The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-01-18

housing 9oO feet or track from
mine to railroad, $4,000. These
gentlemen are at presentputting
the finishing touches to tile hous-
ing OF the mine track. General
Manager Tasker's home, erected
by these gentlemen. compares
with the best OF dwelling houses
in Minot, or elsewhere, and is
steam heated throughout. At
the present time over 100 men
are employed in and around the
mine, and two months prior to
this the number reached over the
two hundred mark. The pay roll
Of the company has reached the
neat figure Of $4,000 per month
and from present Indications it
will reach u much larger figure.
The company's store here is
among one OF the best in Ward
county, and carries an $4,000
stock Of gaods, and already the
demands Of trade necessitate the
erection OF a larger and more
comnOdiOns store building. This
department is under the able
supervision of Mr.. f. B. Soule,
formerly of the L. NJ. Davis Co.,
who is a courteous and obliging
gentleman, and whopossesses all
the necessary qualifications of a
progressive North Dakotan.
General Manager Tasker, Supt.
J. Conkey, "Don' Hutchinson,
and Pit Boss VIM. James, CON-
pany officials reside here and
nave all the push and persever-
ance necessary to tile successful
handling OF an institution OF
his kind.
That the stirring young town
Of Tasker is bound to forge to
the frontis a foregone conclusion,
backed as it is by a combination
OF energetic business men, and its
natural advantages as the coal
cente of Ward county. Tasker
is yet in it's "swaduling clothes
and has one of the best hotels in
the county, has IL telephone sys-
TEN and steam heat plant, awell
equipped meat market, an up-to-
date livery stable, agood general
store, a -four and feed store, a
post office, barber shop and pool
room, and a coal mine with a
capacity Of 400 tons daily, to
say nothing Of many other insti-
buttons that space forbids us to
mention here.
Your "Uncle Samuel" realizing
the growing Importance OF Tas-
ker, and that some day it will
rank as a second Pittsburg, has
established a postotfice at this
point and has appointed the tall
and stately B. B. Tasker post
master, while Mr.. F. B. Soule,
the gentlemanly manager OF the
Vandewarker store will officiate
as assistant P. NJ. AS the 500
railroad passes the threshold OF
this boom burg, it's citizens will
enjoy. the privileges Of daily mail
service.
A Hard Time Social was held
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Barton last week, and an
enjoyable time is reported.
Martin jacobson, who has the
contract Of putting in the steam
heating plants for the Wander
warker Coal Company, has a
force ofmen here this week putting
the finishing touches to the heat
er in the basement Of the Hotel
Vandewarker. The work is I'M
der the supervision OF Ransvold
jacobson andis being thoroughly
well done. Piping has already
been laid from the hotel basement
to the big chunk house"-where
the miners roost, so to speak
and hereafter these two buildings
will be heated by steam and the
men afforded the luxury of hot
and cold water in their bath
rooms. Both of these buildings
are built on the latest modern
lines and contain bath rooms,
reading rooms and all essentials
that tend to the comfort and
welfare of tire Vandewarker en-
ployes.
Hagbert Halverson, the ener7
getic manager OF the Nostrand
& Lyness mine, reports business
rushing in the coal line down his
way these days. This mine was
formerly the old Mortell proper
ty, and is one of the Oldest de-
veloped mines in Ward county,
and has always been a money
maker, and no more so than at
the present time under the able
superintendency of the reliable
Halverson.
The Holy Writ says, "Remem.
Der the Sabbath Day and keep
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