The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-09-01

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! the peaches, and we must say they
are the finest we have ever eaten
The pears also are beauties, and Mr..
! White picked seventeen boxes fro-r
one of his trees. Eldon White and 8
J. LaDue are interested in a large
tract of land near Medford, and in q
few weeks, MI. White will leave Mi
not for that place, where he Will
spend the winter in setting out fruit
trees. They hope TO plant 100 acres
to fruit, and will dispose OF 1t in ten.
acre tracts.
john Mcknight has gone to Lake
Melissa, Mimi, to meet his family,
{ and after short visit in Fargo, he
will accompany them to Minneapolis,
where they will occupy their winter
, home. Mr.. Mcknight will be in Mi
not portion of the winter, and in the
meantime the offices Of the Mcknight
Land Co. will be in charge Of Roy
Mcknight.
James L .Coffey of stanberry, Mo-,
arrived to look after his fine 480-acre
| farm near Des Laos. Mr.. COffey is
one Of our most wealthy land owners.
Besides his North Dakota land, he
owns some fine farming property in
Missouri. His crops were not very
good this year at Des Laos, but he
ssys he will sell enough wheat to
keep him in chewing tobacco.
Stanley Sackett, well known fan
| cier from Gobleville, Mich, stopped
over in Minot Friday to visit his old
friend, Allen O'Dell. .-. a., :.
Thorwald Larson. q we'll known
South prairie farmer, rs the father
Of handsome baby boy. born Thurs
day. His neighbors all accuse him
of sticking his head down the clstern
and calling himself, Daddy, Daddy!"
A representative of the North Dakota
fl sh hatchery. which is located at
Lake Epsilon, passed through Minot
Friday with eight cans Of yellow
perch, which he was taking to Tango
dahl lake, south of here, to plant.
There were approximately 1900 flsh
in all, from six to eight inches long.
Miss Alta Wright, who has spent
the past year in the west and In the
south, has returned to Minot, where
she is visiting her mother. Mrs. Olive
Wright of East Fifth street. Miss
Wright spent a most enjoyable year,
and will probably leave in a few
weeks for California.
F. B. Sowle, the Lone Tree merchant
prince, was visitor in the city Sat
urday. ,..-s.. .-....,,s il l...ss} ..
Melvin Lokensgard, son of County
Commissioner Olaf Lokensgard, left
Saturday evening for. Minneapolis
where he will attend the University Of
Minnesota. He will take up the civf
engineering course. Mr.. Lokensgard
worked his way through the State
Normal school at Madison, MINI. and
will do the same with the university
He has the grit and Wall succeed. We
wish that more young .Ien would fol
low his example. ah @ 3=lH,
The ,Minot and Devils Lake ped
dlers are planning for a ball game tc
be played at Minot, for the benefit Of
little Beatrice Baker, tn ecrippled girl,
who won the pony and cart given by
the Commercial club. The travelling
men hope to raise enough money, moi
only to pay for an artificial limb, but
to send her to school besides. pea
trice is very bright little girl and
will make the best of whatever oppor
tunities that are given her. One Oh
the travelling men has offered to Sc
cure the artificial limb at wholesale
price, SITS. '"
| J. A. England of iKenmare, was in
the city Saturday. Mr. England hat
a nice crop Of corn out on his farm
near Kenmare, and will have enough
feed to fill his 165 ton silo. He say!
that nearly every Kenmare farmer
has nice field of corn, one OF then
having eighty acres. Mr.. England
sold a carload Of seed corn last spring
himself, and other dealers sold con
siderable. Mr.. England, who raises
blooded stock has fifty thorobred cat
tie andd thirty pedigreed horses.