The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-25
MINOT and VICINITY

Eli Parker, the Tagus banker, was a
visitor in the city Friday.
Miss Kathryn Schons of Donny-
brook visited Minot friends Tuesday
Pres. Crane will go to Valley City
the last of the week to attend the reg
ular meeting of the Board of Regents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orson Doe Of Kenmare
were the guests of Justice and Mrs,
Dill over Sunday. Mr.. Doe returned
to Kenmare Monday morning, while
Mrs. Doe remained until Wednesday
before returning home.
Neat window-boxes now adorn the
windows Of the Union Dental offices.
They were placed in position Sunday
and are the first to be installed along
Main street, and they certainly pre-
sent very tasty appearance.
Thru the courtesy of Manager Nc
CURE of the Northern States Power
Company Of Minot, the Old Settlers
camping ground, at No-Man's-L Land,
west of Burlington, will be lighted
with electricity during the coming
summer.
"Pat" King Of Donnybrook was in
the city the first Of the week. Pat has
turned farmer, forsaking the banking
business for employment that would
yield better returns. Pat says he has
200 acres into wheat and it's all up
and doing finely.
Chas. Smith, who was in the county
Jail charged with burglarizing Great
Northern freight car, signified his de-
sire to plead guilty to the charge and
consequently he was brot before Judge
Leighton Monday and sentenced to
one year in the penitentiary.
S. S. Boden of the Columbian Trans
fer Co. says the ad we had in the In
dependent on "Paint-Up, Clean Up
page recently, came near swapping
his force, but that like Barkus, he's
willin', so phone 925 if you have rub
bish which you want removed from
your premises.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Gogsetter and
son of Donnybrook were in the city
Friday. Claude Mcintyre of Donny-
brook was also here, coming down for
the purpose of filing on quarter sec
ton on the Reservation, being among
the fortunate ones to draw lucky
number last fall.
The Woolworth 5 and 10 Cent Store
of this city was closed for period of
one hour Friday as a tribute to the
memory of VIM. H. Moore, one of the
original stockholders of the Wolworth
Co. 1t was while in the employ of
Mr.. Moore that F. G. Woolworth con-
ceived the idea Of establishing and
10 cent stores.
w. R. Briar, formerly connected
with the Northern Transit Co. of this
city, returned to his home in Everett,
Wash, and on Saturday Of last week,
he underwent an operation for appen-
dicitis. The surgeons found that the
appendix was tuberculous and altho
holding out strong hopes Of his ulti-
mate recovery, say that his complete
recovery will be a matter of months.
Royce was very popular among the
younger set in the city, and the news
of his illness will be a matter of sur
prise to many.
w. B. Olson of Grand Forks was
in the city portion of last week, the
guest of Manager Boreen Of the M. G.
Olson Co. While here Mr.. Olson was
taken for an auto trip about the city
and stated to a representative Of the
Independent that he was most agree
ably surprised at the size of Minot and
was astonished to note the many hand
some residences which he observed un-
der construction in every part Of the
city. While not acknowledging the
corn" we believe it would not be hard
to convince Mr.. Olson that the next
census report will show Minot consid-
erably in the lead of the Forks.
John Jensen, who farms 5 quarter
sections up in the Glenburn country,
was in the city Monday on business.
John says that so far as weather con-
ditions are concerned this has been an
ideal spring to do farm work, the cool
weather has made it possible to work
the teams without .harming them by
overheating and as consequence
most farmers have accomplished more
in couple of weeks than at other
times they could in double the time.
He has 230 acres in to wheat already.
He says he could ill afford the time
to come to town but he was anxious
to secure his final naturalization pa
pers and become legally adopted by
Uncle Sam.
DR.. Livingston, proprietor of the
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