The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-10-30
BRIEF STATE NEWS


err Of the Drake News, has accepted a
position in the Drake schools. Looks
like Brother Della hasn't improved the
situation much; sort of ''from the
frying pan into the fire" stunt.
The Farmers Press office and Hotel
Pendroy at Towner each have INSTALL
ed independent lighting systems. The
Towner electric lighting plant has
not been giving very satisfactory SER
vice and there has been some talk of
the plant being taken over by the city.
Profs. P. 7. Trowbridge and G. w.
Randlett of the state A. c. are tour
ing the state with samples Of cured
horse flesh as substitute for beef.
They give demonstrations of horse
killing and meat-cutting. New Eng
land Mott and neighboring towns are
on this weeks schedule.
In decision handed down Tuesday
the supreme court upholds the right
of Miss Nelson, state superintendent,
to fix the course of study for the
schools of the state. Her right is not
held to be constitutional, however,
and a writ restraining the board of
administration from interfering was
denied.
j. w. Foley, the we'll known North
Dakota poet, who suffered a nervous
break down the latter part Of the war,
his collapse being brought on by
strenuous work in the military camps,
has recovered, and is now associate
editor of the Pasadena, CAL, Post,
Foley spent his boyhood days at Me-
dora and is we'll known throughout
the state. He was at one time editor
of the Bismarck Tribune.
Miss Dorothy Harris, St. Paul, Min
nesota, has written to Stark county
authorities regarding 81. C. r." being
of the opinion that the "Man of Mys-
terry" is her father who mysteriously
disappeared from home in the spring
of 1907. Miss Harris states that
many of the circumstances in the case
point to possibility of 81. G. R." be-
ing her father. Miss Harris is now
20 years of age, being only eight
years of age at the time her father
disappeared.
Miss Annie McCurdy, superintend-
ent of school of Williams county, and
w. G.. Owens were at Grenora last
week to attend the ceremonies attend
ant to the laying of the cornerstone
of the new $4,000 school building.
Mr.. Owens gave an interesting talk,
and Miss McCurdy was given the
honor of laying the cornerstone in
which were placed the records Of the
organization of the school district, and
a resume of the present conditions of
the school district.
The Plaza flour mill burned to the
ground Saturday noon, and is total
loss. Mr.. Acres, the proprietor, was
warming the engine with small
torch preparatory to starting it, when
some sacks lying close became ignited
from the torch. While endeavoring to
extinguish this, the fumes, with which
the room was filled, suddenly became
ignited and the whole structure was
on fire. 1t is reported about $1,000
worth of grain was stored in the mill
which is a total loss.
Miss Mary Jacoshenk of the Van
Hook Tribune force received the sad
news Monday that her father hadI
passed away Sunday night at the
home near Dogden. She left for her
home Tuesday morning. An intima-
ton of suspected foul play in the
case of the fathers death was had|
when the physicians ordered an exam
nation and the stomach Of the deceas-
ed was taken out and sent to Fargo.
Further developments are awaited
with a possibility Of arrests for muir
der.
Mrs. Nettie Doughty, 40 years and
7 months old, is dead at her home ind
Twin Butte township south of Am
brose, result of strychnine poisoning
The case is suicide and occurred in
the home last Sunday afternoon, and
the act was contemplated as evidenced
by brief note to tbe family, which
was found shortly after the death of
the woman. County Coroner Murphy
was Immediately notified and went to
that it was a case Of self destruction
he deemed an inquest unnecessary.
The dead woman was born in Iowa
and is survived by her husband, Chas.
Doughty, and three small children.
Albert N. Brooks dead and buried
and still no word from the civil au
thorities of Columbus, Ohio, there are
many familiar with the incident of the
dramatic confession of murder BY
Brooks at Mandan two weeks ago who
are inclined to doubt the verify of the
affair. Some of the doctors and law
ycIS WHO ,DeCdIHe Interested III Cno
case advance the opinion that the old
man had not been entirely right for
some time and had grown morbid.
manufacturing the strange confession
from his distorted imagination The
word that States Attorney L. H. Con-
molly awaits from Columbus will more
or less definitely settle the matter.
Brooks died Sunday evening at Man
dan hospital, where he had been re-
moved several days before in feeble
condition. The only family connec-
ton found was niece, Grace Brooks,
in Minneapolis, who wired Instructions
to send the body there, which was
done Wednesday. John Kennedy ac-
companied the remains and burial was
made in a family plot in that city
Brooks had been in Mandan eight
months, doing odd jobs, and his con
fession of the murder of his wife in
Columbus rs years ago came as al
dramatic surprise to local authori-
ties.
So far as can be learned no food
and h,1t little water rassed the Inns Of