The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-29
MINOT And VICINITY

Some roughneck threw stone thru
the door of the M. e. church at Mo
hall while services were in progress.
Eleven bolts of silk were stolen re.
Gently from the store of the Granville
Mercantile Co., at Granville.
behring's ice supply, gotten from 8
pond in the Little Deep creek, has
been pronounced O. X. by DR.. Ladd.
F. c. Walther, Berthold's pioneer
merchant, has disposed of the Temple
Cash store to c. w. Knudson of Rug
by.
Haggerty and Ireland is the name
of an auto livery firm doing business
at Amidon. Their nationality is not
questioned.
B. H, Hartman Of Glenburn has re-
turned from Spencer, Ia, where he at
tended the golden wedding anniver-
sary of his parents.
Richard E. Harkins, an Ambrose
farmer, was arrested charged with
threatening to do his wife bodily
harm. He was adjudged insane.
Heading of an article in the Grano
Tribune: Excellent water found at
Mohall by expert" 1t wasn't in
Charlie Lano's office.
A Dunseith young lad named Koch
fell thru a hole in a hay NOV onto a
cows horns, one of them puncturing
his leg below the knee.
The VIM. Lang family who have
been living on the Wilson dairy farm
at Stanley, hiked out leaving many
creditors. The Sun heard they had
gone to Minot.
Thos. Willie, aged 81, appeared be-
fore the insanity board at Stanley,
but was allowed to return to his claim
at Van Hook, the board considering
him merely simple minded.
A plan is on foot to build trail
from the Black Hills to Bismarck.
Lennon boosters are pushing the
project, which will traverse the old
Deadwood trail laid out in 1875.
Upham is claiming North Dakota's
record on the biggest babies. A visit
of the stork to the Erickson home in
that town showed an arrival of well
developed boy weighing 10 IL pounds.
Twelve miles of road will be built
in Renville county this year under the
supervision Of the state engineer. The
state pays two-thirds of the expense
and the county the other.
S. M. Koto, former county treasurer
of McHenry county and one of the pi-
oneers of this section of the state,
died at his home at Towner following
a long illness.
Percy Trubshaw, the Valley City
editor, pleads guilty to stealing straw
berries last summer when he visited
patch near town and when nobody
was looking, he 'took few juicy sam
pies off the vines"
The contract for erecting the new
Divide county court house at Crosby I
was let to the Elson Williams Con-
struction Co., of Minneapolis. Foster
q Connolly of Minot were awarded
the plumbing contract. The building
completed will cost $12O,00O.
Miss Margaret C. Colgan, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Colgan,
died at the home of sister in Chica-
go from stomach trouble. She was
born in 1864 and was one of a large
family. Some years ago she home
steaded near Colgan, N. D., and later
opened a dress making establishment
at Ambrose.
Shelley B. Miller, one of the early |
Minot printers, has been foreman for
several years of the daily paper at
Santa Monica, CAL, recently purchas-
ed by DR.. Guild of Fargo. Mr.. Miller
was regarded in Minot as one of the I
ablest men in the game.
T. Warren Allen, general inspector !
of the United States office of public |
roads, is in the state at the present
time, accompanied by E. O. Hathaway
of St. Paul, district engineer, and
they are investigating North Dakota's
road building plans with view to de-
termining how this states $4,000 slice
of the Shackelford federal post roads
aid will be invested.
A Valley City concern has Just con-
tracted with the Northern Pacific to
furnish that road with strawberries
Tor it's dining car service. The con-
Germ grows the Ever Bearing variety
which continues to bear great big
luscious berries late in the fal after
every other kind Of berry is off the
market. North Dakota scores again.
Winter seemingly has been linger-
ing in the lap Of spring, but folks ap-
peared encouraged Sunday. Hun
dreds were out walking in the parks
and scores of autos were rambling
about the city. The snow is disap-
pearing rapidly Out in the country,
the fields are getting bare and farm
ers say they ought to be able to get
into many fields next week, if nothing
unforeseen turns up. The roads are
said to be fierce in the country,
O S. Svee of Maxbass discovered a
vein Of iron ore while digging a we'll
on his farm last week The vein is
about 20 feet thru and the ore aver
ages from 40 to 60 per cent iron. In
vestigation will be made to find out
how wide the vein is and whether it
will pay to put in mine. Should the
vein prove to be paying proposition
the probabilities are that Mr.. Svee