The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-08-26
MlNOT and VICINITY

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Mrs. A. H. Kurth and son are visit
ing with relatives in Minnesota.
Mrs. Vic. Corbett and children are
visiting relatives in Stanley this week
Wheat on the John Rozencranz farm
at Towner average 81 bushels pei
acre.
Mrs. F. V. Colcord arrived from
Glenburn Tuesday to visit at the home
of her son.
Mrs. John Craig of Spokane is Wis
iting at the home of her sister, Mrs
John Cross.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Aaker left Mon
day for DEBORAH, Iowa, to visit with
Mr.. Aaker's relatives.
Mrs. Peter McKone, ST., has return
ed from an extended visit with rela-
tives at Emmettsburg, la.
Miss Esca G. Rodger of Detroit,
Mich, is visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Carl B. Davis.
Mrs. r. E. Hopkins and daughter
have returned from an extended visit
with relatives in Minneapolis.
! President A. G. Crane has been at
tending to business at Minneapolis,
concerning the Minot Normal.
Mrs. Thomas Thorson and children
have returned from Inkster, where
they visited relatives two months.
The date for dancing at No Mans
Land has been changed from Thurs
day evenings to Saturday evenings.
Mrs. Gus. Johnson of 4th Street N.
W. left Sunday for a visit with rela-
tives at Fergus Falls and St. Paul.
Mrs. ]. w. George Of Van Hook is at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. W. Hewitt, north Of the city, where
her father lies seriously i'll Of sun
stroke.
Angus Frazer, manager of the Hold
gins storage house, stepped on a rus
ty nail Saturday and is now experience
ing considerable trouble with the in
jured member.
E. A. Greenwood, from the state
dairy department, was in the city Sat-
urday. He was in the western part
of the state inspecting the creameries
as to their sanitation.
Mr.. Cash of the Cash Carnival Co.
was in the city Friday. His company
is operating in the northwestern part
of the state where it has established
an enviable reputation.
More than 400 laborers have regis
tered at the city hall, at the free en-
ployment bureau conducted by the
city, and more than 300 have been fur
niShed iohS IN the farms
Mr.. and Mrs. Riley were called to
Elks Falls, Wis, Saturday by the Sc
rious illness of Mrs. Riley's mother,
who is not expected to live. They ex-
pect to be away several weeks.
The entire Ray baseball team was
arrested Wednesday for playing
baseball on Sunday. The warrant
was issued on a complaint signed by
Rev. Greenup. The hearing is set for
August "a.
G. B. Swanson, manager of the MI
not Implement Co., is confined to his
bed by a badly bruised leg. While in
the country last week he was kicked
by a horse belonging to farmer
where he was installing some farming
machinery.
John Sveen, of the Stone-Ordean-
Wells Co., left for Minneapolis Friday
where he is meeting with the board
of trustees of the Sons of Norway of
which he is a member. There are but
three trustees, the Minot man holding
a very responsible position.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Fitzgerald have
been visiting at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. John Wynn. They re-
side on a ranch near Schafer where
they have 400 acres of land and a
large number of horses. They ex-
pect to buy small tract of from 10
to 40 acres near Minot and move there
before long.
A valuable mare belonging to ].
Wynn, the milkman, stepped on a
stone at the corner of Second avenue
and Fouth Street S. w. and the stone
turning threw the mare, breaking her
left foreleg between the knee and
ankle. The accident occurred We'd
nesday morning.
R. D. Ward, living II miles west Of
Garrison, has a beautiful farm home
costing $4,000. He owns an i'm
mense ranch and raises some of the
best horses found in the Northwest.
Only few years ago Mr.. Ward start
ed with only ten head of horses and is
now reckoned as one of the biggest
ranchers in the state.
c. H. Moulton, manager of the but
ter department., and N. o. Hammer,
who has charge of the cheese making
at the Minot Dairy, were this week
recipients of checks from D. V. Moore,
secretary of the State Fair associa-
ton, as premiums on their exhibits.
Mr.. Hammer took both first and Sec
ond prizes.
Miss Minnie Pratt of Baker was
killed in an automobile accident near
Baker last week Tuesday. 1t seems
that Miss Pratt and her brother drove
to town to secure harvest hand and
were returning home with man when
MIR. Pratt asked the harvester to hold