The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-15

The Schafer Record tells of the
North Dakota farmerettes being
"clothed in overalls and maidenly
bushes"
Deer, seen in the wheat fields near
Van Hook, were supposed to have
been driven out of the Missouri river
bottoms by flies.
North Dakota veterans of the Span
ish-American war recently celebrated
the twentieth anniversary of their
first fight at Cavite.
Harold, the young son 'of Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter, of Forman, died from in
iuries received when he fell from a
hay stacker while playing with sew
eral other children.
The editor of the Sentinel Butte
Republican is not alarmed over the
report of a counterfeit $40 bill in
circulation as that is not the size he
is in the habit of handling.
The Valley City Times-Record be-
lieves Selmer Kysek and Kenneth
Eckel, who rescued young woman
from drowning at the risk of their
own lives, are deserving of Carnegie
medals.
The North Dakota Defenseless
Council took back water on its dras-
tic rulings on the moratorium act,
and it will now be possible for the
holders to foreclose mortgages on live
stock and machinery.
Steven Leigh, Of Drake was arrest
ed lately on a charge of assault and
battery. He bought a share in a
telephone line company, built his own
line from his house to the main line,
and when one Of the managers pro-
tested he attacked him. Leigh was
finde $40.
The famous Fargo verdict some
years ago, in which a prize fighter
who was fatally knocked out, was Of
fcially pronounced dead of pneumonia
had nothing on recent Winona
case in which woman, who was
struck by an. auto, was said to have
died of goiter.
John Barthel of Beulah, was arrest
ed last week by Deputy United States
Marshal VIM. Scheutt of Fargo, on a
Presidential warrant charging him
with violating the June IS, 1917, act
of sedition. He was placed under
$1,000 bonds for his appearance be-
fore the United States court.
Fire destroyed the Mayville opera
house and an adjoining building in
which were located pool hall, res
taurant and bowling alley: The opera
house was a total loss while the con-
tents of the other buildings were also
completely destroyed. The loss is es-
timated at $4,000, fairly covered by
insurance.
Grand Forks is to have another
daily newspaper, established by Non
partisan League, which has sold stock
to several hundred farmers in that
section of the state. The date for
launching the new paper has not yet
been fixed, new building being in
course of construction for the housing
of the publication.
Lieutenant Leon N. Moshier, adopt
ed son of DR.. E. H. Rishel, mayor Of
Mayville, Trail County, is dead of
wounds received in action in France,
according to Mondays casualty list.
Lieut.. Moshier, an esteemed young
man of Mayville, was, a graduate of
the first officers training camp at
Fort Smelling and has seen several
months action. He was graduate
of the Mayville high school and was
prominent in high school athletics.
A reduction Of 40 to rs cents per
ton in freight rates on Ignite hauled
over two or more railways within the
state of North Dakota is effective as
result of protest filed with the
United States railway administration
by James A. Little, rate expert with
the North Dakota railway commission.
When the railroads in North Dakota
made their rate advance on Ignite
in accordance with the recent direc-
tions of Director General McAdoo
they took advantage of more boosts
than they were legitimately entitled
to in the case Of through rates in
which two or more lines participated,
the rate expert claimed in his pro-
test, upon which the national admin
istration took immediate action. One
or two minor matters affected alleged
exorbitant charges of less Importance
are still to be adjusted, but the rail
board has won it's principal fight, with
out bloodshed.
Last Monday morning at about six
o'clock the shrill sound of the fire