The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-12-04
BRIEF STATE NEWS WIS

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ity club and rented the old hotel build.
ing for headquarters.
| Advertisement in rural New Eng
land weekly: Wanted - A steady
respectable young man to look after
a garden and care for COW who has
a good voice and is accustomed To
sing in the choir"
In connection with the death OF
the little Kottke girl, which occur
red some time ago near Granville,
a complaint has been filed by the
states attorney, charging Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Zimmerman with first
degree murder.
The people of Riga are not sat
isfied with the mail service at that
point. The postoffice has been dis
continued and a mail route has been
denied petitioners, but the good peo-
rlc stii. have horcs Of being granted
some concession.
Ben Sisley, quarter breed Indian
and formerly an accomplish OF w.
H. Hardy Of Dickinson, the well
known cattle rustler, has been taken
into custody at Colfax, Wash, and
will be returned here for trial. Sis
ley, it is alleged, stole II head Of
cattle from Oscar Undergrad, who
lives north of Belfield. He is charged
with grand larceny in both Stark
and Billings counties and will be
tried here.
Guy Davis of Emerald, aged 81
years, fell to his death in elevator
shaft at the Equity Cooperative
Packing company's plart in West
Fargo. The body was found by en-
ployes. The assumption is that he
meat death about six o'clock in the
evening, for he failed to check out
from work. He had been in the COM
pany employ about month, and had
been living at West Fargo. Mr.. Davis
was a returned service man, having
served with the First North Dakota
infantry.
Last fall Ole J. Berven OF Iona,
sold an automobile to man by the
name of Edward Moe Moe gave a
check for $500 as part payment and
after he had gone with the car Ber-
ven went to cash his check. He found
that it was no good as Moe had no
funds in the bank on which the check
was drawn. The matter was placed
in the hands Of the authorities and
Sheriff Thompson finally located Moe
at Williston. He can not however
bring him to this county as the au-
thorities out there have him arrested
for forging a check.
The first census taken in the Unit
ed States was during the admins
tration of George Washington and
related solely to population. That
census required more than a years
time. Now the census includes not
only population, but an enumeration
of all stock owned, property owned
debts, cash and data Of scores of mat.
tiers. With all Of this added it is
planned to complete the entire cen
sus in 80 days and have the job al
done by February l. H. D. ALERT, who
| is the supervisor for the first district
of North Dakota informs us that hi
plans to have $50 enumerators al
the work in this district during Jan
uary. At the present time he has
over 100 on contracts, but is still
short about so. The government pay.
the enumerators $500 per day.
Count Ilya Tolstoy, son of the
famous Russian author, speaking OF
"The Truth About Russia" in Crane
Forks, under the auspices of thu
Alumni association Of the state uni
versity, asserted that the Bolshe
wiki comprise less than hall of thu
people Of Russia, but because the
life of Russia is centered in the cit
les Of Petrograd and Moscow, they
were able to control the gov.
eminent. "B shevism means
more" said Count Tolstoy, "and {
bolshevik is one who wants more but
does not want to work for it. Il
originated in the radical wing of thu
Socialist Democratic party in 1909
In speaking of bolshevism in thf
United States, Count Tolstoy asserted
that this country had nothing tt
fear. He likened the American I.
w. W. to the Russian bolsheviks, ant
he asserted that the nations unrest
/ had been created as result Of the
struggle of classes.
/ While in Wisconsin on official bus
mess last week, Sheriff Thompson
of Cavalier county, stopped at the
twin cities to make search for thu
automobile stolen in Munich last fall
I The car was owned by a fellow
named Parr and was stolen by Roy
Hopkins. Mr.. Thompson had traced
Hopkins for the greater part of ths
way to the cities and he had slight
clue to the effect that the car had
been sold at St. Paul. He located
some parties that knew and had
dealt with Hopkins and from them
found that they had witnessed hi.
signature to bill Of sale for al
automobile. This was traced and took
him to the garage where the car wa.
still held. The proprietor had pait
:, Hopkins s65 for the car, which wa!
IA pretty good Chevrolet. The car is
now all repainted and has new sci
Of tires. The car is now in the Gus
tody Of the officials and will be re
turned to the owner.
i The burning Of the tipple hosting
machinery and power plant of tn,
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