The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-22
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cages at this ONCE.
Chas. Delaney of Arvilla will
locate in this city. He is Al bro
Their of Mrs. ID. A. Dinnie.
Ed. Anderson, a q. N. brakeman,
in climbing on u car at Devils
Lake, smased his thumb to pulp.
Sauber Bros, Of Palermo burned
eighty barrels Of fine lime at their
kiln, using only Ignite coal to do
the burning.
=. he:Millow City tennis club in
vited thdstennis players of Mint
to atten:l a, tournament in that city
July % ARD 80.
Few are q q tainted with the fact
that DR. Mob. of this city is fin
;she | must ian. The doctor was
.;;e.tlu 'at,d in En- ope.
: Jack Saeehan, the piggar, hal
Lis trial aid WAS bound over to the
next term of court under $500
.5bondswhich has been furnished
O. @. Fuglcskjel, the teacher of
languages, is now q regular soldier,
having enlisted at Fort Smelling.
Mimi. He will teach ut tho Fort.
D. NJ. Shorb, of Surrey called on
Minot friends Friday. Mr.. Shorb
was returning from Berthold where
the German Baptists had been
holding IL love feast.
Ell Colvert, an employee at the
G. N. rounl house, in climbing Oh
an engine, Monday, cut a big gash
in his leg. DR.. Crokat took several
stitches in the wound.
DR.. Windell will leave this week
fox Lake Clitheral, Mimi, where
he will remain for several weeks
until he is strong enough to re-
turn and resume his practice.
x: Presiding Elder J. G. Moore
wants about Il dozen of the town
cattle arrested. He planted some
beautiful trees Oh his lawn this
spring aud while absent last week,
several hungry bovines devouretl
them.
Wild grass in the sloughs l3
miles southwest of Minot stands
four feet tall in many places and
will cut three or four tons to the
acre. Everybody is putting up
hay expecting to get agooiprice
for it next winter.
G. III. Serler If Surrey came in
with a nice lot of turnips and other
garden truck. He has a fine gar
den and believes that his turnips
would average 500 bushels to the
acre. He has considerable less
than an acre however.
G. Aurland, Greenleaf and Leigh
to,, have been retained by j. G.
Hoff to file a petition for bank
ruptcy. This will give all creditors
an equal chance and allow Mr.. Hoff
to 80 into business again as soon
as this affair is settled.
F. r. Mars has the contract of
building two houses for r. H.
Emerson. The buildings will cost
about 5000. each. Mr.. Mars is
very efficient and Mr.. Emerson can
rest assured that he will have two
AS nice residences for the money as
there are IN the city.
John Botz Jr. has 4 fine grove OF
young cottonwood trees Oh his farm
five miles north of town, three years
old. The trees stand from 8 tol2
feet tall. Mr.. Botz set out yearlings
On old ground, blowing very deep
Mr.. Botz also has excellent cur
rants, gooseberries and red rasp-
berries.
Through Receiver Thomas Fox.
we learn that there is nothing to
the story published in another To-
cal paper regarding the fraudulent
desert entries on the Fort Buforl
reservation. The only trouble
there was a man filed on quarter
which several believe is q desert
claim. The case will be fought.
Rev. j. G. Moore returned from
the eastern part OF the state where
he spent several days. He reports
the crop conditions very poor over
the eastern part Of the state gener-
ally. Between Darlington and
Leeds there is but one-thirl to one
half u crop. About Devils Lake
thousands Of acres are being plowctl
rs the cr.ps arc too poor to cut.
A represc. nlvc Of the Iptlcpen-
dent was shown the X-Ray ma
chine owned by DR.. Crokat one
evening recently, and although he
has read q great deal Of the Won
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