The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-02

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A potato warehouse for Kenmare is
being considered.
| The Sherwood schools were closed
Friday for two weeks on account of
scarlet fever.
Mrs. M. A. Burke died at her home
in Mohall Tuesday evening Of last
week at an advanced age.
Burke County officials and employ
es are now on an eight hour basis
and it is hoped expenses can be trim
med.
| Burke County has purchased the
Menges building at Bowbells to store
machinery, and for offices for the
county agent. -, i,
A specialist estimated that there
are 100000 hairs in a persons head,
not counting the ones that are some
times found in the soup.
| Jean Dawkins, a .seven-year-old
girl, made the 1900 mile journey from
Denver, Colo. to Kenmare alone, to-
join her mother who arrived a year
and half ago. IL
An old Granville pioneer home
steader, Tom Larson Alstad, died Jan
uary FL, at the home Of his son Carl
in Arnegard, Mckenzie county. He
was z78 years old and settled twelve
miles southeast of Granville, living
there until 1915, when he went to
live with his son.
Uncle Joe Cannon Of Danville, III.
will be sc years old in May. He has
been elected to Congress % terms and
has served that body longer than any
other man in the history Of our count
ry. For many years he was Speaker
of the House. = He is the oldest law
maker in the world and states he will
decline reelection. He has always
been hard smoker. ~.
F. o. Hellstrum in an article in the
Courier-News this morning comes
out in open advocacy of free silver as
advocated by William Jennings Bryan
in 1896. He maintains that Bryan was
right at that time only that he was
just few years ahead Of the times.
Why resurrect that free silver corpse
| it is too dead to skin.-Valley City
Times-Record.
| Miss Christians Olsen, employed in
the dry goods department Of the Ken
mare Cash store for II years, died
in Kenmare- following an opera ton
for ulcers Of the stomach. She was
born in Norway in 1877 and came to
Kenmare in 1902, to join her father
who conducted shoe shop. Her faith
err, who now resides at Sidney, Mont.
was with his daughter at the time of
her death. Z
Clayton Stubbins, Granville banker
was married Feb. 8 to Mrs. Edith
Under at her home at Mankato, MINI.
The bride formerly resided at Gran
vile. Upon their arrival in Granville,
the Newlyweds were given hearty
reception, scores Of their friends
gathering at the station. A flag had
been raised and bell placed on
pole, played prominent part in the
reception.
H. H. Martin, president of the First
National Bank of Crosby, and Harold
Eriksmoen, assistant cashier of the
First State Bank of Crosby, were
victims of hold-up staged by ten
men at "Ye Tavern Inn, near Min
neapolis, where they had gone to dine.
Eighty-five people were in the dining
room and it is estimated they lost
$4,000 in cash and jewelry. Martin
lost $1,000 but the thieves overlooked
his gold watch. Eriksmoen lost $1,000
III CdSH 6Uu some Traveller .CLeCkS,
but he stopped payment on the checks.
The men say they enjoyed the ex-
perience which was well worth the
small sum they lost. Eight of the
robbers were later captured.
The Tolley State Bank is soon to be
re-opened. It may be recognized
to some extent. The stockholders and
some Of the depositors have provided
a considerable sum in new assets to
permit the bank to open. The Mohall
Security Bank is to open soon under
similar circumstances. The Lorraine
State Bank and the New England
State Bank re-opened recently. There
are now about so closed banks in
North Dakota with deposits around
$9,OOO,OOO. Probably half Of these
deposits are guaranteed by the state
under the depositors' guarantee law.
Deposits in closed banks drawing
more than 6 per cent interest cannot
benefit by the law. Bills payable are
not guaranteed by the state. De-
posts solicited to tide q bank over q
tight period just before the bank
is closed, cannot be guaranteed.