The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-10
BRIEF STATE NEWS

WV "SSNos
Henry D. Warner, the first mayor
of Westhope and former hardware
merchant, is dead.
The snow is so deep at Bottineau
that some of the houses have to be en-
tered thru tunnels.
julius Skirdal of Mohall lost five
horses from disease that the veteri-
marian has as yet failed to diagnose.
Turkey Red wheat grown by Bert
Green Of Sherwood took first prem
ium at the Devils Lake Mid-winter
Fair.
It's an ill wind that blows nobody
good. Several of the publishers who
were unable to secure their regular
stock of patents, ran the two columns
of Estabrook dope for filler.
A carload of ostriches shipped from
Michigan to Winnipeg, passed thru
Grand Forks in a special baggage car.
There were 20 of the long necked birds
in the car.
A Bismarck girl writing to her beau
at New Rockford addressed the letter
to "the future Capitol of North Dako-
ia" and the epistle was received in
due time.
The weather may have been trifle
| floating around recently? Doctors
nearly so prevalent.
The secretary of state has started
sending the auto tags out, which
should have been ready for delivery in
December. No fewer than 10000 au-
tos will be licensed in the state during
the present year.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. S. Lotus have
gone to Ocean Springs, Miss, where
they will remain the balance of the
winter. Mr.. LOTUS is growing strong
er steadily but it will be months be-
fore he fully RECEIVERS.
| Senator Gronna has started an in
vestigation of what he declares is a
harvester trust. He will demand an
investigation of the Internationa
Harvester Co. His attac is caused by
the two cent raise in binder Irvine
thruout the northwest.
Fred Bartholomew proprietor of the
Hotel Frederick, Grand Forks, made
a hit with the newspaper men and
their wives, when he entertained them
free of charge during their visit to
Grand Forks at the recent press meet
ing.
| The old Davidson building at Porta
burned. Ed Bremen of Estevan, q
tailor, was trapped in the building and
burned to death. The building was oc-
cupied by the Walsh tailor shop and
it is presumed that the fire started
from gasoline.
The opera house at Mohall came
near being destroyed by fire. The
floor caught on fire from a red hot
stove. The floor having burned thru
the stove tipped over. The firemer
carried the stove out doors and put
the blaze out with snow.
The North Dakota publishers ap
pear delighted at the prospect OF then
outing at beautiful Lake Metigoshe
next summer. We're going to take
our bathing suit and plenty Of fishing
tackle along and depend on Mike
Breen or Gil Them to furnish the bait
The Sherwood Tribune complains
because the Great Northern has failed
to keep the branch trains warm this
winter. The small stoves have beer
| insufficient to warm the coaches. The
mail clerk has worked all winter with
his fur cap, fur coat, .overshoes and al
least one mitten on.
| Chas. Stanley and little son Earl OF
Sherwood became lost in a storm re
GENTLY The boy got to fence an(
followed it to the house. The father
unhitched the horses and made his
way to the house. Next day the
horses were found mile away, Sc
badly frozen that they died.
Three young men and three young
women of Crosby, who were returning
from Ambrose, became lost and they
took refuge in an empty shack out or
the paririe. The night was bitter colo
and they kept from freezing to deatF
by tearing down a PARTITION ane
building a fire on the floor. They were
found next morning about II o'clock.
Chas. Lenzen, who was sent to the
penitentiary from this section Of the
i state some years ago, is now fighting
with the Allies in the trenches in Bel
GUM. He wrote Warden Talcott ar
interesting letter. On July FL, he was
injured by the explosion of a shell, be.
ing wounded in the right arm anc
about the body. He is about ready tt
return to the trenches.
| According to the Mohall NewsTri.
bune, Renville county has the largest
horse and cattle ranch in the state
owned by .Edw. organs, along the
Mouse river near Grano. 1t comprises
$4,000 acres. 1t has been incorporated
under the name of the Mouse River
Horse and Cattle Co. Edw. organs
ST., has located in California and his
three sons have leased the ranch TO.
three years.
The North Dakota Farmers Non
partisan league, organized severa
months ago, gives promise of becom
ing a potent factor in state politics
Organizers declare the membership is
36,OOO The leagues platform de-
clares for state-owned terminal eleva
tors; state supervision of grain dock
age; single tax on farm lands; state
hail insurance; state rural credi
banks operated at cost to farmers ant
state control of other utilities.
The mixed flour bill is regarded by
+bo forynorc IF North akofa aS :