The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-07-17
Local and Personal

Geo. Gilmore, the Williston attorney
was in the city Tuesday.
Fred Sartwell, one of the Indepen-
dents old time subscribers, was call
err at this Office Tuesday.
Senator Bond returned recently
from business visit to various points
in the Canadian Northwest.
Mrs. Skeoch has returned from
New York state where she visited at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Skeoch.
A small fire in lean-to at the
home of T. F. O'Brien, N. Ward
street, called out the department
Tuesday morning.
Jens Glein, former county commits
sioner, was down from Foxholm Fri
day making arrangements to build a
large barn on his place.
Ira Rush of this city has been pitch
ing for the Sherwood team that has
been winning practically all of the
games played this year.
Mr.. Etter's son at Lone Tree has
entered the boys corn growing con-
test. He has an acre of corn that
does not contain single weed.
Geo. L. Ryerson of Medicine Lake,
Mont, who had been. attending the
Chautauqua near Tolley, came down
to Minot Saturday to visit friends.
Ben Elzenhoefer, one of the old sol
diers who attended the Gettysburg
reunion, has returned home. Ben
spent some time visiting old friends
in the east.
Editor Andrist of the Noonan Min
er, passed thru Minot Saturday en-
route home from the Minnesota lakes,
a whopper fish story.
Allie Rush was in from his farm
north of the city Tuesday for binder.
He has $50 acres of crop, including 35
acres of fall rye that is about ready to
cut.
John Borud from south of Des Laos
was in the city on business Tuesday.
He reports a great improvement in
crops. Those seeded about May Is
appear especially fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Blichfeldt of
Tagus passed thru Minot Saturday
enroute to Minneapolis, where the lat
ter will leave this week for her old
home in Fredrikstad, Norway, to visit
her father and mother until next
spring.
While digging out the concrete
crossing in front of the Leland hotel
ing which had been laid there many
the cement and the lumber was still in
good condition.
Chas. McManus, manager of the In
ternational Harvester Co., will soon
start the construction of beautiful
bungalow in Eastwood Park, just east
from the F. B. Lambert residence. 1t
will be 32x44 feet Architect Wood
ruff is drawing the plans.
John Ehr, John L. Fahey and John
Lewis, delegates, and Carl Bach, men,
Der of the committee on law, left on
No. 2 for Fargo Monday, where they
are attending the annual session of |
the Knights of Pythias. Minot thus
has four votes in the grand lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Elarth from
down Sawyer way, attended the en-
tire session of the Minot Chautauqua
and seemed to be much interested in |
the entertainments. Mr.. Elarth has
travelled around the globe and knows
considerable about things abroad him
self
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew jacobson and
daughter of Burlington visited Minot
friends Sunday. Andrew has been
mighty busy this summer working out
$14OO worth of taxes for the Great
Northern in Burlington township and
Loo roc,1l+ uyo shall ovroot 70 coo n |
vast improvement in those highways.
Billy Benefits tented attraction
appeared here twice, Friday and Sat-
urday. Billy has good band, played |
to large crowd each night and seem
ed to give good satisfaction. Billy
has been coming here for the past
fourteen years. He always delivers
one of his interesting heart to heart
talks during each street concert and
manages to "get away with it."
J. M. Devine, ]. S. Murphy and w.
day afternoon to speak at the farmers
picnic. They encountered some mud
dy roads and the Governor and the
ever they arrived at hill. They con-
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clock that evening and returned. They
took particular notice of the crops en-
route and say there is only fifteen
percent Of the wheat that was in
condition not to be benefited by the
recent rains.
~. Brand is marketing more than
a thousand quarts of fine currants
from his garden near Logan, getting
a good price for them. He is also
bringing in nice loads of beets and
other garden truck. Mr.. Brand gets
larger returns from five-acre gar
den than most farmers do from half
section. He owns 800 acres, but finds
that it is a great deal larger farm
than one actually needs. He has
patch Of corn that he will wager most
anything beats any Iowa field at the
present time.