The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24

, Mr. and MRS. F8rlln smith are the
parents Of nine-pound son born Sun
day morning. Mrs. Smith is at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c.
A. Johnson.
) "Soup House" Johnson is mourning
: the death Of his poodle dog, whose
promising career was ended by a
reckless auto driver or Valley street
the other night.
Miss Brown and Miss Hoard, cou.
pie of colored ladies', were taken to
Jail last night for following the usual
avocation. They put up $25 and $50
cash bail respectively.
While playing on the back porch at
her home in Granville, little Eva
Beecher was shot thru the hand by a
.22 calibre bullet. No one seems able
to state who fired, the gun or from
which direction the bullet came.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Allen Of Sib-
ley, Ia, are guests at the home of their
son, E. J. Gobel, salesmanager of the
Weinrebe Furniture Store. Mr.. Allen
expressed much interest in the many
evidences of growth and enterprise
which he observes on every hand in
this city
Miss Alma Steffen, the seventeen
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Steffen of Garrison, died from
septicaemia. She became ill while at
tending school in Minot last Novem
Der and for months was treated at the
Bismarck hospital. She leaves many
friends in Minot.
H. E. Shearn, cashier Of the First
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Winnipeg, accompanied by his wife,
returned the first of the week. Mr.,
and Mrs. Shearn were absent nearly
month, spending an enjoyable vacation
with Canadian relatives.
Mrs. C. F. Truax, state president
of the w. R. c., will leave Friday for
Fargo, enroute to Kansas City, to at
tend the national w. r. C. convention
as a delegate. A special car from
Fargo will carry the mem bers of the
G. A. R. and w. r. G.. from North
Dakota to the convention.
H. J. Halvorson and Mr.. and Mrs.
G. w. McWilliams and son, Gerald,
who returned from $500 mile auto
trip through Montana, report crops
the best ever in three-fourths of the
state, black rust striking only the
eastern fourth of Montana.
Fred J. Whitman has returned from
visit at Boston and other points in
Massachusetts,. He toured New Hamp
shire by auto. He declares that the
auto roads in the east are great. Mrs. ,
Whitman returned to Minneapolis but
was called to New Ulm, Mimi, where
her mother will undergo an operation. /
Mrs. F. V. Colcord, accompanied by
her daughters, Mrs. J. L. Peugh and
Mrs. F. w. Walzer, Of Sterling, ILL.,,
and Mrs. W. D. Deets of Milledgeville,
ILL.,, and her son-in-law, J. L. Peugh,
departed Monday afternoon for her !
old Illinois home, after spending more
than three weeks with relatives in Mi !
not and Glenburn. Her condition has
been very serious but she showed
signs of improvement during the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Teeters have re-
turned from a very enjoyable trip
through the east where they visited
many places of interest. They visited
the Thousand Islands, Niagara Falls,
New York City, went through the
government mint at Philadelphia and
spent several days at Washington, D.
C. They spent half day in the halls
of congress while the amendment to
the preparedness bill was being de-
hated and spent half a day in the SEM
ate chamber. They visited the White
House and saw the wife of President
Wilson They visited Washington's
old home at Mount Vernon, stopped at
Pittsburg and went through the Ford
factory at Detroit on the way home. !,
DR.. H. H. Hovda, the neurologist, |
was elected vice president of the
Alumni association Of Mccormick
Medical college at recent meeting of
that association in Chicago. The doc
tor was formerly secretary-treasurer
of the association and his elevation to
his present office places him within
one step of the presidency, a much
coveted honor among the membership
Of this famous medical school. Alumni
from the various classes which have
graduated from this college during the
past rs years were present and took
part in the exercises which lasted two
days. For eight days succeeding this
gathering the members took course
in Postgraduate work. Mr.. Hovda re-
turned greatly benefited by the trip.
DR.. and Mrs. Livingston of the I'm
loH ueHLdl pdIAOIS IctuiHeu rrludy
from Yellow Lake, Wis, where they
spent a month at their summer home.
Yellow Lake is in one of the widest
sections of Wisconsin and lies in an
immense tract of virgin forest. The
doctor says they had splendid time
and enjoyed every moment of the time.
Fishing was their main diversion and
one of their catches consisted of a g.
pound black bass. They caught an
enormous pike weighing rs pounds
and will have the head mounted for
exhibition in their Offices During their