The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-02-21

nOsed as bad attack of neuralgia,
which has given him trouble for sew
eral months.
A. G. Steele, acting president of
the Minot Normal school, will attend
a meeting of the state Board of Re-
gents at Grand Forks Friday.
Otto Nothnagel, who bot a 400 acre
form from Allen Odell, northeast Of
outfit and is preparing to tear up the
earth in great shape in the spring. He
has received his patent for his valu-
/ able homestead south of Parshall. In
the five years that he lived on the
homestead, he raised $4,000 worth Of
crops.
/ /. r. Crowder was in Bottineau last
Saturday and had in his possession
/ large bald eagle, which he shot near
the farm earlier in the day. The bird
measured feet 4 inches from tip to
tip and weighed 13 pounds. Mr.. Crow
der states that several have made at
tempts to bag this bird, who has been
in that locality for number of years,
but not until Saturday was he shot.
f. T.>Wold, south prairie farmer,
left for Canada Sunday, where he and
his family will reside. Mr.. Void lost
his pocketbook, containing $247.OO in
the Pioneer store. 1t was fortunate
that it fell into an honest mans hands.
Edw. Schreppel, who is connected
with the store, found it and learning
the name of the owner thru a card in
the pocketbook, looked Mr.. Void up
and returned it to the appreciative
man.
E. B. Ellithorpe and family depart
ed Wednesday for Abbey, Sask., where
they will make their home. Mr.. Eli
thorpe shipped car load of young
mares and registered Percheron
stallion to that place and will breed
horses and farm in the future. He is
an old time farmer and is locating in
one of the most fertile spots in Can
ada, which has not known a crop fail
ure in years. Many old friends in
this vicinity regret their departure.
Mrs Harry Gidley of Glenburn was
brot to a Minot hospital recently for
treatment
II; Fl. Kemper, after spending a week
day to his home in Kentucky.
Arnold, son of James Hakinson Of
Norwich, has enlisted in the aviation
corps and now is in Texas.
Miss Phillips, principal of the high
school, is i'll in a local hospital
The U. c. T. gave an enjoyable Red
Cross ball Saturday night, netting $4,000
for the local chapter.
A sweater knit by a Minot man is on
display at the Leland Department store.
This man is now Working on the re-
mainder of the outfit. Good work.
Mrs Duncan Richie, well known in
Minot, departed for Japan, to join her
husband, former employe OF the Great
Northern railway, now working with the
American commission there.
Mrs. Ingebrandson from southeast of
Glenburn, was adjudged insane by the
Ward count insanity board and taken
to Jamestown.
:, L. r, Yoder and John smucker of
where they will spend several weeks
with the formers son. Samuel who is
engaged in the contracting business
there.
Lieut. Henry Murphy, who holds a
post at Camp Dodge, visited with his
mother in this city several days. He
says that $4,000 drafted men from Min
the camp soon. but no North Dakota men
have been included in the call for Feb.
D. f. Miller corrects the Independ-'I
statement that there was an eclipse. Of
the moon recently. p. +. says the fell
low editor got his drinks mixed or was
looking thru smoked glasses. as there
will be no eclipse until June.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil w. Myers have re-
turned from a visit of several weeks
spent at Hot Springs Ark, Chicago
and Cleveland. Mrs. Myers visited her
son. Denver Perry, who is now con-
nected with the navy yard at Ports
mouth. N. Fl. Denver is now big
strapping young man, six feet tall,
weighing 30 pounds and he is doing
fine work for his country.
The ladies of the Sawyer chapter of
the Red Cross gave a supper last Thurs |
day evening which netted them $6O.35
besides gaining them many new mem
berships. Mrs. Head showed her patri- +
otism by extending them the use of the |
dining room and Kitchen of the Sawyer
Hotel, and the spirit of the city was
manifested by the crowd present. While |
Mr.. Nordhagen made the time fly by the
selections rendered on his Victrola.