The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-08-23

IN peace, IN danger as well as in safety,
to the end that the country may sur
vlve and its liberties preserved for all
time to come. Any other kind of an
American isn't deserving of his citizen
ship.
Benedict is rejoicing over the fact
chat 1T is to have place in the sun in
the survey of the st. Louis, Western
" Canadian railway lines for which
surveys are now being run south from
Minot to Benedict, with view to OPEN
ing up the big coal deposits in this vi
entity. The proposed line extends from
St. Louis, Mo-, to Leola, S. D., and
thence due north to Lampmann, Sask.
Headed by Capt J. A. Gray, guard
arrived in jamestown to round up five
members of H company who left camp
at Fort Lincoln without permission and
failed to return. After a search of the
city three of the men, William Wat
son, Clifford Gallipo and Harvey Peter
son, were rounded up and lodged in the
county Jail and later returned to Fort
Lincoln. Charles Burgett and Earl
Bensch are still missing and efforts
are being made to locate them All the
facing terms in prison.
The total number of pounds of wool
shipped from Hettinger this year was
132,930 and its value was approximate
ly$67, 900. The last of the seasons
wool clip was made last week, the av-
erage price being received by farmers
of Hettinger county being so cents per
pound, some getting as high as So
cents. w. G. Meade had clip which
totaled about 10000 pounds and j. H.
Livingston's amounted to about 10000.
Shippers who sold from five to eleven
thousand pounds each, were Lunden,
Steensland, Jessfjeld, Eggebo, Fred
lund, Taylor and Smelbalken.
The trial of Mike Chumack, confess
sed slayer of J. H. Caldwell and wife
at their ranch home near Gladstone
last spring, was held at Dickinson on
Tuesday of last week. The jury which
had been summoned to try him for
murder judged him insane. In order to
produce him in court it became neces-
sary to overpower him in his cell and
strap him to his cot. The jurors were
only out two minutes before returning
a verdict. He was taken to the state
hospital for the insane the same day.
The scene Of the double murder was
the barn ON the Caldwell ranch. 1t is
alleged that after killing Caldwell with
shotgun, Chumack called Mrs. Cald-
we'll to the barn and turned the weapon
on her
The item below, taken from the
Charbonneau Herald, shows that our
friend, Jim Mitchell, is back in the
newspaper game: "By consulting with
the date-line on the first page Of the
last issue of the Fairview Tribune it
is seen that the paper has been moved
to Fairview, Mont. The new editor, J.
C. Mitchell, has leased the plant until
such time as the owners, Mumby, ser
vices are no longer in demand by Uncle
Same. Mitchell is not unknown in
this section of the country, having
served in a like capacity on the Fair
view Times some time since. The press
generally welcomes him back to the
fold"
Here is a minister who appreciates
an editor. At recent editorial con-
vention he offered the following toast:
"To save an editor from starvation,
take his paper and pay for it promptly.
To save him from bankruptcy, adver
tise in his paper literally. To save
him from despair send him every item
Of news of which you can get hold. To
save him from profanity, write your
correspondence plainly on one side of
the sheet and send it in as soon as pos
sible. To save him from mistakes,
bury him. Dead people are the only
ones who never make mistakes.
Members of the Home Guard at
Devils Lake are greatly pleased by the
way in which the government has rec
ognized them. Last week Captain FL
lott received a consignment of rifles
for their use. There were sixty in the
shipment the same make and Of
Is caliber. A rack has been made for
them in the sheriff's office and they
make fine display. While they are
not a modern gun such as the men of
today carry, still they are far from be-
ing of worthless pattern. They were
issued directly from the government
arsenals and every one in good condi
ton and working order.
After an all-night poker game in a
tent at Grenora, Harry Briggs went to
his home and kissed his wife and
babies goodbye, telling Mrs. Briggs he
was going to shoot man. He took the
gun and short time after shot John
Brown. Brown was still living yester
day, but in precarious condition.
Grenora people say that Briggs has
been under charges Of this sort before.
There is little sympathy for him there
though the people Of that town took up
lily from starving. It is understood
a collection yesterday to keep the fam
that the family is to be taken care of
by the county.
Sheriff Carl E. Gilbertson was called
out at A o'clock Thursday morning Of
last week to arrest a thug who admin
istered severe beating to a farmer
living near Fortuna. The thug stop
ped at the farm house of Samuel Tate
some time after midnight and asked
for cylinder oil. Upon being informed
by Mr.. Tate that he had none, he de-
manded $500 with which to purchase
some. Upon being informed this time
that Mr.. Tate had no money for this
purpose, the thug dragged him outside
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