The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-06-10
IN THE LOCAL FIELD

| A bright little baby daughter arriv.
ed Saturday to brighten the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Martin.
Several of the Minot firemen intend
to attend the state firemen's conven.
ton at Wahpeton June %, % and "a
| r. c. Blume, prosperous Lynch
farmer, was in the city yesterday with
Ia brand new Grant car.
Miss Gertrude Larson has returned
from New Rockford to spend her va
cation. She has been retained there
for next year.
The Sawyer graduating exercises
will be held Friday evening of this
week. County Superintendent Wendt
has been invited to address the class.
Sawyer had warm school election.
F. H. Muzzy and Cook Robinson were
elected directors, but were given hot
chase by w. N. Benson and C. S. Beig-
HE.
Mr.. Carlson from St. Paul has ar
rived to fill the position of chief clerk
at the Great Northern general offices,
in place of Jack Fulton, who has been
transferred to Great Falls.
DR.. C. G. Wood, member of the
state board of Chiropractors, attend
ed a meeting of the board at Fargo
Saturday. There were rs applications
for licenses.
Mrs. J. B. eastman, having recover
ed from her recent operation, returned
to Foxholm Thursday. Mr.. eastman
was in the city Friday enroute to
Towner on real estate business.
An indiscreet young married man
who is accused of bestowing his at
tentions where they do not belong,
was caught by an irate husband at
three o'clock Friday morning and
roughly handled. The police took him
in tow. .4
No less than sixty residences are
going up in Minot at present. The
Consumers Power Co. furnished con-
nections for forty residences last
month. Minot is the fastest growing
city in North Dakota.
A good old fashioned class fight was
staged at the high school building
Thursday night. Brave students
thought and bled" until the wee sma'
hours and the class colors ,floated in
the breeze in the morning.
Burton Smallwood has returned
from Stoudt Institute where he receiv-
ed a course in manual training. He
has been hired as assistant In the man.
ual training department OF the Minot
schools for next year.
J. C. Smallwood is putting in 100
acres of fax at his farm southwest OF
the city. One of the Bull tractors
from Roell's was sent out Tuesday to
turn over the virgin sod.
NJ. A. Thorfnson. a government 60
pher expert, has charge of poisoning
the gophers on the vacant lands OF
Burt township and T. B. Mccullough
is looking after the work in Willis
township.
Six pupils graduated from the
eighth grade in Tatman school dis
trict No. 3. May "a. County Superin- !
tendent Wendt addressed the class.
The teachers are Mrs. Oda B. Young,
Inez Twidt, Verna Baker and Maude
Perry.
Abner, the nine-year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Larson, died last
week from heart trouble. He was
operated on three weeks previous for
appendicitis and was thought to. be
improving.
Mrs. Matte Baker arrived from
Glenburn and is visiting friends in
this city. She is enroute to Galata.
Mont, whe 70 she will make an extend
cd visit with her daughter, Mrs. Iuth-
er johnson, formerly Miss Iva Knox,
after which she will 60 to California
to spend year.
Mrs. Herman Mechler and children
returned Tuesday from Butte, Mont,
where they visited relatives several
weeks. Mr.. Mechler is expected back
from Ohio this week, where he was a
delegate to the big international engi-
neers' convention.
Mr.. Clifford Baker and Miss Minnie
C. Bjorn were married by Rev. N. Nil
sen Saturday afternoon. The cere-
mony was performed at the parson-
age of the Zion Lutheran church. The
bride is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. C. Biorn, who live ten miles north
east of the city. The couple will live
on farm north of Minot.