coffee with their meals, six
of them decided to come back to this
country where wages were $3.50 to
$500 a day. They drew their money
and "hiked" IS miles to Weyburn,
where they were met by "mounty,"
placed under arrest and fined $4,000 or
go days in Jail for quitting the job.
They paid the fine and got back under
the good old "Stars and Stripes as
fast as steam could carry them and
have checked up as being out railroad
fare, five days. work and five dollars
each to the Canadian government. It
will be long time before they will
again be induced to 60 to Canada for
big wages.
Private letters to friends from sew
eral Grand Forks boys with the First
regiment on the border indicates the
fact that an epidemic of malaria is
rife among the North Dakota contin-
gent. Rainy weather and low camp
quarters are indicated as the cause.
Preparations for their removal to a
better location have started and by
this time are probably completed Fiji
ty of the boys Of the regiment, fifteen
of them being from Grand Forks and
one from the east side, are suffering
from the disease. Just how serious
the condition is remains to be learned.
The names of the sick men, with the
exception of George Bobich of the east
side, are not known. The invalids
have been taken to Llano Grande,
where they are being cared for in the