The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-23
BRIEF STATE NEWS

The Lutherans of Neville have COM
pleted handsome $4,000 church that
as seating capacity of 400.
Seventy-five per cent of the people
of Nelson county have become men,
bers Of the Red Cross.
The Jamestown city council is dis
cussing the feasibility Of paving the
main streets Of that city.
Judge Fisk will open term of court
at Crosby Jan. 20. There are large
number of cases on the calendar.
The Transfers of Grand Forks have
organized union and will apply for
charter from the International
Brotherhood of. Transfers.
IA. j., Kavanaugh will erect the
alter at Grand Forks, costing about
100000 1t will relace the Grand
destroyed by fire recently.
The demand for marriage licenses
fell off IA in Stutsman county in 1918
from the record of the year before.
The war is blamed.
Towner had a slight fire scare re-
Gently, when fire started in the w.
R. G. hall. Damage small
D.. M. Noah. sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for. life, and who escaped last
month, has been located and it is
believed he is now in Mexico.
| DR.. Allen of Towner, was called 20
Illinois last week by the death of his
uncle and the serious illness of his
father
Mrs. Myrtle Graham, formerly If
Balfour, was married to Harry Hoff-
ner, a wealthy Montana farmer, at
Havre, New Years Day.
The Towner light plant announces
discrimination of power, service
Tuesday forenoons. Dad will now have
to go without his shirt ironed.
School hours were changed at Gran
vile last week 1t starts at 9:2O in
the morning and the time is made up
by shortening the recess periods.
The Sanish fire department has
made Editor Pickering its chief. The
department owns 5000 in Liberty
Bonds, that goes to show the Sanish
department is patriotic.
M. F.. Flaherty, age 81, printer
in the employ of the Richland County
Farmer, was struck by G. N. passen-
ger train No. ID, at the Third street
crossing on Thursday evening about
o'clock, and so injured that he died
before he reached the hospital.
Notice has been served on O. J..
Kaufman, manager Of the Velva Elec-
trio Co., by the city council to show
cause why the contract for the city
lighting should not be terminateh..
Tho hnx
tory.
The contest for the Office Of state
senator from this district in McHenry
county resulted in E. H. Kendall Of
Norch being given the seat. The con-
test was started by D. H. Hamilton.
the defeated candidate, but recount
Of the votes gave Mr.. Kendall ma
jority Of 80, one more vote than was
given him by the county canvassing
board.
Partly encased in ice and evidently
having lain there for several days,
Ray Williams, a Mckenzie county
rancher, was found eight miles south
west Of Williston on the Missouri
river.
He was discovered by Jack Mac
1ntOsh wo was hauling oil to Tren-
ton. G. C.aMackenroth, county sheriff
was summoned. Mr.. Mackenroth, ac-
companied by P. C. Hamre, county
coroner, brought the body to Willis
ton for the coroner's inquest.
The inquest revealed no evidences
Of foul play. It is thought the man
became chilled and numbed and iay
down on the ice and Immediately froze
to death. There were air holes in the
ice, allowing the water to wash partly
over the dead man.
Last Seen Dec. 20.
He was last seen in Alexander onl
Dec. 80 and was found Jan. II. Pa