The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-09-12


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Don't Forge tIt-The One Day Sale
at F. w. WOolworth Co. Sc, 1Oc and
15c Store, Saturday September 18th.
Fred Spath, former Minot grain
dealer, called on Minot friends Tues.
day. He resides in Minneapolis.
| Miss Elsie Greenwald, daughter OF
John Greenwald, from near Logan
has been suffering from scarlet fever
and the home has been under quar-
antine. The young lady is improving
Big Bargains-See the F. w. Wool
worth SC, 10c, 15c Store, Saturday,
September 18th.
Hay is selling in Minot at 500 per
considering that the hay crop is light
and that labor is scarce and high pric-
| ed one cannot afford to bother with
the crop for less.
John Biorn, from northeast Of the
city, has been in poor health for sew
eral months and his condition shows
no Improvement. despite the skill of
the best physicians. Johns many
friends hope for his early recovery.
Do Your Bit-Save Two Bits or
more by taking advantage of those
bargains at the One Day Sale. F.
w. Woolworth Co. Sc, 1Oc, 15c Store,
Saturday, September 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy F. Humphreys
and children and G. c. Humphreys
spent several days at Brocket. N. D.,
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. d.
F. Humphreys. Their father is quite
Ill and departed for Rochester, Mimi,
Tuesday where it is hoped that he will
secure relief.
Chas. Gates, an old time Great Nor
thern conductor who lived in Minot
fifteen years ago, was in the city
Tuesday calling on old friends. He
now represents one Of the large NOV
ing picture concerns and makes his
headquarters in Minneapolis.
Mrs. Mary Breckenridge Thompson
of Washington, d. c., will speak in
this city on the evening of September
16, at the Presbyterian church. Her
subject will be "Child Welfare" and
she appears here under the auspices of
the National Council of Defense.
A. S. Spicher from Des Laos, who
is operating threshing rig, re ports
that the rye is averaging from 7 to
II bushels and the wheat about the
same in his locality. Mr.. Spicher
threshed a field of his own oats which
averaged IS bushels.
Jens Anderson from seven miles
northeast of the city, was in M;not
yesterday looking for shockers. He
has SIS acres of wheat that will be
damaged by rains. He secured no one
but the businessmen are planning on
going out Friday afternoon and clean
ing up the field.
M. A. Kemp, immigration officer
from Portal, was in the city Wednes-
day and called at the Independent Of
flee. Mr.. Kemp travels up and down
the 500 between Minot and Portal in
made more difficult by the new draft
law. No American of draft age can
cross the border into Canada without
a permit.
Supt. John Geist raised very good
crop out on the county farm this year.
The wheat averaged 10 bushels, oats
20, rye II and barley 20. The small
grain crop is worth $4,000. There is
plenty of corn for the stock. An acre
of garden produced about a thousand
dollars worth Of garden sass which
has been placed in the root cellar.
G. O. Frank, who owns big farm
southwest of the city, says that he is
farther ahead with his work this year
than usual, notwithstanding the short
age Of labor. Mr. Frank rode one of
the binders turnout the harvest and
now has all of his threshing done.
One team is marketing grain, one is
blowing and tractor is blowing.
The late D. M Delozier, whose
death occurred recently, had spent
many years in the west and among his
possessions was large box of buf-
falo horns which he had picked up on
the prairies. A few years ago, buf-
falo bones and horns could be found
in plenty on the prairies Of North Da-