14 Jan 1909
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Newspaper
The Ward County Independent
Location
Minot, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local notice or brief about Nelda and Ida, mentioning Minot and a shared past. The text is highly garbled but suggests a personal tie, an event or date, and an implied relation between individuals within a community setting.
McGee faces dispute over cutting county printing costs from 120 to 19.76 for the treasurer's yearly statement. editorials from Kenmare Journal align with Independent claims. questions on legal precedent, county records, and the need for a ruling this session. The matter involves five official papers at 120 each and the role of the State Attorney in restraining county payments.
C A Fisher, Valley City photographer, has bought the George Moore studio at First and Ramatad streets in Minot and will run a top quality Northwestern North Dakota facility. Moore remains in Minot in advertising and cartoons, while local notices reference other community items and a mix of unrelated local anecdotes and remarks.
Wahpeton farmer Yai Dorn tried to kill himself by shooting, walking from his home to a city hotel before dying from his injuries. Financial worry was blamed. Sawyer fiend D. F. Crittenden, 45, was sentenced to ten years hard labor for incest involving his daughter, with a lengthy judge’s lecture and the jury’s belief in the girl.
Mr. Clay, Great Northern field right of way agent, has been in Williston for two weeks to vein a right of way 200 feet wide in the Little Muddy valley for a new line north from Williston toward Canada to connect with the Winnipeg ranch. Construction is expected in early spring as miles of right of way are purchased. The branch will leave the main line at Williston and run due north west of the Williston Irrigation Project near the power plant.
The Agricultural College winter term starts next Monday with enrollment likely to exceed last year’s. The North Dakota Educational Association convention emphasizes agricultural topics with Professors Weeks Waldron and Dean Sheppherd in the program and several faculty in attendance. The North Dakota Farmer issue debuts a G W Randiett agriculture lesson for February, contrasting beef and dairy cattle, aided by illustrations.
Sayers, a leading Des Lacs farmer, returns from a three week westward trip to Fresno and Long Beach California. He observed irrigated land values and compares improved California land favorably to raw holdings, noting costs, development plans, and climate changes impacting future prices. He notes other locals buying in and discusses prospects for irrigation projects and market shifts.
A missing Des Lacs man, Cammer, is presumed lost in a winter storm. A lake party searched but gave up. body likely buried under snow and not found until spring. Other items note a deer at Bagley, a bank closure in Rugby, 235 carloads of Canadian grain sold at Sheppard Wood, and rancher Frank Hicks roping a bobcat.
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