The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-18
AROUND THE STATE F;

liz JIOIl all iHhIlOWH OElS Ill ue-
stroyed the -four mills at Minor.
"Dick" Richards, formerly Of Gran
VILE, has been wounded in France. He
was with Canadian regiment.
Authorities are investigating a
mysterious blaze that took place in a
barber shop at Lidgerwood.
Mutton" in the wool sells for $25
per head on the Mcconnell farm near
Sheldon, at recent auction.
Fire destroyed $500 worth of hay in
the Dinwoodie meadow north of Bot
tmeau last week.
+. c. Turner, reservation home
steader ana rancher, was arrested
charged with stealing and misbrand-
ing cattle.
feggmen made an unsuccessful at
tempt to roo the Farmer State bank
at Sheldon. Another way of robbing
the farmers.
The New England Herald editor
wisely suggests that we now get busy
and can the "spring' chicken. Why
not "can" some of these old hens?
j. W. Fletcher, hotel clerk at
Shields, while milking the hotel COW,
was Kicked through the pig-pen,' and
is now recovering.
Sheriff Mclean took charge of two
slackerS at NeWDerg laSC week and
Landed them IN the jail at Rugby,
Where they are waiting for their trial.
John Moses, we'll known attorney of
Hebron, moves to HaZen and contin-
ues his practice. And Moses shall yet
lead the hazenltes out of the wilder
ness.
There is a deficiency of almost Is
inches OF rainfall in this state since
the first Of January. Even the wea-
therman is doing his best to make the
state 'bone-dry"
William Marshall of Rising had one
Of his eyes put out last week. He was
cranking a gasoline engine when the
crank flew off striking him in the
eye.
"A Canadian resident, formerly a |
farmer IN eastern Foster county, was
at Darlington last week on his way
east to spen,. the winter. While there
ne subscribed for $4,000 worth of Sec
ond Liberty oan bonds, also giving
$40 for the Company F fund.
Because of his failure to report
partment, as required by the city or
dlnance, the city commission, at a |
meeting, revoked the license of Joseph |
h. Shall, Fargo broker.
The Grand Forks Independent pub
fishes plain statement denying any
utilization with the nonpartisan league
and denying also that it is offered for
sale to that organization or anyone
else.
Papers in a $4,000 damage action
for alleged SANDER were filed in dis
trlct court at Fort Yates last week by |
A. c. Wells against C. R. Wilcox. Both !
are well known residents at Cannon
ball.
Scott Gore, the Marmath buckaroo,
rode Tipperary, the outlaw horse that |
had never been ridden, at Camp Crook, |
S. D., on Sunday last, and as result |
he and his friends are about $4,000 |
richer. The Camp Crook crowd had
an idea that no living man could ever
master Tipperary, but old Scott soon
showed EN-.
Daniel Emerson, a farmer of near |
Alamo, dropped dead last Saturday
and Coroner O. E. Distad was called |
to hold an inquest. 1t was found that |
death was due to heart failure. En-
erson had just had a hearty dinner
and dropped dead just after he had |
loaded load of wheat which he was
hauling for Carl Solberg. He leaves
a wife. He was Sc years of age.
John Red Bean, Cannonball In
dian, who broke out Of the guard house
at Shields about year ago and went |
to Canada, where he enlisted in the
army, returned during the fair last
week and was arrested as a deserter.
He is being held at the Agency guard |
house, and what further action will
be taken has not been announced.
Jake Settler, an employee of the
WilliSton Coal and Ice company, was
instantly killed at the mine short
distance from that city Monday after
noon about 3 o'clock, when he fell |
down the shaft with an empty car, his
body being crushed between the cars
at the bottom of the mine. An in
quest was conducted before DR.. 0. E.
Distad, coroner of Williams county,
and jury composed of J. F. Brothers,
Gus Carlson and A. Onstad. No one
saw the accident and it is not under
stood just how it happened. The noise
OF Cne railing car attracted attention |
from the miners and he was discovered
at once and the body brought to town
for attention.
Delinquent private car companies
which owe the state of North Dakota
as much as S1.700 each in past due
taxes, will wake some morning and
find some of their refrigerator cars
padlocked down to the rails and COW
cred by an attachment from the sheriff
has been announced by State Auditor
Karl Kositzky recently. The state aud
itor is now certifying to the various
counties the amounts due from these
private car line companies. The in
tention of the state is not to attach
car loaded with perishable freight,
but to bide it's time, and when it finds
an empty, clamp chain on it's wheels
and lock it to the rails on some siding
where it will remain until the COM
pany satisfies the states claim.
One of the new laws governing auc-
ton sales, which went into effect July
1st, makes it compulsory for the own
ers Of personal property who intend to