The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-22

At Charbonneau the first rural mail
route is established and is now in
working order, much to the satisfac-
ton of farmers living along the line.
The government has appropriated
$4,000 for the construction of new
school buildings at Fort Yates on the
Standing Rock Indian reservation.
The volunteer firemen Of Mandan
are making preparations for their an
nual ball, which is scheduled for Eas-
ter Monday.
There seems to be entirely too
many mixed ideas about North Da-
kota's "bone-dry" laws now in effect.
Imbibers are requested to study the
zone Stew Month" law.
dad" L. Livingston, who has ham
| died the mail route twixt Amidon and
| Bowman for many moons, has quit the
service of Uncle Sam and is publicly
thanked by the Amidon people.
| An inmate of the state penitentiary
extracts the alcohol from shellac
solution, which he uses to procure a
jag. The coroner of Burleigh county
held an inquest.
A package of patent medicine and
S12.4O in currency was the loot OBJ
tanned by highway man who attack
ed the depot at Woodwork during the
night hours.
Doris Bennett, wife of a Grand
Forks groceryman, alleges that on
numerous occasions her hubby has
been in the habit of "throttling" her.
Doris still lives, altho the male Ben
nett wishes she were dead.
E. E. Cole, member of the legisla-
ture from Fargo, now announces him
self as a candidate for president of
tie city commission of Fargo.
1t takes real money to buy potatoes,
eggs, and print paper. If you don't
agree with US, ask the local editor of
any newspaper in North Dakota
| One by one as the years roll on, pio-
neers of Foster county are passing.
"Uncle Abe Barnum of McHenry
sailed down stream during the past
week
! Carson, county seat of the new
county of Grant, will be the scene of
a big building boom this spring.
Among the new structures will be a
costly opera house.
| The question has been raised, "Does
girl shut her eyes when fellow
kisses herr" The editor of the Het-
finger Journal announces himself as
willing to conduct some experiments
to solve the problem.
The Olympian Flyer, one Of the
Milwaukee's best equipped trains,
went in the ditch near Bucyrus re-
Gently. Fortunately no one was in
jured.
The big Missouri is beginning to
open up. A spring chinook and thaw
last week caused the river at Mandan
to rise three feet in forety-eight
hours.
Louis Lokhammer of Leith had a
thrilling rough and tumble fight with
an angry bull last week. The animal
succeeded in pinning Lokhammer
against a fence and he would doubt
less have been badly injured had not
Simon Peterson driven off the bull
with the assistance of fence post.
At Sykeston Audrey Hanson, age
q, fell backwards into tub of boiling
water while playing about the kitchen
of the Hanson home, the baby being
critically scalded. The girls back and
shoulders were SO badly burned that
the skin fell off, and recovery is
doubtful.
Max Cornello, school bow living
in Barrett township in Adams county,
met with painful accident last week.
A pony on which he was riding slipped
on the icy road and fell with the boy
beneath. One Of the lads legs was
broken and he was badly cut and
bruised.
While working at grave in the
Elgin cemetery Tuesday of last week,
F. n. Krecklow struck one of his feet
with a pick, severing an artery and
lnf1icting a severe wound. Although
he lost much blood before he was able
to have the wound dressed, he will
recover soon, according to reports.
The Courier-News under Bismarck
headline asserts that the press associa-
ton continues to send out articles to
the country newspapers against the
Nonpartisan League. The press Of
the state would appreciate It IL the
Courier News would keep the associa-
ton out Of the tangle.
Because Of the activity Of horse
thieves, Sheriff Hartung of Stark
county has ordered that no horse
sales will be permitted in that coun-