The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-01-06

sauce, creamed spuds, plum pudding
with sauce, cake, candy, nuts, coffee
and cigars. In the afternoon the sher-
if made them visit and gave them a
musical entertainment on his new Vic
trola.
Someone threw a cigarette of cigar
stub on sack of bran which was
standing in corner of the mill at Bal
four one day recently and had it not
been for the waterworks which had
been installed in that building there
might have been a good-sized blaze in
that village. VIM. Schimel was the
first to discover the flames and it is
said that he put up gallant fight.
Leigh Trotters, we'll known Little
Missouri ranchman, and Miss Pearl
Stevenson, both of Mckenzie county,
were recently married at Alexander.
The happy couple will make their home
on the young mans ranch where their
many friends hope life will be one con-
tinual roundup of happiness. Alex
ander Chronicle. In addition, the In
dependent wishes them a Happy New
Year and many little trotters in the
future.
Charles C. Williams, aged sc years,
who fought against the Indians in the
Grow Wing uprising in Minnesota in
the pioneer days, and who operated a
fore the days of railroads, is dead at
the home of his daughter in the city
of Grand Forks. Williams was engage
ed for many years in pioneer develop
ment work in the northern portion Of
the Red River valley.
The North Dakota board of control
! is a one-man affair. Illness of Gov
Hanna in Denmark, illness of F. O..
Brewster, member, and the resigna-
ton of J. w. Jackson, another men,
Der, has thrown the work of the state
body on R. S. Lewis, the chairman.
State Senator diversion of Williston
was named to succeed Jackson, but the
attorney general has ruled that he
! cannot serve until his term of office as
senator has expired, which is a good
ruling.
Fire, believed to have started from
defective f1ues at Dunn Center, N. d.,
destroyed new brick olbck Of three
one-story buildings on New Years
day, causing loss estimated at about
$4,000. The firms which suffered were
the Rosendahl Hardware company;
John Thompson, general merchandise;
the Rosendahl and Nybakken ware
house and farm machinery stock.
The Dunn Center postoffice was also
destroyed.
| Mrs. Charles Goodrow Of Cannon
Ball, engaged in making preparations
for the funeral of her son, Arthur,
who died several days ago at Colorado
Springs, Colo., was accidentally burn
ed to death and joint funeral was
held, mother and son being buried in
one grave. Mrs. Goodrow was work.
ing about the kitchen of her home
when she tainted, falling over a red
hot kitchen range. Death occurred in
few hours.
AS an aftermath to little promis-
cuous shooting. which took place at o.
lie week ago last Saturday, when
"Denver" Wood, notorious character
who was out on parole, and another
party became too freely acquainted
with John Barleycorn in that ordinar-
| lily well-ordered little town on the
south branch and discharged their
weapons in several of the public
| places and in the streets before they
| were quoted. The former has been
sent back to Bismarck to finish serv-
ing several years. penitentiary SEN
tence and the latter will languish in
the county bastile at Baker for a peri
| cd Of three months. It is said that
there was considerable excitement at
| Ollie that night, but that George Irv-
ing, who conducts the Ollie hotel, soon
put the kibosh on the would-be night
jewellers.
Several days ago a fellow giving his
name as John Snyder, but which was
undoubtedly an alias, was arrested
! with a pal and put in the county Jail
at Devils Lake, the charge being petit
larceny. Snyder acted so suspicious
that Sheriff Olson thot possibly he was
wanted elsewhere for some crime and
accordingly had his picture taken on a
card, with his description and mailed
them out to number at places. One
OF the cards was forwarded to the
sheriff at Clay Center, Neb., and word
was sent back that this party was
wanted there for cutting ARRAY and
there was reward of SIS for his cap-
ture. The following Monday the Neb-
raska sheriff arrived and claimed the
criminal as the right party, and took
him back to Clay Center. Sheriff o.
son will receive the SIS reward for his
services in the affair.
Editor Dreveskracht of the Golden
Valley German-American got a touch
of the grip and mentions it as follows:
"The editor was just on the point
of making list of those of our cit
liens who are laid up with an attack
of the grippe, when a sudden wrench
IN our differentials, a tying up of the
muscles in our neck, shooting pains in
our runninggear, a sudden paralytic
dlmness of our headlights and various
other spasms, spurts and nerve-rack-
ing pains, warned us that we were due
for the rapair shop, and if you don't
lind your name among the "also dy-
ing" in our columns, it's because the
writer is in bed with his bean in
sling. a hot flat iron under pedal ex-
tremities, and dreaming of the cold
swimmin' hole" Later-The wires
are down and the whole family's got
it. If we live, we'll print the list next