The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-10
BRIEF STATE NEWS

The briquetting plant at Scranton
made it's trial run last week with an
output of 100 Ignite briquettes per
minute. According to announcements
the company has secured 100000
tons of Ignite and as soon as the plant
is running "a hours day it is believed
that the output will revolutionize the
fuel industry in the middle west.
G. Lienhart, minister of the Cos
pei" was arrested at Hazen charged
with assault and battery and intent to
do great bodily harm to his wife and
daughter. 1t is said that he beat his
wife in most pitiful manner. He was
taken to Stanton but later released
after paying all costs and promising to
leave the Hazen community. 1t is said
that John Barleycorn is an able assist
ant to his troublesome disposition, and
that he is liable to "get in bad" wher-
ever he casts his lot.
According to the quarterly report by
the state treasurer, at the close Of
business March 81, the state had on
hand in the various funds $2,O45,-
688.64. Some of the important balan-
ces in this total are: General fund,
S447,045.19; state bond interest, $751;
994.86; wolf bounty fund, $24, 522.60;
state university, $26,244.89; agricul-
tural college, $27,52S.11; common
schools, $468, 671 .82; Irvine plant oper-
ating, $1OO,344.92; teachers insurance
and retirement, 1850; terminal ele-
vators, $9O,6OO.27; game and fish fund,
$33,714.22.
The North Dakota State Sunday
School convention will be held this
year in Fargo, June 20-22. Plans are
being worked out to make this one of
the best conventions in the history Of
the state. H. P. Beckwith, of the Nor
thern Savings bank of Fargo, is chair
man Of committee of Sunday school
workers which is making thorough
preparations for the meeting.
Efforts to draw every woman in
North Dakota into comprehensive or
ganization for the conservation of
food and energy as war measure
were launched at Fargo by women of
statewide prominence in issuing a
communication Of appeal to all the
members of the women's clubs of the
state and to the officers Of other wo-
mems organizations.
In nearly every case following loyal
patriotic demonstrations in their honor
bv their home folks, approximately
fifty young men from dozen small
towns of northern North Dakota made
application for enlistment in the naval
forces at the Grand Forks recruiting
station during the past week. To Wal
halla, with eight, belongs the honor of
furnishing the largest number OF re-
cruits. Sheyenne was second with
seven representatives.
"A resolution adopted at the Equity
Cooperative Exchange in session at
Fargo, declares for the elimination of
speculation and the fixing of food
prices for the protection of the people.
Adoption Of "pay-as-you-g policy
in prosecuting the war is insisted upon
with an income tax on all incomes of
$500 or more. A $4,000 income is
placed as maximum in excess of
that sum to be confscated by the gov
eminent.
A dispatch from Washington states
that Representative P. D. Norton of
Hettinger has introduced bill, which
if it becomes a law will completely
wipe out the bar against those who
have had one homestead claim. The
bill proposes that no person otherwise
qualified to make homestead entry
shall be disqualified by reason Of hav-,
ing previously perfected homestead
entry prior to January, 1915, provided
the applicant is not at the time owner
Of the land embraced in the first entry.
A bill was also introduced by Repre-
sentative Norton to grant 100000
acres of public land in North Dakota
to the state, 100000 acres for the
Dickinson and 100000 acres for the
Minot normal school.
5s NOTICE.