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

Evens and the Olson woman had a
child born to them. The dirty outfit
will get the punishment they merit.
That they were located for the Arkan-
sas authorities through the efforts of
Constable McKechnie and other Par
shallites is considerable satisfaction.
The hobo by name of Mclaughlin
sent from Parshtal to Stanley for
raising a check given by J. c. Hines
was given two years in the peniten-
tiary. Further evidence he is bad
egg is the fact he made nearly sue
cessful attempt to break Jail by cut
ting the window bars with case
knife. 1t was also found he did not
register, so amenable to punishment
as an army deserter.
\ While attempting to clambor on the
front end of a wagon occupied by his
little daughter, Walter Weckerly Of
Hurdsfield fell under the wheels and
his head was crushed, killing him in
stantly. The deceased was born at
Winslow, ILL.,, in 1867, spent his boy
hood in southern Wisconsin, and To-
Gated on homestead near Hurdsfield
in 1899. A widow and three children
survive.
The little daughter of Mr.. Paulson,
owner of the Harlow Orr farm, near
Alkabo, met with serious accident
this week. In some manner the child
fell from the high chair in which she
was sitting and struck an iron rod
which penetrated her cheek, badly lac
Grating the mouth and gums. Blood
poison set in and the baby is in q
critical condition.
With passenger train No. 4 going at
the rate of thirty-five miles per hour
through Curlew, small station about
80 miles west of Mandan, Chris. Wos.
land, demented sheep herder, jumped
through window Of the smoker. The
train was stopped as soon as possible
and W0sland was picked up and brot
to Mandan and is now in the hospital.
His injuries are slight and he will re.
cover. The extent of his injuries were
bad bruises and his left eye, which
had previously been injured, was hurt
considerable.
Last Sunday morning, Henning
Hanson, a farmer residing about ten
miles southeast of Bowman, met with
a severe loss by fire. Some of the
children, while playing with matches,
set fire to the barn, and before the
horses could be taken out six of them
persisted in the flames, together with
a number of pigs. Several loads of
hay were also destroyed. The barn
was large one recently built and not
yet fully completed. So far as we can
learn Mr.. Hanson had no insurance.
While stealing ride in the man
lift of the Russell. Miller elevator at
Beach, Mahmut Hasson, a 225.pound
Turk, ignorant of the fact that the
endless belt which is used for this
purpose kept right on going after it |
reached the top, was hurled head first
to the concrete floor some distance be-
low, fracturing his skull and sustain
ing injuries which it is feared will
prove fatal. Hasson had been employ.
ed as section hand by the Northern
Pacific, and he has been removed to |
the company's hospital at Glendive.
Warnings are being sent out against
representatives of companies which l.,
offer to buy supplies for farmers at
unusually low prices and to sell farm
products at attractive prices. Repre-.
sentatives of such companies ask the
farmers to make small cash payment
and to give his note for $50 or 500
additional. In return the company is !
to give its services i. buying and sell. |
ing for five years. 1t is reported that |
some seven hundred farmers have al
ready been caught by this scheme.
The markets division of the State
Committee OF Food Production and
Conservation is responsible for the
warning now being issued.
A quartette of farmers living near
Grafton were arrested last week for
the violation of the national law pro-
hibiting the bringing of liquor into
dry" territory. They had gone to
Red Wood Falls, Mimi, and brought
back with them a quantity of beer
and whiskey for their personal use,
and upon arrival were arrested by the
sheriff and chief of police and turned
over to the federal authorities. Be-