The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-17

: header last year and it worked t,
{. perfection. He headed some rather
green barley, but by stacking it il
stacks six feet wide, it dried out nice
| ly.
; Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Lagrange Of
Deering are spending the day in Mi
, not with friends.
: Albert Langberg, one of the indie
, pendent's subscribers, writes from
: Webb, Sask., stating that the Their.
mometer stood 40 below on Jan. 10.
The Northwestern Hide & Fur Co
has just received car load of frozen
fish, caught in the fresh water Canad-
ian lakes. They are known as the
White fish and are dandies.
See US before storing your goods.
Minot Warehouse & Storage, Phone
1908. 1-10-tf
Wesley Masters, a farmer residing
near Glenburn, who has spent nearly
two months in a local hospital suffer-
ing from blood poisoning and erysipe-
| las, is recovering and will return
home in about a week.
Henry Rozen of the B. & R. Cloth
ing store, who submitted to an oper-
alton for appendicitis recently, is re-
covering rapidly and was able to be
at the store for short time for the
first Tuesday.
The Independent acknowledges re-
ceipt of copy of The San Diego
Union, big interesting special edi-
ton, sent by L. D. McGahan, publish
er Of the Minot Messenger, who is
spending the winter in California.
Baled hay for sale. Scofeld Livery
barn. 1-1O-2t
Mrs. Emelie Boyre, formerly Miss
Emelie Goplin, Of Douglas, N. D., died
at her home at Glover, NJ D., follow
ing an operation for gall stones. She
is survived by her husband and babe
two months old.
Olaf Christianson of Plaza, who
has been working in the Williston
Bakery for several months for his
brother-in-law was in Minot Tuesday
enroute back to the farm to get ready
for the spring work.
Mrs. E. B. Goss, divisional super
intendent of the Red Cross for nine
northwestern counties of the state, &C
companied by Mrs. R. w. Pence, spent
several days at Stanley last week,
looking over the work in Mountrail |
county.
Mrs. Edward Healey, wife of the
well known Glenburn banker, has
been seriously i'll in Minot hospital
for several weeks. She is growing
better steadily and expects to return
home the latter part of the week. Mr.
Healey has been in Minot practically
all of the time since his wife's illness.
A. F. McLane returned Saturday
from Chicago, where he attended a
big meeting Of life insurance agents.
"Mac" was in the big blizzard which
visited the middle west and he is
mighty glad to get back to North
Dakota where the elements deal more
kindly with members Of the human
family.
A. F. Chapdelaine, one of the best
known farmers of the Sherwood dis
trict, transacted business in Minot
Saturday. Mr.. Chapdelaine is quite
an extensive farmer, but last season
his wheat yielded but three bushels
per acre. One farmer nine miles west
Of Sherwood received an average of
ID bushels.
The Independent respectfully asks
all those indebted for their supscrip-
tons to send in the money. Well |
give you the proper credit and mail
you a receipt. We might have mailed
each of you separate statement, but
stamps cost US three cents apiece and
besides we're in about the same boat
as the state banking department.
Andrew Hegreberg, one of the
prominent South Prairie farmers, was
in the city Tuesday. He informs the
Independent that he has all of his
seed for this year but will have to buy
hay and feed to put in his crop of
800 acres and estimates that this will
cost him five or six hundred dollars.
Mr.. Hegreberg says that the farmers
will soon have to begin feeding up
their horses to have them in good
shape for the spring work.
John J. Lee hauled a load of she'll
ed corn out to his farm southwest of
Minot Tuesday. The corn cost 81 go a
bushel and the load was worth $4,000.
Mr.. Lee says that he is short of hay
anu JULIET rough leu, DuL DelleVeS
that by feeding his stock little corn,
he will get thru till spring and that
they will come out in good shape.
Many of the farmers are running
little short of feed and will have to
supplement it with corn and other
kinds of feed.
Andrew Lazarus, one of the lead
ing farmers from up the Divide be-
yond Burlington, was in the city Mon
day. Mr.. Lazarus informed a repre-
sentative Of the Independent that the
severe weather of late has made the
feed problem most serious one for
many of the farmers. The intense
cold, coupled with the heavy snow
fall, has made it next to impossible for
range horses to secure sufficient grass
to sustain life and as a consequence
many are dying. In one coulee near
the Lazarus farm there are some fif-
teen head of horses lying dead.
Piano, almost new. and Ford tour
ing car, 1915 model, for sale, or trade
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