The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-04-01
NORTH DAKOTA news

The ice in the Yellowstone river
went out last week near Buford.
Hank Marean, the big Glenburn
farmer, lost twenty head Of sheep in
the blizzard of last week.
The Van Hook city schools have
closed to prevent the spread Of the
flu epidemic which seems prevalent
in that locality.
The Williston Commercial Club an
nounces the appearance of Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Owens, daughter Of VIM. J.
Bryan, in their city on April IL Mrs.
While no human lives were lost in
the vicinity of Keil, N. D., reports
come to W that hundreds Of head of
stock persisted during the recent bliz-
card.
The big Missouri river is open at
Sanish, the ice going out last Tues
day and the water is reported to have
raised over nine feet in twenty-four
hours.
A new $45,OO0 high school will be
built in the city Of Ray this summer
unless some unforeseen event occurs
to upset the plans Of the school board
of that city.
While trying to cross the Missouri
river at Sanish before the ice went
out, s. C. Fadden lost a valuable
horse. After calling help, Mr.. Fad
den managed to recover his rig and
one horse.
Major Makee, who will be remem-
bered by many old time residents of
Ward county, and who lived here for
many years, is reported seriously ill
at San Diego, Calf. The Major is
past 80 years Of age.
A Pembina county farmer, writing
to his local paper makes the state
ment that the Bank of North Dakota
has nearly as many employees as the
State of North Dakota had before the
Townley crew took possession.
Senator Hughes of Bismarck has
made arrangements to erect twenty
five new homes in that city and sell
them to the homeless at cost price.
It looks as though this man should be
elected to office for another term.
Suffering from the effects of the flu,
John Frost, prominent young farm
err living north of Ray, committed
suicide last Thursday by hanging him
self to the rafters in the barn belong
ing to his employer, Fritz Anderson.
The county commissioners Of both
Morton and Burleigh counties held a
joint meeting last week to let the con-
tract for the piers for the new wagon
and foot bridge to be built across the
river between Mandan and Bismarck.
Carl Disregard, of Devils Lake, af-
ter making visit to Kenmare, has
decided to establish creamery in
that city and as result has leased
the old Kahellek creamery building
and the station will soon be in opera
ton.
People living in the lowlands of
the Missouri river between Williston
and Fort Yates have been notified to
take their valuables and move onto
higher ground on account of the ex-
pected high water which it is said
may come soon.
Owens comes to Williston to talk and
just what her subject will be is not
stated but it will not doubt be in
teresting. The speaker is now the
wife of British officer and was with
her husband in Palestine when the
British army took the Holy land.
Moses Polonsky, a prominent and
respected business man of Wilton, was
shot to death last Monday morning
at his own home by his brotherin-
law one Morris Meadow. The shoot
ing occurred after a heated argument
over family affairs. Before he died
Folonsky is said to have made an af-
fidavit to the effect that Moses Mea-
dow did the shooting with % cali
bre revolver.
The coal operators in the western
part of the state won out in their
case before the state compensation
bureau at Bismarck last, week against
the state of North Dakota. Attorney
M. F. Gilmer, of Williston, represent
ed the operators in the three cases
tried. The controversy arose over
the accidental killing of Amos Sarff
and the injuring Of two other miners
at the Avoca mine while it was under
control of the state and under mar
tial law.