The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-10-23
BRIEF STATE NEWS

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The voters of the Reeder school dis
trict will soon vote to decide on>a site
for the new school house.
There is great demand for houses
in Page this fall. Many sales of vii
lage property have forced tenants to
vacate.
Four special trains containing 1872
cars of fine beef cattle have been
shipped from Killdeer the past two
weeks to the Chicago market.
Despite the short crop, recent re-
ports of both of McHenry's banks
show progressive prosperous con-
ditions in this section of Foster coun-
ty.
Several thousand head of sheep are
being brought to Golden Valley coun-
ty by farmers of that section. Ship
ments are now arriving at the rate CT
l 900 head a week.
In an automobile crash in which the
car Gwas turned completely over, Al
bert Lanterman and his son, E. r.
Lanterman, miracuously escaped be-
ing killed at Dickinson.
The crew of workers who arrived
in New England five weeks ago to in
stall a new complete metallic circuit
telephone, connecting New England
and Amidon, have finished the work
Velva's city water supply is pure
and safe for all drinking and house
hold purposes, according to DR.. E. F.
Ladd, Of the Agricultural college, in
a letter to Water Commissioner A. G.
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Challoner,
and little daughter sailed on Oct. IL
from Seattle for Shanghai, China,
where they will make their home. Mr..
Challoner is former resident of
jamestown.
Vernon L. McCutcheon and Miss
: Marjorie Johnson of Dickinson re-
Gently married in Minneapolis, left for
, New York from which point they sail
ed for Peru, South America, on their
wedding trip.
G. L. Baumgardener of Napoleon,
is at Bismarck hospital, from in
Ijuries about the head He fell from
a hay wagon on farm near Napol-
con, when sudden jolt caused him
to lose his balance.
John Falk,, Is years, son of Martin
IFalk Of Courtenay, is in a hospital
the result of an accidental discharge
of his hunting companions.
In spite of dry weather, William
Westmeyer of New Salem raised
few sweet potatoes as novelty, which
proves that they can be raised in Da-
I kota. Two hundred sweet potato
! plants were set out, and had the year
I been more favorable there might have
! been great crop.
I Gov Lynn J. Frazier, of North Da-
! kota, joined with Thomas Hall, At
: torney General William LANCER and
: Carl Kositzky, as members of the
state board of university and school
lands, in a resolution withdrawing
kota to retire state bonds which will
soon fall due. One paragraph 81
the resolution says that the bank els
leaning money to farmers of the state
at rate of percent interest and
using the profits to pay exorbitant
salaries and needless expenses Gov
ernor Frazier explained that he fav-
ored the resolution but that he OBJ
jected to the language used.
Drawn under by the suction CT the
flying train, Miss Regina Wolf was
struck by car vestibule Of Great
Northern train No. at the depot,
i near St. Joseph, Mimi, and fatally in
office nearby, but died half an hour
bound local to- 90 to St. Cloud Miss
Wolf walked to the edge of the plat
form evidently expecting the Great
Northern train to stop, instead it
rushed past with undiminished speed
and she was dragged under the edge
of the train by the suction. A few
weeks ago she came to St. Benedict's
academy to become a novice. Her
home was in Haugen, NJ D., where the
body will be sent for burial
Two children, aged one and three,
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Siegel of Kar-
ed when the Siegcl farm home was
burned The father was badly burn
ed attempting to rescue the children.
The fire originated during the absence
Of the parents, and the cause cannot
be determined. Mr.. Segel was in a
field, near the house, when he dis
covered smoke arising from the burn
ing house. Mrs. Siegel was in the barn
and was not aware Of the fire until
her husband arrived He broke thu
a door, but the flames had already
progressed so far that he could not
reach the children, one of whom had
been left in the house asleep, while
the other was playing about the resi-
dence.
Failure of the governor to act in
the Beach case wherein Sheriff Pier
zina and Cfatns Atfornov Gala 0hor
were removed from office pending an
investigation of charges preferred by
Golden Valley residents has caused
considerable Speculation. Attorney
T. j. Krause of Mandan, who listened
to the arguments, has stated that
someone made a mistake in trying to
inject politics into the affair. or into
the Bowen murder case. This COM
ing from the governors appointee, is
decidedly interesting. It is known
II that Affornov 1avoc Monahan xuh0