The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-04-29
Local News

j. E. McKoane is putting in 1900
acres of the various crops this year.
Mrs. Vac Barta submitted to q sue.
cessful operation at St. Joseph's hos.
pital Monday.
Miss Signe Lee left Monday fol-
Nordmarken, Norway, to visit her par,
ents for the summer.
Owing to the illness of the Mission.
airy Father, the meetings at St. Leo's
church closed last week.
John Hennessy, of Berthold, one Of
our county commissioners, is putting
in nearly 500 acres of crop this year.
J. w. Webster asks to have his In.
dependent sent to st. Paul. He re.
ports Mrs. Webster's health and eye.
sight much better.
Miss Nader has completed hel
course as nurse at St. Joseph's hospi.
tai and her many friends will be pleas
ed to learn that she will remain here.
Frank Winter of Glenburn spent
several days in the city. The Odd Eel
lows recently organized at Glenburn
and Mr.. Winters holds the chief office
E. J. Pepke, the Watkins Remedy
man, is preparing to build mammoth
residence, to cost no less than $4,000
on the north side. Mr.. Pepke is very
successful in business way.
Small boys playing with matches
set fire to Geo. Kemper's barn on Wal
ders street Wednesday afternoon, do
ing $50 damage. The firemen saved
the structure from complete destruc-
ton.
A permit was granted A. Gordon,
the clothing merchant, to make extern
sive repairs to the old Optic block. Mr..
Gordon intends to make extensive i'm
provements, the nature of which will
be announced later.
The Independent erred in stating
that all but four of the barber shops
had agreed to give their employees
shorter hours. In fact, all but one
shop agreed to this, as follows: F.
Rose, Opera Barber Shop, Howard
Bros, B. w. June, A. E. Erickson, H.
J. Reinartz, G. F. Francis, Henjum &
Clifford, J. Jensen and Fred Mechler.
V. A. Asplund, a Glenburn farmer,
has secured patent on device to
place on the steering wheels of auto
mobiles, to relieve the hands of the
necessity of holding on the wheel so
tightly. He moulds the device from
aluminium and reports large sale.
c. A. Wales, publisher Of the Jour-
nal at Van Hook, visited Minot friends
this week. He is building new
block, the second floor to be used for
a hall, in which he will install NOV
ing picture outfit. Mr.. Wales runs the
Van Hook dairy, does some farming
on the side, and keeps fairly busy.
All those who desire a landscape
plan of their lawns or elsewhere
should see J. E. Yerrington, landscape
gardener for the N. w. Nursery, who
now has charge of identifying the
Normal grounds. Those purchasing
stock now will have supervision fur
nished in planting and stock replen-
ished should it fail to develop this
season. Address J. E. Yerrington,
Minot, N. D. 4-29-tf*2
A surprise party was held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. O. Gilmore
Tuesday evening in honor of the six
teenth anniversary of their son, Don.
The lad is the official catcher of the
Model school base ball nine, and men,
bers of the ball club and their young
lady friends attended the function.
Don was presented with a fine mask.
Refreshments consisted of ice cream
and cake, the lighting of the sixteen
candles on the birthday cake being of
unusual interest.
w. S. Shaw, president of the city
commission, does not believe in losing
any time when driving an auto along
the country roads, in fact to the un-
sophisticated, he is sometimes consid-
cred rather reckless driver. His old
friend, John Ehr, once accompanied
him on trip and as John does not
think the time of his departing hence
should be very close at hand, request
ed the driver to stop the car before
the journey had ended. After John
had planted his feet on the ground, he
Strengthened up and with final wave
of the hand said: "Now drive on
The Great Northern Nursery, four
miles west of the city, has been a
mighty busy place this spring. In
answer to an advertisement in the In
dependent, the farmers came from far
and near and took home great loads
of trees and many of the town D! ople
secured beautiful ornamental yrees
and shrubbery. The G. N. owns 100
acres Of fine land, mostly planted to
trees, the place being in charge of
Mr.. Mouck. Last year some $4,000
small Russian Golden Willow trees
were destroyed by and insect and these