The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-09-23
NORTH DAKOTA news

Geo. Williams, ST., of Westhope,
died from blood poison Sept. 9th after
a weeks illness.
The two-year-old son of Roy Ladd
of near Tolley fell into a farm reser-
voir last week and was drowned.
Two whiskey runners were captured
near Glen Even by Canadian officials
Sunday night, several shots being
fired.
North Dakota Bankers Association
has declared war on burglars and Of
fers large rewards for their capture
dead or alive.
The census bureau gives Ward
county 28,811 inhabitants, an increase
bf $3.50 in ten years. Donnybrook is
given 267 against 297 in 1910.
A motion will be filed within ten
days in district court at Washburn
asking for new trial for Henry Lay
err, self-confessed slayer of eight peo-
pie at Turtle Lake last April.
T. J. Hooking, who owned and pub
lished the Antler American quite a
number of years ago and who has been
publishing the Glasgow, Mont, Cour-
Ter for several years, was recently
chosen president Of the Montana Press
Association.
The Devils Lake World has been
sold again, this time by the former
owner, Mr.. Miller, who has had pos
session little over two months, to a
company of farmer stockholders of
Ramsey county. The new manage
ment states that the paper will be Gin
dependent" in it's politics, without any
partisan bias. We shall watch with
for the fitting development of
its independence" and wish for the
paper much deserved prosperity.
Two fellows from Canada went to
Sansh one day last week with booze.
They planted the cargo along the river
and went into town to
take orders. In the meantime some
harvest hands heard about the deposit
up the river and started out to inves-
tigate and discovered the carefully
hidden bottles in a cluster Of bushes.
When it came time for the peddlers to
deliver the goods they very carefully
sought their retreat only to find that
every doggone bottle had disappeared.
The September LIST government crop
report places the 1920 North Dakota
wheat crop at 70,574,000 bushels COM
pared with 53,613,000 last year and the
five year average S5,912,000 bushels.
The report says the state production
of corn and potatoes is below the av-
erage, due to the hot dry, weather in
August. The hot weather was what
the corn in this territory needed, and
much of it has not been frosted and is
a good crop.
VIM. Larson and son Kenneth of
Donnybrook were struck by lightning
while on load of hay last Friday.
Both were knocked down and stunned.
When Mr.. Larson got up the team
had started to run but he still held
onto the lines and got the horses stop
ped. The boy was still down but re-
covered quickly. Mr.. Larson found
that button on his cap was shattered
by the stroke and the boy said he had
seen flash as of ire, on his fathers
head when the lightning struck. 1t
was a narrow escape from serious in
Jury.
j. w. Brinton anl G. vi. Brinton of
resscnlen, claim to own 999 shares of
lie 1000 in the Burleigh County
Farmers Press, the newspaper plant
now in dispute between the league
and the traitors" 1t is said farmers
Of Burleigh county paid $4,000 and
supposed they owned the newspaper.
The state home building department
is charged with having a payroll in
the office of $4,000 month, enough
o1,or1oooI ooe+ ~ ox,or1,
building put up Of $1,000.
Secretary of State Thomas Hall has
received official notification from
of the passage of the
equal suffrage amendment. Women
will vote on all offices in North Da-
sota this fall without further legisla- !
ion. /,
John Read, a twelve year old
Haynes boy, was dangerously wound
ed when a charge from shotgun
penetrated his abdomen as he at
;empted to pull the weapon toward
lin through fence, causing it to be
accidently discharged But little
hopes are entertained for his recov-
cry i
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. L. /,
Haynes, is near death as the result of |
thinking a quantity of gasoline.
The office of the Killdeer Herald
las been moved into the street to per-
nit the progress of excavations for
he new building which Editor DOH
erty will erect.
: rancis, the l3-year-old son of Mr..
md Mrs. Matt Meyer, near Mott,
;akes great pride in his achievement
If running down a coyote on the pra-
RE near his home. The lad spied the
ANIMAL whi.e on the way home from
he field at noon and after eating his
lii ner he mounted a horse and cap
'~ed TIE animal with little difficulty,
.fter which he took the pelt to Mott,
where he proudly exhibited it.