The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03

in poor health and it was deemed adj
visable to make the trip before the be-
ginning Of the public schools in Sep
tember
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Bettin and Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Bettin and daughter,
Florence, left Tuesday in their Over
land for Valley City, Fargo and Min
neapolis. They will be away for two
months. Several parties were given
for Mrs. Bettin prior to her departure.
Mesdames Hansen, Ellefson and LUIS
kow entertained with lawn party,
covers being laid for ten.
"Dick" Barrett, from Glenburn, is
in the city today Dick carries rab-
bit foot with him the year round and
this must have had something to do
with the fact that while scores of his
neighbors were hailed out the other
night, Dick came thru without a
scratch. Dick always was lucky.
We're he to fall in garbage wagon
he'd come out as fragrant as new
mown hay.
VIM. Buck, who lives up the Mouse
valley east of Foxholm, is the first
farmer to begin wheat harvest in this
section so far as we can learn. He cut
twenty acres Of marquis wheat last
Friday which was fully ripe and we'll
filled. Competent judges say the field
will easily 60 Is bushels per acre.
Sam Blackwood, one of the leading
farmers in the Donnybrook country, is
building fine large barn on his home
stead. Sam is one of the most sue
cessful farmers in Ivanhoe township,
owning five quarter sections of land,
and what is most remarkable is the
fact that Sam is still bachelor. Now
girls, don't all speak at once.
In the vicinity of Donnybrook Nick
Snyder is building fine modern farm
home, Fred Hetzberg has begun the
erection Of barn and Ed Swenson is
erecting a barn. These buildings ad-
ded to the long list printed in last
weeks issue of this paper indicates an
exceptional building boom in the ter
ritory adjacent to Donnybrook.
Mrs. A. E. Boynton, who is visiting
relatives in Milwaukee, writes her hus-
band that the temperature rose to 118
degrees last Saturday and people were
obliged to let their little children play
in the Easements of their homes. The
potato crop over a large portion of
Wisconsin will be a total failure this
year owing to the long continued
drought and the extremely hot wealth
er.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. E. Moore left on
Saturday for Columbus, Ohio, contin-
uing their trip later to their home in
Boston, Mass. Mr.. Moore has general
charge of the land sales Of the Som
ers Land Co., who own valuable tract
of land near the Minot Normal school.
During the absence of Mr.. Moore the
lot sales in this tract will be in charge
of John Mahoney.
The amount of merchandise handled
in the city in the course of year
would surprise one not conversant
with the enterprise and excellence of
our business establishments. The re-
ceipt of whole carload of underwear
by a single firm-The New York
Store-one day this week led us to in
vestigate the Importance this city is
assuming as a merchandising center.
The Heritage Millinery store of this
city has closing out sale in progress
at the present time. Mrs. Copeland,
who has managed this store 50 sue
cessfully for several years states that
she intends to take long needed rest
and will close out her exceptionally
fine stock of hats and millinery sun
dries at sacrifice of from one-third
to one-half of their value in order to
clean out the stock quickly.
In mentioning the Boynton Good
year Tire ad in last weeks issue we
inadvertently referred to this partic-
ular tire as the Goodrich tire. The
Goodyear Tire Co. were the pioneers
in the manufacture of vulcanized rub
Der and the name Goodyear" has for
years stood as the standard for all
articles manufactured from rubber.
Charles Goodyear was the first to dis
cover the process Of vulcanizing rub
Der and in his extremity is said to
have torn up the floor of his home for
fuel with which to conduct his expert
ments. His family died from want and
exposure but Charles Goodyear lived
to acquire competence as result of
making what is now known to have
been one Of the greatest inventions Of
the age.
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