The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-08-28
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section was opened by Bill Callahan
on the Jim johnson farm. We under
stand the results were very gratifying
4 but was not given the average BUSH
els per acre.
The Farmers Elevator Company
have employed G. d. Gleason of Mi
not as grain buyer Mr.. Gleason
comes highly recommended and has
the reputation Of being fair to all
parties.
The opening Of school has been
postponed until Sept. 8 by the Board.
Notices are posted asking for appli-
cants for the position Of janitor of the
Burlington school.
Messrs. Madsen, Dodds, Tiller, Mil
Ter and Gross motored to the hills
Sunday to get line on the prospects
for the hunting season.
Mrs. Fred Turk of Hillyard, Wash,
is visiting at the John Gobel home
this week.
The remains of the Burlington Re-
porter were sold by sheriffs sale re-
Gently for the munifcent sum Of $50.
We did not learn the purchasers
name.
The building recently occupied by
the Burlington Reporter has been
sold by John Gobel to John Burke
We understand it will be remodelled
into dwelling house.
Sam Strong is now occupying the
Calvin residence recently vacated by
the Kane family.
Bill Brokofsky, the Foxholm black
smith, was in town on business Tues
day evening.
! The 0. l.. Spires livery barn is now
in charge of Jim Eastwood Mr..
Eastwood is just the right man for
the place, judging by the spick and
span shape in which he keeps every
thing about the place.
/ Mrs. H T. Hogy, who has been dan
gerously i'll for the past ten days is
rapidly regaining her health.
Mr.. Hogy contemplates taking his
family to Montana for few months
in the hope that a change of climate
will benefit the health of Mrs. Hogy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jessie Stringer are
rejoicing in the arrival of bouncing
baby boy. Mother and son are do
ing nicely.
Rev. Eames returned from his va
cation Monday and beginning next
Sunday, regular services will be re-
sumed in the Presbyterian church..
The crying need in Burlington at
present is a barber. A good barber
running first class shop would do
we'll here.
At present the boys are getting
their whiskers trimmed at the black
smith shop with the horse clippers.
Will Wistrom returned to Flaxton
last week to look after the drug store
owned by the Wistrom Bros. at that
point.
H. A. Kluver has resigned from the
school board. Charles Wistrom was
appointed to fill the vacancy.
The c. A. Bugge Co. have special
sale on shoes again this week. This
firm certainly have some good shoe
bargains to offer people desiring to
secure first class goods.
kl.ssM isse Alice Dahl of Berthold hing
been engaged by the Board for the
Primary department Of our school this
year. OK
! Mrs. Chas. Wistrom returned from
Minot Sunday from visit with her
mother, Mrs. John Campbell. 1r"e>t
i Jim Dolan recently returned from
Farmers City, Illinois, and resumed
fills former position in the Wallace
mine.
Jim Dolan recently returned from
Fred Casteel and Hans smilversi
have returned from their claims near
Joplin, Mont, to work in the mines
here this winter.
Elof Johnson has come back to
Burlington. He has been employed
as driller by the Canadian Northern,
on tunnel work in British Columbia.
He says men are dying off like sheep
up there, from typhoid fever.
The German American Bank are
remodelling their banking quarters,
excavating basement to accommo-
date a heating plant, and otherwise
improving their property.
Messrs. Wistrom and Casteel are
doing the excavating.
Guy Amundsen of Minneapolis Wis
tied at the Joe Jacobson home few
days last week. He was on his way
to visit relatives near Williston.
Edward jacobson of Carpio left
Thursday for fortnight's trip to the
various summer resorts of Wisconsin.
Meanwhile all of us boys are getting
our army muskets oiled up prepara-
tory to pulling off one of those old
tangled celebrations upon his return.
H. T. Hogy and 0. L. Spires return
ed Tuesday of last week from Mon
tana. They are now getting few
more cars of horses ready for ship
ment again the first Of next week.
Have you seen the fly catching con-
traption invented by Joe jacobson.
i It's a great invention. The first day
he set the thing out he captured
nearly two quarts of flies. Let every
body get one.
y Miss Harriet Schindeldecker left
Wednesday for Balfour to take charge
of case there.
Miss Florence Miller expects to
leave this week for Valley City where
she will attend high school.
Rev. Hathaway of Des Laos was in
town Monday evening.
Nedrose Farmers Hold Meeting.
The Nedrose Farmers Club held
their regular meeting last Sunday at
ternoon in the Bob Gillespie grove.
Six families were represented and a
number of visitors were present, am