The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-07-01
MINOT and VICINITY

Forty cars of hogs have been shipped
out of Douglas this season.
E. A. Long Of the Brush Nc Williams
Co.. has gone to Milwaukee on business.
VIM. Healey, prominent stock deal
err from Glenburn was in Minot Tuesday.
County supt. Wendt returned from the
jamestown convention of County Sup
erintendentS on Thursday.
Supt Lowell of Mountrail county stop
ped over the day Thursday, enroute to
his home at Stanley from the jamestown
meeting.
Miss Gladys Mumford, recent grad
uate of the Normal school, returned to
her home at Kimball, Mimi, Sunday.
Mrs. E. Erickson and daughter Emma,
who have been guests at the c. G.. Heen
home the past fortnight returned Sun
day to their home at Maynard, Mimi
Waterford township voted ~on consol-
idating the township schools. last Tues
day. The proposition failed to carry.
The vote stood ~ to Al.
{ The vote on consolidating the schools
}of Willis township showed "a to IS
against consolidation.
Harry Dingman and family have gone
Chautauqua grounds.
Atty, and Mrs. c. Aurland and daugh-
ter Helen and DR.. and Mrs HardaW way
left for the Detroit lakes, Minnesota, by
fishing.
Carl Torbenson, former county COM
missioner is back from Bellingham,
Wash, for a visit with old friends. His
wife stopped at Conrad, Mont to visit
her daughter, Mrs. Alfred Thompson.
The Englehardt hardware store at Up
ham caught fire from a defective pipe
leading from the gasoline tank Of the
lighting system. The tank was thrown
out and the fire extinguished by the
towns chemical engine.
9Th as a county board Of equalization.
On the 7th bids for grades and roads
will be opened
w. S. Glazer and son Robert are ex-
pected home from Council Bluffs, Ia,
this week where they attended the we'd
ding Of Ben G1azer.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Young of Surrey
left today for Grand Forks and Fargo
and before their return will enjoy lake
trip from Duluth TO- Detroit. Their
led them enroute to Winnipeg, to visit
relatives
A big celebration will be held at the
Hans Christensen home eight miles
south of Sawyer, Sunday, many neigh
bors being invited.
The Champlin Implement Co. delivered
a 40 h: p. Studebaker motor bus to the
MinOt Transfer Co., believed to be the
first outfit Of its kind sold in North Da-
kota. The company will have car load
OF 1916 Studebaker cars for 18th Of july
delivery. ~ Wy
Prof w. F. Clarke addressed the
school officers of Divide county at a big
meeting meet 15. at ambrose Friday. Mr.. Clarke
and competent teachers.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Taylor left this
week for San Francisco to see the big
exposition and will visit other points en-
route. --.
The Great Northern railway company
"a NJ 1n1 to oit g.
will be ready to build steel viaduct
over their tracks in 1917, but first one
block Of Ward street must be widened
from 40 to so feet. .#
Hot Springs, Ark. where he will visit
his mother, who 10 spending the summer
there. He will go on east to the market
centers before his return.
Mrs. Rath and children were brot in
from the south prairie by, the Juvenile
here for several days. The couple are
not capable of taking care Of their chill
dren.
J. w. Webster Of Burlington has re-
wife to a specialist several weeks ago.
Mrs. Webster is improving slowly but
will not return for some time.
Frank Linha and wife and brother,
oP The eeE to teLG the
lee held in honor Of John Illus. a Bohem-
ian martyr, who was burned to death
500 years ago.
One of the interesting events at Mi
not's celebration, Monday, will be the
tug Of war between ten men from east
Of the city and ten huskies from west Of
town. The committee is trying to pro-
cure rope that will stand the test
Alfred Petras, early Glenburn home
a visit. He is engaged in the hardware
business in the west. La Veta Is locat-
ed in the county where the recent mining
employed 6S7 deputy sheriffs. He has no
use for Rockefeller and sympathizes en-
tirely with the miners.