The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-18
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of being the largest primary cattle
| market III the state.
A new elevator is being put up at
s elfridge on the Cannon Ball branch
Of the Milwaukee, Some excellent
grain crops were raised in that coun-
try this year.
The Cooperstown Sentinel Courier
advertises: "Lost-on Monday night,
one mackinaw coat and outside tire for
Ford automobile" We knew those
Lizzies would start a new style.
The Smashing Second" Regiment
of North Dakota went out of existence
Immediately after it's arrival at Camp
Green, North Carolina, last week. 1t
is reported that the companies of the
regiment will be kept intact.
The Lakota American is running
continued story on .''Who Shall Pay
for the War;" by Senator Gronna.
The American and Gronna had better
be concerned about "Who Shall Win
the War;"
c.. w. Lewis of Hettinger recently
leased several sections of hay land on
the Standing Rock reservation near
Fort Yates and has put up over 1000
tons Of fine prairie hay. He is now
arranging to lease a 1O,000-acre tract
for cattle range.
There are 1,161 patients in the in
sane asylum at jamestown. The num-
Der was increased by 2 patients dur
ing the first half Of the year. 1t is
believed that the war had something
to do with the big increase, the largest
percentage of the increase being Wo-
men.
Several Antler people were in an
automobile accident last week. The
car which was driven by j. r. Holiday
turned complete summersault. Two
of the gentlemen suffered broken col
lar Lones while the rest of the party
escaped without injury.
Last Thursday the Deering Enter
prise entered upon its fourteenth year. !
The day was also the birthday of the
editor, Fred Roble. The editor feels |
the day will be known in the annals of |
American history as one of great mo-
ment.
A divorce was granted to Mrs. Mar
Garet Nelson from her husband A. B. |
Nelson, a Mandan tailor, on the
grounds that he was cruel to her The
husband was ordered never to marry
and permission was granted Mrs. Mel
son to marry at any time after 80
days.
The many friends in this city of J.
S. SINNERS, the veteran travelling man
who has been selling Minot merchants
merchandise for the past number of
years, will regret to hear that Mrs |
SINNERS died at her home in St. Paul
on Sept. Is. On his account last
month was the second time in 35 years
that Mr.. SINNERS has failed to make |
his territory. His loss is indeed a |
heavy one and he will have the con-
dolences Of his many friends in this
city.
Wolf Point had it's first serious ter
minal accident recently when an en-
CINE in the yards there let go with
terrific explosion, killing two men and
tearing up the right of way for some
distance There were four men on the
engine. Engineer Pitman and Fire
man Schafer of Williston being killed
and a student fireman and the head
brakeman being also badly injured
that their recovery is doubtful. The
entire town was reused by the explos-
ion and windows we're broken in a
of houses half mile from the
scene of the explosion. The engine
was completely demolished and the
big boiler went into the air and lit on
the track upside down. Information
of the affair came by telephone and it
was not learned what the cause of the
explosion was.
Saturday evening as Arne Benson,
with Mrs. N. B. Walton and two chill
dren were driving from the farm in
Eden township to Sherwood an auto
mobile crashed into them just west
of the Alexander bridge, injuring one
Of his horses so badly that it had to
be killed at once, and breaking some
spokes out of a rear wheel of the
buggy. The car was occupied by four
men who gave their names as Gilbert !
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