The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-02

on just rs large q scale next season
as he did last. The fact that out OF
the entire crop last year, about all he
got was something less than 200 acres
of fax, does not tend to d scourage
Mr.. Marean. He received between
fifteen and twenty thousand dollars
less for his crop than he would have
under ordinary circumstances, but
says he does not mind little item
like that
Loren Houston OF Norwich, called
at the Independent ofioe Tuesday.
Mr.. Houston 10 young Ohio farmer.
who began farming in th,s state last
spring. He u we'll pleased TOR he
raised 800 bushels of lax and 100
bushels Of wheat not . bad starter In
- poor season.
w. r. Wolf. Z south prairie farmer.
returned recently frsm . ok weeks
visit at Red Wing, MINI. He tells
us that no did not do 70 poorly last
year. He had ten acres of fodder
corn from which he took eighteen
loads of the finest kind of feed. He
was go we'll pleased that he will plant
20 acres Of corn this year. For a
time last summer, he thought his
corn was doomed, but he cultivated
it we'll, and it came out all right.
J. j. O'Leary of the Iowa Invest
ment Co., has arrived home from Elk
ador, a., where he spent several
weeks arguing the good points of
North Dakota. He says that many
farmers from that vicinity will come
to North Dakota soon, to make in
vestments.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. f. BArtling and
daughter have arrived from Chicago
and other points n Illinois, where
they spent several weeks. Mr.. Bart
ling is Interested In bank In Chi
cago, and he always attends the an
nual meeting of the stockholders. He
reports many uainos farmers prepar-
Ing to come to North Dakota in the
spring to secure some of our fine
farming land before the price scars
too high.
Ole Person, a prominent Grano
farmer, was q visitor In Minot Thurs
day. Mr.. Person is one of the big
farmers Of Renvtlle county.
D. H. Funderberg VINO lives neal
Surrey, phoned n Thursday afternoon
to learn something of the fire. He
said he had heard the fire whistle
very plainly at his home, more than ,
eight miles away.
a caller at our office Thursday.
An Elks lodge will be installed at
Devils Lake Feb. Is. Many from Mi
not and other points Of the state viii
attend. 1t 10 possible that a special
ira n will convey the Elks from the
western part of the state to the
Satanic City.
Berthe Nelson, a prominent Flax
tonite, mingled with old time friends
n Minot Thursday.
r. M. Trumbull. brother -in-law OF
]. A. Heder OF this was = visitor In
Minot Thursday. ~".
M. c. Graham, the Stanley grain
man, stopped off in Minot Thursday,
enroute for Minneapolis.
P. J. Throdahl, Z former Minot re-
sident, now living in Bismarck. was
in the city Thursday. Mr.. Throdahl
has disposed Of his interests in the
implement concern at Bismarck and
is back with his old company on the
road. .
case that never should have been
tried in district court, occupied the
attention Of the Judge and jury for
several days last week. John Phillips,
a young farmer living south of Ken
mare was charged with assault. The
complaining witness being Harry
Foster. Philips was found not guilty.
The evidence showed that the men
merely had q good sized scrap In
which Foster got the worst OF it. 1t
came about in this way. Foster Mss
cd some tools from his engine, sitting
beside the road and believing that
Phillips took them, Deputy Homns
and Foster went out to the Phillips
farm with q search warrant. While
Hofflne was looking around tho house
for the tools. Philips attacked Foster
! with hand saw, cutting an ugly
cash in the hand. Hofane separated
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