The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-08-02
MINOT And VICINITY

business VlSlCOr TO the CITY To-Day.
Henry Kells of North Prairie was in
the city on business Tuesday.
Editor and Mrs. d. r. Green of
Sawyer spent the weekend in Minot.
Mrs George Won Media and daugh-
ter returned from their trip to Glacier
National park Monday.
DR.. George Moffat of Donnybrook
was in the city on professional bust
ness Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Stoll motored
over from their reservation homestead
to spend Sunday with friends.
Mrs. John Gross has been visiting
friends in Mckenzie county for two
weeks.
DR.. j. Semple has moved his Offices
| from the White Front block into a
handsome suite of Offices in the Cit
! liens bank building.
Atty. L. M. Ellithorpe has accept
ed position with the Brush McWill-
Jams company and will have charge Of
the title department..
The Brush McWilliams Co. have
moved their Offices from the First In
ternational bank to fine suite of Of
! fees located on the second floor of the
First International bank building
l.. w. Huber, who owns fine farm
near Berthold, was in the City Satur-
day enroute for Aberdeen, S. d. Louie
says the South Dakota crops are spot
ted and are no better than the crops
in this section.
Geo. Greenhouse of Surrey was in
the city Monday. He has been cutting
his rye, using pound of Irvine to the
acre. He has used as high as three
and half pounds of Irvine to the acre
IN bumper years.
DR.. Overgaard and family returned
Monday from Alexandria and other
Minnesota watering places where they
have been rusticating for the past two
weeks. The Doctor reports consider
able damage from the tornado which
swept over Alexandria Sunday last.
Editor Lomen of the Ryder News
passed through the city Saturday on
his way back from a trip to Minnesota.
During his stay in Minneapolis Mr..
Lomen attended the National Editorial
Association convention in session there
this year.
Gus Hassel of the Leland Depart
ment store left Wednesday for the east
to purchase ladies' ready-to-Wear and
novelties for the store. Mr.. Hassel ex-
poets to spend a few days at the De-
troit lakes snroute, arriving in Chica-
60 in time to attend the big style show
which begins August 8.
| Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Wood of St. Paul
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family Wednesday. Mr.. Wood, who is
vice president of the Equity Exchange,
maintains an office in ST. Paul. While
here he went out to his farm near
Deering. Mr. Wood and Mr.. Vanden-
oever are brothersin-law.
! A party of tourists from Sanish, in
Guiding Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Stoll and
sen, Louis, Mr.. Stoll's mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Baxter, Miss Bessie Baxter
of Lake Mills, Ia, and Milo Baxter,
spent several days here the first of
the week, visiting old friends and
camping out at Wildwood park.
E. H. Boyer returned from Lake
Clitherall Saturday. e. H. made the
trip by auto and say that the reports
regarding crop conditions in the Red
River valley and in western Minnesota
are greatly exaggerated. The heat
even in the regions of Minnesota was
intolerable and he was glad to get
back and enjoy breath of fresh air.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Solien left to-
day for Wadena, Mimi, Mrs. Solein's
old home, where she will visit rela-
tives during Mr.. Solein's absence in
the east where he will purchase the fall
and winter lines of novelties and
ready-to-wear for the New York de-
partment store. They were accompan-
led by Mrs. Solein's brother, Ward
Wardsveen.
John Sveen and Isak Mattson mo-
tored to Lake Metigoshe and the Tur-
tie Mountains Sunday. Mr.. Sveen in
forms the Independent that he was
surprised to find so many beautiful
farms and fine buildings in that sec
ton and says that crops there, espe-
cially hay, are most excellent. He at
tributes their prosperity mainly to
dairying, as practically every farmer
maintains a good sized herd of mich
cows.
Otto Ellison of the Fair store and
LATE Flaten of the Minot Cloak and
Suit Co. left the city Saturday bound
for New York City where they will at
tend the Style Shows and purchase
their lines of fall and winter ready-to-
wear and novelties. They expect to
/ be gone for about three weeks, and
will stop off on their return for a few
days fishing at the Minnesota lakes.
Louis Sitner, who has been connect
ed with the Fair store for the past
two years in the capacity of window
trimmer, has severed his connection
with that firm and accepted the posi-
ton of manager Of Gordon Brothers
furnishings store on Central avenue.
Louis is a young business man Of ex-
ceptional ability and has wide cir
Gle of friends among the young men of
the city.
Miss V. H. Taylor, who has held a
responsible position as stenographer
at the Northern States Power Co. for
the past year, has resigned and will
leave Friday for her home in Chicago:
Miss Taylor has made host of
friends here who regret her departure.
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