The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-16

port News, Virginia. He is the first
Velva boy to return from overseas.
A travelling man is said to have
dropped off the night train at Fargo
recently, and after finding several of
the hotel doors locked remarked that
it was the first time in his life that
he had seen electric lights in ceme-
terry.
Amidon is now without hotel.
G. A. Erickson, who has been in
charge Of the Amidon hotel for the
past year, has closed up shop and will
soon move to the eastern part of the
state. The barber shop will also be
closed.
Two weeks ago she prevailed upon
her husband to go out in the garden
and dig up frozen rhubarb root. She
placed this in bog of dirt in the base
ment Of the house near the furnace.
This week she picked rhubarb stalks
from the plant, twelve inches long
and three inches in circumference.
There is some fear expressed that
grasshoppers may do much harm the
coming season. There will be meet
ing at. Towner January 10 and one at
Velva January 20, to discuss ways
and means of putting up a fight
against the pests the coming year.
The first meeting at Towner was poor
ly attended because it was not well
advertised and the farmers did not
know about it. It is thought that
proper precautionary measures may
prevent damage in 1919.
News was received here the first of
the week that Al. Walstad, druggist,
of Larson, dropped dead on the streets
of Columbus, Monday. Mr.. Walstad
proved up claim south Of Crosby in
the early days. At one time he was
employed in drug store in that city.
For the past several years he has been
conductin" a drug store at Larson.
He was also postmaster there for some
time. He was moving his stock to
Columbus when death occurred. Ac-
cordino to information received here
he had moved only two loads. Heart
failure is given as the cause of death.
David H. Uglum, the Knox banker
whose accounts were found to be tech
nically 100000 to the bad by State
Examiner J. r. Waters, and who APP
peared before Judge Buttz at Devils
Lake, pleaded guilty to defalcation;
accepted a five-years' sentence, placed
his commitment papers in his pocket
boarded train for Bismarck and per-
sonally delivered himself up to Acting
Warden c. E. Mcdonald, accompanied
only by his counsel, Judge Palda, Of
Minot, after ten days in the North Da-
kota penitentiary does not appear to
be losing any flesh over his incarcer-
alton and is proving a model prisoner.
Crops from Uglum's farm, sale Of
his property and other items have
brought the indebtedness to about
$50, 900, and other assets are in sight
to practically wipe out this balance.
Dan Gately, Familiarity known at
Killdeer as SPEEDY Dan," was found
dead in small shack in the west part
of that town on Friday afternoon,
death undoubtedly being due to ex-
posture and excessive drinking. Prac-
tically all of the hair had been burned
off the unfortunate mans head, and
his shoes were mass o charred leath-
err, Several holes were also burned
in the bedding and floor
John Swanton, another alleged dis
reputable character, occupied the
same shack. Both men evidently had
been indulging in prolonged debauch
on booze mixture concocted by them