The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-08-05
MINOT and VICINITY

ada have alarmed the "shorts" in mar
ket centers.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Lingafelt left
Friday for Darlington to visit rela-
tives.
C. B. Lantz, the "mayor Of Sanish,'
was business visitor in the city We'd
nesday.
Lee Feehan, the Colgan merchant
postmaster, visited relatives in the
city Friday.
Cady Bros believe that the horse
which was taken from their farm Mon
day night, was stolen.
Andrew Jensen left today for Sioux
Falls, S. D., to join Capt. Barry in the
Salvation Army work.
Peter Risman, the cement contrac.
tor, is putting in the cement work fol
the Mrs Roach residence on 9th St. S
Peter Fugelso and family returned
Wednesday night from Westby, Mont.
where they motored to visit Berger
Larsen and family.
N. N. Christianson of Kenmare, one
of our long time subscribers, is here
today listening to La Follette's adj
dress.
Mr.. Welty, from near Sawyer was
in the city Friday and attended the
commissioners meeting, boosting fol-
the Better Farming association.
D. H. Waggoner and T. Williams
prominent Rolling Green township
farmers. are building modern houses
which will be heated with steam.
Mr.. and Mrs P. ]. McKone have
gone to Wolf Point. Mont, where Mr.
McKone has taken charge of the
Champlin Implement company's house
Phil Myers returned from a five
weeks vacation at Cleveland. o., and
in Maine, where he enjoyed several
dips in the Atlantic.
Bendush & Gruneberg secured the
contract this week for the erection of
beautiful $4,000 residence which
Mrs. Anna Roach will build on 9th St
Torkel Nelson, aged Y years, re-
turned from Norway recently with a
blushing young bride of 81 years. The
happy couple expect to reside in Rol-
ling Green township.
Last year, according to the govern
ment repart, 2266 inches of moisture
was precipitated. Up to this time. the
rainfall has been more than IL inches
In 1906 we had 81 inches
Velva and Glenburn are better rep
resented than any Of the other sur
rounding towns at the Equity meeting
today. Bert Inks is one of the Glen
burnites who enjoyed the meeting.
Pete Johnson. who lives in Glen
wood Park. South Hill, this city, is re-
ported as having raised 1000 seeds
from a single seed planted in his gar
den and carefully cultivated.
BY vote of 45 to 10, the voters of
Prescott township turned down the
proposition to move the Johnson school
house to point mile and half
south, Friday.
A. A. Borud of Bernal, S. D.. is here
visiting his brother, John, and his par
ents, who live with him. It has been
nine years since he was last here and
the likes the country so wetll he may
locate here. ...
Henry Olson invested in valuable
young mare, which was a little wild.
The animal pulled back in the barn,
tearing an ugly hole in her head with
a rope halter, and will'probably die.
Thomas Jerome, a respected farmer
living about five miles southeast of the
city, died Wednesday morning after a
lingering illness Deceased leaves a
wife and ten children to mourn his
loss. The funeral will be held from
the home Friday afternoon.
Jack Theurer is the happy daddy of
a big boy, born last week. Mr.. Theur-
er arrived from Crawford, Neb.,
where he is managing a house for the
Ward Fruit company, and after visit
ing here several weeks, his family will