The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-02
The Fargo auto show will be held
February 5 to 3.

North Dakota is short So, 10000 o
its quota of the sale of w, S, S.
E. M. Patton, former Cass count!
clerk of court, died at Casselton.
Leo T.. StOvern Of Roseglen, was re-
ported as killed in action in France.
The last issue Of the Plaza Pioneer
reported Roy Worsley alive, but crit
ically ill.
The town marshal at Sanish serves
notice one must not throw ashes in
| the street.
George Holman, of Valley City
has been cited for bravery in action
in France.
Hog cholera has made it's appear
ance in Stutsman county and is taking
heavy toll.
About $4,000 worth of furs have
been shipped out of the La Moure dis
trict this year.
Six children of the John Bower fam
lily near Elgin died of pneumonia fol-
lowing influenza.
The annual show of the North Da-
kota Poultry association will be held
at Fargo Jan. ID to II.
Hugh William Eratinger, residing
near Hanks, Williams county, shot
and killed himself while insane.
Corp. Allen R. Welsh, of Fargo,
narrowly escaped death at Camp Gus
ter when his rifle was accidentally dis
charged.
The first general meeting of the
North Dakota Independent Voters as
ISOLATION will De held at Bismarck
Jan. goth.
The French Symphony orchestra
which was to have appeared in Fargo
this winter has Cancelled it's date for
that city.
The report that Captain Gray of
the jamestown company, of First
North Dakota, was killed in France
has been denied.
Earl Clayson, a Fargo boy, wrote
home that he was eight hours in an
open boat after his ship had been tor
pedoed by sub.
The American Red eros will be the
chief aid Of the government employ
ment service in finding jobs for re-
turned North Dakota soldiers.
DR.. E. F. Ladd, food administrator
for North Dakota, has been ordered
to close up details of food administra-
ton work as soon as possible.
A woman farm manager of Worces-
ter, Mass, wants job in North Dako-
ia. She's q, and graduate Of Bryn
Mawr and the school of agriculture of
Cornell university.
Judge G. A. Pollock of Fargo had
the distinguished honor of introducing
William Jennings Bryan at the Meth
odlst Temperance society's meeting
held at Washington.
Twelve arrested on charge of boot
Logging and maintaining public NUS
ance in raid by Fargo and Cass
county officials in Fargo last Satur-
day night and Sunday morning.
Ruling out of the house with the
alleged avowed intent of shooting a
neighbor across the street, Mike Sno-
her, an Austrian miner, accidentally
shot Katie Holzuk, five years old, ly-
ing in bed inside the house, at Viii
ton.
The largest land deal that has been
closed in this vicinity for some time
was when Albert G. Wells of Aneta
North Dakota, sold ten quarter sec
lions Of his land near Aneta to Ed
ward F. Fiebinger and Edward Tim
perth of Jessie, North Dakota, a,
$500 per acre. amounting to $685.
Last Wednesday evening as Segfred
Johnson and his sister Judith anG
Bert Bendickson were on their way
to Max after the mail and were on the
crossing just south of the John Lind.
quist farm, they were hit by the pas.
senger train going to Bismarck. Bert
Bendickson was killed instantly and
his body was taken into Garrison
where an inquest will be held, and
Segfred Johnon, whose wrist was
broken, and his sister, Judith, who
had her collar bone broken and deer
cash cut in her head when she jumped
from the car, were taken to the hos
pital at Bismarck where they will re-
ceive medical attention.
Wayne File, a well known young
man or Marmarth, was fatally in.
jured in fall from an automobile q
few days ago, and died IL hours after
the accident without regaining con-
seriousness. File, together with
Charles Larson and Jimmie Gantz
were returning from Baker, Mont
when the accident happened While
at Baker the radiator of the cal
froze up, causing trouble with the
cooling system on the return trip. In
effort to thaw the frozen pipes robe
was placed over the radiator, but this
kept slipping off. Finally File crawl.
ed out on the running board, and by
clinging to the wind shield with his
left hand and holding the robe with
his right he managed to keep it in
place. All went we'll until the cal
struck sudden down grade, and the
unfortunate man was shaken from the
rapidly moving car to the frozen
ground, his head striking with such
force that the right side of the skull
was crushed.