The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-01
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The many friends of Miss Gladys
Hatrhouse will be pleased to learn
that she has completely recovered
from an operation for appendicitis
which she recently underwent at the
hospital and that she is now at home
and feeling splendid.
Postmaster Harthouse is in receipt
of notice from the department that
the Burlington office will soon be
equipped with fine set Of scales and
rural carrier cabinets which will
greatly facilitate the handling of the
mails at this point. E. A.. will soon
have things in ship shape order, as he
aims to make the Burlington office one
of the best in it's class in the state.
Harvey johnson returned Wednes-
day from a trip to St. Paul, for which
point he left here Friday with two
carloads of hogs. He was accompan-
led on the trip by c. ]. Swanson and
the two took in the big auto races at
the Speedway.
Electrical experts are now figuring
on the cost of extending the Northern
States Power Co.'s line from Burling-
ton to Des Laos and Berthold.
The Northern Briquetting Co. have
a full crew of men employed at Da-
Wis and they are now turning out i'm
mense quantities of brick. With the
improvements which they have added
this season they are now producing
finer quality of brick than ever.
The Women's Club met at the home
of Mrs. James Casteel on Wednesday
of this week.
The stockholders of the Burlington
Farmers Telephone Co. will hold their
annual meeting at the German-Ameri-
can bank on Monday, June 26.
Ed Jacobson made business trip
to Voltaire the first of the week.
Miss Margaret McAfee, who is
training for a nurse at st. Joseph's
hospital at Minot, visited her mother
here this week.
Little Elizabeth Wistrom, who has
been seriously i'll with typhoid fever,
is now up and about again, but will
not be sufficiently strong to resume
her school work this year.
Will Wistrom, of Flaxton, was the
guest of his brothers, Charlie and Joe,
and their families Saturday and Sum
day, returning to Flaxton on the early
morning train Monday.
Jack Abbott, for many years con-
nected with the mining industry in
this vicinity, has taken up a homestead
near Saco and settled down as plain
farmer. Good for Jack.
G. l. Neff went to Froid, Mont, the
first of the week where he pitched a
game for the Montana boys. Neff is
doing some mighty fine work on the
the way some twenty-three of the Des
Laos boys bit the dust last Sunday.
Louis Groshans is building side
walk in front of his garage which will
be much appreciated by pedestrians
and the improvement will greatly
benefit the appearance of Main street.
j. Y. Millar is building an addition
to his residence on River street.
Several auto loads of Old Settlers
came up from Minot Wednesday to
repair the damage to the pavilion at
No Mans Land. A number of our cit
liens Joined them in the work, but at
best it will require considerable labor
and entail heavy expense to put the
buildings in first class shape again.
The Northern States Power Co. are
now arranging to extend their lines
so as to include the pavilion and
grounds at No Mans Land. This will
be good news to the many who encamp
here every year and will naturally
make the place more popular with the
public, who attend the dancing parties
which are held during the annual en-
campment.
Barney Schmidt has purchased a
new Passenger Buick Of the Johnson
Kuver Co. and from this time on he
says he intends to take life easy and
have good time with the rest of the