The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-28

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There was . pleasant neighborhood
gathering At the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Halvorson Wednesday ev-
ening. About 40 friends and neigh
bors participated and the evening
pleasantly spent in card playing,
games and singing. Not until late
hour did the guests depart for their
several homes, loud in their praises of
Mr.. and Mrs. Halvorson as entertain
ers.
! J. A. Anderson, representing the
Universal Lighting System Co., of
Chicago, was in town Tueday confer
ring with Louis Groshans regarding
plant to be installed here in the
spring. Mr.. Anderson says that he
recently installed plant at the farm
home of Otto Bonness. The plant at
the Bonness home carries 80 lights
and furnishes power to run a washing
machine, etc. It is eminently salts
factory in every respect. The plant
cost $342 and the installation cost
about $45. At the home of his BROTH
err, Jens Anderson, north of town, Mr..
Anderson has demonstration plant
in active operation. Those contem-
plating system of light and power
for their farm homes might we'll profit
from visit to and inspection of this
plant.
Gunder Livingston, manager of the
Farmers Telephone Co., has been
confined to his home for the past ten
days by a severe attack Of the grippe.
Usually we have only kind and char
liable things to say for Burlingtonites
but the time has come when we feel
impelled to hand them the reverse
English. Let any old kind of an ag-
gregation of coons, or what is equally
as disagreeable, some fellow with the
remnants of a moving picture ma
chine, come to town, and they are
greeted with the glad hand and
packed house. But last week when
the Symphony orchestra came here
and gave one of their incompatible
concerts, there wasn't enough people
in the audience to constitute a fair
sized corporars guard. What's the
matter with Burlington. Surely we
want to have the best attractions
booked at our opera house that can
be induced to come, but if the patron
age we accord them is like the way
we have patronized the Symphony or
chestra, we deserve nothing better
than niger shows and cheap skate &C
torines that spring gags as Anticipated
as the Songs of Solomon. The dance
that followed the concert was poorly
attended by townspeople, and had it
not been for the large number of Mi
not young people who attended the
showing would have been as poor as at
the concert. Wake up, good people.
Whittier are we drifting?
Miss Marion Wood has been engag-
ed to fill the vacancy caused by the
designation of Miss Christopherson as
teacher in the primary department of
our school.
Miss Mamie Lynch of Minot was the
guest of her friend, Miss Marion
Wood, the first of the week. Miss
Lynch was formerly teacher of the
Graham school near here.
E. A. Madsen left Wednesday on a
business trip that will include the
Twin Cities and Chicago. Mr.. Madsen
expects to be gone for ten days or two
weeks and will select a stock of sum-
mer goods while absent, buying for
the store here as we'll as the general
store which the firm of Madsen & Co.
own at Raymond, Mont.
Geo. Rue, the popular manager Of
the dry goods department of C. A.
Bugge & Co., returned Saturday from
an extended visit among relatives in
Minnesota.
Little Edna Stoddard, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Stoddard, is under
the doctors care, suffering from pneu-
monia.
o. H. Hathaway, Of Gull Lake, Can
ada, is guest at the Gunder Liv-
ingston home. Mrs. Livingston is a
daughter of Mr.. Hatwha va.
Ned Calvin is making various
changes in the arrangement of his
blacksmith shop in order to have
things more convenient for the rush Of
spring work, which will soon be here.