The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-04

| A. r. McLain is transacting business
in Chicago.
Brantford to fill the pulpit Sunday.
leave for California In few days to
remain several months.
! Kitty, the two and half year old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Mclean,
sustained fractured arm.
r. r. Frost, who sued the Minot school
| district in county court for balance due
him for drawing plans for the new Lin
coin school, was given verdict.
D. F. Humphreys of Brocket, N. D.,
was entertained at the home of his
son Sunday. .
Lem Wood. charged with bootleg
ging, was bound over to district court
Monday.
E. S. Waterman of Boomers Ferry,
Ida, will return to his big Des Laos
farm in the spring.
Mrs. A. d. Lewis, wife of a promi-
nent Velva farmer, visited Minot Tues
day.
Paul V. Mccoy left Sunday for New
York city to spend several weeks buy
ing merchandise.
In the spring fully 40 farmers will
connect with the South Prairie Farm
ers' telephone line. Nathanial Nord-
quist is the line man. .,...
Hon. Staale Hendrickson and wife
of Coteau passed thru the city Sat
urday enroute to Enderlin, to visit
friends, on their way to Bismarck.
Tuesday was ground hog day. The
old boy didn't see his shadow. Means
-. Df iptn HoH
seen his shadow it would have meant
six weeks more Of cold weather.
w. H. Mann, who is 70 years old,
had two fine corn exhibits at the fair
last week. While he did not win any
premiums, his corn made a splendid
showing. He secured a red ribbon on
large pumpkin. There were 176
separate corn entries at the fair.
Elder and Mrs. VIM. Sparkling left
Tuesday for Hot Springs, Ark, where
Mrs. Sparkling will receive treatment
for rheumatism. They will visit at
INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, the headquarters
of the church of the Latter Day
Saints.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon White will leave
Sunday for Medford, Ore, to spend
several weeks, where Mr.. White owns
400 acres of valuable fruit land. He
has 10 acres of growing orchard.
They will visit California points, re-
turning in April. Mr.. White has been
interested largely in. the White Ice
Cream factory here for years and has
made big success.
]. w. Kinsella of Blaisdell, who at
tended the Mid-winter fair, says his
town is growing. An electric light
plant installed by Rolf Bros. is in op-
Grafton. A fine new Catholic church
has been built, Father DeChauer of
Stanley holding services twice a
month. Wheat averaged in the neigh
borhood of rs bushels last season.
Marion Lawrence, the famous Sun
day school man of Toledo, O., will be
speaker during the state Sunday
school convention in Minot June IS, 16
and II. This will be the silver ami
versary convention and the greatest
in the states history. ..
President A. G. Crane of the Minot
Normal school and Secretary Devine
are in Bismarck this week, to appear
before the legislature, to speak in be-
half of the Minot Normal school ap
preparation bill. The Minot Normal
under the guidance of President Crane
has made wonderful strides. IN,
The seventh annual convention Of
the North Dakota Society of Civil
! Engineers convened in the city this
morning with fair representation of
delegates from different parts of the
State. The meetings are being held
at the Public Library. City Engineer
Thomas and County Engineer Fran
have arranged very interesting pro-
gram and made the local arrange
ments for the entertainment of the
visitors.
Alfred Swanson and Anil Gludt,
two of Donnybrook's up-to-date farm
ers, were in town last week attending
the Mid-winter fair, and called at the
Independent Office Saturday. Mrs.
Gludt came down also to do some
shopping. Mr.. and Mrs. Gludt are
making arrangements to attend the
Panama Exposition in the spring.
Among the out-of-town visitors at
the fair we noticed T. w. Ramsey of
Norwich; J. B. eastman, Foxholm;
Hagbardt Olson, Norwich; G. E. Wat
erman, Des Laos; J. L. VanBuskirk,
Berthold; C. w. Tow and CLAUS Wos-
ter, Carpio; H. E. johnson, Donny-
brook; Max Johnson, Carpio; Ole O.
Johnson, Donnybrook; Professors D..
j. Shorb and Howard Huston and
members of the Surrey schools; Prof.
James Falconer an dmembers of the
Burlington schools.