The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-06-03
BURLINGTON NEWS

just completed the decorating of the H
A. Kluver residence and this week began
the work of painting the Miller hotel
These gentlemen are artists in their line
and are doing some first class work.
I The Johnson-Kluver Lumber Co. have
placed new sign above their Office.
me burlington team are making ar.
engagements to go to Bowbells Sunday
for a game with the Burke county team
Bowbells and Burlington has a long
standing grievance to settle and we look
for a hot contest.
! The township board of supervisors
were out Tuesday viewing the roads
with Overseer Halvorson, preparatory to
the commencement of general road re.
pairing. Chas. Fuller was engaged with
his auto to take them around.
| Rev Wulf of Drake was here Sun.
day to conduct services in the German
Lutheran church on North Prairie
| ceiv,ed several more cars of stock this
| week. This company is furnishing the
material for the new pavilion at No
At melting of the school board Mon
day J. NJ. Reiner was appointed arbitra-
tor for Burlington school district at the
| meeting Of the Board Of arbitration,
supt. Wendt June 5th to divide the
funds of the district on account of the
setting of several sections of land of
tnlS district INTO the les Laos OlSLr1Ct.
burlington was we'll represented at the
ball games in Minot Monday. Five auto
loads left for the Magic city.
Mrs Mrs Charlie Wist iS' left Friday ey,
friends in the Twin Cities.
Miss Laura Randall accompanied by
Miss Marion Wood left Friday for her
home at Langdon, N. D. Miss Randall
position as teacher in the intermediate
department of the local schools. Miss
Wood has accepted position at a point
in western Montana, where her parents
now reside
w. f. Gross, assistant cashier Of the
First State Bank. returned Sunday from
a months visit with relatives at Mer-
in Wisconsin are very little ahead Of
the crops here. Corn in southern Wis
consin is looking no better than corn
here
The cold. wet weather this spring has
been bad for Wisconsin corn raisers.
The Wisconsin hay crop this season
will be a record breaker.
orator for the 500, is relieving Agent
Wood here during the time that the
gravel train is engaged in operating on
this section of the line.
walks leading toward the church and
school house. and as soon as this walk is
completed, work on the balance Of the
walks along Main street that remain un-
finished will be resumed.
One Of the large plate glass windows
of the G. A. Bugge & Co. store was ac-
cidentally broken Tuesday. The boys
were throwing baseball on Main street
and an unfortunate throw resulted in
the catastrophe.
j. N. April. proprietor of the City
chairs and a number Of cuspidors to
the shops equipment.
Only those who have long been with
out the opportunity of enjoying good
l. I, s1t1 t. lev Of hN<
tub of water. such as the patrons of the
City bath rooms are privileged to enjoy.
Don't forget that the bath,rooms are
reserved exelqsively for ladies' 1,o on
dressing by an experienced hair-dresser
may be had at that time also. Manicur-
ing speciality.
The road drags recently ordered by
the town board have arrived and on
Monday Overseer Halvorson set men and
teams to work putting the main roads
in more passable shape for travel.
J. n. Neff. Burlington's new twirler
from Duluth. arrived Saturday and on
Sunday pitched the game with the, Mi
not Commercials. Burlington won by a
a fine bunch of players and have few
good men. but as an aggregation they
are not in a class with the team that
Burlington nov has in in the field I,aL The The
Brundage for the COMMERCIALS and Neff
and Wallace for Burlington. Umpires,
Smallwood and Stoddard.
]. n. Neff of Duluth has signed up
with the local team and will assume the
active mana cement and training as soon
as he can arrange his affairs at Duluth
and move his household effects here. -
Mr. Neff has leased the local pool hall
and will become identified with the bust
ness interests of the town as well as a
| personal interest in the Burlington base
| ball team.
Judge Wallace has a large force of
men employed in getting the new feed
mill in shape for operations at the ear
liest possible date. The machinery has
only the setting of the cement founda-
lions that the machines are to occupy:
| The Judge informs us that he will add
another feature in the shape of corn
chine is Of the latest pattern and larg-
est size obtainable.
Mr.. Peterson Of the Foxholm auto lily
cry. with a party of FIVE local people
aboard bound for Minot Sunday evening,
collided with driving team owned by
z. A. Harthouse and driven by one OF
horses was so badly crippled in the mix
UP that it may be necessary to shoot the
animal and put it out of its misery.
None of the occupants of the car were
turn west of Minot just before reach
! ing the Great Northern crossing, and
had slackened speed in order to make
the turn safely. AS the driver made the
den up to that time by the intense
darkness and but few feet distant. He
instantly applied the emergency brakes
and did everything possible to avert a
tragedy but was only partially success
full.
Clayton Congleton, the nervy little
pitcher who played the star part on the
Burlington team last season, will re-
turn to Burlington this coming week and
become a factor in the balance of the
seasons games Mr.. Congleton is now
employed by f. A. Madsen Co.. at
! their store in Raymond, Mont. and while
here will be employed at the general
store of c. A. Bugge G. Co.
Judge Wallace of the electric light
committee informs US that a represen-
tative Of the Consumers Power Co. will
! be in town the latter part of the week
| in company with John Ehr of Minot,
and that it will soon be known definitely
what terms can be secured from the
company for lighting the town and fur
nishing power to several who are now
using gasoline and steam engines but
would prefer using current direct froom
the power company.
H. T. Hogy returned Friday from
Montana where he is seeding section
| of land to fax. Hans says conditions
| in Montana never looked better to him
than right now. They had much
heavier fall of snow than North Da.
kota and have had copious rains Of late