The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-07
NORTH DAKOTA news

Rev. Hoefrening, who lives north
fire on Wednesday Of last week.
A. Mcdonald, of Sanish, a former
hotel man of Minot, lost his barn and
several stacks of hay from fire last
week.
Ed Peterson of Ryder, purchased
the C. j. Amundson quarter, five miles
south Of that city. Consideration $50
per acre.
DR.. B. E. Lord, formerly of Glen
burn, was run down at Great Falls,
Mont, recently and seriously injured.
His auto was struck by street car
and completely wrecked.
The Standard Oil station at Wah-
peton, N. D. was blown last Monday
morning and the robbers got away
with $500 in currency. So far they
have not been apprehended.
The schools on the Berthold reser-
walton were closed for three days last
week in order to give the teachers and
students an opportunity to take in
the big Indian fair held at Elbo-
woods.
we learn CIldI IHc HOCcl az OVcIly
was destroyed by fire at late hour
Monday night, the loss being almost
total as only few articles Of cloth
ing and small amount of furniture
was saved.
"A fatal shooting accident occurred
south Of Cayuga near Lake Tewau-
kon Tuesday when Raymond Keiffer,
was accidently shot and killed by his
little brother. While out hunting Jack
Paczkowski drove up to talk to his
sister, Mrs. Keiffer. The youngsters
climbed on the car and Sfound the
automatic shotgun, and while examin-
ing it the four-year-old boy pulled
the trigger, shooting his brother thru
the head. Death was instantaneous.
Thieves entered two Darlington
places last Thursday night. At the
Standard Oil Co. service station en-
trance was gained by cutting out
small piece from the window light
and unlatching the window fastener.
From the till $34.88 and two coupon
books were taken. Nothing was got
from the safe. Evidently the same
thieves broke window in the office
of the Northern Pacific depot, the
same night, but nothing was taken
from the depot.
Sheriff Scofeld of Renville county,
captured two men and woman, the
wife Of one of them, just as they were
leaving Mohall Sunday night with
substantial amount of Canadian liz
uor. They were arrested and held in
Jail for trial. They were driving
Ford cars which carried Nebaska
licenses. At their hearing Tuesday
it was learned that the prisoners were
from New Rockford. Each had eight
cases of whiskey. They were fined
5000 apiece and released.
On Thursday morning, Bernatz &
Sedivy Of Lidgerwood found that dur
ing the night, their office had been
broken into by burglars and the safe
carried outside and across the rail-
road tracks and turned up on it's top
and the bottom dug out, permitting
the burglars to take the money out
Of the drawer. They got about $500,
5000 in cash and about $500 in checks.
Payment on the checks was stopped.
At present there is no clue to- the
burglars or their identity. H
Last week Atty. E. J. Donovan,
and wife, Of Langdon, started out to
enjoy short vacation and drove to
St. Paul in new Buick automobile
that was purchased short time ago.
On Friday evening they attended the
Metropolitan Theatre and parked the
car near the theatre. Mr.. Donovan
locked the car but the thieves evil
IDENTIFY found little trouble in rele9s-
ing the lock and made a clean get
away with the car. Not a single
trace has been found of it to date.