The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-08-17

! D. H. Beal of the Northwestern no.
tel in this city, raised turnips "a in
ches in circumference in just six
weeks. The turnips made remark.
able growth. Mr.. Beal has already
raised two crops of vegetables on
the same piece of land and Is grow
ing the third. North Dakota appears
to be n the tropical belt.
F. p. Taylor and wife have return
ed from 700-mile trip. They at
tended the druggists convention at
Grand Forks and later visited at May
vile and Oberon. They were &C
companied by their nephew, Joht Bux.
ton Of Owatonna, MINI.
Mrs. G. l.. Funderhide and chill
dren will leave Saturday for Red Deer
Alberta, to Join Mr.. Funderhide! who
has filed on q half section Of fine
land. This family has resided in MI
not during the past ten years and they
leave a great mny friends who trust
| that some day they will return, to
take up their residence here.
Pres. Elder J. G.. Moore Of the
Grand Forks district M. E. church,
while attempting to get onto a NOV
ing train at Munich the other day,
lost his grip and fell between the
train and the platform. His feet
were first lying across the track, but
with great presence Of mind, he drew
them in and escaped with few minor
bruises He was able to get up after
the train had passed, and he went on
his journey without interruption. It
was a very narrow escape, and the
| reverend has been broken of the habit
of boarding moving trains.
John Drummond, farmer living
northwest Of Minot, has q wonderful
field of alfalfa. Altho he has but ok
acres, he fenced it and on May l.,
turned "a hogs into 1t. They grew
rolling fat, but could not keep the
plants down. Later he cut ton of
fine fed to the acre, and is now feed
ing the "a hogs in it again, besides
five COWS and one horse. This is all
the feed the hogs get, and he has
some fine sows with pigs that are do
ing remarkably we'll.
Capt. D. A. Kramer of Velva tells
us he will SOW 800 acres of fall rye
and rs acres of fall wheat. He sows
the rye on the stubble. In the spring,
| he rakes off what Canadian thistles
that happen to grow the fall previous,
and the rye comes up early, shades
the ground and puts the thistles out
of business. This is the way he
cleaned some land this year, and he
did it thoroly, too.
Lee Miller and son Theodore from
Granville we're in Minot the first Of
the week, the latter to register and to
see Lucky Bob. >
James Marlenee, who has been
troubled considerably with one of his
eyes, has gone to Minneapolis to con-
suit a specialist.
R. W. Duvall, our harness man,
arrived from Mimic, N. D., where he
has been spending the summer.
: A. C. Hansons reservation. map in
his display window created consid-
cradle interest. The map was made
entirely from drugs and proved to be
very acurate. The lakes were repre-
scented by looking glasses.
| The Gacki-Robideaux Co. have a
very original and attractive display
window arranged in honor of the reg
istration of the Berthold lands "A
Homesteader's Dream" surely A
small sod shack, cheerfully lighted
and little babe creeping from the
door. A candy rail fence surrounds
it. .....
A. j. Anderson enjoyed visit from
his old friends, Mr.. and Mrs. P. E.
Mitby of Cashton, Wis, Saturday.
/ JOS. Hrdlicka Of Omaha, Neb., ar
rived Saturday to register for the
Berthold lands. He left here eight
years ago and realizes that he made
mistake when he failed to file on
land here at the time.
Walter B Montgomery, from Ne
braska, representing syndicate Of
newspapers, IL here writing up the
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