The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-17

aired, Fla., one day last week, nearC
failure being the direct cause. He
had been resident of North Dakota
since the early 70's and was well
known by many old settlers.
There are few papers that can
boast of a subscriber that has "stuck"
for 26 years, but the Hankinson News
claims such an honor. Said subscrib-
er should be entitled to sign himself
"Old Sbscriber" alright.
! C. H. Samuelson, publisher Of the
Index at Leith, N. D., is happy at the
announcement of the safety of bro
Their in the American military ser
vice, who was believed to have been
lost in the sinking of the steamer
Aecteon few weeks ago.
The news has been given out that
the Stacker industry, via the marriage
route, has not been very prosperous
one in McHenry County. During the
past year Judge Ellis at Towner is
sued 81 marriage licenses as compar-
ed to 1O6 in 1916.
New Years night at the Hawkeye
school house, near Sanish, gas lamp
exploded, blowing out the windows
and door and otherwise demolishing
the building, while watch meeting
was in session. Several people were
badly burned about the face and
hands, but not seriously.
The aeroplane that was reported as
visible north of Jamestown early this
week, has caused further craning of
necks in the city. Residents Of the
First ward claimed to have sighted it
gyrating around in the distance.
Another school building burned this
week at Grafton. School was in ses-
sion when the fire broke out, but the
children all responded quickly to fire
drill and d marched out in safety. The
roof fell in within five minutes from
the time the building was emptied.
Walter, the seven year old son of
/ Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Hillestad, sixteen
miles southeast of Bowman, was bad
ly injured last Friday when the little
fellow attempted to drive some cattle
out of a barn that day. In stamped
ing, the animals rushed to get outside
and in passing little Walter a steer
kicked him, injuring his head and
! breaking his collar bone.
! Paul Patrick, an employee of the
Washburn Ignite Coal company, was
almost instantly killed while engaged
in pulling pillars in the mine early
Thursday morning. The fatality was
purely accidental, large volume of
coal falling on the unfortunate man,
after he had removed prop. Patrick
was about 35 years of age and leaves
wife and child in Austria, brother,
John Patrick, lives north of Wilton.
"If any man here" shouted the
temperance lecturer, "can name an
honest business that has been helped
by the saloon l will spend the rest of
my life working for the liquor peo-
pie" A man in the audience arose.
II consider my business honest" he
said, "and it has been helped by the
saloon.' "What is your business 2"
yelled the orator. II am an under
taker."
The fellow who advocated the clos
ing of the churches for a few hours
much of a hit as a Hooverizer. There
are great many places of amuse-
ment, outside of the church, that run
from twelve to sixteen hours per day,
consume an enormous amount Of coal,
collect millions in money, exhaust
thousands in light and do no good,
that might be, with some degree Of
common sense, closed.
H. H. Lampman, old-time North
Dakota newspaperman and founder Of
the Lakota Observer and the Netche
Chronotype, who has for the past
eight years been located in Oregon,
! is welcomed back to the Flickertail
state. His new connection with North
Dakota journalism is as editor and
manager of the Bottineau Courant,
published by farmers corporation,
he having taken the place the first Of
the year. Mr.. Lampman's first entry
into newspaper business in this state
was at Lakota in 1888. He is gifted
writer.
DR.. ]. r. Pence Leaves for Fort Riley
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