The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-07-19
Minor Topics.


J. H. Tompkins and wife are
enjoying the sights at the Port
land fair.
Parker'sfamous running horse,
Chassis, won the $500 race at
Larimore Friday.
F. j. Wells, the new manager
OF the Rogers warehouse, arrived
from Usage, Iowa.
John Ehr has returned from
Montana, where he bought forty
fine work horses to sell.
w. N. Crane hired 100 acres Of
land broken this year on his fine
firm southwest from Minot.
+. A. Nordbye, P. v. McCoy's
druggist, is suffering from wild
ivy poisoning on the hands.
j. w. George took Axsel Skal-
merud, the insane Stanley man,
to the jamestown asylum Sun.
day.
II you want scientific horse shooting
done, call at Jas. Hunts new blacksmith
shop opposite Scoield's livery barn. He
will do you first class work. tt.
A. J. Defiance, the mayor Of
Ross, was in the city Tuesday.
He reports healthy building
boom at his town. The Great
Northern is putting in it's stock
yards, which will help some.
DR.. Eagle, accompanied by his
wife, arrived from Chicago. The
doctor will spend the summer in
specting the dipping OF cattle in
the county. He was recently
married to a Chicago belle.
Clarence Riffey a g. N. fireman,
reports a terrible storm between
Devils Lake and Rugby Friday
night. Several good buildings
were blown over and the grain
was submerged by the cloud
burst.
The fair and racing associa-
ton management at recent
meeting decided to increase the
purses for the August races to
$1,000. This beats anything
that has ever been given in the
state.
A hail storm near Velva Fri.
day night did things to. the far
mersa fields Of grain. Several lost
their total crop. Mr.. Topping
from Velva is said to have been
loser to the amount of ninety
acres.
Roy Emmett and wife and Mae
Bride had a serious runaway
Sunday sixteen miles south Of
Minot with a pair Of broncks.
The buggy was torn all to pieces
and Emmettdid a double somer-
sault in mid-air.
A former employee Of the In
ternational Harvester Company
has given away a secret in which
he's says the actual cost OF a bind
er is $50 to the company, while
the retailer gets the machine for
500 and sells it for 1925.
DR.. Forbes, the eminent Phila-
delphia preacher. gave his great
lecture on Human Nature at
Its Best" at the Jacobsb1 Thurs
day night. The entertainment
was given under the auspices OF
the Epworth League, which made
a nice little sum.
CD. Woolverton received word
from his attorney who is looking
after his patent on the smut
treater, stating that his patent
was the most practical which he
has seen for some time. Wool
verton will be able to manufac-
ture the smut treaters on quite
a large scale next spring.
Presiding Elder j. G. Moore
dedicated a new Methodist
church at Voltaire Sunday. all
| of the indebtedness being met
The building is commodious and
neatly furnished. On the same
day DR.. Robert Forbes dedicated
a Methodist church at Mohall
after he had raised 5000 to cover
the indebtedness.
Jacob Frost, who farms south
east of town, has $50 acres into
crop which looks very fine, be
sides he has broken 5000 worth
for other people. He hires on,
man. They milk seven cove
that bring them $25 a month al
the Minot creamery. Mr.. Eros,
bought lumber this week for {
new house, 26x2S. Last year h,