The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-09-07
Surrey Items.

y. r. Fundeberg is expecting his faith
er from New Carlisle, O., this week for
three weeks visit.
Some of the farmers have stacked
their grain and are turning over the
ground for next season. This seems to
be the right way to do, where Chere is
danger of delay in threshing.
D. M. Shorb threshed Is sheaves of
oats and got 80 bushels. This is an in
dication of a fine yield. He has nearly
500 acres of grain and had three push
binders in his field last week.
The father of Geo. Senior who is here
from Green county, Ohio, was Is years
of age Thursday and thirty-fve friends
were invited in to spend the day A
most enjoyable time is reported.
1t is estimated that Surrey will mar
ket from 10000 to 100000 bushels of
grain this fall There will be two ele-
vators, The Farmers and Jos. Roach's,
and three track buyers. Ed. Smith has
about concluded to buy on the track.
There will be six threshing rigs in
operation in the vicinity of Surrey this
fall. They are as follows: S. L. Beach
Ter, Petry, Shorb and Dresher, Brey,
Lucksinger and johnson, James Foley
and machine in the Omish neighbor
hood. .
Rev. Dierdorf from Sioux City, Ia,
preached an interesting sermon in the
Brethren church Sunday. He spoke at
length on the subject "The Kingdom of
God is Within YOU" He was glad that
Surrey has such a prosperous church,
and was surprised to find that to be the
case in the Northwest.
Geo. Senior is known as Surveys
gardner. He has five acres of potatoes
this year which are very large. They
are mostly Rural New Workers and have
smooth even surface. Mr.. Senior is
breaking up patch now for an orchard
of apples, grapes, dew berries, currants
and gooseberries. If these do we'll he
may experiment with bananas and
cocoanuts.
Chas E. tunderberg has an interest
ing relic in his door yard which should
| be at the st. Louis exhibition. 1t is the
femur bone of an Indian found in tree
near the Doe farm near the stock yards
Mr.. Doe a number of years ago discover
eh the remains of the red man in the
tree where he had evidently been buried
in old Indian fashion, to preserve him
from the ravages of the wolves.
A glance at the Surrey farms shows
what the farmers think regarding the
productiveness of the soil. They have
gotten over the idea if they ever had 1t,
of fencing up few acres of buffalo
grass, and turning in scrubby cattle to
help them exc out an existence. But IN
stead, they have broken up the sod put
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dens, and the appearance of the farm
buildings is evidence enough to con-
vince the most skeptical that their
method is right.
The editor of the Independent had the
pleasure of visiting Surrey Sunday and
was pleased to greet his old friends
After attending devine worship at the
German Baptist Bretheren church, he
and his wife were entertained royalty at
the home of G. E. Funderberg he being
compelled to refrain from accepting the
invitations of twenty other hospltable
good people of that neighborhood, but
hopes at sometime in the future he will
be able to accept their gracious hospl-
tality. In the afternoon, Mr.. Funder-
berg hi&hed up his spanking young
team of Blacks and a short drive over the
l surrounding country was taken. IL WAS
a great sight, one of the greatest we ever
Witnessed For miles and miles shocks
; of ripened grain stood, as evidence OF
the thrift of the people as we'll as of the
, fertility of the soil, until in the far dis
. lance they were as mere specks. The
shocks stood thick on the ground, and
as one remarked. he thought some Of
renting some more land to stand his
shocks on. Here and there some tine
groves had been planted. Good fences
were in evidence. Large barns and fine
houses dotted the prairie. The good
l roads movement seemed to have struck
the people of Surrey pretty forclbly,