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THE WARD CO. INDEPENDENT. PUBLISHED EVEKY WEDNESDAY. TRUAX & COLCORD. "F. TKUAX. (J. D. COLCOKD, Wednesday, July 2H, 11)03 HANSON DROWNED AT BURLINGTON A Well Kiowa Gambler MteU Death Slid* deuly la Mouse River, Having Been Taken With Cra.npa. Huns Hanson, a g"ambler. thirty years of age, was drowned in Mouse river near the Burlington bridge, Wednesday afternoon. The inau in company with a friend, Blackey, a Minot man, and thre^ inmates of one of the west end resorts, drove out to Burlington, Wednes day to spend the da Hanson sug^e sted that the party go in bathing. he being a good swimmer. They agreed to do so and Hanson attempted to drug the girls to deep water but they desisted and well it ia for them thai the.v did so. Han son swam to the middle of the stream where the water is eight feet deep, aud all at once was seen to double up as if taken with cramps. He did not say a word but sunk immediately and only a few bubbles were seen. His body never came to the surface. Dun Conan and S.'otty, a miner, were standing" on the bridge watching the swimmers, and saw the man drown. The river was immediately dragged and the work w.'is kepi up until eleven o'clock the next morning. It had been carried near the shore. and was .still doubled up when found. Upon tps person was found a. certificate "of deposit for S100 and SG5 in money. Leslie Colton brought the body to Minot Thmviaav and the re mains were placed in MeJamr*': 1 PLBLI^HEK. ICDITOK. ENTERED JUNE 18, 1902, A3 SECOND-CI.AS8 MATTER, POST-OFFICE, MINTYR, N. D., ACT OK CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1879. The Oiileial Paper for the City of Mi not, and th TasList for Ward County. cookieS alii] till to the highesP" oi all tjje small mountain**, Hill No. 2. The rivalry between the two efbwds onl? served to sharpen the appetites. Old college songs were sung and J'rof. lioover act ing" as toast master, succeeded in inducing some of the brightest orators to deliver inspiring ad dresses, which on account of their being" of an .impromptu nature, made thern all the more interest ing. When I 'rot. Van Tassel had concluded his Mark Antony gem, there were few dry eyes and the professor himself was visablv ef fected. Miss Daly, assistant superin tendent, worked untiringly for the success of the picnic. The teachers will long remember this novel excursion. Pinney is Hopeful* Earl Pinney, the Minot United States commissioner who was con victed in the Federal court at Devils Lake of embezzlement, was brought to Fargo last night and placed in the county jail. Pinney is under sentence to serve ten years in the penitentiary at Sioux Falls, and will be taken there on Monday next. He is standing up well under the trouble, and speaks in very hopeful manner of the fu ture. "1 am only 32 years of age^ said Pinney this morning, "and will be iu the prime of life when uiy term expires and will be able to make a creditable showing."— Fargo Forum. Would Use an Elm. Landman McDonald of Benvillt jpent Wednesday in this city: He •stated to an Independent repre sentative that the action against the various papers for criminal libel hail been dropped. He said: '"If I had it to do over again, 1 wouldn't take the law to them a all but 1 would go after thein with au elm club or a gun/' Overcome by the Heat. E. Fetzel, who lives seven unlet southwest of Surrey, vrtis overconu by the heat Thursday while work riyld^He jras, ytjrjv'U IS THE= -T5- I a I "M r- |W 00 uti MACHINE MANUFACTURE Owhj I9M am NcCwarick McCORMICK -"rTrM"** tfVCli wwH'iiww^w DlllUCK I"* ywn 'AM •iLMt mm MKCCM el the I The MrCtrinirk ii His Write for bcauti/ul NiCtmick caleadar aad copy at 19*3 kael MACHINE." MHMMII hMf Itf I ,.v /A v.-' 1 TMNDUnf POINT Of VIEW LOOKED AT from every point of view, McCertnkk mowew will be found buklett in deign, madem in con* abudion and thoraagh in eqaipment with tbc most practical futim Thw mmttn are N perfectly balanced, tufly opinlii and da «ud meoth and even nMiaj that they Imtantly become the favorite of every mail who buys one. The NcCanakfc kaak, -A MODEL MACWNC. Mk«N fm