The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-04-25
BRIEF STATE NEWS


John Kalal, son of A. Kalal of Nor
ton, committed suicide by firing
charge into his head from rife. Con-
tinued i'll health and dependency is
believed to be the reason for the rash
deed.
"What shall we call the profteers
asks an exchange. That is just it.
We cou1 tell what to call them but
it would simply be impossible to put
it in print, on account of lady sub
scriber, the editors children, and the
statute in such case made and pro-
vided.
Fortuna Leader: Word has just
reached the city Of the death of Bert
Thompson, the young man who was
accidentally shot at a chivaree party
last fall near Fortuna. The young
man has been failing rapidly for some
time and the end was not unexpected,
still the news of his death came as
a shock to the whole community.
Fire destroyed the Blair elevator at
Beach Saturday morning. A small
amount of seed grain was in the ele-
vator and the building was insured.
Three streams of water were played
upon the building but strong north
west wind kept the blaze going. The
prairie was set on fire by the falling
timbers and flying sparks carried
over two blocks and destroyed chick
en- coop. The McCabe elevator near
by was saved by being deluged with
water.
C. J. Barron, homesteader living
west of Bierman, was arrested last
week by Sheriff w. J. Johnson and
brought to Amidon where he was
given hearing before County Justice
Fred White on the charge of having
shot some cattle belonging to G. j.
Morris of Mound Barron waived ex-
animation and was bound over to the
next term Of the district court. The
amount of his bonds was fixed at $500
and F. J. Bierman and VIM. Lamb
went as his sureties. Several head
of cattle that had been shot were
found near the Barron farm. One
or two of the animals were still liv-
ing. One of the steers was skinned
and upon examination two bullets of
large calibre were found in the in
testines. Barron was found to have
loaded rifle of SO calibre in his house
and it seems that the state has a
strong case against him.
Yeggs blew open the safe of the
First State bank of Colfax at Colfax,
Richland county, about o'clock Sun
day morning and escaped with APP
proximately $500, in an automobile
which they stole from William Roberts
cashier of the bank. The safe was
total wreck from the force of the
explosion, and the building itself was
more or less damaged. The mum Der
of men in the party is not known, but
it is believed that there were at least
three. The stealing of the auto APP
pears to have been an afterthought,
because piece Of metal which was
blown off the safe was used as lever
to pry open the garage in which the
car was standing. At one place, the
car was shown by it's tracks to have
left the road and gone into a ditch,
and at this point there were footprints
of two men showing where they had
pushed hard to get the car out of the
ditch, and as there must have been
some one driving while the others
were pushing, it is concluded that
there were at least three in the party.
The explosion, which must have been
heavy one, was not heard by any
one in the village, and it was late in
the morning before the robbery was
discovered. The sheriff at Wahpe-
ton was notified as were the sheriff
and police at Fargo. The automobile
was found abandoned on the outskirts
of Fargo Sunday morning. A ship
ment of 100000 in currency was
made by the National Bank of Wahpe-
ton to the Colfax bank Saturday eve
ming, and if the robbers had delayed
their efforts another day, it is prob
able that they would have secured
a much larger haul. No trace of the
robbers has yet been found, but sys-
tematic hunt is being conducted, and
no doubt the police and sheriff's offices
and the private detectives will be able
Ot caDt,Ire the mon ovort,,a11v