The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-04-22
NORTH DAKOTA news.

| Merchants and businessmen Of
| Sherwood have organized an Overall
Club.
Westhope is reported to have had
a scarlet fever epidemic but not Sc
rious. I,
The Van Hook Tribune records the
death of five infants in one week from
that vicinity.
the farmers heap of trouble in the
vicinity of Fessenden.
The Electric Light plant at Alamo
was destroyed by fire on Tuesday of
last week. Origin unknown.
Illinois farmers are locating near
Tolley in groups this spring. Mod
crate price land brings them in.
Flaxton had coal shortage last
week and some of the old timers got
worried until the weather moderated.
Musicians at the town of BerthOld
held mass meeting and decided to
organize band for the summer sea-
son.
Clyde West, Williston rancher, is
Offering 5000 reward for the person
or persons who shot three very valu-
able horses, since November.
A new band has been organized
at Norma, so comes the news. The
organization is calling itself the 'Non-
partisan Band of Renville County.
Two valuable cows belonging to Ed.
Ericsson, Of Sanish, ate too much fax
screenings that had been thrown on
the ground and now he is short of
milk.
The Farmers and Merchants State
Bank Of White Earth. have sold their
bank building in that city and will
move their business to Manitou about
May 1st.
Preliminary work on the new state
Dormitory to be erected at Dickinson
was started last week and the Normal
school will be doing business like an
old school next term.
DR.. Moffit, of Donnybrook until re-
Gently, has pulled down his single
in that town and taken up residence
in Crosby where he will continue the
practice of medicine.
Grade Jersey cows sold from $137.5OI
to $151.O0 at the j. D. Price sale att
killdeer last week. It is claimed that
$751; is the highest price ever paid
for one COW in Dunn county.
Douglas Bailey, a nine year old lad
OF Darlington, was wounded while
playing with a rifle last week. He has
slight chances for recovery. The gun
was a 20 calibre used for target
practice.
A forty foot vein of bituminous coal
was discovered recently near Buford
on the line between North Dakota
and Montana. The vein was struck
after drillers had gone thru 300 feet
of hard shale.
The Mclean County Independent,
a Brlnton sheet, used it's editorial
column last week for the purpose of
retracting misstatemeiits and apollo
giving to the ladies of Garrison for
alleged insults.
The 500 Line refused to haul the
Al cases of booze recently captured
near Donnybrook, after it had been
struggled thru from Canada, and the
cargo was taken to Kenmare where
it may be destroyed.
Twenty five booze manufacturers are
slated for arrest at Linton, several
Others were arrested last week and it !
is said that the lady of one of the
housese where the dope was distilled
put up a husky scrap with the sher-
State tax commissioner Wallace is
authority for the statement that the
total 1919 tax for road and bridge
purposes is $843,s73.72. This includes
$486, Of the motor vehicle reg
istry tax, the tax levy for general
purposes is reported to be $685.
952.00.
o. A. Leer, q former register Of
deeds of Richland county and now 4
resident Of Fargo, and who has been
spending the winter in California, en-
countered gang of confidence meni
while in San Francisco recently, and
was swindled out of sixteen thousand
dollars. He has mortgaged his Fargoj
home to make good the loss.-
PRUNE CURRANT RIISHES