The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-12-28

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and then after he had enjoyed few
of them calmly informed him that
she had had them charged to his ac-
/ count.
! Chris Ostberg Of tile Rantry IN.
! D. creamery, spent Xmas in the city
! sight.seeing.
! Deputy Sheriff Dan Dougherty fig
! ured in an exciting nearCatastrophe
! while riding in an auto near RYDER
the other day Dan was sitting in
the rear seat enjoying smoke, when
his coat collar caught fire from a
spark from the cigar. Dan yelled
bloody~murder and fire 30 loudly that
the driver stopped the car just in
time to save the frantic man from
taking a header into snow drift.
The blaze was extingufshed after the
popular deputy had been painfully,
altho not seriously burned.
! Geo. Kruse of the DeVolne served
a fine Christmas dinner, the turkeys,
preserves and pickles coming from his
own farm down in Iowa. The board
ers at the DeVolne certainly are liv-
ing on the fat of the land.
Frank McCagherty after Jan. 1,
will be employed at slocum's drug
store. Emmett Hileman will go to
Fargo to take course in pharmacy.
Charles Larson will start news
paper at ToXholm. Charlie says he
will use the, old Leader plant but
will change the name.
The remains of Ole Westby, who
! died, following a fearful accident aC
his farm southwest of .Ainot last
week, were inferred In this city Sat
urday.
l.. T. Larson from forming town.
ship, returned from Benson, MINI.
Friday where he visited his parents
and other relatives two weeks.
VIM. Ehr and Paul Murphy, who
are attending St. Johns college. are
spending their holiday vacation with
their parents.
H. J. Melos remembered F. O..
Seagren OF Robinson, N. D. and John
j. Melos of Cresco, Ia, with sub
scriptions to the Independent, as
Xmas remembrances.
L. D. Mann a prosperous Lone
Tree farmer, dropped in Friday 60
subscribe for the Independent. He
has lived at Lone Tree for six years,
and he has been 50 busy that he
never got around to order the indie
pendent before, They ali subscribe
sooner or later.
The Mfnot College of Commerce is
! ENJOYING weeks vacation, to re-
open after January /.
Miss Carrie J. Doolittle OF Berth
old, passed thru Minot Friday On
route to Brookings, s. D., for visit.
W. E. Vadnais, county auditor Of
Divide county, was in Minot Friday.
The auditor had his name enrolled
on our subscription Int.
The many friends of Miss Keavin Of
Elmira, N. Y, who visited her broth
er, John ]. Keavin In this city TWO
years ago, are pleased because of
return visit to this city.
Sfger Losby, who lives 20 miles
south OF Minot, visited this Office
Friday and subscribed for the Inde-
pendent. He says he reads English
very little, but he has some boys and
girls growing up, viii. want the lat
! est northwestern news.
j. V. McVeigh met with quite a
serious accident while coming down
the northeast hill Saturday. A wheel
Of his wagon broke and he was
thrown over an embankment, a dis
lance of ten or twelve feet and very
severely bruised.
! Street Commissioner Tom Jackson
has hauled several loads of gravel
out Of the north hill, filling the ruts
as well as he could for this time of
the year.
A dandy fine boy arrived at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Chat
field Thursday. Mark says the lad
looks as tho he'll be United States
Senator some day. Here's hopin'.
Miss Blanche Dalager, principal OF
the Central school, is spending the
holiday vacation In st. Paul with
her mother and sister.
Paul ]. Fichtenau, who has been
connected with the offices Of tho
Stone Ordean Wells Co., for several
years, Is now city salesman, taking
the place of c. J. Reynolds who has