The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-08-23
The "Whole W. rld" Music Series

deal involved consideration of S41,-
900, and includes, besides the land, 100
head of cattle, 533 sheep and 48 hogs.
The ranch is well improved.
The city of Towner will bring suit
against the Great Northern Railway
company to compel it to install cleo
trio lights on the platform and toilet
facilities in the depot.
Fargo was picked at the annual
meeting in Grand Forks last week as
he place for the 1913 convention of the
North Dakota Druggists association.
An authority states that the major
lily of the girls knitting sweaters for
the soldiers made the arms just the
length of their belts.-Larimore Pi-
toneer.
The Dalrymple farm in Trail coun-
ty, consisting of $4,000 acres, is to be
cut up into one hundred farms, thus
lending the largest single farm in the
Estate.
The married and single women of
Aneta played ball for the Red Cross.
No need of first-aid is mentioned-no
| damage done to players, visitors, or
umpire.
The Minor Delamere road makes the
Teller man boil over because it was
money thrown away to grade it. If the
boiling helps the road and the boilee
it is energy well spent.
sThe man who gives in when he is
wrong" said the street orator, "is a
wise man, but the man who gives in
when he is right Married." said a
meek voice in the crowd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henke, near Bantry,
suffered with bad bruises and cuts,
when the horses, attached to binder,
ran away Mr.. Henke was knocked
down and bruised by one of the fright
ened horses.
Emery Purcell narrowly escaped
death at Beach when trying to beat
N. P. train No. over the crossing. The
driver did not hear the approaching
train and barely escaped being struck
by the engine.
Kind reader, if you stammer when
trying to say "mark my paper up two
years ahead" you are not likely to get
exempted from draft service because
of the impeachment, even if St. Paul
man did try to get away with it.
Near Benedict some spiteful heather
smashed up building that was being
used for Seventh Day Adventist meet
ings. They made the mistake of using
an automobile, the number of which
traced the guilty, who paid the fiddlers,
S. w. McAttee, former editor of the
Columbus Reporter, died at his home
in Nashville, Tenn, after an illness
of some time from tuberculosis. The
newspaper fraternity Of the state will
be grieved to learn Of his death.
Paul Leonhardy and John Corbett
have been appointed to draw up plans
4 for the organization of home guard
for Williston. 1t is planned to have the
guard formed at once and ready in
case Company E is called out.
Ernest Fox, Johnnie Star, C. L. Sol
der and Joseph Young Hawk, the larg-
est delegation of Fort Berthold Indian
boys to enlist in one group, were seren-
AIDED by the Beulah band when they
left for Bismarck to join Company l of
the Second regiment.
Axel Gumelius last week sold his
ranch Of 1875 acres, two miles south
Of Towner, to Robert N. Slaght. The
consideration was $25 per acre. Mr..
Gumelius is one of the pioneers Of the
county and will now move to Cali
fornia.
The editor of the Upham Star has
been drafted and says in last weeks is
sue that he wants his delinquents to
step in and pay up as he may be gone
long time and it is his wish that the
Star be not dimmed during his absence.
All the women have to do these days
to get rid of husband is to tell Uncle
Sam that she does not need him and
your Uncle Samuel says, Come, sonny,
I can use you. If you have wife you
had better keep on the good side Of
her--until this war is over, anyway"
Bismack was named the next meet
ing place of the Bar Association Of
North Dakota at the closing session of
the organization. Several other cities
were in the race for the honors, but the
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