The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26
BRIEF STATE NEWS

his passionate but declines TO depart
until the folks come across with his
back salary. Where's little Mack?''
This is nice: 1.-THE Cushings have
secured control of The Searchlight at
Fargo and have changed the name to
The Fargo Post. A good newspaper
to tie to."-Bismarck Palladium.
Uusher L. Burdick is organizing a
cavalry squadron at Williston. Bur
dick is of the right kind Of stuff for a
cavalry leader, and, if given chance,
will make record.
And now war measure is proposed,
closing all distilleries and breweries in
the United States to save grain and
conserve the food supply of the ma
ton. Sherman's definition of war was
right.
Over in Bowman county three farm
ers shipped 70 hogs to market and
realized $3.50 per hundred, or total
of $2,5SS.49. And this is merely by
product Of land selling at from $40 to
S25 per acre.
Three babies out in Belfield netted
$40 and season ticket to movie
show as prizes in a baby contest in
that town. It's worth good money ap-
parently to own handsome kid in
Belfeld.
The postoffice department is con-
sidering the advisability of discontin-
uing mail service on the Great North
ern trains Nos. and 10. These are
local trains serving small towns and
branch lines and the loss of this mail
service would seriously interfere with
business all along the line.
Fred Meske, accused of the murder
of Evan M. Jones, former sheriff of
Richland county, will face trial at the
next term of the district court, being
bound over without bail at his hearing
recently. Meske was saved from be-
ing lynched at Hankinson when the
shooting took place, the action Of the
authorities in swearing a special guard
of dozen men preventing mob
from forming and carrying out the
threat to lynch the accused man.
The trial in which George Smith
Beach was charged with the murder
Of Horace Ball and which was taken to
Mandan on change of venue, was
terminated last Monday evening at
1870 o'clock by the jury returning a
verdict of not guilty after deliberat-
ing a little over seven hours. There
is no doubt about the fact that Horace
Ball came to his death as the result Of
an explosion of dynamite placed under
his shack and circumstantial evidence
seemed to point to George Smith as
the one most likely to be interested
in Balls death. Also at the prelimi-
nary hearing held shortly after the
murder, sufficient evidence was intro
duced to result in his being bound over
to the district court. In the mean
time, however, Mrs. Ball, who was to
have been one Of the states chief wit
nesses, went west and was unable to
be located. Evidence introduced by
the state was largely circumstantial
and it was possible for the defendants
attorney to shatter this evidence to
the extent that it was not sufficient to
overcome the possible doubt of inno-
cence. George Smith is now exon
Grated from all blame in the death Of
Ball.
With gift for Uncle Sam which
no money can buy and which will, the
inventor believes, revolutionize the
worlds methods of generating and
utilizing power, c. A. Hoffman of
Stanley, accompanied by Rev. A. S.
Bowersox of the First Presbyterian
church Of that city, called on Governor
Frazier this morning, en- route to
Washington to lay his invention before
the secretary of the navy. Natural
power" Hoffman calls his idea. ut
Isl" he said, "power without steam and
without gas, produced according to
natural laws at cost Of SIS per day
for 100000 horsepower. There's not
money enough in the world to buy my
idea, but Uncle Sam can have it be-
cause he needs it. / am a German
and Mr.. Bowersox is a German. This
is time for us to quit talking nation
atty and to be simple Americans. If
Uncle Sam wants my machine he can
have it and all rights connected with
! it" There's no trace of the usual
crank about Hoffman nor about Rev.
Bowersox. Hoffman is an intellectual
Iappearing German, sane and intelli-
gent talker. II know am taken for
a fool-but / know and my wife knows
and my friends know that have built
two machines which have worked.
had to tear them down for my own
protection. There was too much ridi-
cule and attack from those who could
MT grasp an idea SO big. "My inven-
ton will upset all established methods
Of producing artificial power. 1t will
make electricity SO cheap that not q
house will be built in the future with
a furnace or range or chimney or
any other device for the use of coal or
wood. It will run all Of this country's
battleships and its submarines with
out smoke, gas or steam. 1t will help
to end the war and to prevent future
wars" Z
THIS is NOT A DAMN LIE.
"A certain Minot gentleman, whose
veracity is seldom questioned, tells Of
a happening to a friend Of his, which
in order not to lose any of its effect
|iveness will have to be told in his own
Language:
@My friend Campbell was out in
a damn little boat, just above where
the damn dam dams the damn Mouse
river. He decided to "shoot the
shoots and went over the damn dam.