The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-03-21
BRIEF STATE NEWS

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Last Sunday was "St. Patrick's Day
in the Morning" also in the evening
that same day.
Cayuga is now drugstoreless town,
much to the regret of all citizens. A
fine chance for drugless healer.
The village of Lehr in Logan county
loses three business blocks from a
visitation of the fire fiend.
Finley is watching Hope and Hope
is watching Finley on a probable
county seat removal fight.
North Dakota now has 447 CONSOLE
dated schools, and they are all good
ones, ut that.
A Baptist preacher was arrested at
Minor charged with making insulting
remarks about the Red Cross in that
town.
The Grafton News and Times avows
that it's harder to get barrel o. su-
.af from catalog house than it is to
get armor plate from Mars.
John Grass, the aged chief Of the
Standing Rock Sioux, lies dangerously
i'll in the agency hospital at Fort
Yates.
Langdon will build new city hall
and power plant at cost of $1,000.
Work on the building will be COM
menced about April 1st.
A returned Cass county soldier says
that the Germans are losing their
"pep." Can't lose it any too soon to
suit the rest Of US.
An Odd Fellow lodge was organized
at Sanish last week. District Deputy
Hans Miller of Ryder headed the work
Of organization.
Ernest Strassburg, of Fryburg, is
being sought for by Oncle Sans Of
ficials, having failed to comply with
rules of the draft board.
County Commissioner John Reiger,
Of Hettinger county, resigns the job,
having come to the conclusion that it
pays better to work on the farm than
fool with politics.
The North Dakota Knights of Py-
thias convention scheduled to be held
at Mandan has been postponed for an
other year, as war economy move
ment.
The merchants of Souris and Car
bury used page ad. in last weeks
Messenger to inform the people Of
that vicinity that they were adopting
the "cash and carry" plan.
Henry Burkoy, Stutsman county
farmer, is taken to jamestown, where
he pleads guilty and is met with a
500 fine, as result of failing to obey
the marriage laws of the state.
Attorneys at Beach are severing re-
lations. Others are moving away, the
change being welcomed by the Ad-
vance editor, who AYERS that the field
has been overcroWded.
Olive Felver, we'll known Caring
ton woman, wants the name of North
Dakota's capital changed to Townley
But change the name of Arkansaw-
nevah!
Don't get fatheaded over your posi-
ton, whatever it may be, for many a
fellow lost his job because he was
sure the business would have deliri.
UNI tremens without him.
A plain assault case tried at Rugby
cost Ed Rine the limit when he was
assessed fine of 500, S127 costs and
80 days in the county Jail for good
measure.
Out of the several milk samples ex
amined at the A. C. chemical depart
nent, sent from Devils Lake, three
are condemned and five placed in the
doubtful class.
Notwithstanding the silence of Mr.
Hoover, the population of North Qako
ia is not grasping the pale green
bellyaching, forced foundlings of the
strawberry hot-beds of the sunny
south.
A. E. Thornberg, pioneer resident
of Mandan, has secured the pledge Of
$4,000 for the purpose of developing
the oil and gas believed productive ir
North Dakota. Mr.. Thornberg is
leasing all the land he can for per.
iod of two years.
John Davis makes midnight raid
on the farm of Fred Wolfe, near Dew.
lis Lake, and steals a load of oats
It was during the absence of the
Wolfe family that the robbery was
committed and Davis had the "gall'
to use Wolfe's team and wagon fo1
the occasion.
The police of Anamoose have start
ed a campaign to round up all auto
tag slackers. Those who display 9
1917 tag are promptly arrested anc
taken before the bar of justice where
they are allowed to pay all the way
from $1,000 up.
States Attorney Burgeson, of STARK
county, offers reward Of 500 to any
citizen furnishing information leading
to the arrest of anyone violating the
prohibition law. This should be un
necessary, in view of the fact that we
are now living in a "bone-dry" age.