The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-04-02

further improve the breed has re-
Gently secured registered bull, rep
resenting the best blood obtainable.
Farmers need not journey to Wis
consin to purchase Holsteins for Free
mont Cook of Oak Grove Farm, Lo-
gan, has large herd of the real thing.
These are studies, not puzzles, in
black and white. -. .-. ..-. 1s+
Chris Saugstad still hauls straw
from the S. Prairie and is still bach
elor. Now an helpmeets lacks he sore
ly and this cheerful son of Adam can
surely, midst the many daughters of
Eve, find one who will share his sor-
rows, his smiles, his wealth of affec-
ton and ideas.
Mage Ross, who used to be fire.
quent visitor in our midst, must be
studying for the ministry, for his Sc
clusion has become pronounced.
The spirit Of emulation has seized
our good neighbors and Logan con-
graduates the worthy scribes who so
ably represent their respective locali-
ties. Logan on the 500 is, and will
ever remain, the garden spot of the
county, the banner district for grain
and stock, and the most salubrious
corner of the Creators handiwork.
And, even as Minot can claim to be
near Logan, so each and every of the
less favored spots can profit by the
radiation of that brilliancy which il
lumines Logan, lovely Logan.
Mr.. Light, who like unto the vii
lage blacksmith the bard made ia
nous, finds himself busy from early
morn to dewy eve, and he has already
gained an enviable reputation for
good work, delivered when desired
His whole attention is given to the
business his sign suggests, and no
medicine for man or beast is obtain
able within seven mile radius.
G. & E. Nulph, our local contractors,
are working overtime completing the
handsome new residence which Mr..
Light is erecting on University Ave-
nue.. Mr.. Bean, our building inspector,
has O. KID the plans and specifica-
tions.
Rev. Tonne, one of Minot's most elo-
quent divines, preached to large con-
gregation at the Grasby school on
Sunday.
We heard Of an amusing incident
which occurred in the heart Of our
town twixt sunset and sunrise last
Sabbath. Friend Kuchenbecker, whose
good spouse dsired a pail of aqua
pura, journeyed to the we'll where such
is obtainable, cold and crystal like.
The hour was late, even upon the
threshold of another day. Pumping
almost noiselessly, hoping to disturb
not the nervous slumber of the adj
joining store clerks, he was about to
return, when ferocious gun barrel
CLEANED in the starlight, followed by
stern yet peremptory demand to
lift his hands in supplication and make
peace with his Maker. It would APP
pear that the new partner is deter
mined there shall be repetition OF
the recent express robbery. H. C. X
doubtless prescribed stiff dose Of
! nerve tonic the following day.
/ Herb Packard, whose sobriquet "the
Mulligan expert" has made him eligi.
BILE for the local roll of fame, took a
jaunt across the line last week, and
revelled in the gaities that Moose Jaw
affords. A few days sufficed to settle
business matters for the coming sea.
son, and ere long he yearned for the
placid calm of Logan. Detraining al
Minot on Sunday, he had that day tc
make the home village, somehow, Sc
the lonesome trail he hit, hummina
the pathetic little ditty to cheer fast
dropping spirits:
was a hayward lad,
lOVeQ a1ar 10 roam,
With purse quite empty felt sad,
When but ten miles from home
Burlington please note. M
Mrs. w. Hecker entertained the Lat
ter Day Aid on Thursday. Among tn.
many present we noted Mesdames Til
ton, Humphrey, Kuchenbecker, Tabler
cCutcheon, Shaw, Earle Stredwick
Miss Gall and the Misses Annie, Rosi,
and Mabel Stredwick. Your scribe ant
the Alfalfa King worked not, yet at,
wondrously. The good ladies laboret
strenuously till well nigh exhausted
then brief respite, for short CONVEX
sation, before partaking Of lunch