The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-08-05
Peace movement started in Minot.

Peace movement started in Minot
John T. Rush is seriously i'll at St.
Joseph's hospital with heart trouble.
The latest reports show slight i'm
provement in his condition.
Judge Leighton, Dorr Carroll and J.
C. Lowe left Tuesday for points in
Iowa and Nebraska in loves Velie
car, to visit relatives and friends.
James Flatland, cashier of the, Un-
ion National bank, motored to the
eastern part of the state where he is
spending his vacation with relatives.
Nine hundred eighty-one persons
lost their lives in the Eastland disaster
when the big boat toppled over in the
Chicago river and al bodies are yet
missing.
Isaac Syne, who has been living on
a homestead near Plentywood, Mont,
is back and will teach school in this
vicinity. He formerly taught in Rush
vile township.
1t has been just a week since Judge
Murray has issued marriage license.
The Book of Life" in which marriage
licenses are recorded will last long
time at this rate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert German of
Towner motored to this city Saturday
to visit friends several days.
Martin Hanson, a prominent Stanley
merchant, was an over Sunday visit
or in the city.
J. E. Elsberry has returned from a
400-mile auto trip where he posted
bills announcing his big dairy sale on
Thursday, Aug. IL. He visited Velva,
Dogden and all towns enroute to San
ish, the new town on the Missouri riv-
er. He is assured of quite lumber
of buyers from that district.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Patterson of Don
nybrook arrived in the city Monday.
Mrs. Patterson submitted to an oper-
alton at the Lytle hospital Wednesday
and is convalescing nicely. Mr.. Pat
terson is the guest of the Falconer
family while remaining here pending
the recovery Of his wife.
Rev. and Mrs. H. Kettler and three
children grom Delaware, Iowa, arriv-
ed to visit Mrs. Settlers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Abraham of the south
Prairie. Mrs. Kettler will be remem-
bered as a former Ward county girl,
Miss Elsie Abraham, who still has a
host of friends in this vicinity.
In our article on the Better Farm
ing movement the typesetter made US
say that Chas. Taylor "was not con-
verified to the idea from the success of
the gopher poisoning campaign"
when we intended to report him as
saying that he was converted by the
success of the campaign against 60
piers.
Robert Anderson, an early hotel pro-
prietor at Sawyer, returned from
Havre, Mont, Friday to look after his
farming interests near Sawyer. Mr..
Anderson and son, Fred, are engaged
in the grocery business at Havre. Mr..
Anderson's daughter, Irene, who won
the piano in the contest held by the
Independent ten years ago, is now hap
PLY married. Many friends will be
glad to learn that the Andersons are
happy and prospecting in the west.
Major Murphy, 500 immigration
agent, arrived from Minneapolis to-
day to attend the LaFollette-L LOTUS
meeting. The Major has taken issue
with some of the statements made by
Mr.. LOTUS, his discussion being pub
lished in some of the state papers.
Whether he will meet these men on
the platform or not, is problem at
this writing, but it is presumed that
the Major is here just to learn what
the speakers have to say.