The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-02
G. Engdahl, the Kenmare banker,

q. Engdahl, the kenmare banker,
was in the city Saturday.
A. l.. Robb will leave in the morning
! for Pointer, Sask., where he will buy
grain. -.
Willard Larsen, the l. H. C. mana
ger from Kenmare, was in the city
Wednesday.
! Mrs. C. A. Foutz and children and
Mrs. Dyer and daughters Of Antler,
N. d., are spending few days in the
city.
| Louis Racine returned Wednesday
from 1000 mile trip by motorcycle
thru Minnesota. He made the entire
trip without single mishap.
Prof. G. O. Hageseth of Luverne, N.
D., is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs C. G.
Heen this week. Prof. Hageseth is
principal of a consolidated school in
Barnes county.
Paul Evans has put up more than
so tons of hay at his forming farm.
While hay is big crop, there is con-
siderable demand for it, and farmers
are not letting much go to waste.
The first load of new wheat was re-
ceived at the Minot Flour Mill We'd
nesday. 1t was brot to market by Mr..
Hoyt, who lives eight miles north of
the city. The wheat graded No. l
hard and weighed 81 pounds to the
bushel.
Paul V. Mccoy, who is buying stock
in New York City, spent Sunday at
the famous summer resort, Atlantic
City, N. j., sending the Independent
a card from that place.
The Bismarck Tribune announces
that after October I, it will charge
all newspapers $500 year subscrip-.
ton and if any exchanges are wanted
the Tribune will subscribe for them,
paying the cash.
R. C. Shorb, who has had charge of
a grain house at Parshall, has gone
to Portal, where he is buying grain
for the Farmers Elevator. Mr.. Shorb
is former Surrey young man and
has been quite successful in the grain
business.
Miss Georgia M. Chambers, daugh-
ter of the late editor of the Churchs
Ferry paper, was married to M. Z.
White. a manual training instructor
from Washington Springs, S. D.
The Grand Forks Herald says 60
bushels of barley to the acre is the
highest yield yet recorded. E. s. Per-
son of Minot threshed a field that
yielded II bushels per acre.
Ten barrels of engine and valve oil
for sale at bargain, in any quantities
at the H9dgins Second Hand Store,
Minot. This oil was secured at
great reduction and will be sold for
less than cost of manufacture.
During a severe thunder storm in
forming township Friday night, a
straw stack close to Anil Hammers
barn was struck, but Mr.. Hammer put
out the fire before any damage was
done. A severe wind blew his hay
rack off and took several tons of hay
into a slough.
Mrs. w. F. Mielke of Coulee visited
her niece, Mrs. A. M. Waller, a few
days this week. She was enroute
home from Kimball, Mimi, where she
attended the fiftieth wedding anniver-
|sary of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
G.. Petty Mr.. and Mrs. Petty were
formerly residents of the Coulee coun-
try.
F. j. Steffeck of Shafer, formerly
county superintendent of schools of
Ward county, was the guest of Minot
friends few days the latter part of
the week. F. J. is now superintendent
of schools of Mckenzie county, having
taken claim some years ago out near
Schafer, he ran for Office and was
elected without opposition.
Martin Jacobson has threshed $500
bushels of barley, No. 1, averaging
better than so bushels. He also thresh-
ed 1000 bushels of oats for feed. He
started header in the field Monday.
1t costs more to operate header and
stack the grain, but the threshing
costs only half as much as the other
grain.
Mrs. Thos. Fox of Bantry passed
thru the city Friday enroute to Des
Laos, where she has farming interests.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Fling have re-
turned from California, where they
spent nearly two months seeing the
expositions and visiting friends. They
had fine trip but like thousands of
others are glad to get back to North
Dakota. ..