The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-09-26
MINOT and VICINITY

NJ. T. Roach, the Ryder rancher,
was business visitor to the city TO-
day
G. L. Duncan of Columbus Junction,
Iowa, was here last week looking af-
ter his farm northeast of the city.
Hector Mason, young man who is
making good on a fine farm near Car
pic, was a business visitor to the city
today.
Mrs E. r. Vaughn and daughter Of
Des Laos were week end guests at the
home of Mrs. R. D. Woods, returning
home Tuesday afternoon.
w. E. Kirkelie of Foxholm, who
owns fine farm adjoining the town
site and is engaged principally in
stock buying, was a visitor to the
-, city today,
W. L. Millar was in the city Tues
day. He is preparing to leave for
San Pedro, Calf, soon, where he and
Mrs, Miller will again spend the win
| ter.
H. B. Semerud, prominent Des Laos
farmer, was in the city Tuesday to
purchase tractor H. B. says the old
fashioned methods are too slow these
days when the help problem is so
critical.
Mrs. Geo. Strong of Velva has gone
to Rienzi, Miss, where she will spend
the winter with her daughter, Mrs.
E. Roebke, who has been visiting her
mother for two months.
Mrs. Robert johnson came up from
Velva Monday to visit friends. She
has been doing her bit by shocking
grain and assisting otherwise in farm
work.
L. L. Oeth, one of the Independent
staff, was confined to his room by
severe illness for several days this
week but is again on deck and presid-
ing over the destinies of the ad. de-
partment.
w. C. McHugh, manager of the Full
Ter Motor Co., left Tuesday on an ex-
tended business trip thru South Da-
kota, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho
He may continue his trip thru to the
coast before returning about Nov. 15
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Foley of Ray
have been the guests of Minot friends
several days this week. Mr.. Foley is
manager of the Rogers Lumber Com
pany's yards at Ray where they have
resided for several years.
Mrs. Fred White and Mrs. James
Egan of Donnybrook were among the
many shoppers who visited the city
TODAY to inspect the Fall show;ngs Of
our merchants.
E. L. Helling, of the Helling Insur-
ance Agency, writes from France,
where he is now stationed with a
company of Uncle Sans field artil-
lery and says that soldering is the
life and that he is enjoying the life
immensely.
Mrs, R. D. Woods Of the Dinnie
Flats received cablegram Wednes-
dav from her husband saying that he
had arrived safely in France. First
Lieut.. Woods is a member Of the En-
gineers' Reserve Corps and for sever
81 months had been stationed at Camp
! Humphreys, Va.
F. F. Harrison of the Buick repair
department, states that he has place
for couple Of willing young women
who are DESTROYS of learning the auto
repair business. Men are hard TO
get and this would afford the right
! KIND OF women q Stou oppol CuiiioS w
learn a good paying trade.
States Attorney Herigstad has re-
turned from his farm south of Fargo,
where he assisted in the harvest of
big flax crop. He rode the binder
like an old farmer and showed that
he had not forgotten the early lessons
his daddy taught him on the farm.
Torkel Taxdahl Of Des Laos, was
visitor to the city Monday: He men
toned one field of wheat in his neigh
borhood which went 10 bushels per
acre and stated that the average in
that community would be around ten
bushels per acre.
Pres. and Mrs. Crane, Mr.. and Mrs.
R. w. DuVall and Mr.. and Mrs. Cope
land have returned from weeks out
ing spent along the Missouri river
southwest of Minot They got all the
game they wanted to eat and thoroly
enjoyed the scenery Mr.. Crane lived
for a year along the Hudson, where he
could see the Palisades daily, but says
the scenery in our own state along
the Missouri is far more beautiful
than that along the Hudson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Leet of Lin
coin, Nebraska are the guests Of Mr..
Leet's sister, Mrs. A. Upton this week:
Mr.. Leet owns and operates a line OF
elevators in Nebraska and informs the
Independent that crop conditions in
the section of Nebraska from which
he halls are far worse than here in
North Dakota. He says they had al
most complete crop failure in Ne
braska this year.
w. S. Moran recently returned
from an extensive business trip thru
northwestern Canada reports fine
crops and lots of fruit north and east
of Edmonton. He says, however, that
the farmers are principally engaged
in stock and dairy farming and are
wonderfully prosperous, many OF the
country homes being as perfectly ap-
pointed as homes in city, having
their own electric lighting plants and
water systems. He says there is a
great boom on in the Peace River