The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-15
MINOT And VICINITY

J. w. Richardson drove over from
Ryder Friday to attend to business.
Editor and Mrs. G. R. Kendall of
Granville were visitors in the city
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Hans Mclaas, prosperous Berthold
farmer, has gone to Minneapolis to
spend the winter.
Attorney and Mrs. Ben Combs of
Donnybrook spent the early part Of
the week in this city.
Duck hunting is still reported good
in the hills. A number of hunters
from the city have been out.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Skrivseth nave
returned to the city from Zurich Mont.
where they spent the summer with
their son, Jay, on the homestead.
A car driven by H. L. Glazer collid-
ed with one driven by J. E. Harmon
Sunday, front wheel being taken
off the Harmon car.
Christian Vix drove his car up from
Velva Saturday and failed to get out
of the way of car driven by an I.
H. c. employee. The Velva car was
damned.
Judge Burr will convene district
court at Towner Dec. IL. The case of
Martin Dillman, charged with the
murder of VIM. GGeffrey of Karls-
ruhe last summer, will be tried.
j. w. Shields, manager of the Far
mers' Cooperative store at Blaisdell,
was in the city Monday. The store
will inaugurate a big sale Saturday
which will be the biggest merchandis-
ing event ever pulled off at Blaisdell.
Geo. L. Wetzler, a prominent resi-
dent of Ryder, drove to this city Mon
day in his auto. He reports the roads
excellent with the exception of one or
two spots. He made the trip across
without using chains.
! Sometimes women's complaints are
imaginary; again they are a form of
dreadful disease. In any event Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea has help
ed thousands of women. It has re-
lieved their constipation. Women
swear by it. 35c.
Aug. Eikmeier, well-to-do farmer
has moved from his farm northwest
of the city and will be resident of
this city hereafter. August is an ex-
cellent citizen and will fit in we'll
here HIS has rented his farm to his
son-in-law, Rudolph Hoelscher.
P. I. Thingstad and family have
gone to Aneta, N. D., to spend the
winter on farm owned by the form
er's mother. Mr.. Thingstad raised
but little feed so he shipped car load
of his cows to Aneta and will keep
them till spring.
Cliff WEIGH, who was formerly in
terested in the Welch Implement Co.
in this city, and who is now working
for the International Harvester Co. at
Spokane, stopped off in Minot Monday,
enroute east to visit his wife's mother,
Mrs. Allen Odell.
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crease circulation, restore natural Wig
or, feel like one born again. Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea-nature's
gift of wondrous herbs, pure, harm
less, so scientifically blended, results
guaranteed or money back.
Atty. Ray Miller of Stanley was in
the city visiting friends Monday night.
Mrs. A. P. Blonde and mother, Mrs
Albert Burt, arrived from Raub, N.
D., for short visit with Mr.. Blonde,
who is employed at the Independent
office. Mrs. Blonde is spending the
winter on the farm, experimenting the
care of the stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Sepp have re-
turned from Ellsworth, Wis, where
they visited several months. They al
so visited in Iowa and Illinois. At
Des Moines, they visited Camp Dodge
where $4,000 soldiers are in training,
but did not see any of the Ward coun-
ty boys. The day was windy and
dusty and the camp was anything but
pleasant.
Supt. White of the Williston schools
accompanied the Williston high school
football team to this city Saturday
and had the extreme satisfaction of |
seeing his team wipe up the earth with
the local boys. The Independent ac-
knowledges a pleasant visit from Mr..
| White. He declares that despite the |
war, the Williston high school has
shown three percent increase in at
tendance over year ago.
| Martin Aakram Of Norwich trans
acted business in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Aakrann, who specializes on pure
seed, raised 600 bushels Of the famous
Al Kubanka Durum wheat on his |
Norwich farm which he sold to the
Farmers elevator at Norwich. This
has been graded by the state as No. l
Amber Durum. There is little of this
kind of wheat in the state and the
elevator will no doubt get nice prem
ium for it.
G. W. Lingafelt, retired farmer, who
is living in Surrey, Minot's suburb on
the east, visited the Independent yes
terday. G. w. and his good wife in.
tended spending the winter in Cali
fornia, but thot best to wait for a
good crop. They are comfortably stu
ated in their home in Surrey and en-
joy life. Mr.. Lingafelt says the Sur
rey farmers have shipped in good oats
from Minnesota, paying from Ga to 6!
| cents a hushel for the feed. A car