The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-02-04

rcNE8NHp JUNE ~, 1872, AS SECOND -CLAst
JHATTER. POsT-OFFICE, NINoT,.N D., ACT
oy6oyagEss OF MARoH 3, 1879.
miner Topics.
Rev. VIM. C. Hunter will preach
at Logan next Sunday, Feb. z tn
W. G..Gibb, jr., Of White Earth,
,is visiting friends in the city.
Attorney QveEson was down
frQM WAlistop yesterday on
leggAel .hbusiness.
Attorney Tasker was down
drGip Rowbells last Thursday on
legal business,
Gust Lerson, one of the coal
:baEons ST Burlington, was a
business visitor in the city Mon !!
day. \"
States Attorney Davis, of
'Towner county, and editor Of
the Cando Record, spent Sunday
jim Mipot.
John Y. RHtherford, OF Renville,
was in town last Saturday on
business relative TO making proof
on his claqj ajim.
William Bolkip, q lineman,
was Fup down and kiHed near
Niagara, las t Saturday night
iby the G. N.Flyer.
The Great Northern officials
were here.last Thursday and Fri
day looking over the Site for the
new machine shops to be erscted
this spring.
States Attorney JAS. johnson
made a trip over to Bottipeau,
to intervieW Wm. Ross. the mur-
,derer, in regard to the killing OF
Napoleon LeMay.
Miss Alura Lorene Booth, OF
Burlington, and Mr.. living Ly-
decker, of New York City, were
married at the former place on
January Both. ult.
A pleasant time was exper-
fenced by all who were in attend
Aa0e at the social given by the
H}emheYs Of the Presbyterian
church last Thursday evening.
Miss Florine Ripley, a sister of
ATTORNEY G.. e. Ripley, has ar
rived in the City. Miss Ripley is
on her way to her homestead
which lies at some distance north
0i town, after an extended visit
with her parents in Belmond la.
Martin Engeseth, ,Scofield g right
bower in the machine trade, has
lust returned from his farm stead
about thirty miles north.
Though somewhat sunburned
Martin does not look much the
worse for q few days outing.
G. P. Makes, OF Portal, was in
the city Monday transacting
land business, and shaking hands
with his friends. Mr.. Makes is
well known to all as the editor Of
the international" a hustling
paper published at the 500 gate
way between this country and
Canada.
A few days ago a man entered
the shop OF Ed. Booth, the tax
idermist, while he was out, and
pocketed new knife which was
living on the work bench. Ed.
says he knows the light fingered
gentleman by sight but won t
say ANYTHING more about it if he
will stay out Of the shop in the
future.
A. C. Barber, Manager OF the
MINNESOTA Moline Plow Co.,
spent Thursday in town visiting
j. H. Scofield. Mr.. Barber ex-
pressed himself as we'll satisfied
with the business done by his firm
in this part Of the State during
the last year, and looks forward
to a larger trade than ever dur
ing the ensuing Spring.
The assistant manager OF
motor power Of the G. N. R'y
was in tho city last week. The
object OF his visit was to make
arrangements for some changes
in the G. N. machine shops. The
shops will be established in a
section OF the round house. Two
new,lathes,a a planer and Il shaper
will be installed in the new quar-
Lers.
Venus Chapter, No. "a, Order
of the Eastern Star, Of Minot, N,
D., has been awarded d hand.
some prize of $3.50 in the Grand
Forks Herald Piano Contest. Nc
little credit Is due those members
Of the order who did the hustling