The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-08-24
LOCAL PiCRUPS

prominent IdllnelS, ne uaS ifo aNiSS
OF fax on one OF his farms south OF
the City which he firmly believes will
make him $500 clear, after paying
all expenses. That he will have
gro nd free from weed tor next years
crop, he has a force OF laborers this
week pulling mustard from the flax.
He will SOW eight acres of fall rye
soon. sMr. Aurland has been doing a
little reading along scientific lines and
he is putting theory into practice.
R. 7. Frost, the architect has oats
on his farm near Williston, some or
which he states will 60 100 bushels t.
the acre.
M, Cook from Logan, disposed OF
four horses last week to Canadian
settler for cash, and he got a good
figure, too. Mr.. Cook raises a large
number of colts every year and finds
that the money comes in handy. Far
mer Cook thinks that crop of horses
is more certain than crop of wheat,
and more money in them, too.
Phil Movers: 81 have about four
tons of vegetables, six fat hogs, sew
eral hundred chickens and some ducks
and geese. I'll get thru the winter
night WELL"
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Scarf Of the
Orpheum theater, left Saturday for
the cities, where they are enjoying a
well earned vacation. During Mrs.
Searl's absence from the theater, Glen
Hart Mtnot's popular soloist will
sing.
Albert Nelson, editor of the Rol-
cite County Examiner was in Minot
Monday registering for the Fort Ber-
thold land. Mr.. Nelson has political
aspirations, and it is entirely possible
that he will be candidate for secre.
tary of state, as he has received a
good deal Of announcement in the
locality in which he lives.
]. J. Brand, the Sawyer gardener,
comes to Minot nearly every day witt
great loads of fine garden vegetables.
He has sold several hundreds dollars
worth of potatoes already this year,
besides an immense amount OF other
truck. His sales every year aggregate
two thousand dollars or better, last
year being one Of his very best years,
while most of the other farmers got
practically nothing. He has some
corn Is feet tall, which seems almost
increditable, yet 1t is true.
Mrs. C. F. Truax has returned to
the ranch for few days when she
will return with her sons, who have
been busting fbronchos all summer
long on the Glib ranch
John Hurley, formerly resident of
NIinot, stopped here few hours Mon
day enroute to his home in Glasgow,
Mont, after visiting relatives in Sar-
geant county. Mr.. Hurley is county
attorney at Glasgow, having been
s-e1ected4a year or SO ago, sin a, repuh-zs
lican landslide. He is making an en-
viable record, which is no surprise to
his many friends in Minot.
Farmer Art Hanson, loaded down
with great quantities of binder twine,
autoed out to his farm near Deering
Friday and set the binders at work,
garnering his splendid crop of wheat,
135 acres. He also has 60 acres OF
fax, good for fifteen or twenty bush
els to the acre. he actually believes.
He picked one of the plants and count
ed just SO bolls, As of them being
filed perfectly and the others in var
ious stages of development. !
VIM. Estlick, from Holstein, Iowa,
is here visiting his brother-in-law, Col.
H. J. Hecht. He owns farm on the
north prairie, and hopes to buy anoth-
er before he returns He reports that
the owa farmers by reason Of dear
crop failure, will have a hard time
paying their cash rent of six dollars
an acre.
J. e. McKoane took an auto ride
Is miles northwest Of the city Sunday.
He states that there are some hne
crops in that neighborhood. He has
some wheat that will average from IL
to Is bushels, and oats good for thir-
ty or forty, while fax never looked
better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Schulz left
Monday for Regina, sask., where they
will make their future home. Mr..
Schulz will look after the legal depart
ment Of the Rogers Lumber Co. at
that place.
Victor Sandberg, who has been Wis
iting his parents at Westfeld, N. r.,
for several weeks, returned home this
week, and his smiling counIenance
may again be seen at Samuelson's.