The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-06-27
AROUND about
THE CITY

| automoDlle, and left his auto tools
along the side of the road. He would
like to have the finder return them
to him.
John Drummond, our old Burling-
ton farmer friend, was a visiotr at
the Independents sanctum Saturday.
John says he has colt that is going
to win the blue ribbon at the county
fair IN September.
w. j. Evans Of Calgary, Alta >, ar
rived to visit his sister, Mrs. G. D,
Colcord and his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Evans. Mr.. Evans owns
considerable land in the famous AL.
berta wheat district and recently
erected large business block at
klamath Falls, Ore, where he en-
gagged IN the real estate business two
years.
Elias Preskey was in from his
Glenburn farm Saturday. He .avs
That all he will have to do TIL fall
Is to watch his 400 acre crop grow
He says Mic Roles of sGlenburn, has
a :hne 1000 acre crop.
j. J.. Beeghly, north prairie far
mer has a field of Minnesota Special
NO. 163 wheat that will ripen THE
last Of July. This is strain between
the Velva Chaff and the Fife and Mr.
Beeghly says it ripens earlier and
Yields four or five bushels more than
the ordinary kind.
The nineteen months old son -
E. M. Puariea of Reeder, N. D., was
drowned IN stock water tank
Senator Simpson, the eloquent at
torney from Dickinson, was in Msnot
Saturday, looking after his Congress
dfcted that he would be at the head
sfonal campaign. The Senator pre
OF, the list, with Devine second Blais.
dell third, Norton fourth and N. Da.
Wis Fifth. At this writing, we don't
know whether the Senator's prog.
nostications were correct or NOT.
Winter rye is one of the de2end.
able North Dakota crops when put in
right. c. Aurland, who will begin
cutting his magnificent crop of win
ter rye in about another week, says
ne put IT in according to instructions
from the agricultural college, altho
he was ashamed of his work at the
time he was doing it. The rye was
sown on stubtle, covered fairly well
with thlstles. These held the snow
and the rye was given an early start
this spring. The farmers who sowed
their rye on p1owed land didn't do
nearly as we'll.
H. L. Glazer came in from his
Makoti farmstead He is building a
business block at Makoti, and will
soon open an UP to date general
store. With his ability as a merch
ant, he ought to give that section of
the country a store they can feel
proud Of.
The Prison Reflector appeared or
yellow paper last week. Editor Noah
will establish a reputation as vel.
low journalist if he isn't careful. In
perusing the columns of the paper,
we note that Bert Conroy, one of the
Sawyer bank robbers, has been CIV
en- position on the paper as local
editor. It is presumed that Conroy's
business will be to chronicle "com-
ings and goings" of the inmates
Robinson, another Sawyer bank rob-
Ter, has been given the contract
of erecting the grand stand for the
base ball park. The prisoners are
going to celebrate the Fourth and
the prison nine will play the Bis
marck team. The population of the
penitentiary has dwindled to 174, two
of the inmates being women.
The supreme court decided that
first and second choice votes we're
optional with the voters.
A seven and half pound boy was
born to Editor and Mrs. Smart Sun.
day.
Jim Kennedy, our national com.
mitteeman, made hit 1--WE don't
think down at Chicago last week
when he voted to seat the Taft del.
egates In preference to those hou.
estly chosen for Roosevelt. Jim Ken.
nedys political sun has set.
VIM. H. Radcliffe, . cook. who
had claim near Gladys postoffice,
died from injuries received in street
fight in Williston during the fire.
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