The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-07-16
CITY NEWS

Mrs. s. r. Hersoc of brady July 6.
Gilbert Semmingsen, the Grano
banker, was in the city Tuesday night.
P. L. Hodge, the grain man, is
transacting business at Lakota today.
VIM. Healey of Glenburn stopped
in the city Tuesday enroute home from
St. Paul.
L. J. Palda Jr. and son are at Dem
yer, Colo., attending the National
Elks' convention.
Editor Parratt of Donnybrook RI
loted Oscar Wilson, the banker, around
the city Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Miller of Gran
vile arrived Wednesday to visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Colcord.
L. A. Mann of Berthold was in town
Thursday and reports crops exception
ally fine out that way.
A Grange picnic was held at Logan
Wednesday. A Grange society will
be perfected at that place.
J. L. Enright, of Wilton, who is con-
nected with the famous Washburn
mine, was in the city Tuesday. !
Jack Mcdonald, victim of a runaway
while hauling load of hay to Coll
mar Bros circus, is improving.
Earle Stredwlct of Logan cut eight
tons of alfalfa from IL acres and
the cr, p will be CIT again soon.
J. L. Hanson, H. B. Semerud and
H. Leifson, prominent farmers from
Gre!land, were in Minot Wednesday.
Andrew Westegard was jabbed in
the head with a pitchfork in row at
Biorn's livery barn and is in the hos
pital.
John H. Lewis and family are ex-
pected home this week from an ex-
tended visit in the New England
states.
M. R. Porter returned from Mime
apolis Tuesday. He reports the crop
great, especially along the Fargo-Sur-
rey cutoff.
VIM. Sayers of Des Laos was in the
city Monday with his new Ford. He
brot Mr.. Valentine, his neighbor, along
for ballast.
G. H. Berg of Surrey was in the
city Monday. He received a car of
Irvine Wednesday which is selling at
from II to 13 cents.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Francis were in
Minot Wednesday enroute home from
the convention. They visited friends
at Devils Lake enroute.
Lightning killed cow belonging to
Geo. Jones south of the city July 5.
The same day James McCarty lost a
horse in similar manner.
Pres. and Mrs. Crane have return
ed from Minneapolis, where Mr..
Crane spent a week at the meeting of
the National Educational Association.
The Farmers club from Freedom
township will meet at the home of w.
r. Foster Saturday. A. good dinner
will be served, with a program fol-
lowing.
Peter Behres of Bristol, S. D., has
bought an interest in the Lyman Land
! Co., from E. A. Harthouse. He is a
hustler and will make a success of the
real estate business.
w. J. Carroll reports two large
sized rats being killed at his home in
this city. Quite number of the old
fashioned rats have been captured
here. Swat the rats.
The Ward county Sunday School
convention is in session at Donny-
brook To-Day and will end tomorrow.
We will give complete account of
the meeting next week.
The gasoline stove in the basement
of the Jas. Scofeld residence explod-
ed Monday morning at 5 o'clock,
causing some damage by fire. The de-
partment was called out.
w. l.. Millar of Burlington was in
the city today enroute home from the
Tolley Chautauqua, where he spent
eight days. He says that words can
not express the good time he had.
Arthur Jones of Minneapolis, broth
er of R. S. Jones, foreman at the in
dependent, was in the city over Sum-
day. He is connected with one of
the large printing establishments in
Minneapolis.
Mrs. B. A. Lien, wife Of a travel
ing salesman, has recovered from
blood poisoning in one Of her hands.
She is regarded as one Of the states
poisoning may have marred her play
ing.
Conductor Wynn of the Mouse River
/ Loop Limited, on the Sherwood branch,
is proud of two brand new coaches
just installed, No. 1869 and 3O79.
Henceforth travelling with the genial
conductor will be perfelt bliss.
J. C. Woodruff, the architect, will
have plans completed in a week for
the third story Of wing at the Le-
land that will give twenty fine rooms
with bath. Work will start very soon
on the addition, which will be 45x100
feet.
Prof. and Mrs. J. Floyd Stevens
have returned to Grand Forks after
visit with Mr.. Stevens mother, Mrs.
J. D. Van Fleet. Prof. Stevens holds
a fine position in the state university
For five years he was instructor at
Cornell University.
w. R. Summers was down from
Deering today. He is cutting a TO-
acre field of winter rye, part Of which
was sown on fall blowing. It is much
better than that stumbled in and the
heads are so heavy they bend well to-
wards the ground