The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-02-07

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The ground hog saw his shadow
last Saturday, so buy another load or
two of coal and prepare to entertain
King Winter six weeks longer.
See us before storing your goods.
Minot Warehouse & Storage, Phone
1908. l-10-tf
At a recent Minot wedding an eco
nomical man grabbed handful rice
intending to throw it at the Newly
weds, but thot better Of it and carried
it home for pudding.
C. j. Johnson, one of the old timers
from Aurelia, is in the city sitting on
the jury in district court. Mr.. john
| son has been reader of the Indepen-
dent for the past fifteen years.
John Carlson from forming town.
ship has been doing considerable
trapping. He caught coyote, several
weasels, besides one Of r. E. Evans
cattle dogs in his traps.
Miss Henrietta Shorb, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. NJ. Shorb of Surrey,
submitted to an operation for appen-
dicitis in local hospital recently,
from which she is recovering.
The fast Valley City basket ball
team invaded Minot Friday night and
cleaned our team ~ to IA. During
the first half the visitors ran "hog
Wild" running in II scores to our 4.
"Jawn" Charmley, until recently
publisher Of the Mott Spotlight, is
hobnobbing with tn. Solons down at
Washington. He got there just in
time to see the recent fireworks in the
senate.
Edward S. Lee, who with his fami-
ly, is spending the winter in Los An
fine. He had been watering his
pendent.
Mrs. Edward S. Healey, wife of the
Glenburn banker, who has been i'll and
receiving treatment at a Minot hos
/ pital, is recovering nicely. Mrs.
Healey, accompanied by her husband,
returned to her home Wednesday.
Do you want bargain? Look over
S. E. quarter Section 81, Township
153- Range "a. Make an offer. Ad-
dress P. o. Box 173, Ogden, Utah.
2-7-t5cg
The Bottineau News and the One
NEE Herald have consolidated, and
commencing this week will be issued
from the News plant as one paper.
The Omemee Herald has been publish
ed by Matt Johnson for years and the
News by Bro. Falkenstein.
Amanda Larson, Fargo young wo-
man, was awarded a verdict for $780,
900 from Mrs Clara B. Schmidt Rus
sell. She was struck by falling wall
of a building owned by Mrs. Schmidt
Russell and has been completely par
alyzed since. She sued for $35 5000.
Richard Drinsky, a hustling young
nesday. He scratched around last
fall and got enough feed together for
his stock. He is milking four cows
this winter and last month sold $50
worth of butter. He is feeding his
cows straw, little wild oats hay
and little oats.
Mrs. Stubbins, from Norwich, N. D.,
was in the city Wednesday. She states
that number of Norwich young la
dies, reading the S. 0. S. call of w.
c.. Davis, formerly with the Indepen-
dent, calling for candy, thru a letter
published by this paper, made him up
a box of candy recently and sent it to
him. Mr.. Davis is still located at
Camp Devens, Mass, and may be call
ed to France at any time.
Mr.. Woodward, advertising manager
for the Fair store, handed the indie
pendent copy of the New Hamp.
shire Sentinel, published at Keene, N
H. Mr.. Woodward's uncle is connect.
ed with that publication, which is Of
: unusual interest. The paper was
r founded in 1899, the year that George
Washington died. 1t is newsy anc
] we'll edited, tho the front page con
tains no scare heads.
B. O. Varaberg, from southwest Of
:. Minot, has good share of his farming
done for this year. Last fall he seed
ed 230 acres to winter rye and this
' will be ready to harvest long before
the other crops are ripe. Mr. Vara
berg fears that it will be impossible
: to hire much help this year and this
t will give himself and boys an oppor
tunity to get good sized tract clear
a ed in order that he can do some early
: blowing. Mr.. Varaberg has resided il
Ward county since 1901 and he is one
of the Independents first subscribers
and during all this time he has not
missed receiving copy of this mora
illumination.
! "The Whip" the supreme offering
: Of filmdom is coming to the Hippo.
= drome theater on Friday February 8tl
: to charm, delight and thrill the pat
: rons of this show house with its thrill
ing story, it's splendid characterize
e tons, it's truly wonderful photogra.
t ply and its sensationally magnificent
8 scenic effects. ''The Whip" is easily
the worlds biggest motion picture
r One scene alone, that of the great
. train wreck, was staged at an enor.
:. nous expense merely for this offer,
= ing. And it is the biggest and best
train wreck yet seen in motion pic
!, lures. An automobile race and WRECK
Z that is so vivid as to hold the spec
tators gasping is another big feature