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

soon be published at Mandan.
Marmarth has "Peeping Tom" who
is liable to meet up with some tough
luck some dark evening.
Editor Lee of Antler got filled up
on prairie chicken the other day, sent
in by one of his farmer friends.
Jack Leavy of Granville, was burn
ed about the face last week when he
attempted to relight the gas burner
on peanut rooster.
Sheriff WIKI returned last week from
Detroit, Mich, with Clarence Trepp Of
kief, who had been arrested on
charge of rape in the second degree
Exceeding the speed limit at La
Moure costs from $3.50 to 50 while in
most other towns of the state the
fine runs anywhere from $40 to $50.
G. r. Moore of Granville, has been
drafted into the national army and
his wife will teach school in Iowa
while her husband is away on mill
tary duty.
A young man at Willow City was
thrown from heavily loaded grain
wagon and his leg crushed by the
wagon passing over it. They hope to
save the leg.
Two Sergeant county men face
| charges of sedition and should be
awarded the limit, especially the cuss
who is alleged to have made threats
against the president.
! The postal department is said to be
about to retrench some in it's rural de-
| livery service by cutting off those
routes which are not made easy by
good roads. Better see that the roads
are fixed up.
While in Bowman county last week
Judge Crawford of the Tenth judicial
| district found time outside his court
duties to assist in the Red Cross work
by giving patriotic talks for the good
of the noble cause.
Mrs. e. Hegge Of Pretty Rock, on
the Standing Rock reservation, was
bitten by rattlesnake last week. She
| treatment, and is reported to be now
completely out Of danger.
The Gladstone Milling Company's
new 75barrell flour mill opened for
business this week. Rufus B. Lee,
Karl HUH, Jacob Krier, G. c. Turner
and NJ Raschko are directors of the
new manufacturing enterprise.
| VIM Haevischer has resigned as
sheriff of Mercer county, his resig-
nation to take effect Oct. IS. Haevis-
cher was under fire." and those
who are investigating his official
acts apparently had the goods on him.
The Northern Pacific station at Bel
| field was burned to the ground in mid
day when spark from a passing en-
CINE set fire to the roof. The COM
pany's records, some cash and consid-
cradle freight and express were de-
stroyed.
"The Briquette" is the name Of the
newspaper published at Scranton, the
town that boasts Of being 1.-The larg-
est manufacturing town in the
United States for it's size Roy l..
Johnston is the publisher Of "The
Briquette."
Pearl Goodwin, fve-year-old Fargo
girl, was instantly killed when run
over by an auto driven by John Eng
en- The child, hidden by standing
auto, ran in front of the Engen car
and was crushed to death under the
! heavy machine.
! Bob LaFollette, the little man with
the big head from Wisconsin, was at
one time not so long ago, looked upon
by some as favorable timber for the
presidential chair. We should thank
God that he did not have enough fol
| lowers at that time to put it over.
James Blueips, full-blooded Sioux
Injun, knocked out Al Richards, pro-
fessional pugilist, at Mclaughlin.
James was one of the boys who left
for Camp Dodge Iowa, Saturday, and
i says if he ever meets Kaiser Bill face
to face, he will give him some OF the
same medicine.
row over poker game occurred
among threshing crew at Omemee
the other day, when hold-up artist
came along with a gun and got the
pot. Such thing as rowing over a
little matter like the pot in an ordl-
nary poker game shouldn't be permit
ted in these days of larger rows.
William Harold Wolfe, member OF
Co. I, died at the Breckenridge, MIMI,
hospital following weeks Illness
The deceased served with Co. on the
Mexican border and at one time was
business manager Of the Mclean
County Independent, published at Gar
rison, N. D.
Fred Klein, chief Of police at He
bron and local manager for the POW
ers Elevator Co., has been arrested on
the charge of violating the new 1000
control law. Klein, as manager for the
elevator company. is alleged to have
issued storage tickets for longer per
iod than thirty days, which conflicts
with the federal law in such. case
made and provided.
The Charbonneau Betterment Club
made raid on the middle Creek
Glee Club" at Charbonneau last week
and as result the members of the
glee club, at least five Of them, are
tangled up with the law. They were
having quiet little drinkfest on the
sidewalk in the early morning hours.
Prosecution under the federal bone
dry law will follow.
The four-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Rhode, who live south OF
Halliday, received injuries last We'd
nesday which proved fatal the follow
ing day. The father was engaged in