The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-05-20

H. L. Lynons, formerly engaged in
the newspaper and real estate bust.
ness at Bowbells, visited Minot Satur.
day. He is now Chiropractor and
will locate at some point in North Da
kota.
Levi Gilroy is back from Montana
attending to business and visiting old
friends. Up to the time he left, not a
drop of rain had fallen, but it is pre-.
sumed that good soaker fell last
week.
A band of gypsies enroute to Minot
camped near the Ludwig Mikklson
farm in forming township. A babe
was born in tent to one of the mem
bers of the band, Mr.. Mikklson acting
as Godfather.
Hon. Staale Hendrickson of Coteau
was in Minot writing insurance Satur-
day. Staale is working to break a
record before July /, when he hopes to
win free trip to the San Francisco
exposition given by his company.
In commenting upon Samson's bar
ing the secret of his great strength
to Delilah, one Of our ministers in his
sermon on last Sunday evening admit
ted that many man had been fool
ish" enough to tell his wife the truth.
1t is a pleasure to have your shoe
repairing and rubber or leather heel
work done at the Minot Shoe Hospital,
basement Lexington Hotel block. Par
eel Post orders solicited. Work done
while you wait. All work guaranteed.
R. w. Dalziel, from northeast of the
city, was in town Tuesday. He is milk
ing 81 cows and has finished planting
40 acres of corn. He has fine lot of
fruit trees that were loaded with bios
SONS, but realizes that the freeze Mon
day night ruined all of his fruit for
the year.
Arnold, the six-year-old son of J.
W. Samuelson, submitted to an opera
ton Monday for the removal of q good
sized glass button that had found its
way up his nose. An anesthetic was
given and the button successfully re-
moved. .~-
B. L. Bussen and J. H. Loveland,
prominent Waterford farmers, were IN
the city Monday to confer with the
commissioners relative to the building
of grade nearly mile long across
the big slough between Waterford and
st. Mary's townships.
H. R. Larsen, who has been con-
nected with the Minot Tailoring Co.
and O. Hakstad, a Minneapolis tailor,
have opened a merchant tailoring bus
mess in the Citizens bank block. They
are both good workmen and ought to
build up nice business. 4,
Atty. and Mrs. Arthur LeSueur of
Fort Scott, Kan, arrived Monday for
ten days visit with old friends. Mr..
LeSueur is dean of the law college at
Fort Scott, an important Socialist CEN
ter. A wealthy citizen has endowed
the college with many valuable acres
adjoining Fort Scott.
Miss Nelson, president of the feder-
ated women's clubs of the state, visit
ed Minot Saturday to confer with the
club women of this city, relative to the
state convention to be held here in Oc-
tober. Miss Nelson attended the
meeting of the third district at Ken7
mare Thursday and Friday.
A little son of w. H. Stutsman, one
of our railroad commissioners, attend
ed church at Mandan the other day
and heard the choir sing, "Oh Happy
Day." Returning home he said to his
mother, Mamma, I heard song in
church today. They sang new words
to the tune of How dry I am" =,
Louis Emerson and Geo. TODD will
receive their first car load of Grant
cars this week. There has been de-
lay because the factory could not fill
orders. The car is manufactured at
Finley, o., and the business has grown:
so rapidly that the cars are being con-
structed under acres of great tents.
TENTS, TENTS and TENTS. .
All sizes, new and secondhand, for
sale or rent. See Shaft, Dirks Bldg,
Phone 465 or 558 White. 5-13-t2