The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-05

Registration day found no slackers
among them and stolidly they went
to their registration precincts, those
Of draft age, and offered themselves
for duty.
His spring catch Of wolves, as re-
presented by 81 scalps, Melted Severt
Erickson 81, 1852 in county bounty and
will bring him $2O2.5O in state boun-
ties when North Dakota appropriates
funds to pay outstanding warrants
The wolves, all but two of which were
trapped, included 70 cubs and two
adults.
A brand new Dodge auto, -four
young fellows filled with the brand Of
stuff that makes jack rabbit spit in
bull dogs eye, and telephone pole
were all mixed up at Souris one eve
ming last week. The fellows and the
pole were not damaged much, but the
Dodge looked as though it had been
up against German submarine.
Walter Kelly, former auditor of
Adams county and assistant secretary
of the state senate at the last session
disappeared last April and no trace of
him has been found. Investigation of
his accounts as auditor of Adams
county shows that no irregularities ex-
listed and they are at loss to ex-
plain the strange situation.
VIM. Behrbaum, assistant cashier
and bookkeeper of the First National
Bank of New Salem, for many years,
was found to be short $500 by the
national bank examiner, June 4. Mr..
Behrbaum went to Fargo and gave
himself UP to the Federal authorities.
He confessed that he lost the money
"bucking the Board of Trade. Bonds
were given and examination waived,
and the trial will occur in October.
A sad accident occurred at the Mike
Johnson home, one mile west of Rice
Lake, Tuesday afternoon, 26th ult.,
when the 10 months old son of Mr..
and Mrs. johnson was killed by run
away team of horses. The boy was
playing in the barn yard when the
team took fright at something and
made a dash for the prairie, running
over the little fellow and killing him
instantly. The parents, who are Fin
landers, are frantic with grief over
the terrible accident.
States Attorney Burgeson of Stark
county made quick work with one
George Phelps, who was arrested one
afternoon last week and entered a plea
of guilty to a statutory charge before
Judge Crawford the next morning.
Phelps reached Dickinson from Kill
deer at noon and about o'clock in
the evening he was arrested on COM
plant of Alfred Peterson, a twelve
r,aor old 1,o1y ~ ~, ztInno tho o,1fra ro
was committed. Less than "a hours
after his arrest, Phelps was on his way
to the state penitentiary at Bismarck
to spend three and one-half years
there at hard labor
+ .Maud Muller, on summer day,
raked the meadow sweet with hay.
Her eyes bane sharpe like guide sharp
knife, she bane nice girl, ay bet your
life. Before she bane dar very long
she started singing little song. The
Yudge riding down big hill, in nice
red jumping otomobiL Maud say,
Hello, Yudge; how bane you? The
Yudge say, Maud, hoy y'do? He
say, 'skoll yu tax a little ride? If
skoll lax tn yump inside So Maud
and Yudge ride bout six miles, and
Yudge skoll bask in Maud's sweet
smile. The Yudge say, you bane
my pal? Den otomobil bust all to
hall. Den Maud bane walkin' bout
half way, back to meadows sweet Wit
the tl Yudge, but but Maud Ssh she only say say,
ooh fudge Of all sod words that
man skoll talk, the saddest bane,
you Maud, skoll walk.