The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-04-15
NORTH DAKOTA news

town has received several Cnre0Uenln
letters. written in red ink.
A special effort is being made t
reorganize and rebuild the Coopers
town electric light and power plant
The farm Of J.. J. Feirling, nea
jamestown consisting Of $50 acres, re
Gently sold to South Dakota partie
at 500 per acre.
While billiards have been doinl
business in six different states Nortl
Dakota has been enjoying some goot
but slightly cold weather.
This year the summer session of tn
University of North Dakota will be
gin on June 22nd and continue unit
July 3Oth, at Grand Forks.
An unimproved farm near HoOplt
was sold last week at $225.O0 per acre
This land is said to be especially
adapted for potato growing.
Murray Morton of Max, was bitter
by a calf while feeding the animal
and blood poisoning set in so he was
obliged to 20 to Bismarck to have his
mitt treated.
Chas, Buck, the fellow who killed
officers Gown and Devaney, the Mi
not policemen a coupe of years ago,
is reported to have been located some
where in Iowa.
The Wells county commissioners at
special meeting increased the goRh-
err bounty to three cents per head for
the coming season, an increase of one
cent over last year.
Another Oil Company has been or
gained, this one at Tolley and they
have capitalized at 100000. The or
ganizers and officers of the new COM
pany are all local men Of Tolley.
At recent meeting of the Cando
Commercial Club it was unanimously
decided to establish crack ball team
on the diamond located in the ball
park near that city for the coming
season.
o. w. Stilmell, of Watford City,
Mckenzie county had in a plot of al
falfa on his farm last year and on
marketing the product he finds that
he has netted $4,000 per acre from
the crop.
In the home of fellow by the name
of Hoff at Wilton officers found a COM
plete "still' equipment with kettle and
coil in full swing, and number If
thirsty souls awaiting the completion
of the brew.
At the preliminary hearing last
week Morris Meadow, Of New York
City, charged with the murder of his
brother-in-law, Moses Polonsky, of
Wilton, was bound over to the district
court and bail was fixed in the sum of
$4,000.
The Overall Club" has been organ
lied in the city of Williston and one
hundred and fifty business and pro-
fessional men of that place have sign
ed up not to wear more expensive
clothing except at social functions and
on Sunday.
Albert Aiken, Williston bootleg
ger, got thirty days in the county Jail
for selling home brew to an Indian
who happened to be visiting in that
city last week. The redskin was
whooping things up when found by
the local police.
Bottineau county farmers are seri-
ously considering the question Of clos
ing the consolidated schools in that
county for period of three weeks,
thus giving the young men an op-
portunity Of helping with the spring
work on the farm.
Thomas Hanwell, former Wilton
resident, was badly injured by an ex-
plosion in a coal mine accident, at
Spangler, Penn. He will lose one eye
and was also severely burned about
the face, arms and chest. His son,
Thomas still resides at Wilton.
J. P. Johnson, a prominent farmer
of Kensel, was run down and killed
by 500 train last week. Mr.. John
son was crossing the track on his way
home from town. His skull was frac-
tured in several places but he managed
to live for "a hours after the acct
dent.
Harry Gray, of Denhoff, who tried
to raise money by the black hand
route, and who threatened bank cash
Ter, Ed Wahl of that town has been
rounded up and placed in the county
Jail. He threatened the life of the
banker by letter and someone recog-
nized the hand writing.
Laurence Bercier, of Belcourt, was
arrested recently charged with alb
stracting check from letter and
was bound over to the U. S. District
court His bail was fixed at $500,
which he was unable to furnish and he
is lodging in the county Jail at Cando
near where the crime was committed.
On arriving home after spending
the winter in Florida, H. A. Arm
strong, of Hazleton, tried to start his
acetyline light plant in the basement
of his residence when the pesky thing
exploded, however the explosion did
not take place until Mr.. Armstrong
had left the house, but on his return
from an errand to town he found the
building complete wreck.
DR.. Darling, mining engineer, of
Washington, D. c., is in the state ex-
aiming some Of the Ignite mining
suitable location where the Bureau of
Mines might construct Ignite coal
carbonizing and briquette plant for
experimental purposes. The govern
ment is figuring on spending about
$3.50, 900 to scarry on the EXPERIMENTS
to demonstrate the commercial value
Of briquetting the coal.
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