The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-24
Burlington

arrangements to plOW three sections
of land in Montana which will be
placed in shape for cropping to flax
next season. This immense tract of
land will require an enormous amount
of labor, crew of men with big
Case tractor will be busy the balance
of the summer breaking the ground,
discing and narrowing. Work will
commence at once.
Miss Kelley's room Of our local
schools held their closing exercises
Tuesday afternoon. There was large
attendance of visitors and the pupils
of the other rooms attended in a body.
H. r. Hogy is in the Twin Cities this
week on business Connected with his big
undertaking in Montana.
Miss Hazel Hogy, who has been
quite i'll for the past fortnight, has
fully recovered and was able to return
to school Monday.
j. F. Casteel is laying cement walks
about his residence this week.
Contractor Harry Miller has force
of carpenters engaged in building
porch around the Werner residence on
Main street.
Miss Molstad, of Minot, is visitor
at the H. A. Kluver home.
"Clean Up" Burlington was general
ly observed thruout the village Tues
day and we are in line for the leather
medal for having the nearest approach
to "Spotless Town" in Ward county.
Six Of our local youths volunteered
to clean up Main street Tuesday and
now if any passing tourist claims to
have picked up even so much as a
common carpet tack while traversing
our streets he will have to "show" the
boys that it came from Burlington.
The closing exercises in Miss Lon
ne's room were held Wednesday after
noon and were very fine indeed.
Wesley Drummond passed the tenth
milestone of his young life last Fri
day and in the evening about twenty
of his young friends gathered at the
Drummond home and proceeded to a
BETTING celebration of the event.
The smile all the pupils of the
schools are now wearing is ccnse-
ouence of the near approach of the
close of school.
Mr.. Cree, who bought W. E. Gross
"Tin Lizzie" recently, met with what
might have proved a serious accident
one day this week. The pestiferous
critter for some unaccountable reason,
or possibly no reason at all, turned
turtle and spilled its five occupants
along the highway, fortunately with no
results more serious than a general
shaking up, 81 together with some
bruises and scratches.
Mrs. Drummond is preparing to
move back on the Drummond farm and
thus Burlington loses another one of
her best families.
Mrs. F. V. Bryant of Tasker was in
town shopping one day this week.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Havlicheck of
Minot have moved here and we under
stand they contemplate the erection
of a residence in the near future.
! ]. F. Casteel, the cement contractor,
has force of men eXcavating Gel
lar beneath the Werner residence this
week. Mons selaaae a.
Ira Stoddard was business, visitor
to Minot Tuesday. nfS nrerT.t5'.,g
/ c.. L. Smith of Minneapolis, a form
err Burlingtonite, and Jourgen Olson
of Minot were visitors to our hustling
little city Wednesday. Lou was kept
busy shaking hands with his old
friends and taking in the many munic-
ipal improvements which have been
made since he left here year ago.
A Patriotic and Memorial service
will be held at the Presbyterian church
next Sunday evening, Attorney D. H.
Carroll of Minot will deliver the ad-
dress and a special program of songs
has been prepared for the occasion.
The exercises will begin promptly at
eight o'clock and everyone in Burling.
ton and surrounding country is cor
daily invited to attend. The occas
ion will be the first public appearance
Of the newly organized choral society
and we are assured of an exceptional
array of talent in the musical and vo-
cal numbers. We give the program
which you will please clip out Of our
items if DESTROYS Of having the full
program as it will be rendered on
Sunday evening:
Chorus-The Battle Hymn of the
Republic.
Chorus The Star Spangled Banner.
Reading-Psalm 46-Professor Tai
bot.
Solo-Norma Devol.
Prayer-A. B. Hills.
Solo-E. E. Devol
Patriotic Address - Attorney Dorr
Carroll, Minot.
Solo-Mrs. Chas. Wistrom.
Patriotic Offering.
Chorus-My Country IT'S Of Thee.
| Dismissal.
Miss Normal Devol celebrated her
eleventh birthday Saturday afternoon,
entertaining her friends with delic-
ious luncheon in her home, after which
the merrymakers adjourned to the
lawn, where games were the princi-
nal diversion for the remainder Of the