The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-04-18
MORK LAKE AND VICINITY.
Soon will the wedding bells be ring

pOfJS all seeding uOne IN minnesota
except corn and flax, and conditions
never looked better in the good old
Gopher state.
Mr.. John Hippo and family spent
all day Sunday at the Klungness
home.
A number of farmers from this
autoed to Minot Satur-
day Among them we noticed Mr.. G.
N. Bowman and family, Ole Gulick-
son, Einar Klungness, J. E. Goulden,
E. A. Williams, Buck Stevick.
The farmers are seeding in full
blast. About IS per cent of the wheat
is in the ground now and lots of oats
and barley will be seeded this week.
Mother Earth was never in better
shape for seeding than at present
Everybody is putting in big crop
and will be done early and lots of new
land will be turned over and put into
flax. Every farmer ought to put in
one acre of some kind of grain that
will go to the Red Cross next fall
Deduct seed and thresh bill from the
proceeds. Now what have your farm
ers to say about this plan? Give one
acre of grain to the Red Cross and
kill the kaiser.
Mr. Andrew Upland made a brief
call at the Borud home Sunday.
Mr. Martin Engen invested in
Ford last week and is now buster than
a turkey in straw pile getting Tin
Lizzy to keep the road.
Albert and Ben Dunkel took lunch
at the Upland HON, Sunday evening
Mr. G. N. Bowman and family were
callers at the Klungness home Sun
day.
Ole Gulickson started farm opera
tions on his big farm last week. He
says we will have big bumper crop
this year and he is putting in every
acre possible into wheat. Ole has seen
80 years of farming in Ward county
and never saw prospects better.
School No. 2, Mork Lake, started
Monday morning with Miss Arnstad
as teacher and an enrolment Of Is
children.
Mr.. Thos. r. brady and family
spent short time at the j. A. Boruo
home Sunday.
G.. H. Hanson returned from Mime
sofa last week, where he spent two
weeks with home folks at Franklin,
MINI.
The big Red Cross dance given at
the Carl Upland he me last Saturday
evening was well attended and the
big white horse given first to the Red
Cross by D. H. Waggoner and auc-
toned off at the Rose Valley church
for $1,000 was ratified off again at the
dance and brought $500, all going
to the Red Cross. Keep the white
horse going. He is worth hundreds
Of dollars Feed him we'll.
Miss Ida Engelson went to the
Magic City to spend the summer.
Mr.. H. F. Varness and family spent
Sunday eevning at the Dunkel home
Mr.. J. 0. Hanson started in the
field with his new Ford tractor last
week John says he will show any
farmer what Ford really can do.
Hop to it, John.
/ Mr.. J. E. Goulden, one of our pro-
/ gressive democrats, paid fancy price
| for a quarter section of hay land at
/ the sale in Minot last week, paying
! $4,000. Hay land seems to be get
ting pretty valuable in Ward county
| Don't forget to hitch onto the road
drag and drag the road alongside your
farm. 1t pays well in the long run.
I John A. Borud is the only farmer
! in the vicinity who has the Stars and
Stripes waving from flag pole. He
says be patriotic and raise flag on
| your farm.
| The Red Cross meeting at the J. l.
! Hanson home last Friday was well at
! tended A Red Cross organization
took place. Mr.. F. Van Fleet of Des
! Laos acted as POSTMASTER of the ev-
! ening.
Mr.. Ed Lashing is already out sell,
! ing Liberty Bonds. Now let us al
buy these bonds. They are as good as
gold.
Clarence Hanson was shopping il
Des Laos Saturday.
John Rue was Hills visitor Sun,
day. ...
The winter rye is looking fine anc
green. Now all farmers should plant
a big war garden.
The gophers are out again. Cal
on your town board for your gopher
poison and kill them off.
Ole Strand, our mason and brlct
layer, is busy on his farm putting il
a huge crop.
Hon. Andrew Upland, our painter
will soon be on the big summer jot
again. 1t takes Upland to swing the
brush.
Rev. Holm of Ryder will preach il
the Rose Valley church on Sunday
May 18th, at / a. m.
The Rose Valley Red Cross vii
meet with Mrs. T. Taxdahl next Fri
day at 20. m.
The Lone Tree Farmers Telephone
Co. will build another line in the hills
in the near future. Starting from
Tom Writings and south, taking il
j. E. Goulden, j. A. Borud, Andrew
Upland, Ole Strand, H. F. Warner
Chas. Dunkel and H. B. Semerud.
/ Anumber of farmers have invested
in farm tractors in this neighborhoot
the past year and are putting on
hundreds of acres of grain this spring
Among them are w. Savers, John P
Varnes, D. H. Waggoner, Theo. B
Mork, Ed Losby, J. o. Hanson, Al
bert Mork, Ness Bros.
Hunting will be good next fall