The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-09-24

lin Wisconsin and will sell his effects
completely. His sale will be held
Tuesday, Oct. 10.
I N. Mettle Of Dubuque, Ia, threshed
an 10 bushel crop Of No. wheat al
his farm IL miles south Of Minot..
L. 7. Larson Of brady has threshed
one of the finest crops in this vicin.
lily. His wheat averaged 10 bushels
and his oats and barley were heavy.
Carl Kulow Of Hubbard, Ia, is Wis.
lifting at the home Of his sister, Mrs
VIM. Hecker at Logan. This is his
first visit to North Dakota.
Elder VIM. Sparkling was called to
Cotton Wood Lake, in Williams coun.
|ty, last week to preach the funeral
sermon of Mrs. Catherine Moline, who
died at the age Of 81 years.
F. A. Parratt, the Donnybrook ed.
|itor, was in the city Saturday trans
acting business and visiting with his
numerous friends.
J. B.. Taylor will hold sale of Jer.
lsey cattle and Berkshire hogs at the
Slocum farm Wednesday, Oct. ID. "A
full page advertisement will appear
next week.
/ Chas. Funderberg was in from Sur
Trey Monday. Charlie is enthusiastic
over the fine weather we are having
ItThink of it, here it is Sept. 81 and
1--we are still picking ripe tomatoes and
lother garden truck ard roasting ears
are at their best" he said
VIII E.. Holbein Of Lansford passed
thru the city Wednesday enroute to
South Dakota, where he will visit rel
atives for a week. Mrs. Holbein, who
has been visiting there for several
weeks, viii return with him.
P. j. McKone of Surrey was in the
city Tuesday making arrangements
Ito have q page sale adj. and bills print
led. The advertisement appears in this
weeks issue. Mr.. McKone will sell a
fine lot of stock and farm machinery,
Thursday, Oct. s. He is one of Sur
lrey's most successful farmers and it is
regretted generally that he has con-
Guided to quit the farm.
J. E. Coffey and family of Des Laos
passed thru Minot Tuesday enroute to
Stanberry, Mo-, their old home, in
their new auto. Mr.. Coffey has been
troubled with his heart and his ply
sician has advised him to seek a low
er altitude. He has lived at Des Laos
for the. past ten years and many
friends hope that the change will ben
eft him.
Jos. Grove, the old time G. N. engi-
neer, visited Minot friends Saturday.
Mr.. Grove had been in st. Paul at
tending the meeting of the G.. N.
Veterans Association. He induced
Charlie Schumacher to tarry a few
hours in this city. 1t had been nearly
five years since the latter had been in
Minot and he complained of rather
stiff neck from gazing at our sky
scrapers.
Hundreds of farmers are saving
seed corn. Some surprisingly fine
yields are noted. Among the finest
found on the farms of Ole Den, Or
lando Brown, John REM, Major Per
son, Frank Linha and A. F. Thomas,
|of Deering. There are so many ex-
traordinary good yields Of corn that
we do not pretend to say that we have
listed more than a small fraction Of
them.
M. J. Flanagan, formerly Master
Mechanic Of this division of the Great
Northern, now located at Everett,
WASH, as Master Mechanic Of the
Cascade division, visited friends in
Minot Saturday, enroute to his home
from st. Paul, where he attended the
Veterans meeting. Mr.. Flanagan
lived in Minot for many years and his
many friends will be pleased to know
that himself and family are enjoying
life in the west.
in the Mcknight drug store at Velva
was brot to this city Monday night
suffering from appendicitis. He was
accompanied by Dr.. Aaker, w. n
Francis, Chancellor Commander Of the
TX. p. lodge. A local surgeon per.
formed the operation in record break
ing time. Ten minutes from the time
the young man was taken into the op.
Grating room, he was back in his room
in the hospital, able to look upon the
source Of his trouble. Within half an
hour his friends were at his bedside
congratulating him.
Fourteen drunks and vags appear.
ed in police court Monday morning
most of them young husky looking
fellows who ought to be in better bus.
mess. Out Of the lot, only one q
them had money enough to pay his
fine. These men have been hanging
around the city working for shor1
periods with threshing crews. Wher
they gather a few dollars, they can.
not resist the temptation to come Il
town and invest in fire water. There
)are plenty Of places where they car
buy it too. Police say the city is over
run with bootleggers. No sooner il
lone arrested than three take his place
Our officers say they have hard tim,
4 getting the evidence, too.
lW. s. REED BEREFT
OF ELDEST DAUGHTER
TIL seventeen year-old daughter o
NV. s. Reed, prominent farmer re
Isiding twenty miles southeast Of thi