The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-08-07
Local and Personal

The heat Saturday was terrific, the
thermometer registering 100 degrees
in the shade.
Over 100000 bushels of grain out
of the 1912 crop, have been marketed
in Williston.
The Great Northern is installing an
automatic block system between Mi
not and Williston.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Grow motored
to Lake Epsilon Sunday for a few
days outing.
The Reporter has moved it's offices
from East Second street to the base
ment under the Branch.
w. E. Mullins of Minneapolis ar
rived last week to assume his duties
as city editor Of the Optic.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stoudt are
spending two weeks at their old
home, Hastings, MINI.
Auditor Glib of Mountrail county,
passed thru Minot enroute to Edmon-
ton, Alta, on business.
Chas. Zehringer, assistant cashier
at the Union National Bank, is en-
Toying two-week's vacation.
Mrs. Harry Dingman and son Ed
die, left Thursday for Stephen, Mimi,
Mrs. Dingman's old home, for visit.
Miss Philips, who has been the
guest of her cousin, Alex. Pringle,
left Friday for her home at Toronto,
Can.
After examining the county records
at Cogswe}l, it is alleged that former
Register of Deeds Warmer is short
S943.35.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Smallwood are
expected to return from eastern Can
ada Aug. Is, where they are spending
the summer.
F. A. Stoevener threshed his winter
rye Saturday, which averaged Ia IL
bushels 7. F. Renwald's rye across
the road average 8 bushels.
J. w. Samuelson, Con. Lindstrom,
Peter Fugelso and NJ. j. Engeseth left
for Lake Epsilon by auto Tuesday
where they are spending the week.
A small blaze in some boxes back Of
the Chink restaurant in the postoftlce
block, called out the fire department
Monday evening. The blaze was ex-
tinguished with the chemical engine.
Con Lindstrom is enjoying a two
weeks vacation from his duties at
Weinrebe's. He visited friends at Pal
ermo and fished at Lake Epsilon.
j Chas. Sandberg and wife, Victor
I Sandberg and Mr.. and Mrs. Sandberg
of Westfeld, n Y, their parents, Wis
H tied friends at Flaxton and Oxbow,
Can, last week.
Major Murphy addressed farmers
meeting at Max Friday, returning
that evening with C. B. Bach. Mr..
Murphy addressed five gatherings
last week. 3s5tt
I, Conrad J. Keiholz, aged 40, farm
6r,r residing, near Alexander, N. D.,
committed suicide by blowing his
brains out with a shot gun. He leaves
a wife and two children.
Prof. James c. Watson, Of the I'm
iversity of Nevada, at Reno, after
spending the summer at his farm
north Of the city, left Saturday for
Rantoul, ILL.,, where he will visit his
father, before returning home.
The sale of $4,000 court house
bonds issued by Mountrail county, has
been completed. The state secures
them at per cent. Nothing appar-
emily stands in the way of that new
court house.
Sunny Jim" Falconer spent sever
al days last week in the interests Of
the Independent in Mountrail county.
He added seventeen new names be-
sides transacting considerable other
business.
The Northwestern Summer school
closed at Velva Saturday night and
Pres. A. G. Crane, who was in charge,
returned that night. The school was
attended by nearly 400 teachers from
the eight northwestern counties.
Bowbells has million dollar cor
poration and this is no joke. The Ing
| ison Hydro-electric Power Co., has
been organized under the laws of Del
aware. Mark Powers, former Minot
resident, is the secretary and treasur-
err.
Chas. Wording, an old time home
steader in the Crosby country, mag
ines that he owns all the land east of
Crosby. He was found cutting hay
on several farms near his own and or
dered the owners away with shot
gun. He has been arrested and it is
believed he is insane.
The first grain stacked this season
can be seen at the John REM farm
on the north hill The stacks are from
an eighteen acre field of winter rye
that will average no less than fifteen
bushels per acre. John is cutting a
fine field of oats for hay and has just
completed an up-to-date poultry
house.
Fred Almy, who accompanied the
remains of Mike Helm, the G. N. engi-
neer who was killed last week, re-
turned from Corning, Ia, where the
remains were inferred. Fred reports
the weather very hot in that state,
the thermometer registering 1O5 de-