The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-08-14
Local and Personal

MI. ana mrs. Roy Livingston ana
Mr.. and Mrs. Bagg motored to Cros-
by Saturday to visit friends.
Mr.. Olson of St. Paul, proprietor
of the Spaulding hotel, is here visiting
his old time friend, Erick Ramstad.
Geo. Todd of Minot was granted a
franchise for an electric light plant
at Mohall, which he will establish this
fall.
Mrs. Harry Henson of Portland, Or
egon, who has been the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Truax, left Monday for
her home.
Arne Amundson, who has been look
ing after his farming interests near
White Earth all summer, arrived in
Minot Monday.
The park board declares that on &C.
count of the danger, all shooting near
the parks must cease. Several have
had close calls.
The city has ordered five dozen
stone hammers for the use Of the men
arrested and convicted of vagrancy
and petty offenses.
C. A. Grow has gone to Chicago to
transact business. Mrs. Grow is Wis
iting relatives at Ray, during her
husbands absence.
Harry Dingman returned yesterday
from a business trip to Bowbells. He
reports very heavy rain in that vi
cinity Tuesday night.
Bob" Hughes, the Wahpeton pub
Usher and printer, was in Minot Sun
day enroute to Stanley to bid on some
Mountrail county work.
Jacob Frost began his wheat cut
ting Tuesday south of the city. The
crop has filled nicely and looks good
for Is bushels per acre.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. o. Seglen will
leave Minot this week for their new
home, Circle, Mont, where Mr.. Seq
len will engage in business.
M. Solein is in Chicago buying stock
for the several five and ten cent stores
in which he is interested. This is a
much larger job than many would i'm
agine.
Dan Kimball, one of Minot's oldest
police officers, became seriously ill
Tuesday but is reported much better
today. Mr.. Kimball expects to be
back on the force today.
The plant of the Drake Creamery
Co., owned by T. E. Slight, was burn
ed with a loss of $4,000, covered by
insurance. A large quantity of milk,
cream, butter and cheese was destroy
ed.
Harry Lewis has returned from
Peotone, ILL.,, where he visited rela-
tives several weeks. The oat crop in
that vicinity is practically a failure
while the corn crop will be only fair
with plenty of rain from now on.
County Commissioner Peter Van
denoever is either mighty fortunate
or else he is just good farmer. He
has a field of wheat at one Of his
farms four miles south of brady that
looks good for Is bushels per acre.
George Repole returned from Har-
vey Saturday where he attended the
fair. He states that the crowd was
small owing to this being mighty
busy season on the farm. The aero
plane artist gave two fine exhibitions
daily.
J. P. Ehr returned from Waterloo,
Ia, where he spent month buying
young mares, mules and stations
which he had shipped here to sell. Mr..
Ehr has two fine imported stations
for sale, one Percheron and one a
Belgian.
Thos. Poole of Bismarck spent sew
eral days last week in this city looking
up certain records in the Office Of the
Register of Deeds. Mr.. Poole declares
that by the assistance of the COVER
nor, he has succeeded in getting COM
pletely out of politics.
Prof. Hans Hovind, the efficient
deputy sheriff, fell while descending
the stairs at the court house and
sprained his good right wrist. Hans
will soon be able to get as much music
as ever out of his trusty old fiddle. "
C. E. Dresher arrived from Califor-
MIA last week to look after his farm
ing interests at Surrey. Mr.. Dresher
says he saw I. w. WIS all along the
way. Seattle is full of them and they
are very numerous throughout the
west, demanding high wages under
their own conditions.
Game Warden McCutcheon appear
ed at Lakota and persuaded Herbert
Fishel, professional dog trainer, to
plead guilty to running dogs in field.
He was fined $40 and costs. It is said
that Fishel and DR.. Lohrbauer were
seen in the fields Sunday with seven
teen dogs.
E. r. Sinkler returned from Lang
don Saturday, where he went to make
arrangements for holding sale. The
Minot attorney has been engaged to
defend the farmer arrested on the
charge of killing his wife in the barn.
It is understood that the defendant
turned over his farm and other effects
to Mr.. Sinkler.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Tyler enter
tanned number Of Mr.. Tyler's gen.
tleman friends at their beautiful
South Hill home Saturday evening,
the occasion being Mr.. Tyler's birth
day. A six o'clock dinner was served,
the guests enjoying among other
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