The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-08


drubbing.
An optomist is fellow in a bone
dry state who continues to have his
trousers adorned with a pocket on
the hip.
No lack of storage for vegetables
in North Dakota cellars. The kegs
and cases have been piled out near the
garage and remain a sad, sweet and
corroding memory.
C. A. asenwinkle of near Hettinger
reports that he lost two fine mich
cows by allowing them to eat frozen
flax. The animals died after being in
the field not more than half an hour.
Stutsman County Democrat: A
CLEAN of almost human intelligence
was shown by that member of the
German Reichstag who sadly confess
sed that it would be impossible to
force the United States to pay an in
demnity.
Mrs. j. Pixley, an aged lady, the
mother of A. L. Pixley Of Mohail, was
robbed at Shelby, Mont, the other
day while waiting for train and had
all her money and railroad ticket tax
en-. -
The skit of snow was almost heavy
enough to enable the careless citi-
zen to cast refuse into it's drifting
banks and hoard it up till spring when
you can point to it with scorn and say:
"Look what my sloven neighbor put
over the top"
Wilbur, the 5-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Goodwin of Beach, was
caught under a sliding load of ties,
and was instantly killed.
Parshall Leader: Merely because
man believes in the Socialist doctrine
is no discredit to him. But when he
makes his socialism pretext for
sedition and disloyalty he should be
shot, as all traitors deserve to be shot.
Balfour Masons fraternized with
their Drake brethren at a get-to-
gether meeting with the members of
the newly organized lodge at the juno
ton city.
If patriotism walked, Larimore
would be over in the trenches. An
nouncement was made that the Mason
ic lodge has subscribed $1,000 in Lib
erty Loan bonds. Following this came
similar statement from the secre-
tary of the Odd Fellows that they
had subscribed $500.
| w. S. Schmidt and Harry Norton
both Of Spokane, Wash, and who were
driving from that city to St. Paul,
narrowly escaped death when their
auto turned turtle on the Red Trail
near New Salem. Schmidt, who was
driving the car, was pinned beneath
the steering wheel when the machine
turned over and sustained broken
nose and severe internal injuries. Nor
ton was not seriously injured.
Walter L. Stockwell, secretary of
the Masonic bodies of North Dakota,
acting for Grand Master Reynolds,
wired authority to COL John H.
Frame, of Grafton, commander of the
North Dakota First Regiment, to or
ganize North Dakota Military lodge
No. 2, A. F. & A. M. The petition
asking for such an organization car
ried about so signatures from men,
bers of Masonic bodies in the state.
The officers are: Colonel j. H. Frame,
worshipful master; Lieute Colonel
Gilbert B. Grafton, of Fargo, senior
warden; Captain Theodore S. Henry,
Of Valley City, junior warden; Cap
tain L. L. Eckman, of Grand Forks,
treasurer, and Lieutenant Chris Kuntz
of Killdeer, secretary.
Nathan B. Pinkham, the man who
was most instrumental in keeping the
Louisiana lottery out of North Dakota
after it had been denied home in it's
original domicile, is dead at his home
in Fargo. He was born in Maine,
served thru the Civil war with Maine
regiment, and was pioneer school
teacher in Wisconsin and Iowa. In the
spring of 1871 he set out for North
Dakota, travelling by stage from Ben
son to Alexandria, Mimi, and thence
by foot to Georgetown, Hudson Bay
outpost Thence he forged on to the
Red river in Cass county, and for al
most half century had made that
farm his home.
nrvr II