The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-11
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ing baled hay for Nose Putney & Co.,
who have in the neighborhood of 1900
tons of hay to be loaded in cars, the
first car of which will arrive this
week, and Frank Bolden will unload
and take care of the hay at Logan and
supply the farmers wants at fair
price.
School began at Center school on
Monday, Oct. /, with Miss Olive Lund
of Morris, Mimi, as teacher. She is
boarding with Mrs. E. E. Diehl.
Miss Bunker, who is attending
school in Minot, visited over Sunday
with her parents.
Joe Gadbow is engaged in hauling
hay from the Benedict neighborhood
and Ed Jerden is hauling hay from
Max. They say they enjoy it-Nix.
William Klumple has been COM
planning all fall that his work horses
were tired out, worked down and dead
on their feet, but Friday the tune
changed. He drove to Sawyer, load
ing on $500 pounds of coal, and while
he went to pay the dealer, Mr.. John
son, his team ran away. He attempt
ed to catch them and was dragged sew
eral feet, his right arm being bruised
Il good deal. The team ran two miles
with the brake on. Mr.. Hubbard, the
mail carrier, gave chase on horseback
and caught them. We believe Mr..
Klimple has been feeding more high
priced oats than he thinks he has.
Mrs. Louis Gadbow is quite seri-
cusly i'll with appendicitis. Her hus-
band is working at Leads, N. D., in a
blacksmith shop and will probably be
sent for if she still continues to be ill.
E. H. Dieh! of Spara, Ill.,, writes US
that illinois has a bumper corn crop and
that the farmers are offering to 10
cents per bushel for pickers on ac-
count of the selective draft. He said
his buckwheat, last cutting Of alfalfa,
apple picking and corn fodder was all
coming on at once.
Joe Gadbow, Mrs. E. E. Diehl and
in Minot Saturday.
f. C. Thornhill of the Western
Bankers Investment company of Mi
not, and some land seekers were look
ing at land in this community Satur-
day.
Adolph and Paul Klimple finished
making hay in the hills Friday. Paul
reports hay scarce and hard to get and
it takes good looking man to get any
hay at all. Their brother, Richard, as
sisted them.
Walter Klimple and Tracy Palmer,
who work for Carl SwensOn, both
spent the Sabbath in their respective
homes.
Messrs. WELDING & Nelson, who
some two or three weeks ago bought
Willard Jenson's farm, have the car
penters and plasterers from Minot
completing the new two story house
which Mr.. Jensen started to build last
year. They have installed a new fur
lace and will have the building ready
in short time for their families. This
makes them 48O acres of fine land in
one body.
Floyd Gadbow wries from Leads, N.
D., that he is working on farm at $50
per month, but that he is quite anxious
to come home and take another spin
on his Indian motorcycle before the
snow flies.
E. R. Walker and family were shop
ping in Minot Friday last. Mr.. Walker
bought his potatoes in the hills for 81
per bushel and picked them up him.
self.
Ira McNoll of South Prairie pur-
chased a draft team of F. G. Thorn
hill of Minot last week and is now en-
gagged in blowing with two gang plows.
He is working ten horses.
E. R. Walker took charge of the
Beighle coal mine Monday, Oct. and
he put out 70 cars of coal per day last
week. Harry Gadbow and Earl Walk
err are both experienced coal miners
and they sure can turn out the coal.
Mr.. Gadbow moved into the Walter
tenant house the first of the week.
/ William and Paul Klimple each de-
livered cattle in Sawyer to Haveleana
last Friday.
Harvey Gadbow purchased a run
about car of Jake Kleinsasser last
week.
Master Await Klimple get tired of
blowing and started to school at Cen
ter Monday, Oct. 8.
Farmers in this locality are engage
ed in digging their potatoes and they
find the average pretty low. Some
patches reported run as low as rs
bushels per acre. Bonnie Klimple re-
ports the best yield of 225 bushels on
his farm near Sawyer. He surely must
have irrigated them.
The Nazarene people hold prayer
meeting Wednesday of each week at
Center school house, and church SER
vices each Sabbath at 2:45 p. m.
E. r. Walker fenced quarter of
land he has rented, for winter pasture
for his horses. Mr.. Walker says when
he turns his horses out he likes to
know where to find them.
Tracy Palmer has coming four
year-old Shetland pony broke to ride,
gentle for any child, which he wishes
to sell or trade. Answers to the
name Dan Patch and is perfectly
sound in every respect. Anyone desir-
ing to secure such pony should call
him up, Sawyer, No. 507.
Guy Shires returned from St. Paul
the last Of the week, where he had
been with car Of cattle. He is out
again looking up another load.
Smith Brothers returned Sunday
from business trip to points in Can
ada.
John Crons transacted legal bust
ness in Minot Saturday last.
Sam Reed and Mr.. Brooks finished
hauling their hay from the hills last
week. Sam says he killed two birds