The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-09-02


made to rush the work because of this
condition.
T. w. Kinsey has been appointed
postmaster at ToWner to succeed w.
A. Holmes and will shortly take over
the Office.
David Schlichenmayer of Turtle
Lake, aged 80, and Mrs. VIM. Paul of
Anamoose, aged IS, were recently
united in marriage. They will move
to California to reside.
The Ray -four mill was burned re-
Gently. T. G. Evenson, the owner, es-
Inmates the loss at $4,000 with but
$4,000 insurance. A large quantity of
-four and 200 bushels of wheat were
burned Fire started in the top of the
mill.
Nick Stein, an old settler of the
Lefor community, was found dead by
his wife in an outbuilding near his
home at that place Thursday after
noon. He had evidently been dead for
several hours when found. He had
been in poor health for some time and
physicians pronounced liver trouble as
the cause of death.
The Mckenzie County Farmer, a
weekly newspaper published in the
interests Of the nonpartisan league
and controlled by subsidiary organ
ization of the league, has announced
its own bankruptcy, stating that the
plant, equipment, ETC., will be sold at
public auction to satisfy a mortgage
Of 81 400 dated in 1917.
Mrs. Mary Burns of Towner is be-
lieved to be the oldest woman in the
United States to take an airplane ride.
She is 81. When Lieutenant Cameron
was there from Bismarck taking up
passengers in his plane he was ap-
preached by the old lady who wished
to go for flight The aviator at first
thought she was joking, but offered to
assist her into the plane. She went
gladly, made several circles in the sky,
and came down smiling. She declared
that the experience made her feel ten
years younger.
The Pioneer Store of Harvey was
entered by burglars some time dur
ing Wednesday night and when the
store was opened on Thursday morn
ing there were AZ pieces of the best
silk in the store which it is estimated
were worth at least $1,000, missing
from the shelves. The burglars gain
ed entrance thru basement window,
going up thru the store room, forcing
the door to the main store. The Of
icers of this and adjoining counties
were promptly notified but up to the
present no clue has been found.
While its pilot was attempting to
make successful landing at Bowman,
where the machine had been giving
passenger flights during the day, the
aeroplane belonging to K. o. Schneid-
err of Fargo, stalled in midair and
made tail dive to earth, wrecking
the plane so badly it could not be re-
paired. Two boy passengers, who
were with the aviator at the time,
escaped without a scratch. Mr.. Schnei-
der, however, was badly bruised about
the face. The plane was dismantled
after the accident and shipped into
Minneapolis, where the parts will be
traded in toward new machine.
Yeggs blew up the strong box in the
Farmers State Bank at Brantford Fri
day night and escaped, without leaving
clue, with about $2,700 in cash and
$4,000 in Liberty bonds. No one in the
village heard the explosion, but about
two miles north around 3 o'clock a
farmer saw an auto going north with.
out lights. The bank clock was stop
ped by the explosion at 2:2O a. m. and
the car seen by the farmer was possib-
ly the one used by the robbers. The
Great Northern depot was robbed of
about $48 by the same gang. The safe
in the depot was not locked. While in
there the robbers cut the telegraph
wires, taking a section Of the wire out
so that repair could not be hurriedly
made. They also took pick axe and
sledge hammer from the depot to be
used on the bank job.
Mrs. Maria Szutiak and her two
sons, Peter and William, arrived on
Monday from Austria, and will make
their home with Ben Szutiak near
Langdon. The former is Ben's mother
and the latter two brothers. They
made the journey here from Austria
in seven weeks, which was not con-
sidered so bad in view of the unsettled
conditions, which made it difficult for
them to get out Of the country. Al
though William is only fifteen years
of age, he served in the Austrian
army during the war, and shows the
effect of the hardships that he endured
They all stated that conditions in Aus
tria at the present time were deplor-
able and it seemed good to get to a
place where things were more settled
This was the first meeting of the fam
ily in approximately Is years.
A. Stakston of Tioga passed thru
e