The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-04

700 to 1000 Flickertail teachers to
the capital city for the week of Oct. |
20, was announced last week by Sec. |
w. E. Parsons. The teachers this year
will have an opportunity to hear some
of the most notable men of the school
world, including Walter B. Trip OF
the Emerson school of oratory at Bos-
| ton; Dr. G. D. Strayer of Columbia
University and leading members of
, North DakOta's higher institutions of
/ learning
The town of Hazen, in Mercer
county, has been in the throes of a
general cleanup raid was made
on blind pig last week by Mercer
County's states attorney, Rev. F. l..
Watkins of the state enforcement
league, and Assistant Attorney Cen
eral D. " Brennan and others and a
quantity of evidence grabbed. Sheriff
Hoevischer and Mashal Lightbody
have both resigned, both having guilty
knowledge of the blindpigging and
failing to do their duty, it is alleged
Decision in the second Regents case
| filed, ousting Power and ScOW and
seating Muir and Totten, was an
nounced as follows: Decision stands
three to two, Birdzell, Grace and Rob
inson holding in favor or the conten
ton of the Attorney Generals once
that the terms Of Power and Scow eX
pire July !, 1917, and Bruce and Chris
| Hanson opposed. This is the final
! CHAPTER in the legal fight for control
of all state educational institutions OF
North Dakota and gives the admins
tration control of the board through
Muir, Totten and Vermilya, who was
appointed recently after Frank Whlte
resigned to become colonel OF the Sec
Ond North Dakota regiment. Back Oh
the entire fight was the issue as TO
whether or not DR.. Ladd would be re.
turned as president Of the A. G., and
head of the food, oil and grain inspec
ti0n departments Of the state, thus be
ing the most important suit relating
to public offices in years.
Alex Panasuk. farmer living near
Dogden, was murdered last week ny
Hans Coylin one Of his nelghbors.
The men had some trivial dispute over
some stock that was running at large
| COvclin became enraged ana went llllo
hi, house for his shot gun. Panasuk
started to run and Covln hred. Inc
first shot went wild and he fired again.
this time being closer, the charge
striking Panasuk in the back or the
neck, going thru and tearing part or
| the lower jaw away. At the nearing
at Dogden Covlin, his wife and little
girl, twelve years old, testified that
the girl fired the shot. Panasuk's wife
testified that Covlin fired the shot 1t
is thot that the story of the former
ives a frame-up, thinking the little girl
would get off easier than the man. The
coroner's jury charged both GOWN
and his daughter with murder in the
first degree and they are now in jail
| at Washburn awaiting trial.
| AL Bartlett, prisoner in the Will
liams county Jail, made break for
| liberty this week that netted him one
| day of freedom and an additional
charge against him of breaking Jail.
Bartlett was being used in some work
about the Jail Monday afternoon in !
charge of Jailor Lauritson. 1t seems
he knew that the office was short
handed that afternoon, several of the
men being out in the country on bus
mess. He made his break as soon
as left alone in the rear of the Jail
and by race down First avenue east !
he made the pontoon bridge before as
sistance could be secured The sher-
ifs Office and the city police at once
got busy and had track Of their man
within few minutes. Deputy Evan
stad was stationed in the railroad
yards that evening with the result |
that Bartlett was grabbed as he at
tempted to board freight out. He