The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-13
Special prices made on OATS In Gar Lots

. The Stanley telephone company are
, raising residence phones to 81 Il
month and business phones to S. a
, month.
4 night watchman is to be put on
duty at Granville. The marshal will
probably be transferred to the night
shift.
The Adams County Record, pub
lished at Hettinger, announces that
its subscription price will be 81 per
year, beginning Jan. l.
The new electric light plant vt Bal.
. four is now ready for service and all
that is needed is an expert to put his
%. K on the job and connect it.
Buried beneath an avalanche of
coal in the TruaX mine, Richard Sund-
quist, when dug out by fellow min
ers, was found to have suffered no
!. more severe injury than dislocated
hip.
Little Howard Allison of Marmarth
pounded a shot gun shell recently and
the shell exploded. Towards face
and hands were badly burned by the
powder
The Plaza Pioneer has been servci
with notice to retract some of its
statements regarding President
Townley of the Nonpartisan League
or stand suit for libel.
Sheriff WIKI of Towner returned
last week from Saskatoon, Canada,
where he arrested Peter Burlog Of
Upham, who is charged with failure
to support his family.
The county coroner conducted an
investigation into the causes of death
Of Mrs. Carl Michalenko of kief, and
found that her death was the result of
strychnine poisoning, self-administer-
3D.
J. X. Proden of Medora, charged
with issuing check for $s5 on the
Farmers Bank of Belfield, without
sufficient funds to meet it, sttled all
costs, amounting 10 S1S3 and the COM
2lainant withdrew the charge.
One person in North Dakota dies
every eight hours from tuberculosis,
says Mrs. j. E. Stevens, field worker
for the state tuberculosis association.
Sanitation and ventilation will 20
long way toward preventing this d.
sease.
Fire again visited Belfeld last week
when the building of the Belfeld
Creamery & Produce Co. was Destroy
ed. The building, which housed the
general store of r. C. Davis in pioneer
days, was partially covered by insur
ance.
The mayor Of Belfeld has revoked
the ordinance prohibiting the keeping
of swine within the city limits, claim
ing that if every family in the town
would care for a pig, feeding t on
the garbage that accrues, there would
be a big increase in the fat supply.
A good farmer driving through a
town saw a sign reading: t'Woman's
Exchange" stepped inside and asked
/ the stern looking woman in charge.
BE this the Woman's Exchange ?"
Eyes sir" she replied. "Be you the
Woman?" eyes sir" she answered
in freezing tone: "Wall, I guess III
keep Sal while longer"
| c. R. Meredith of Killdeer was in
the Twin Cities the last few DAYS brv-
ing supplies for, the new hospital
Whlcn Will be opened in that town be-
tore long. Miss Florence Dudley, a
trained nurse of Hillcrest hospital.
Minneapolis, will be in charge of the
new institution.
Mrs. Will Davis suffered two frac-
tured ribs Saturday when she slim
ped and fell down the cellar stems at
her home at Lorraine. She also sus-
tanned several severe bruises. Her
condition is not serious, however. and
her friends hope for her speedy re-
covery.
Crosby Grant, % years old, Bow
man, N. D., nephew of Vice Admiral
William f. Grant Of the United
States Navy, has chosen the marine
service for this war. He enlisted as
a private at the St. Paul station YES
terday. Admiral Grant recently was
4 in charge of the Atlantic fleet.
Jack, small son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nagel of Marmarth, was kicked by a
horse in that town last week and died
shortly afterwards. He had wander
ed too near horse which had been
hltched to post in the rear of a store
there and it is presumed that getting
near the horses hoofs, he frightened
the animal, who let drive against the
little boys chest. The parents are
Il grief stricken as a result Of their loss.
A new boy story: "a youngs1er
before going to party was cautioned
by his mother against eating more
than one piece of cake. did you eat
only one piece Of cake?' his mamma
asked him when he returned home.
Yes, only one little piece said the
boy, but they offered it to me three
times what did you say?' asked
mamma. We'll, the third time they
asked me just swelled up like papa
does and said take the d stuff
away"
The Bismarck Indian school has
suspended temporarily and the pu-
pills have returned to their homes. A
letter received from Franklin X. Lane
secretary of the interior, states that
in view of the excessive costs of the