The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-04

storage ClCkeCS, issued AZ DAVcy 0uu
Walum, by the North Dakota Grain
company, from losses, it was an
nounced. The payment was made un-
der the provisions of the law that the
purchaser of stored grain must make
good to storage ticket holders. The
North Dakota commission traced the
grain sold by the North Dakota Grain
company to the Consolidated Grain
company and the latter institution
paid up.
Mary Olson, 8 years old, living in
the Brunswick hotel, Grand Forks,
tried to jump from the back step of
the Schlaberg building to raft in the
flooded Red river yesterday and plung-
ed into the icy waters Of the stream.
Two little lads, whose names could not
be ascertained, saved the life Of the
child by pulling her out after she had
unsuccessfully attempted to save her.
self in the strong current of the river.
Persons on the DeMers avenue bridge
witnessed the near tragedy.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
May 10, 10 and 20, have been selected
for the annual North Dakota high
school conference, athletic meet and
debating and declamatory contest to
be held at the state university in
Grand Forks. The first day will be
given over to the high school confer
ence proper. Friday forenoon inspec-
tor r. r. Edwards will conduct a
round table on topics relating to the
smaller high schools. The athletic
field tryouts will be held Friday and
the finals Saturday. The debating
contest will take place Friday evening,
when the state championship will be
settled. On Friday evening the state
defamation contest will be held.
Twenty thousand coyotes have been
slaughtered in the past year, accord
ing to the bounty statistics given out
by Carl 0. Jorgenson, state auditor.
The auditor has just completed pay
ment of $4,000 in bounties to the
slayer Of coyotes. There was some ir-
in the bounty fund, brought
about by a legislative transfer Of a |
portion of the money previously levied
for wolf bounty purposes, and that
fact was responsible for the inability
Of the state to make payment for the |
past year, until the present time, the |
funds now being available through the
collection of new taxes. The state
pays bounty of $3.50 for each wolf |
killed.
Senator P. j. McCumber of North
Dakota today introduced an amend
ment to the sundry civil bill authoriz-
ing an appropriation of $4,000 to es-
tablish Ignite experiment stations at
Williston and Wilton, N. D. The bu-
reau of mines during the last six
months have been experimenting with
North Dakota coal, tending towards |
the production of benzol and CONNER
cial briquettes, and Senator McCum-
ber's amendment has received the rec
concentration of the director of the
bureau. AS the government already
has an electric light plant at Williston
it is thought the establishment of lig-
mite experiment stations in the vicin-
lty, where power can be secured free,
will meet with approval from the SEN
ate.
With May 10 the generally accepted
dead line for sowing wheat, and with !
no wheat sown at the pres
emit time in most of the state, indica-
tions are that the wheat acreage in
North Dakota will be materially re-
duced this year. Last year, the seed
ing operations were far earlier than
this year. In the southern part of the
state, at this time year ago, most of |
the wheat had been seeded. A condi-
lion that is especially serious this
spring is the lack of fall plowing. Es-
Inmates place the decrease at from
Is to rs per cent. With the wheat
acreage reduced there will be a great
er area of oats, barley and such grains
which can be sown much later.
Supporters of John Bruegger of
Williston are authority for the state
ment that the election of H. H. Perry
# Glendale, Democratic national com
at the presidential pri-
mary, will be contested in the courts.
It is asserted that Grand Forks coun-
", which gave Perry majority of IS
votes, failed to keep separate poll ,
ist for Republican and Democrats as |
required by law. The vote in Dickey
county, Perry's home, is to be attack
ID on the ground that ia voters, who
lad registered as Republicans, voted
he Democratic ticket contrary to law.
IN Ward county it is asserted that a
similar state of affairs exists. The al
eyed discrepancies would, it is claim
ed, wipe out Perry's majority and
cave Bruegger safe lead for the Of
ice he now holds.
Because four inches of rain fell at
N. D., within a nine-hour
period, the Northern Pacific railway
must pay a group of Dickinson nner7
chants between $4,000 and 100000
sor. damage to their stock of goods,
stored in Easements. The North Da-
Gotta supreme court, deciding the case
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