The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-03-23
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What is Happening to People in Other
Parts of North Dakota

1no C8S6 Oh xuOSs Z. A8mU, WuO
seeks to have the will Of his mother
set aside on the ground that she was
incompetent and subject to undue in
fuence, is scheduled for trial in dis
trict court at Devils Lake this week.
A half million dollar legacy is in
volved.
Edward Ziebarth, who was arrested
at Stanley on a charge Of grand lar
ceny, pleaded guilty and has been
sentenced TO serve eighteen months in
the penitentiary. Ziebarth broke into
the house Of . neighbor while he was
away and helped himself to shotgun
and other property. The gun was
later found broken into small pieces
on the Ziebarth place.
To facilitate the purchase and dis
tribution Of seed grain to needy farm
ers, the Mclean county commission
ers have authorized the county aud
itor to issue orders in favor of all
persons whose applications for seed
grain have been favorably passed upon
for such amount of seed grain or feed
as is called for by said application as
approved by the board. The price is
to be agreed upon by the applicant
and the person or firm furnishing the
same and payment therefor will be
made by the county treasurer direct
to the person or firm furnishing the
grain upon the written receipt of the
applicant receiving it.
The eldest daughter of John Wick,
residing near Powers Lake, whose en-
tire family was i'll with influenza, died
as the result of exposure to which she
subjected herself in going out to care
for live stock which other members
had been unable to look after. She
turned cattle out to a hay stack, re-
turned to the house in fainting con-
dition, and died a few days later.
Photographs and pamphlets adver-
tising the resources Of Mckenzie
county will soon be ready for distri-
button. The pamphlets will consist
Of 80 pages Of descriptive and illus
trated matter. Wonder why Dickey
county couldn't do something along
the same line.
The United States seed loan Office
which has been established at Grand
Forks and which has the task of dis
tributing $780, 900 Of seed loans au-
thorized by congress, opened the first
of this week. AS soon as the seed
loan bill is signed by President Hard
ing special staff Of government en-
ployees will leave Washington to take
charge of the office. This office will
handle all seed loans for North Dako-
ia and Montana.
Suing for $4,000, John M. johnson
was awarded $578 against the city
of Kenmare in district court as dam
ages caused when water, backed up in
a ravine, flooded his premises. He
claimed the city was negligent in fail
ing to provide sufficient opening in
the form Of culvert to carry the
water away.
j. H. Iverson, who escaped from the
Mountrail county Jail in 1917 and who
has just been returned from Canada,
where he was taken into custody, will
be escorted to Bismarck to serve
one year sentence in the pen. q Iver-
son was charged with embezzlement
Of funds belonging to the Great Nor
thern railway in 1917, at which time
he was agent at Ross, N. D..
Justice C. B. Davis Of Minot has re-
ceived letter from Mrs. John E. Tin
jim Of Helena, Mont, asking for in
formation regarding her husband, who
was last heard from in October, 1920,
at which time he was in Minot. He
then sent her $75 and said he had
about two weeks work left in the har-
vest fields where he was employed.
His three children are now in the Odd
Fellows' home at Helena and his wife
is living in that city:
Henry Nelson Of Glover wa. in tn.
city last Friday.