The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-24
MINOT and VICINITY
Dorr "Bull Moose" Carroll is talkin,

Dorr "Bull Moose" Carroll is talking
over matters political at Fargo.
E. F. Tompkins arrived from Min
neapolis to visit old friends.
F. F. Gesler, who represents the
Nilsson farm tractor here, is spending
the week in Minneapolis on business.
Hans Balerud returned from an ex-
tended visit in the west. He visited
the south and along the Pacific coast
Mrs. F. A. Ganser was the guest of
friends at Denbigh several days last
week, returning Saturday.
F. S. Goodell, representing the Am
erican Steel & Wire Company, was in
the city Tuesday calling on the trade.
Charles Harold, drayman Of Ken
mare, filed plea of guilty of boot
logging at Kenmare and was sentenc-
ed to six months in the penitentiary
by Judge Leighton Tuesday.
Andrew jacobson, who drove to this
city from his farm in Burlington
township, remarked that the roads
were fine when you got down to them.
Rev. J. H. Stromberg, of Mosinee,
Wis.,, was in the city today. He owns
a fine half section southeast of the city
which he offers for sale or rent on the
usual terms to a responsible party.
Mrs. Phil Myers left Tuesday for
Topeka, Kans., where she will join Mr..
Myers brother and his wife in a trip
to the Hawaiian islands. Mrs. Myers
expects to be gone for at least two
months.
A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. P. Bolen of Canada at DR.. Rim
COS hospital today. Mrs. Bolen was
formerly Miss Olive Mahlen of this
city.
Otto Beecher of Granville, convicted
of pigging in the district court at
Towner, received sentence of one
year in the penitentiary. Frank Will
liams was also convicted.
The body of Fong Gang, a China
man found dead in his berth on a
Northern Pacific train at Dickinson,
was embalmed and shipped to China,
which was the destination of the man
while alive.
Donald Cinninger stopped over in
the city Thursday for a few days Wis
it with friends before returning to his
home at Donnybrook. Donald has
been attending the Agricultural COL
lege at Fargo.
Mrs. Laura Paul, aged %, and her
brother-in-law, Geo. Paul, were ar
rested at Fargo for running house
of i'll fame. Another man in the
place escaped by jumping out of the
window onto roof.
O. K. Spires, the Burlington dairy
man, purchased four fine mares of
Frank Lenton, a prominent farmer at
Norwich, Tuesday. The mares were
all with foal and represent an invest
ment of $1,000.
The executive committee of the
Northwestern Educational Associa-
ton met at the office of Supt. Wendt
last week Wednesday to discuss vari-
Gus matters pertaining to the work of
the Association and to fix the date
for the annual meeting. April 20 and
81 were the dates fixed upon. The
program has not been arranged COM
pletely as yet but as soon as formu-
lated will be published in the Indepen-
dent.
County Superintendent Wendt and
his assistants are busily engaged in
the examination of applicants for pro-
fessional teachers certificates at the
court house. There are seven teachers
writing at this time: Mary Wall, Eek
man; J. Grace Haines, Wildrose; Clara
Haas, Minot; Hilda B. Evenson, Lone
Tree; Katherine Burning, Wildrose;
Elmer w. Martin, Minot; w. r. Dun
can, Drake, and Rose D. Harlan, Bur-
lington. The tests for this class Of
certificates require high degree of
scholarship to pass, consequently the
possessor of professional certificate
must be one Of superior educational
ability.