The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-07-13
NlINOT and VICINITY

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Rye is ripening fast and cutting will
start in about ten days.
Heavy hail damage is reported in
the vicinity of Sentinel Butte.
A nine-pound daughter was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Booth of Saw
yer on the Fourth.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. U. R. Whiting at local hospital
one day last week.
w. G. Hutchins, the Outcault adver-
Using man, is in Chicago on business
this week.
Mrs. Daigle is the owner of beau
tiful Empire car, bought of McEown
Bros. of Surrey.
The Cash-Hine Carnival company
will attract large crowds at Granville
July Is and 26.
j. H. Levi, w. H. Nelson and c. W.
Hookwav motored over from Granville
Wednesday to view the new sky scrap
erS.
Andrew Eidahl and family left on
Wednesday for Rosylen, S. D., to visit
Mr. Eidahl's mother, who is 80 years
old. ..
Contractor Dinnie lost one Of his
magnificent large black horses Mon
day from the effects Of the excessive
heat.
H. J. Mellenhauer, a prosperous
farmer living twenty miles south OF
Minot, is building an immense barn ;
42x90 feet.
Cole Larson, clerk of the Harmony
school district. was in the city on bus
mess Wednesday. Mr.. Larson is one
of the prosperous farmers living 20
miles south Of the city.
Geo. w. Stricken and wife of Maple
Creek, Sask., arrived for short visit
at Surrey. their old home, and then
went to Brunsbaugh, N. D., to the
Brethren district meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dorr Carroll went to
Carpio this afternoon for visit. Mr..
Carroll, who is assistant states attor-
ney, is looking after county business.
They will return by way Of Berthold
to attend the county Sunday school
convention.
Elmer, the 7-year-old son of NJ o.
Hulberg, was taken i'll of appendicitis
Sunday and was brot to this city,
where he was operated upon Tuesday
night. Altho he is very sick lad, it
is believed that he will recover.
Frank Erickson will leave for SEQ
hey, Mont, this week where he will
engage in bushes with a bro
ther, who established large store at
that place two years ago. If Frank
becomes as good a merchant as he is
barber, he has nothing to fear in
the business world.
John Sundby of the Minot Hide &
Tanning Co.. has returned from bus
mess trip to Minneapolis. For three
days the thermometer registered at 90
degrees in that city, and John says it
was hotter than what Sherman said
war was.
Mr.. Thornhill of the Brush McW;l-
liams Co.. was out in the country this
morning looking at the crops. He
says the conditions are very satisfac-
tory. Altho the weather has been hot,
there is plenty of moisture and the
crops are growing rapidly. Much of
the wheat is heading. |;
Alfred Larson. a graduate of the
University Of Wisconsin, arrived re-
Gently to take charge of the state
chemical laboratory, in place of L. V.
Parker, who gave up the work to en-
ter Rush Medical college in Chicago.
Mr.. Larson had charge of the labor
atory at Bismarck. Mr.. Parker will
take a 40 months course at Rush, IL
months in the year, completing the 5
years course.
H. C. Lander, who has spent sever
a! months in Montana in the interests
of E. J. Lander & Co., has returned.
The business of the local telephone
exchange has grown at such a re-
markable rate that an additional
switchboard is being added. The tele-
phone numbers have reached more
than the thousand mark. The phone
at the home of Minot Lodge B. P. O. !
E., No. 1889, is numbered 1899, the
same as the lodge.