The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-08

for occupancy before the end of the
year. The excavation of the basement
was made last fall so that the laying
of the foundation can commence as
soon as the frost is out of the ground.
A shed was erected for the storing of
the tools and materials at the same
time.
The Glacier Park Trail is to be
blazed anew and new signs posted
along the entire length. according to
word which has been received from
the National Trail Blazing association,
with headquarters in Minneapolis, by
the Wllllston commercial club. The
Corporation of the cities along the
route is asked in the undertaking. The
National association has recently
completed the blazing of the Red Trail
which passes through the southern
half OF the state and has issued a man
showing the route from the Atlantic
to the Pacific coats, with every CITY
and hamlet along the way indicated
1t is proposed to issue similar man
for the Glacier Park Trail.
Last Monday morning, while at work
around the engine in the Farmers ell
evator at Rugby, Fred Smith met with
an accident that came nearly costing
him his life, when his coat was caught
in a set screw in shaft. whirling
him around violently and banging him
against the floor several times. AL
bert Maurer happened to be on duty at
the same time, and had it not been for
this fact, Mr.. Smith would probably
have been killed. He immediately
stopped the engine and released Mr..
Smith, who was removed to his home
and an examination made of his ill.,
rlcs. 1t was found that he had sus-
tanned couple of broken ribs, a bad
cut in his back, several severe bruises
and Commissions on other parts of his
body, which will lay him up for sew
eral weeks. Of course, he and all his
friends are mighty glad that his in
Jurles were no worse, as they easily
might have been.
Tony Ruyl1, coal miner employed
at the Brodie mine in Medora, was
instantly killed by an explosion Of
dynamite at the mine about 9 O'Clock
last Sunday night. Ruyk went to his
department to place shots of dynamite
so that he would have coal down for
Monday mornings work. One shot
was heard about o'clock and when
he did not appear about II o'clock
the miners went in search of him. His
body was found buried underneath the
coal, his skull crushed so that the
brain was oozing out. He had evil
IDENTIFY placed two shots and it was ev-
ldent that when the second did not eX-
plode he went back to see what was
wrong just in time to receive the full
force of the explosion. He was ma
tive of Russia Poland and had no
known relatives in this country. The
remains were prepared for burial by
J. V. Boulger and inferred in the
Catholic cemetery at Belield on Tues
day.
Compilation of figures on the
growth and development of North Da-
kota, on which statisticians have been
busily engaged since the first Of the
year, shows a startling increase in
the number of homes in the state dur
ing the last ten year period. Espec-
tally emphatic are the figures showing
the agricultural development of the
state. Approximately 10000 homes
exist in the state, while in 1905 the
number was 64,690, compared with
38,973 homes in 1890. Sixty-two per
cent or 81,135 of the North Dakota
homes are farm homes, compared
with 60 per cent in 1900 and 70 per
cent in 1890. The number Of homes
in the state free of incumbrance at
the present time is 61,364, while 49,
$40 are encountered and 29,166 are
rented. 70 per cent, or 58,764 of the