The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-10-21
MINOR TOPICS
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
J. +. Hoffman was down from
Donnybrook on legal business
Monday.
DR.. Taylor ordered a new Win
chester, ten shots, which does
away with the old pumping sys-
tenn.
| f. l.. Sutton now occupies a
new Office over p. p. Lees store
and has as fine rooms as there
are in the city. -
Judge Palda went to Towner
Monday and spent Tuesday at
Bottineau. He was trying some
special cases.
James Aldrich who retired from
the Dacotah House, states that
he may locate in this city going
into some business.
C. C. Worrell, six miles north
of Atinot, has his farm Of 80
acres plowed for next springs
sowing and will lose on time in
getting in the fields.
| Twenty-one years ago W. f..
Mansfield was chief of police at
jamestown, he afterwards held
the Office OF county treasurer OF
lStutman county.
| Alvin Wallace, the coal man,
Estates that it has been hard for
him to get loaded cars OF coal
from Burlington to Minot. The
Icars are sometimes allowed to
stand loaded on the side track at
Burlington ten days.
| One of the women from the red
light district acted strangely on
the street the other day. She
was all right as soon as her sup
|ply of morphine had been re-
Iplenished. She is a victim of
THAT dreadful habit.
| Crows Imperial Stock company
Twill be with us next Monday Oct.
|26. This is a first class comedy
company, having been here twi ice
before, we need no introduction to
them. Every actor all artist
among them plays are clean and
high grade.
| Foot Ball-Minnesota VS..
Michigan. Low rates via the
|Soo Line to Minneapolis and St.
Paul for the greatest game Of
THE season, October 31st. Get
full particulars from the nearest
$500 Line A gent.
! A. s. Taylor, proprietor OF the
|Glenburn lumber yard, is not
|sorry that he started in business
lin that thriving place. Since
|opening the yard last July, he
has sold 26 cars of lumber or
100000 feet. This lumber has
been hauled from Minot % miles.
| Foot BALM esota vs..
Michigan. Low rates via the
ESoo Line to Minneapolis and ST.
Paul for the greatest game OF
the season, October 31st. Get
full particulars from the nearest
500 Line agent.
The Independent this week is
ten pages, all home print and we
hope to continue it as such. The
merchants, Notwithstanding the
'knocking' of another local
paper, are advertising in the In
dependent, knowing that in do
ing SO they receive great bene-
fits.
J. S. Murphy and County Aud
|itor Larson are at Bismarck this
week, actingas delegates to the
irrigation convention at that
place. Ward county could not
have sent two bett er men for
representatives.
Birch Reed purchased the dray-
ling business and outfit from
Harry Edwards. Mr.. Edwards
has had a fourishing business
land Mr.. Reed is capable OF con-
tinuing it. He took possession
Tuesday.
| J. A. Frank left for Iowa to
Visit before returning to his
home in Oil city, Pa. He visited
his son Guy and is much taken
iup with this country.
! General Asst. Freight Agent
IL. A. Emerson OF the Southern
railway, will arrive from his
{home in Charleston, Soto spend
a short time with his brother, r.
H. Emerson, Thursday.