The Ward County independent., 1921-11-03
NORTH DAKOTA news

The Plaza Pioneer suggests that
Plaza organize some such club as
the Ryder Town Criers, who are do
ing things for their town.
Glenburn's potato crop shipment
this season totaled seven cars. Fred
Shurr near that place claims to have
grown 1000 bushels on q four acre
pot-hole.
Christ o. Myhre, prominent Plum
mer farmer, suffered the loss Of his
big barn by fire. The loss totaled
So 900 and the owner carried $4,000
insurance.
With clubs and guns two farmers
near Williston killed over hundred
rattle snakes and some blue racers
coyote hole.
When a duck he had shot dropped
in small lake, wolf saw it and star
ted into the water. The hunter, Joe
Shilling, south of Woodworth, then
shot and killed the wolf.
Following the burglarizing Of a
store at Willow City, a girl clerk
picked up a capsule, which exploded
and blew of several of her fingers.
1t was a nitroglycerine capsule.
On the state hospital farm at
jamestown, 10000 bushels of spuds
were raised on 165 acres. The in
stitution can only store and use $4,000
bushels so the rest were sold at soc a
bushel field run.
Albert Glassnap, leader of Glass
orchestra, is in jail at Mohall. The
sheriff found a quantity of Canadian
whiskey in his car Monday night, and
Immediately siezed the car and arres-
ted Mr.. Glassnap.
Geo. j. jacobson, cashier of a bank
at Walum that closed last summer,
has been arrested for embezzlement,
$1,000 being the amount charged and
a possibility that other similar charg-
es will be preferred.
A car on the Northern Pacific thru
Valley City the other day was falled
with Catholic Sisters on their way to
Cottonwood, Idaho, where q parochial
school will be opened. The Sisters
were from Belgium and France.
During big Nestos demonstration
at Bismarck Saturday night, build
ing was placed on truck and hauled
up and down in front Of the COVER
nor's mansion. The building carried
a big sign: ".This is the House that
Bill Built"
The United States senate has pass
ed bill for the construction of q
bridge over the Red River between
Fargo and Moorhead. It will cost
about half million. Fine for the
people there, alright, but more hell for
the taxpayer.
In suit for non-support, the wife,
until Sept. 8, Ida Tereau Of Edmore,
swears her husband, Ed. Brooks swore
to lie in getting marriage license
to we'd her. He said she was 18. She
says she's Is. Another case charg-
ing perjury now worries Brooks. ;.
We hear much about the reduced
cost of living, but when it takes 9
bushel of wheat to buy two pounds OF
cheese, or three cans Of tomatoes and
more than a bushel to pay for 10
pounds of graham -four, it just seems
as if farmer can't afford to eat.
Alfred Mork's house and barn,
near White Earth were burned Mon
day evening. The house burned first
and sparks from the burning house set
the barn on fire. This is a serious
loss coming at this time Of the year,
but it is partly covered by insurance.
Ole Slaamod of Donnybrook lost
control of his Ford when the steer
ing gear failed to work and the ma
chine ran into the river near Donny-
brook. Slaamod got good ducking
but the car was not badly injured,
running as we'll as ever when pulled
out.
Last spring Frank O.. Anderson,
Plaza farmer, figured that wheat
growing was too much Of gamble,
SO planted As acres of potatoes. He
has harvested 5000 bushels of fine
spuds, and states he has made up the
loss of wheat growing during the past
two years.
Vern Gee of Flaxton shot a sand
hill crane near that town and pro-
nounced it the best kind of eating. The
Bowbells Tribune points out that it
is against the law to kill these birds
and predicts that it will cost Gee 800
for his crane dinner as soon as the
game warden shows up.
Potato raising is expected to be de-
cidedly stimulated around Lostwood,
in Mountrail County next season as a
result Of the success this year of the
potato crop raised by the Lostwood
Potato association. About AZ acres
was planted with Green Mountains,
and crop of about 5000 bushels or
230 bushels to the acre were harvested
It is stated that the "spuds" are Of
good size and quality and some have
already been sold for seed.
Anyone who advises farmers to
hold grain, potatoes or any crop for
higher prices is taking chances Of
making q mistake, but it is good ad-
vice to say that it is a great mistake
for farmers all over the country to
rush hundreds of millions Of bushels
Of potatoes on the market within 4
short period. II through co-opera-
tive associations, or otherwise, pota-
toes could be marketed slowly, the
growers would be ahead tens Of mil
lions Of dollars. Local buyers as
well as producers suffer from flooding
the markets. Every potato raiser
should have large storage bins, 80
they can protect themselves, If nee
cessary, from selling on q low market.
l-Hillsboro Banner.