The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-06-17

A meeting of the board Of trustees
of the state Normal schools will be
held in this city Friday, June l8.
Charlie Van Wagner, who has
been visiting various parts OF the
world, has returned after an absence
of several years.
! Peter Fugelso is in Grand Forks at
tending the grand lodge of the Sons of
Norway, as delegate from Thor
Lodge No. 67. ....... ... ..
The Fran Ladies Aid will hold a
sale at the forming church June %, to
which all are invited. A splendid free
dinner will be served that day, follow
ed by sale of useful articles.
w. D. Gillespie, prominent Fargo
architect, is here attending the state
Sunday school convention. Mr.. Gil
lespie stopped enroute to this city and
secured the contract for furnishing
plans for a $4,000 4-room brick
school building at Heimdal, this side
of New Rockford.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Horton of Des
Laos are in the city attending the
state Sunday school convention. Mr..
Horton operates large farm and has
600 acres of splendid crops. At one
time during the seeding season, there
were 33 horses and one steam power
outfit at work on the farm.
"Dad" Marsh, who was severely
burned recently during blaze at his
Quick Lunch, is able to be at work
again, altho he bears numerous scars
that testify as to his narrow escape
from death. "I'd not go thru the ex
perience again for $4,000" Dad con-
fides to his friends.
The Cook Implement Co. gave a
demonstration Tuesday with their lit
tie Heider tractor, which pulls four
bottoms. The Heider is wonder. The
small tractor is bound to supersede
the heavy tractor, whose use has not
been very successful according to
claims. The small tractor is here to
stay.
1t is a pleasure to have your shoe
repairing and rubber or leather heel
work done at the Minot Shoe Hospital,
basement Lexington Hotel block. Par
eel Post orders solicited. Work done
while you wait. All work guaranteed.
The delegates to the Episcopal con-
vention at Grand Forks, held last
week, have returned. The following
from this city attended: Rev. Jas. n.
Mackenzie, Colonel Scarlet, John E.
Greene, Mesdames Grant S. Youmans,
R. C. Sanborn, F. L. Meservey, J. H.
Weinrebe and Miss Irene Hawley.
Colonel Scarlet was unable to &C
company Governor Hanna on his jour
ney to California. The governor left
Bismarck Wednesday. The Colonel
has returned from Minneapolis where
he was the guest of his sisters and his
health is not rugged enough to stand
the long journey to the west.
Editor and Mrs. Drake and daugh-
ter Evelyn motored over from West
hope Tuesday morning to attend the
state Sunday school convention. Miss
Evelyn is delegate to the big con-
vention. They covered the 60 miles in
three hours and report the roads good.
Mr.. Drake is publisher Of a bright,
newsy paper at Westhope.
C. L. Matson, one of the leading
farmers, living in that beautiful
stretch of farming country south OF
IlclDuTH, was Ill CIlc S1Cy OoCuAu0y'
Mr.. Matson is farming seven quarters
of land and has over 700 acres in crop
which looks very choice. He would
not care to part with his holdings for
$50 an acre, for he does not know of
any place where he could do better.
O. L. Avery, north of the city, had a
small patch of alfalfa last year that
furnished feed for his horses all sum-
mer long and they grew fat on it.
Alfalfa will grow on one field for
years. In Montana one field grew for
81 years. The Grimm seed is consid-
cred the best by those who have tried
the various varieties. Nearly half the
farmers have fields of alfalfa.
C. E. DeNoon left Tuesday for Cen
terville, Ia, where he will visit week
at the National Ad Mems convention.
The United Lutheran congregation
will hold services in the Court House,
Minot, Sunday morning at 1O:45; at
brady at p. m. and at the Hulberg
school house at a p. m. In the even
ing at 7:45 services will be held at
the Court House. The United Luth-
eran Aid society will meet at Carl
Hauge's next week Thursday, the oath.