The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-07-29
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Mandan, N. Done of the few
mills for saving lumber on the Mis-.
souri, river in North Dakota is Operat.
ed near here by Sylvester & Daley
and is finding a good market for ite
product. The firm has agreed to fur.
nish lumber for the new bridge pro.
posed across the river at this point
Among other orders given the COM
pany is an order for 500 cottonwood
poles.
Langdon, N. D.-The two-year-old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hanson
of Milton met tragic death when her
head was crushed beneath the wheel
of heavily loaded wagon. The faith
err had been doing some building on
the farm and was hauling in load OF
sand. The little girl went out to meet
the father and ran under the wagon
from the side opposite to that on which
he was riding and he did not see her.
The wheel passed over the child's
head.
| Bismarck, N. D.-Actual work of
building the new Bismarck Mandan
bridge probably will start within a
month and the temporary bridge will
be in place by Nov. l., according to
engineers. The contractors in charge
Of the foundation work are cleaning up
the river banks preparatory to erect
ing the equipment to carry on the con-
struction work. Buildings are being
erected and machinery installed as
rapidly as possible.
Devils Lake, N. D.-When Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Holt of Voltaire, N. D.,
came here in search Of their baby, left
at hotel last March when the child
was II days old, they were lodged in
| Jail on charge of desertion. When
found, the baby could not be identi-
fed and was adopted by farmer
Bismarck, N. Dan open letter to
all former service men has been issued
by Gov. Lynn J. Frazier which advises
them to retain their government in
surance. The governor states: "In
view Of the excess value offered by the
government in it's war risk insurance
and the necessity of such protection,
I recommend that this opportunity be
taken advantage Of by all who are
eligible to participate in the benefit
such as a grateful government alone
can give those who safeguarded their
country in time Of peril"
As the result of fire starting from
defective wiring, the Northern Pacific
depot at Mandan was burned.
Jamestown.-S. J. Rabinowitz his
wife and her sister, Miss Esther Mil
Ter, of New York, were badly injured
when their car collided with Ford
car near the Ripley farm two miles
west Of this city. The Ford car, driv-
en- by P. j. Callahan and George Hoff-
man, Of Eldridge, was completely
wrecked.
Steele, N. D.-Mrs. Frances Shell
don, of Baldwin, N D., clings to her
story in which she incriminates her
elderly father, John C. Clayton, in 20
murders, though the authorities view
these stories as fanciful. Roy C. Clay
ton, 26 years old, who was on trial in
the Kidder county district court last
week, was acquitted. A similar case
against the elder Clayton will not be
tried until the November term of the
kidder county court. Digging parties
under direction of county officials
have been unable to locate any bodies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Schlapmann.
residing about four miles south Of
Gladstone, are heartbroken over the
accidental drowning Of their little son,
William, two years of age. The little
lad was playing in the yard during
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his mother, but he finally got out Of
her sight for moment and fell into
a small pond near the farm house.
The body was taken from the water
only few moments later, but all eff
| forts at resuscitation were without
avail. A physician was summoned
from Dickinson but all he could do
was to announce that life was extinct.
sJacob Baker, who escaped from the
state hospital for the insane at James
town some time ago, was apprehended
by Sheriff Kenneth Ferguson at Nc
Henry last week and returned to the
as.lum Baker had been committed
from Pierce county and it is believed
that he was making his way back to
his former home at Wolford when he
was picked up.
Monday evening William Jones, who
was committed to the state hospital
from Foster county early last winter
and who escaped last week, was found
at the home Of relatives in Darlington
and was taken into custody by the
sheriff. He is now lodged in the
county jail awaiting the arrival Of an
attendant to take him back to the hos
pital.