The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-09-07
LOCAL P|CKUPS

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with his wife and son have been
visiting in Ontario and Chicago
win return tonight.
VIM. Estlick, who bot the Joe Carl
son farm, returned from Holstein, Ia,
last night.
w. j. Burns will leave in about q
week for Port Atkinson, Ia, to join
his wife, and later they will so to
Arizona, to spend the winter.
l j. w. Rode received letter from
VIM. A. Gregg, an old Minot boy
who left here ten years ago. Gregg
is now engaged in successful real
estate business at Poison, Mont.
The Rex hotel was raided Satur-
day night, and Cora Wiley arrested,
charged with running blind pig.
She was placed under $1,000 bonds.
One hundred ten bottles Of beer were
found.
Martin Jacobson of this city, is one
| of the directors of the new Times
Herald company, which is capitalized
for $225, 900.
Quite number of Minot Elks went
to Towner Sunday by auto, attending
the fifth annual clam bake given by
Earl B. Talmadge at his ranch
Several barrels Of clans from New
York, spring chickens and roast pig
galore were served and the boys had
a fine time.
Nick Arend of the Unique Grocery
Co.. left for Minnesota this week with
his wife, who will enter q sanitari-
UNI for her health.
Dorr Carroll's home on the South
hill caught fire from 4 bucket of lig-
mite ashes placed on the back porch.
Alfred Blaisdell and others put out
the fire with a garden hose.
Gust johnson, charged with the
murder Of John Cash, called up late
this afternoon and asked to have his
Independent changed from Grelland,
to Minot, care Sheriff Kelley. He in
forms us that he has secured Atty.
LeSueur to defend him.
DR.. Taylor, Paul Mccoy and c. H
Parker have returned from Chicago.
where they saw the big wrestling
match Monday. Mr.. Mccoy says tho
match poved to be the worst frost
he ever saw, the Russian lion making
such poor showing. ...
VIM. aDunnell refuses to resign a.
d member of the special assessment
commission, until the city commits
sioners who have reqhested his resis-
nation, publish their reasons. He says
he has missed but one, meeting in
twes years gandgaagh half % hi rs ~ Sc; ea;t
IA city election TO asslsct the suc-
cessor Of L. D. McGahan will be held
Sept ZIG. alsAt o the same time, i've
park conmissioner will be elected.
with terms expiring the third Tuesday
of April, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915 and
| 1916, respectively. sgtn a@,a4. ~ ..s:
The city commissioners refused to
act upon the petition from. Minot cit
liens requesting them 10 raise their
| salaries to $500 per annum because
it WAS not presented in regular form.
City Attorney Geo. MCGEE has filed
an opinion that the data compiled by
the Kansas City experts relative to
theproposed municipal lighting plant
cannot be published. because of the
great expense attached thereto.
H. E. Wheeler has been appointed
city assessor for the ensuing two
years. s.--. -..
The city commissioners have given
Hart Swalstead permission to erect
a large clock in front of his jewelry
store and the pedestrians will be able
to tell the time of day from consid-
cradle distance. The dial will be 30
| inches in diameter.
! D. S. Elliott, president OF the Great
Northern Express, was distinguished
visitor in the city Saturday. He was
escorted to the company's headquar-
tiers by the genial agent, A. B. Dill,
and expressed himself as being well
Mrs Lyle Corey has returned from
Rochester Mimi, where she submit
pleased with the uptown offices and
with the business that the company