The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-07-20

cts hotter down in Mexico"
Someone left new born babe or
the step of the farm home Of Mr.. anC
Mrs. John Cassidy near Dunseith.
DR.. Elizabeth A. Neff of Halliday
while attempting to assist man who
had fallen from his horse, was strick.
en- with heart failure and died in q
few minutes.
1t requires more than $4,000 tt
maintain the United States court in
the district of North Dakota during
the quarter ending July 1, according
to the report which will be submitted
to the department by U. S. Marshal
S. j. Doyle within a short time.
Three smart young fellows inter.
copied the young son of Rev. Schmidt
at Drake one evening last week anc
cut the bottoms out Of his milk pals
They spent the night in Jail and spen!
several hours the next day working
en- the streets.
Governor L. B. Hanna visited Mar
marth recently for the purpose of
looking over the oil fields there. The
Dakota Petroleum Co. was recently
organized for the purpose of drilling
for oil there and Mr.. Hanna and other
well known men have become inter-
ested. State and national biologists
report favorably upon this project.
Orville DeLano was badly burned
about the face and hands by the ex"
plosion Of gasoline at the Milwaukee
pumping station at Mott, and will car
ry scars for some time. The fumes
from leaking gasoline connected with
lantern which he had carried into
the pit to investigate engine trouble
and the explosion occurred.
Last Friday George Cature of the
Cannon Ball district, was arrested for
grand larceny. It is alleged that Ca
ture stole number Of head of horses
from various places in the Hekton vi
entity and disposed of them. When
he received word that his actions were
discovered it is stated that he "skip-
ped the country" He was apprehend-
ed at Kimball Lake, South Dakota,
ard Sheriff Mcdonald went after him
Friday night.
Brooding over a love affair in which
he was the Tilted one, Christian Meier.
a farmer Of the New Leipzig district,
is now in the county Jail awaiting a
hearing before the insanity board.
Meier is perfectly rational, converses
perfectly, and seems sane in every re-
spect but is bothered over an early
love affair and he seems somewhat de-
mented along that line. He is not in
the insane cell at the county Jail, but
is permitted to walk around as he sees
fit. He is perfectly harmless and is
perfectly rational at all times other
than when he gets to thinking of his
misfortune.
Judge M. C. Burke, acting coroner
in the absence of DR.. Syver Vinje, was
called to Portland last Friday to in
vestigate the death of young man
about % years of age by the name of
Hcfta, who committed suicide by
shooting himself An inquest was
considered unnecessary as it was a
plain case of self murder. He had
been considered mentally unbalanced
for some time. A brother of the de-
ceased met death about year ago
from drowning, which was considered
accidental at the time, but now
thought by many to have been pre-
meditated /.
A double drowning took place few
miles west of Hatton last Saturday
afternoon, the unfortunate boys being
sons of Michael Sondreaal. Their ages
were 80 and % years. It seems one
of the young men was in the water
and was taken with cramps and the
other, who was dressed, went to his
rescue, both meeting with death. Their
bodies were recovered a short time
afterwards. Both were model young
men and highly respected and the I'M
fortunate circumstance has cast
gloom over the entire neighborhood.