The Dickinson press., 1916-07-29
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"A turkey raising u DrOOu OIL W1lQ
ducks and taking care of them in
shallow water is an unusual sight at
the home of Mrs. Geo. Nelson, resid-
ing southwest of Dawson.
James Wheeler of Williston, sent
enced for blind plugging, committed
! suicide in the Jail, when he slashed
his throat with a razor. The mai
had obtained possession of the razor
on the plea Of shaving himself.
Rye harvest is under way at Senti-
mel Butte. Cutting operations began
recently With IN excellent stand of
grain. The harvesting of small grain
will be general in two or three weeks.
All grains, corn and Grass crops are
doing exceptionally we'll.
Seven Boy Scouts, the Minot veter-
ans as they are called because they
arc the first organization of the kind
in the city, left for Granville, from
which place they will hike across the
country about six miles to Buffalo
Lodge lake, where they will camp for
two weeks.
The railroad water tank at Towner
collapsed recently, seriously injuring
two persons and totally wrecking the
structure. Fl. p. Beam was quite
badly bruised and Richard Williams
was also badly hurt, the most serious
injury being a scalp wound. The
tank will be rebuilt.
John +. johnson of Kensal, nominee
e., cl,o,ST of LNDct1,, o011rtxr hit hyy
Lightning in a recent storm, didn't
die, as reported at the time, but is
still quite alive. Johnson, however,
was "dcad" for "a hours, and Off
cially so far most of that period-be-
ing so badly stunned by the bolt
that it was some time before those
who came to the scene discovered
that he was still living, and it re-
quired hours of work to restore him
to consciousness.
An accident on the farm of James
H. Brainerd, a prosperous farmer liv-
ing ten miles cast of Darcy, caused
the death of his five-year-old son,
Theodore Leroy. Mr.. Brainerd had
loaded a load Of grain to take to Lu-
verne. The boy vas on the load
with him. When he started the team
the boy fell off and before he could
stop the team the wheels had passed
over the little fellows head. The
skull was so badly crushed that he
died within a few minutes, before
medical aid could reach him.
An unfortunate accident at the
farm home of David Cowan near
Leeds cost the life of Oscar Johnson,
a young man who was employed with
a carpenters crew working at the
Cowan farm. The crew were moving
a part of the old house on the farm.
One of the jack-screws slipped and
the building fell to one side, catch
ing Johnson underneath, and crushed
out his life. johnson was a Dane
and had been in this country but a
short time. He has no relatives in
this country and no che knows any
thing of his relatives in the old
country.
Chas. Deitz Of Edgeley. met viii
quite a serious accident. While
stopping in the dark his face came ir
contact with an iron pipe which
punctured his eye lid and eye ball.
j. H. Clemens of Kenmare
who has been superintendent of the
Granville schools for a number oil
years, has had the misfortune tc
lose his left eye. During the sum.
mer months he is in the employ Of
the International Harvester Company
as an expert machinist and salesman
While 50 engaged at Norma he was
struck in the eye by a piece OF steel
and the member vas so injured thai
it's removal was necessary. Mr.
Clemens has been appointed super1n'
tendent of the Sherwood schools fol-
the next year,
An innocent clump Of dirt, thrown
up by a wheel Of their. automobile
and hitting the rear of the a witt
a terrific bang, caused the arrest Of
John Stocking and David McGilll
cuddy, Pinkerton detectives, Or
charges of shooting at Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Nomolke of ME,ot. Justice
Burke, presiding at the preliminary
hearing of the accused men, who arr
acting special agents of tho Grea'
Northern, so decided when he ordered
the dismissal of the detectives. Mr.
and Mrs. Nomolke claimed that thu
detectives ordered them to halt, while
they were driving down a road neal
the G. N. tracks. They supposed thu
men wore robbers and speeded up
Shooting followed and at about thu
same time. something hit the bacl