The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-05-09

! government anu IS HOW lOlulHS all
important position in France.
Editor Kendall of the Granville
Herald was compelled to turn down
the position of acting postm aster of
Granville because of the shortage of
help in his office The postmaster re-
signed last August and up to the pres
! ent time no one has been appointed to
take his place.
We note an article in the Dickinson
| Press that E. l.. Peterson received
word last week that Fred Peterson
had been seriously wounded in
| France. Fred enlisted last summer in
Co. E at Langdon and is now a mem
Der of the 10th Trench Mortar Bat
terry. He was resident of Milton for
several years and was employed in the
Globe office up to the time he enlist
! ed
John Knudsvig returned last week
from Iowa, called by the death of his
mother. He was met at Rugby by his
wife and Harry Amsbaugh, and re-
turning home by auto, crossed the 500
at OmeWee at too fast clip. AS
result both Mr.. and Mrs. ,Knudsvig
| were badly disfigured, their faces hav-
ing come into violent contact with the
top of the car.
Another development in the long
drawn out contest over the Bowman
postoffice is at hand, as a result Of
the appointment by President Wilson
of A. l.. Young to the office If
Young is confirmed, he will relieve
Ralph Haywood, appointed some time
ago to relieve Mrs. Lillian Totten, re-
moved because of her association with
the famous Kate Richards O'Hare
case.
The editor of the Hannah Moon
says: "It is alarming how many of
our broadguaged educators are leav-
ing the state of North Dakota. Pres,
ident McVey of the u, Thos. Cooper
of the A. c., and now President Nc
Farlane of the state normal school at
Valley City 1t is to be regretted that
men of this calibre are being driven
from one of the most promising states
in the union. How long will cheap
political trickery be allowed to domi-
nate the great educational institu-
tons of North Dakota?"
Nine field parties from the state
engineers office are at work in var
ious parts of the state making pre-
liminary surveys for federal aid road
construction work for next year, ac-
cording to State Engineer Bliss. The
engineers are at work in Trail, Steele,
LaMoure, Barnes, Hettinger, Towner,
Ransom, Bottineau, Stutsman, Ward,
Renville and Divide counties The
state engineers office expect to have
400 miles Of road under construction
each year, and the preliminary sur
veys for next years work are being
made at this time
The graded road can be kept in the
best condition with the least labor by
using the road drag. The road drag
scrapes off the projections and fills
up the low places thus leaving no
places for water to stand, which is
what causes the road bed to soften
and be cut into ruts. A persistent use
Of the road drag will keep the road
bed well crowned, smooth and hard,
and this will result in the least dust,
as the dust comes largely from the
? grinding up of the ruts and rough
places left by the horses feet.
The Crosby-Ambrose electric light
ing system at the county seat Of Di-
, vide county went up in smoke early
Wednesday morning. The plant was
: located in the rear end of the city gar
: age and Fl automobiles were also con-
: sumed The fire started about 1890
: o'clock Wednesday morning from a
| cause unknown. The two cities will
be without lights, it is thought, for a
period of ten days. It is reported that
3 Kately & Huso, the owners, hope to
e have the engines repaired in as short
time as possible and continue the ser
: vice.