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

The first threshing that we know
Of in this neighborhood was done Of
Mrs. Grants farm north Of town Wed
nesday when Mrs. Grant had, will
her own threshing rig, operated by hel
son Ulysses, threshed twenty-five
acres Of the finest winter rye we have
ever seen. Every bushel was purchas'
ed by neighbors for seed before it wa
threshed and sold for the sum of IS,
per.-Adams Budget.
The many friends Of Atty. Ralph
&c. Morton of Lansford will be inter
ested in his marriage to Miss Laura
+, Rabischung of st. Paul.
liver Urseth of Westhope, who was
run over by cook car, died
| Editor Wood from over in Bottineau
county, also believes in diversifying
He sold an 8-weeks-old calf for $3.50
j. G. Hoff, the Palermo publisher
is shipping baled hay to Minot.
The Palermo Standard is eleven
years old and Bro. Hoff comments on
this fact in lengthy editorial. He
says the Standard has had ten editors
end twice as many printers. Hofl
seems to have it in for the bankers
and lawyers, despite the large amount
of business he does with both.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. johnson are en-
joying q trip thru Yellowstone Park
Two posts for the White Way have
been erected at the corner Of Main
and Second streets, to give our citi-
zens an idea Of what they may soon
expect to see. The post on the east
side of the street seems to meet with
the greater favor.
j. w. Samuelson, Con Lindstrom,
M. j. Engeseth and Peter Fugelso re-
turned Saturday from Lake Epsilon
where they spent a week. They all
caught some fish, but Mr.. Engeseth
seemed to have the most success. Mr..
Fugelso declares that its all in the
kind of bait one uses.
MIR. and Mrs. C. A. Grow and Mr..
and Mrs. A. A. Robinson returned
from a motor trip to Lake Epsilon
where they spent several days fishing.
Mrs. Robinson caught one dandy
specimen of the finny tribe weighing
three pounds.
Otto Waltz, who is quite dog fan
cier, received from Minneapolis last
week large bull dog that he is will
ing to match against any fighter in
the country.
/. Atty. Aurland has demonstrated
that it pays to pillow land deep. Last
summer he had one of his fields plow-
ed ten inches deep and the wheat on
that particular field appears good for
25 bushels per acre.
E. L. Griffin of Des Laos has in
vented a hay and shock loading ma
chine that promises to greatly lessen
the work Of the farmer. At a recent
demonstration at Bismarck, it did its
work without leaving straw in sight.
Alex. Drysdale, of this city, who
travels for the Minot Grocery Co.,
was recently wed to Miss Anna Tate
of Glasgow, Mont.
Carl Steen, the White Earth farm
err, who tagged No. 222, demanding
pay for averting collision six years
ago, is now in Jail at Stanley.
The Fort Peck reservation near
Poplar, Mont, will open for home
stead entry on Sept. at Glasgow,
Havre and Great Falls. There are
about half million acres Of good land
and there will be big rush to file.
w. E. Royce and the Sawyer city
dads are clashing over the opening Of
a ditch on two sides of Mr.. Royce's
residence property at Sawyer. Mr..
Royce considered that the ditch in
jured his property, so filled it up, but
the city fathers opened it again. ;.
Sister Doherty of the Adams Bud
get thanks a subscriber for q nice
mess Of string beans and onions. Sis
ter Doherty likes onions and don't care
who knows it. Why, onions, plain,
homely, old-fashioned onions, are the
veritable fountain of youth, the elixir
of life, the family physician and the
greatest complexion builder on earth.
As Colonel Richter would say, come
again!
A burglar at Adams, where Sister
Doherty ably edits the Budget, ran
sacked a house and got only pair of
trousers. He ransacked the hardware
dealers house.
Hoboes burned hole in box car
at Wolford.
Olaf Ribb, who has edited the Ken
mare Journal very ably for the past
two years, will engage in the news
paper business in Montana. w. B.
Mclaughlin, for several years editor
of the Kenmare News, takes Mr..
Ribs place on the Journal. Nc
Laughlin is ready writer and an Al
news gatherer.
Halvor Knudson, following a pro-
tracted spree, fell dead on the street
at Columbus.
Philip Wing Of Moosejaw, died sud-
denly at Flaxton hotel. He had pre-
pared lunch in his room and died
| Just as he was ready to eat it.
The contest case over the Burke
county seat matter was dismissed by
Judge Buttz. Ignite may appeal.
Jones, the Painter, Assaulted.