The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-26
MINOT And VICINITY

| Miss Rose Clark of Kenmare has ac-
cepted position with the Minot Groc-
cry Co.
Rev. w. X. Bloom, wife and sons are
enjoying their summer vacation at De.
troit, Mimi, lakes.
! F. d. Teets of Logan began harvest
ing his rye Wednesday. The crop
looks good for eight or ten bushels
per acre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon White and son
Eldon left by auto today for Minneap-
oils to visit old friends for three
weeks.
Phil w. Myers, who went to Van
couver on business recently, is now
on his way to Alaska, enjoying boat
ride to that picturesque country.
The Norwegian Ladies Aid are hold
ing picnic today at Ole Gems grove
southwest of Minot, scores of them
going out in autos.
,,; Arthur Canenberg, better known as
"Shorty, the barber" has accepted a
where he invites his old friends to
call.
Leslie Benno, after putting in
strenuous season on his Fort Berthold
farm, is assisting at the Benno drug
store. Leslie reports the crops pretty
light out on the reservation.
J. F. Spalla and Olaf Christianson,
two prominent Plaza farmers who are
sitting as jurors during the present
term of district court, made this Of
flee pleasant call Monday.
Trains from the west daily on both
the G. N. and the 500 are bringing in |
many loads of cattle from the ranges.
The movement Of cattle is early be- |
cause of feed shortage.
The weather man has given us a
fine lot of hot weather this week, the
thermometer Saturday standing close
to a hundred in the shade. Hundreds
of people have sought relief at the
various bathing beaches.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Templeton and
daughter, of Chicago, arrived for
visit at the home of Mrs. Templeton's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Stewart
Mr.. Templeton is prominent Chicago
businessman.
Mrs. John Cow, of Moosejaw, Sask.,
arrived for visit at the home of her
father, F. H. Slatky. Mrs. Cow has
been away five years and was surpris-
ed at Minots wonderful growth. She
says the crops around Moosejaw are
no better than those in this section.
Mrs. F. N. Fuller returned Sunday
from an extended trip thru the west.
Her itinerary included stops at Seat
tie, Everett and Vancouver and a
weeks outing at Banff, one of the
most popular summer resorts along
the Canadian Pacific.
About the best garden the writer
has seen this year is that out on the
H. G. Detlaff farm thirteen miles due
north of Minot. The garden consists
of plot entirely surrounded by trees
which collected the snowfall of the
winter. Another garden similarly
protected is that on the Mann farm
just east of the Detlaff place.
Thos. Hecker of Logan was in the
city Wednesday. He planted seven
acres to sweet corn and this has made
a splendid growth. The corn has
started to tassel and in three weeks
Mr.. Hecker will put his corn on the
market, bringing it to this city where
it will be in demand.
Earl Champlin, manager of the
Champlin Implement Co.'s branch at
Wolf Point, Mont, was back last week
on business connected with the COM
pany. He brought back samples of
flax from the 1900 acre tract the COM
pany has cropped, some of them IS
inches tall, and the bolls appear to be
filling nicely.
Alfred Swanson Of Bowbells was
visitor to the city several DAYS this
week. Messrs. Swanson and McIn-
tyre have sold their electric lighting
plant at Bowbells to Frank E. Corson
q Co., of St. Paul, who own the plant
at Kenmare. The new owners will
soon install wire to Bowbells from
their Kenmare station, giving Bow
bells a 24-hour service.
The stork visited Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
T. Porter of Richie, Montana, on Fri
day of last week and left a fine II
pound boy. Mrs. Porter was formerly
Miss Eleanor Marshall, police matron
of this city, and the above news will
be most gratifying to her many
friends here.
H. H. Powers, vice president of the
First State Bank Of Bowbells, was in
the city Saturday. H. H. is former
Minoter, having been connected with
the Union National bank, and is max
ing good He reports fair crops in his
vicinity, that section having been IA
vored with several showers this sum-
mer that this district missed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Ellison, who
have been enjoying a motor trip thru
the western part Of Minnesota for the
past two weeks, returned home Sun
day night. They made the run from
Fargo-a distance of 315 miles, in one
day, leaving Fargo at 8 o'clock Sun
day morning. Mr.. Ellison reports fine
crops in Minnesota and in the east
ern part of North Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Steinberger and
Mr. and Mrs. John Miller of Donny-
brook were among the visitors to the
Wonder City Monday. They were ac-
companied by Mrs. Pfefferle, of Fer
gus Falls, Mimi, sister Of Mr.. Stein
berger, who Informed representative
of the Independent that crops in the
vicinity Of Fergus Falls are practically
a total failure this year, condition
which hoe mt ohta mod for par;od of