The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-11
BRIEF STATE NEWS

A farm wagon ran over ADranaHl
Knutson, crushing his head, when the
team became frightened while he was
unhitching at the Elmer Evenson
farm near Kramer. He is in hospi-
tai at Bottineau, where it is thought
he will recover.
Wong Dew, a Fargo Chinese mem
Der of the draft army contingent re-
Gently sent to Camp Dodge, landed a
lob as cook for the colonel of the reg
iment, and is envied by the whole Cass
county contingent, Private Frank o.
Brien of Fargo writes.
Rev. Charles Wesley Burns, D. D.,
pastor of Hennepin Avenue Methodist
church of Minneapolis, preached the
dedicatory sermons for the new War
rem A. Simpson Methodist churh at
Dickinson on Sunday, Oct. 7. The edi-
flee. which cost 500, was dedicated
free of debt. The building is in the
mission style of architecture and is 46
by II IL feet in size.
The Cavalier county pure bred stock
sale will be held November ID this
year at Langdon, according to ar
rangements made by the stock breed
ers' association. Applications are
coming into the Offices of the secre-
tary, J. w. Haw, every day from per-
sons who have stock to sell. The pre-
liminary arrangements for the sale
only have been made and it is expect
ed that the complete program will be
mapped out before the end of this
month.
The annual convention Of the North
Dakota Baptist Association will be
held at jamestown commencing Oct.
10 and lasting until Oct. IA. The an
nual sermon will be preached the ev-
ening of Oct. 10. The election of Of
fcers and the introduction of new pas
tors is scheduled for the afternoon of
Oct. IA. R. B. Griffith of Grand Forks
is president of the state association
and Rev. C. E. Tingley of Grand Forks
is the state superintendent of mis-
sions.
While Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Hayes of
near Amidon were attending the fu-
neral of Walter Glass on Tuesday of
last week, fire destroyed their farm
buildings, so tons of hay and other
personal property at the ranch. 1t has
not been learned how the fire origi-
mated. This is most unfortunate &C
cident for the Hayes family as they
have big bunch of cattle to feed this
winter. It will be difficult to get more
hay and the financial loss will be
heavy.
Plans are materializing for the Gel
ebration, November 3, of the 35th an
niversary of the organization of Nc
T Nv IF +ho o1loe4 -,
trail North Dakota. George P. Elan
merry, president of the Northern Trust
Co., in st. Paul, who as states attor-
ney for Burleigh county assisted in
the legal phases Of the partition of
Mclean in 1883; Gen. F. A. Williams,
who also presided at the birth, and
other pioneers have been invited to de-
liver addresses, and it is planned to
make the event an occasion for big
get-together session Of all Mclean
county "old-timers."
"Prohibitionists will never stand
with it if the newly created party
adopts any resolution which in any
way favors administration criticism, ,
declared E. o. McCracken of Fargo
national committeeman of the pro.
SlEoolSc pdLIy lOI 4NOIIiI DdhOId, Vi
his return today from Chicago, where
he attended the conference John
Spargo's proposal that the convention
adopt resolutions questioning the gov.
ernments censoring of the mails by
barring publications, has brought the
possibility of a split that Mr.. Nc.
Cracker says would divorce prohi.
bitionists from the new party. awe
are loyal, intensity So" declared Nc.
Cracken
1t is practically certain that the
proposed sewer and water systems fol-
Langdon will be constructed either
this fall or early in the spring. Mayor
J. J. Power and Aldermen Balgaard
Hankey and Strom reported at meet.
| ing held for the purpose to the citi
zens, on their findings in Devils Lake
Cando, Lakota and Park River, where
such improvements have been on the
same scale as planned at Langdon
Their report was favorable and the
committee sees nothing to hinder the
construction Of the systems.
Edgar Dahlen, an insane patient
shot and seriously wounded his sister
in-law, Mrs. John E. Dahlen, at he1
home near Halliday, in Dunn county
Tuesday night Dahlen is a former
resident of Dunn county but on &C
count Of his physical and mental con
dition has been a patient in the stat.
| hospital for the insane at Rochester
Mimi, for the past two years. He es
capped from that institution some tim,