The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-12-16
IN THE LOCAL FIELD

system has been installed.
w. A. Peck, Better Farming agent
was in Fargo on business this week.
Ed Rozen has returned from Fargo
where he attended the big Shrine
meeting.
H. L. Glazier of Makoti has beer
spending the week in the city attend
ing court.
| T. p. Mulick, manager of the In
ternational Harvester Co., is spending
the week in Chicago on business.
r. d. Halvorson, the shoe man, is in
Chicago looking after business mat
ters pertaining to his store. While
there he selected large stock Of
shoes.
VIM. Swartout of Glenburn killed
three of his horses because of CLAN
ders and Ezra Allen, who had team
at the Swartout farm, killed his
equines.
The Souris Messenger editor says
the time is coming when the preachers
will all be putting on motion pictures
to keep their congregations from 60
ing to sleep.
Farmers over the northwestern part
of the state are threshing again and
if the weather remains favorable will
manage to complete practically all of
their shock threshing before the first
Of the year.
A Sawyer farmer fed one of his
cows a box of sawdust in place of
bran. He didn't notice his mistake
until he MIXED the critter and this is
what he got: Half a gallon of tur-
pentine, a quart of shoe pegs and a
bundle Of lath. ...r.
J. M. Humphreys now has charge Of
the Better Farming work in Bottineau
county, taking the place of Mr.. Weld,
who cut quite dash in that neighbor-
hood before resigning. He will make
his headquarters at Lansford.
Kenmare has reason to be proud of
her schools. The superintendent is
Louis P. Linn, one of the top-notchers
among educators in the state. The
enrolment is 495 and in addition to
the regular branches, commercial and
domestic science courses are given.
A. F. Bacon has returned from a
visit to Chicago, Milwaukee and Osh-
kosh, Wis, where he transacted bus
mess with concerns relative to his
bill posting business. Bert forgot to
inquire who it is that is running the
brewery in Milwaukee at present.
Robert S. Gillespie will leave Mon
day for Troy, o., to spend Christmas
with his mother, whom he has not
seen for ten years. Mr.. Gillespie is
proprietor of one of our fast growing
ips,1ranca concorns
Geo. J. Smith, the Plaza publisher,
who some years ago sold the Max En-
terprise to Harry Fisher, has won his
case in supreme court. Fisher brot
suit against Smith, claiming that he
paid too much for the plant, and Sc
cured judgment. Smith appealed to
the supreme court 81 6lt r,,,..
Thomas Roche, the real estate man,
went to Rochester, Mimi, Friday,
where he may submit to an operation
for stomach and kidney trouble. Mr.
Roche has been failing for several
weeks and his many friends hope that
he will get relief. ,s,S a.,
Mrs. Clarence Bierly and family
will leave Saturday for Sonora, Cali,
to visit, Mrs. Bierly's parents Until
spring. Mr.. Bierly will join them
early in January. Clarence is spend
ing his 33rd consecutive winter in
North Dakota.
Chas. F. Patrick was found guilty
in federal court at Grand Forks on
two counts, for robbing the McC Gamma
postoffice. Marshall and Carter, con
victed on three counts in a similar ac-
ton, were given ten years in the fed
eral prison at Leavenworth, Kan. f 4
Ole Den bought a car load of full
blooded cows and heifers and two
bulls from Joe Boucher. The cattle
are Of the Shorthorn type and the
best that money can buy. Mr.. Den is
one of our best farmers.
Joe Boucher shipped car load Of
corn fed steers from the Slocum farm,
averaging 14OO pounds. During the
past year Joe has shipped rs cars Of
hogs from Minot He buys hogs at
the 500 stock yards every Friday.
Laura A. Cole of Pine City, Mimi,
writes the Independent for informa-
ton concerning land in this section of
the state. She desires to know if
there is any vacant land for settle
ment and what land is worth. We sug-
gest that some of our real estate
dealers communicate with the Mime
sofa enquirer.
G.. H. Todd and family, who left
Minot several weeks ago in jackson
car, bound for California, are now
travelling between Portland and San
Francisco. They encountered muddy
roads, making the journey a little
slow. Mr.. Todd hopes to regain his
health in the west.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Moore of Grand
Forks arrived to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
F. N. Fuller. They were neighbors
back in Wisconsin years ago. Mr.
Moore came west and is now located
at Grand Forks where he handles
Ford cars. Mr.. Fuller is manager OF
the Northwest Motor Co, of this city
which handles Dodge cars. The man.
ayers are having a warm discussion
today as to the relative merits of the
two cars and at this writing, neither
one has succeeded in converting the
other. 7T