The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-22
Almost q million dollars will he ex

Almost a million dollars will be ex-
pended in the completion of the state
and federal aid highway projects now
under way or contemplated for 1918
and 1919, reports State Engineer Jay
w. Bliss.
Last week the R. B. Loubek Hard
ware Co. of Freda purchased the
large hotel building and lot on Main
of Mott and announce that they will
move their $4,000 stock of hardware
to selfridge.
Elizabeth Frocht, counter girl in a
Dickinson cafeteria, tried to fill cof-
fee urn with high test gasoline while
the fire under it was burning, and
was seriously injured. Prompt aid
eXtinguished the flames, and Miss
Focht will recover.
Clarence Hamre was unfortunate
enough to break his left leg last Sum
day afternoon while playing ball near
Colgrove's mine north of Mott. It
was done running to second base.
Both bones are broken below the knee.
Adam Horst, farmer, was killed, his
wife, daughter and baby were injured,
the latter probably fatally, when their
automobile, en- route from Carson to
their farm, was caught in tornado
last week and blown off the road.
Horst was crushed under the car.
Half an hour after John Boehm of
Tower City received telegram from
Washington that his youngest son,
John, Jr., II, had been wounded in
action, another message from Toledo D.
Ore, told of the death of his son
Frank, %, of erysipelas. ..4
A party of Mandan society danes
helped themselves to a mess of ripe
tomatoes from the vines at the gov
eminent experimental station near
the city, and narrowly escaped arrest.
The ladies were given a good talking
to by government agent, who con-
fiseated the tomatoes.
Muriel Van Scoik, 17-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Van
Scoik, Of Jamestown, was burned to
death in fire which Quilted the home.
The girl, totally blind, was home on a
vacation from the school for the blind
at Bathgate, and was asleep upstairs
when the fire broke out.
o. N. eleven, representative nom
inee on the Republican ticket, from
this district, was called to Kenyon,
MIMI, last week, by the death Of one
of his sisters. Mr.. eleven is one Of,
the early settlers in this county and
has the heartfelt sympathy of all
who know the family.
DR.. Coffin deceived message Sun
day evening to hurry to the w. E.
Barbre home near Balfour. A few
minutes later the doctor called up to
order that he might go prepared for
any emergency. He received the re-
ply that Mr.. Barbre had just dropped
dead.
To be picked up, carried six rods,
and set down on her feet by a cyclone,
was the experience of Mrs. Steve Av-
cry, wife of farmer living near
Berthold. Mrs. Avery's young baby
was thrown from the cradle and found
lying in a mud puddle, uninjured. The
farmhouse and practically all it's fur
nishings were destroyed. The cyclone
passed in few minutes. Crops were
damaged somewhat.
F. E. Ellickson turned over to the
NtSelt hcu CIOSS pOO.OU CIlc pelot
week, net proceeds from the Regent
chautauqua. The chautauqua collect
ed five cents per ticket as war tax I'M
der the impression that it was neces-
sary and found out that there would
be no tax as the institution was not
for the purpose of making money and
the proceeds go to charitable insti-
tuition.
A new rule has just gone into effect
governing the distribution of motion
pictures sent out by Northern Divis-
ion headquarters. In accordance with
this ruling, films will be sent without
charge to chapters, branches and aux
iliaries. These organizations may
rent the films to their local motion
picture managers and the money re-
ceived will be retained by the chap
ter, branch or auxiliary.
Construction crews are already at
work on "Y" from the Northern
Pacific to the Milwaukee line tracks
at New Leipzig, which will afford
the physical connection between these