The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-11
AROUND THE STATE

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A beet sugar plant to cost million
and half dollars is one of the big
Industries that Williston people are
trying to promote.
Banker G. l. Dobbin of Overly, has
secured a charter for a $4,000 state
bank at Dunseith. 1t will be a farm
ers' institution.
j. P. Doyle disposed of three quar-
! tiers of land near Saddle Butte for
| $4,000. The purchasers were Herman
Brown and John Schell
The Omemee Herald sure does hate
to have anything derogatory said of
Senator LaFollette The Herald's en-
thusiaSm for the Wisconsin senator is
Gritty of better object.
Hugh Egan of Beach, H. S.
Strandness, DR.. Payne and Dr. Bing-
ham of Eau Claire, Wis, spent several
days hunting and came in with 800
ducks and more than 60 chickens.
While their husbands are in Uncle
Sans army, Mrs. John Timm and
Mrs. C. H. G. Soldering are doing
their bit by teaching schol in Slope
county.
John Carnathan of Granville lost
half of the index finger of his left
hand while hunting. The gun acct
dentally went off while he had his fin
ger over the end of the barrel.
The Tribune, published at Mineral
Springs, Slope county, which is owned
by the Nonpartisan League and edited
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Knox, is to be moved to Amidon, the
county seat.
Belield was visited by five fires in
less than one week. The depot, an ell
evator and the Imperial hotel were in
the list of buildings destroyed. The
other fires did not amount to much.
The secretary of state issued a
charter to the Laidlow Investment Co.
of Langdon, capitalized at 100000,
and Incorporated by W. A. Laidlow of
St. Paul, w. j. Laidlow of Hanna, and
G. S. Laidlow of Clyde.
DR.. R. H. Stobie's of Tioga had his
right arm broken in three places when
he endeavored to take the place of the
electric starter on his automobile. The
machine kicked and knocked Stobie
unconscious.
One Of the highest prices yet paid
for Williams county land was $4,000
paid by Arthur Sundquist for quar-
ter section Of land owned by Herbert
Contzen. The farm is one of the best
in this section of the state.
Christ Berg is in the Bismarck hos
pltal as the result of the accidental
discharge of shotgun which he was
carrying with him on a load of hay.
The entire charge landed in the young
mans arm, badly mangling it.
Henrietta Gould of Ray is paralyz-
ed from her hips down as the result of
her car turning over when she threw
the gear into reverse instead of low
while climbing a steep hill. 1t is fear
ed that her spine will be permanently
injured.
The 7-year-old son of Mrs. Mary
Langworthy of Mott is in the Bis
marck hospital with a fractured skull
resulting from a kick from a horse
under whose heels the boy rolled while
at play.
Home made sauerkraut, the kind
that mother used to make, will be
plentiful at Drake this winter, says
the news. A carload of cabbage was
sold in record breaking time there last
week.
Ole Hanson of McGregor has re-
turned from South St. Paul, where he
disposed of a Duroc-J ersey SOW for
$113.75. First and last the critter
had earned for her master about ST.
900 and he is we'll satisfied with his
venture in diversified farming
While out hunting last week Clar-
ence Ben of Mohall accidentally shot
himself in the right hand, injuring the
index finger to some extent and mutt
lating the second, necessitating ampu-
tation. He is getting along fine and
expects to pass the examination to get
into the army at the next call
Nye says in regard to the offer of
the Kaiser of 500 for the first Amer
lean soldier taken, that the German
soldier who tackles the job of taking
live American before the Kaiser or
any of the German dignitaries will
wish he had "bear cat" instead, be-
fore he gets the job completed.
The Fairview Times of Montana
was sold to J. H. Willard of Charlton
neau. who also owns the Charbonneau
| Herald, and in the future will be op-
Grated by him. Mr.. Willard will move
his family to the Montana CITY and
will, as soon as possible, place new
man in charge of the Herald.
Kicking and scratching like an en-
ragged tigress, Mrs. Minnie Carver
Tooley, wife of a former Bismarck
business man, was taken into custod J
by Chief Martineson and three depu-
ties after she had slapped the face Of a
we'll known capital city wholesaler on
one Of the city's leading thoroughfares
Mrs. Tooley is alleged to have labored
under the hallucination that the victim
of her assault conceived an infatua-