The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-05-29

Like the hired girl loves the dishrag
Like the speeder loves to stop;
Like the fat Fifth street saloon men
Love the w. G. T. u,
| Like the brides love the tomcat,
That's how love YOU"
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! The burglar season is at hand, then
cOmeth the bank robber.
Emile E. Watson Of the Ohio indus
trial commission has been appointed
actuary Of the North Dakota work.
mems compensation board.
A live Commercial club has been or
ganized at Edmore, with member
ship representing practically every
business place in the town.
Directors Of the State Historical So
ciety have arranged tentative plans
for the erection Of the memorial build
ing on the state capitol grounds.
S. A. Walker, a brakeman on the
Great Northern road, at New Rock
ford. was killed in fall from a
freight train during high wind storm
a few days ago.
Wahpeton is coming in on the bust
ness resumption program by arrang-
ing to- let contracts for considerable
amount of city paving.
The department of university and
school lands started the Victory loan
campaign by subscribing for $500, 900
of the new government bonds.
Mrs. T. P. Loven, wife Of promi-
nent Lansford merchant, recently died
at Polo Alta, Col, the remains being
shipped to Lahsford for interment.
The business men Of Beach realize
the need of a good hotel in that town
and have decided to erect 4O-room
hotel, modern in every respect. The
building will cost around 10000.
A further evidence that love is I'M
dying comes to the public's attention
when Frank Pavlish and his wife,
Lena, of Dickinson, who have been
voluntarily separated for nine years,
and divorced for the last three, were
remarked.
M. w. Hostetler has sold his 116O
acre farm south of Granville to Min
neapolis parties, taking in trade A.
room apartment house in that city.
Twenty -one Bismarck heat consum-
ers have filed with the state railway
commission petition for hearing on
the case involving rates charged for
electric current and city heat.
In fit of temporary insanity Carl
Nagel, prominent and respected res
ident Of Valley City, took his own life
by cutting his throat with razor.
He had never fully recovered from a
severe attack of the flu.
Cass county commissioners have
appropriated $165,000 for road i'm
provement work for the year 1919.
Sousa's band will be present as one
of the attractions at the Chautauqua
to be held at Valley City on June e..
Citizens and officials of Larimore
are considering the ACCESSIBILITY of in
stalling city water and sewer sys-
tenn
Members of farmers clubs in Ben
son county are preparing for an auto
mobile excursion through the Turtle
mountains next month.
The State Industrial Commission
has issued booklet entitled "The New
Day in North Dakota" in which is CIV
en- some of the progressive measures
of 1919. We have searched the, book
let in vain for the newspaper law. This
law is perhaps one Of the new Jaws
that is not progressive. Ill.,
Fay Taylor, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
a. Taylor of Towner, died III New
York last week. The young man was
gassed in France in August and had
recently returned He was principal
of the schools at Rolla when called in
to the service year ago.
The three Lippman boys of Gran
vile have now been discharged from
the army. The boys did creditable
service.
400 acres of potatoes are being
planted in the vicinity Of Upham this
year. It was paying crop last year.
The Deering Enterprise last week
carried a supplement, a pamphlet of
80 pages edited and published by the
Nonpartisan league, explaining some
Of North Dakota's new laws. The ex-
PLANTATION is from the standpoint of
the Nonpartisan league and the laws
are made to appear very rosy.
State penitentiary convicts have
been staging a number of effective