The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-10-02
BRIEF STATE NEWS


soldiers and sailors was held today.
Douglas Glib has sold the City
Meat Market at Sanish to Sam Skad-
ron of Arnegard.
Nine cars of Montana sheep are fat
tening on the nutritious grass in the
vicinity of Palermo.
The City Meat Market at Ryder
has closed until cold weather on ac-
count of an ice famine.
Yeggs robbed the MCGEE & Thue
store at Wheelock, getting away with
$4O0 worth of merchandise.
The costliest watch in the world is
jeweled time piece in possession of
the Pope. 1t is worth 100000.
Ryder farmers are paying so much
attention to dairying that they are
talking Of building cooperative
creamery.
H. j. Peerboom, of Ray, pleaded
guilty to stealing five bushels of flax.
Judge Fisk gave him years sus-
pended sentence.
Jack Carter, guard at the state
penitentiary for many years, is en-
joying his annual vacation at his
ranch near Sanish.
Wheat on potato land at Berthold
this year averaged II bushels while
that on adjoining land averaged q
bushels. Potatoes pay.
E. M. Smith of Williston, arrested
for wife desertion, was dismissed. He
was re-arrested charged with unlaw-
full Capitalization and bail fixed at $500.
Sherwood farmers bought car load
of Montana sheep and are starting in
the business with ten or twelve head
each. There is not farm animal that
pays better.
Some "sportsmen" shot about twen-
ty turkeys for farmer in the Bal
four vicinity. And then they wonder
why the farmers post mo hunting
signs on their premises.
j. W. R. H. De La has sold the
Drake News to the Nonpartisan league
syndicate, which now owns two news
papers in McHenry county, the other
being the paper at Towner.
The Sherwood Tribune makes this
timely suggestion: IF the town were
only fenced, herd of sheep could be
turned loose to clean up the weeds a
lot of town folks have been too busy
to cut"
Nels yverson of Mohall shipped in
five cars of sheep from the Fort Tot
ten Indian reservation which he is
selling to Mohall farmers. Lansford
farmers bought two cars of sheep.
Fine business.
The Buford- Trenton irrigation pro-
ject abandoned several years ago, may
be operated again. w. S. Arthur, SUI
perintendent of the U. S. Reclamation
service board, visited Buford Thursday
and conferred with the farmers.
The James Meagher farm residence
near Mohall was destroyed by fire
Thursday morning, together with
practically all of the contents. Mr..
Meagher was away and Mrs. .Meagher
had taken the children to school.
John H. Snyder, McGregor pool hall
owner, who shot and killed William B.
King, is held in the Williams county
Jail under $4,000 bond. The murder
occurred after King had smashed a
bottle over slot machine in the pool
hall.
A. c. Townley, president of the
Nonpartisan league, addressed a
meeting Of 200 farmers at Stanley
Tuesday night Of last week and as a.
result four organizers are at work
securing members for United Stores
Co. for Stanley.
John Hagen of Sherwood stopped
his Ford one night recently to give
stranger some gasoline from his car.
Hagen's lights went out and another
auto ran into his machine, running it
over Hagen. His leg was broken and
his body bruised.
Jack Nichols, formerly of Minot,
was thrown from his horse at his home
near Sanish. He was racing with his
son to the barn when his horse jump
thrown off and his collar bone and
several ribs were broken.
The Sanish Sentinel has installed a
large job press which will be used for
job and newspaper work. Editor Pick
ering; who has been using the old
Washington hand press, will have to
start a golf club or work out some
other scheme to get his exercise.
j. j. Winderl, the Glenburn con-
tractor, carries a display advertise
ment in the Glenburn Advance, which
reminds the writer that Mr.. Winderl
built his claim shanty on his home
stead eighteen years ago. Well rec
ommend Winderl's work for the shack
is still in service.
A Bantry wiseacre says: "Now is
the time to buy North Dakota land,
not to sell it," But there is really
very little gained if you have to sell
what you already have just for the
fun of buying something. On the
other hand, when land transfers in
crease land values climb. A drug on
the market never brought premium.
A number Of farmers are sowing
rye on stubble land to ascertain if
this is a good way to raise grasshop-
pers or not. The state agricultural
| college warned farmers that this
would surely produce bumper crop
Of the grasshoppers and the results
will be carefully watched. Many
/ farmers examined their stuhhle fields