The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

Point, in which he is interested, came
down to hurry along some additional
machinery to accommodate the grow
ing business.
Forest Rice, the Blaisdell rancher,
who accompanied the remains of his
wife to the old home, Algona, Ia, for
burial, passed thru the city Friday
enroute to his home.
Just thirty minutes after the sher-
iff nabbed G. H. Knapp, Fargo meat
dealer, for selling booze, the man was
serving a 80 day sentence in the coun-
ty jail, with a fine Of 5000.
Congressman Norton has returned
from Washington to look after the
seeding on his big Hettinger farm
and to build few political fences.
Minot businessmen are signing up
for flower boxes to be placed in front
of their business houses. Flower bas-
kets may be suspended from the
White Way posts.
Gail Bridwell, brother of Paul V.
Mccoy, arrived from Robstown, Tex,
the first of the week and began upon
his duties at the Benno Drug store.
This is the young mans first visit to
the north.
0. K. Jensen, vice president Of the
Farmers Bank of Wolf Point, Mont,
is spending the week in the city. Some
years ago, Mr. Jensen lived in Minot,
being employed as stenographer for
James Johnson. His advancement in
business has been quite rapid.
R. O. Mason, an Underwood attor-
ney, has received notice from the sec
rotary of war to hold himself in readi-
ness to be called out as lieutenant of
Infantry in the event of war. He re-
ceived his training at the U. S. Naval
Academy.
r. A. Nestos, candidate for the U.
S. Senate, who has been visiting cities
in the eastern part of the state, re-
turned home to spend Sunday. He left
Monday for the southwestern part of
the state. He is meeting with much
encouragement and will work practi-
cally every day until the primaries.
John Norris of Bantry bought an
oil can and found the address Of "Alice
Cumbler, Pittsburg, Pa" in it. The
young woman is evidently looking for
a real man and she displayed excellent
judgment in placing her name in can
headed for North Dakota.
W. Petit has purchased the Hodge
man interests in the firm of Hodge
man & Boedecker, motorcycle dealers
on First St. S. w., and the style of the
firm will now be Boedecker & Petit.
This firm handles the famous Indian
motorcycles, the Smith motor wheel,
bicycles and general line of motor
cycle and bicycle supplies. Their
agency is one of the leading institu-
lions of this character in the city.
The Bismarck Palladium attempts
to prove by the sworn statement of
the Bismarck Tribune that the circu-
latlon of that paper is growing fewer
steadily and quite rapidly. The Trib-
une, located as it is at the state cap
ital where it should get a great many
important "stories" first handed,
ought to have the largest circulation
of any paper in North Dakota.
T. w. McDonough, of Hazen, N. D.,
formerly publisher of the Grano Trib-
une, was in the city Tuesday enroute
to Grano to close deal for the sale
of some property. Mr.. McDonough
has been operating a real estate bust
ness very successfully for more than
a year and has fine connections with
Wyoming real estate dealers, whereby
he is able to locate people on govern
ment land. He says that his best
prospects are North Dakotans, who
have confidence in the propositions the
government makes.