The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-03-18

James Kennedy VS.. the City of Minot.
Mr.. Severance is the guest Of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Severance.
Mrs. w. w. Winter, of Minneapolis,
visited old Mnot friends last week.
Her husband, who is auditor for the
Western Express, Co., joined her here
Sunday.
Fred Spath, former city commits
sioner, arrived from Minneapolis last
week to visit old friends
Dennis Carly, who homesteaded in
forming township years ago, died re-
Gently at his old home in Virginia. He
was an old time sailor and an interest
ing character.
r. w. Thorpe is now located at
Crosby, where he has charge of ten
yards for the Rogers Lumber Co. in
that section of the state.
j. B. eastman of Foxholm was in
the city Saturday. He recently re-
turned from Eden Valley, Mimi,
where his father has been very ill of
pneumonia and dropsy.
A. O. Norgard, secretary, J. L. Will
liams, manager, and James Johnson,
president of the Hartland Farmers
Elevator, attended the meeting of the
grain dealers of the state in this city
last week.
Among those attending the meeting
of the grain dealers last week, we no
ticed H. C. Remington of Granville,
Prof. Toole of Ray and John and Fred
Topp, of Grace City.
Call at the Scofield Implement Co.
and see the Cushman binder engine
and the Western Electric Co.. farm
light plants, as we'll as the Curtis
auto trailer. For prices, write of
phone Bert Bunel, Minot, N. D.
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A winsome daughter was born to
DR.. and Mrs. J. R. Pence on est. Pat
rick's Day in the Mornin'." The doc
tor wore an immense Shamrock dur
ing the day and if he exceeded the
speed limit twenty or thirty miles an
hour, this should be overlooked.
Paul C. Evans, who recently arrived
from Marshall, Mo-, was in from his
forming township farm Saturday for
lumber for good-sized barn. He has
already invested in number of choice
mich cows, brood mare and registered
Duroc Jersey hogs and will go into
farming right. IT,
The North Dakota tax commission
now consists of H. H. Steele, F. E.
Packard and Mr.. Wallace. It appears
that but $4,000 has been appropriated
for salary, anticipating the passage of
the one man bill, and this will hardly
be ample to pay for the services of all
the members.
Bert Rygmyr of brady, one of our
! popular farmers, returned from For
est City, a., where he spent the win
ter at his old home. He reports
cold, stormy winter there and is glad
to get back to sunny North Dakota.
James Eide of Wang township, pro-
prietor of the Springdale Farm, is
transacting business in Minot.
J. S. Wallace, the Burlington coal
baron, graced the Heavenly City with
his presence Friday. The Judge de-
clares that Burlington will most GER
tainly have electric lights as Manager
Mcclure of the Consumers Power Co
was in Chicago at the time getting
specifications, and even should this
concern overlook the golden opportun-
ity, J. S. will install the system him
self. ~
The E. G. Kivley sale held southwest
of Minot Tuesday was attended by an
immense crowd. This was one of the
most successful sales ever held in this
vicinity. A mare sold for $2O2.50.
Cows brot up to $50 and hogs from
SIS to $18. Machinery sold we'll and
chickens brot Is cents each. A Mi
not man drove out with a wagon load
of coops, but came home as he went
out.
A man who believes in the old say
ing, "See a pin and pick it up, and all
the day you'll have good luck" saw a
pin in front of the postoffice the other
day. Bending down to get it, his hat
tumbled off and rolled into the gut
ter, his eyeglasses fell and broke on
the pavement, his suspenders gave
way, he bursted the buttonhole on the
back of his shirt collar, and he all but
lost his new front teeth. But he got
the pin.
A regular meeting of Marguerite
Local Of the Socialist party was held
March 10th at the Marguerite Town.
ship Hall. Cake, sandwiches and cot
fee were served. REGULATIONS, read
inps partv business and social CONVEX