The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-06-14
AROUND THE STATE

There are several cases of scarlet
fever in Bottineau.
Caroline Kaufman of Mandan lost
her left hand and narrowly escaped
being killed when a dynamite cap ex-
ploded when she picked the cap with
hair pin.
! Two Slope men we're recently APP
pointed by Governor Frazier to the
pardon board. They are Peter Roth,
of New Salem, and Gust Wog Of Bel
field.
Killdeer boosters last week closed
with cowboys and ranchers Of the
Grassy Butte district to put on wild
west show as part of Killdeer's big
Fourth celebration.
George w. Nelson, vice president of
the Farmers & Mechanics Bank at
Bowman, will leave soon for Wiliiston,
where he will be cashier of a new
bank, which he and others are estab-
fishing there.
Fort lincoln. North Dakota's mil
lion dollar military post, is occupied
by K company Of Dickinson, the first
* - no ordered there
in the present mobilization. K COM
pany arrived from Missoula, Mont,
where it had been stationed prior to
Fort Missoula's transfer from the Gen.
trail department to the Western.
About o'clock Friday morning fire
was discovered in the baggage car on
the 500 tracks at Portal The alarm
was turned in and the fire boys and
citizens soon had the fire under con-
troll, but not until considerable dam
age was done. John Brandon, fore
man of the rim track. estimates the
loss between $3.50 and S400. The gen.
eral belief is that the fire was caused
by spontaneous combustion.
The Kenmare News wants some
"wise guy" to tell it what has in
creased the price of fish. since the
cost of production has surely not in
creased. Without seeking to qualify
as an answerer, we kick in with the
suggestion that "bait" is getting
mighty scarce. There are only few
states left where fishing with all it's
incidentals can be enjoyed. = Fargo
Forum.
J. s. Minear, a we'll known farmer
residing twelve miles south Of Alex
ander disappeared last Friday and
has been unheard of since. He stopped
over night Thursday, at the McKen-
zie Hotel in Alexander and was seen
Friday forenoon at Charbonneau
Since then all trace of him has been
lost. He NAV have gone back to his
old home in Missouri. His wife is
unable to account for his disapnear-
ance and is anxious to learn his where
abouts.
Asmund Waa, one of the progress
i've and we'll to do farmers of Neville,
came to his death Tuesday morning
by an unknown manner while enroute
to Kloten with load Of grain. There
were no witnesses to the accident, but
from evidences surrounding the finding
of the body in the road LEADING to
Kloten from his farm it is evident
| that he fell from the wagon seat
onto the winnie trees and in front of
the wheels which passed over his hnad
likely killing him instantly. The
team was found short distance from
the body.
The citizens of Anamoose we're
aroused at three o'clock on the morn
ing Of June 9Th, by an alarm Of fire
which came from the home of Paul
4 Fohenstein in the western part of the
village. Mr.. Hohenstein was awak-
ened at about three o'clock by the
smell Of smoke which had nenatratnd
their bedroom, and upon examination
found that it came from the base
ment. TTpon the arrival of the fire
department, and after investigation.
! it was discovered that the fire was of
/ incendary origin, a large bunch Of