The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-02-14

Potatoes are to be served on two
days each week, Ell? H. G. wants
the specials called Murphy days.
VIM. Habeck, prominent Sawyer
farmer, was visitor to the city on
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knute Frosaker re-
turned from the Minneapolis Auto
Show Monday. Mr.; Frosaker says
that the event was the biggest thing
that the exhibits were unusually ex-
tensive.
Miss Chester of the Mccoy store en-
tertained the following young people
at theater party Wednesday eve
ming: Gladys Zehringer, Mae Balerud,
Katherine Organ, Leo Glodin, Hazel
Balerud, Theresa Glodin. This was
followed by a lunch served at Miss
Chester's apartments in the Fair
block. The table decorations and fav-
ors partook Of the valentine idea and
occasioned much merriment.
II. J. Melos returned Wednesday
from trip back to his old home town,
Cresco, Iowa. He says Iowa farmers
have experienced considerable trou-
BILE with their soft corn this season
and that hay is selling for around
500 per ton. Good corn is scarce in
Iowa. In years gone by where a
farmer would have hundreds of BUSH
els of corn in their corn cribs this
year the cribs are bare. The high
prices which corn has commanded
have cleaned up the entire available
supply.
Ned Calvin of Foxholm was business
visitor to the city Monday.
jim McVeety of Donnybrook-he of
fy-less meat market fame-was a bust
ness visitor to the city Tuesday
Frank "a; Ki.r,kelie; champion whist player
was in the city Monday.
Ira stoddard. manager of the Olson
Werner Grain Co. at Burlington, was 4
business visitor to Minot Monday
L: H. Odegard has been appointed
eha1r nan. Of the IN the Luth
DR.. and Mrs. F. John Christie Of Deer
ing were in the city Wednesday for q
brife time on their way to Burlington
where the Doctor was formerly located.
g. Pat Murphy, prominent IDon,nybrook
first of the week. Pat has three sons
could get in the game himself.
Mrs. c. Bitterness of s. Fourth street
N E., submitted to an operation for the
removal of gall stones at the Deaconess
hospital at Northwood last week and
word received by the family this week
states that she is recovering rapidly
and expects to be home within the next
three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Wistrom of Flax
ton We're in the city Monday calling on
old friends. Mrs. Wstrom was formerly
Miss Schindeldecker professional
nurse in the city. Mr. Wistrom is en-
gagged in the drug business at Flaxton,
where he is enjoying splendid trade.
Miss Florence Miller Of Burlington
was the guest Of her friend, Miss Den,
a book-keeper in the New York Hard
ware and Furniture store, on Monday.
Miss Millers mother, who has been at
months, arrived Monday evening and &C
companied her daughter to their home
at Burlington Tuesday.
The employees of the Minot Cloak &
Suit Co. have organized a knitting class
and meet one evening each week at the
homes Of the various members and knit
for the Red Cross. They have designat-
ed their club as the N. NJ. w. club.
Their next meeting will be held in the
apartments of Miss Hazel Rusk in the
Roell block.
Hagbardt Olson of Norwich and An
drew Thrana of Simcoe are in the city
today attending a meeting Of the stock
afternoon at the Sons of Norway build
ing Mr.. Olson's son. Thorwald. well
known in Minot, has been very i'll for
seven weeks in military hospital near
New York. He was about to leave for
France when he became i'll.