The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-01

county for the past 35 years, was in
Minot Tuesday enroute to Williston to
visit friends.
Many farmers were cutting their
ripened rye fields on Sunday and
many are operating their binders from
early morning until ten or eleven
o'clock at night, changing horses.
Elder D. M. Shorb who has been
holding special meetings for the Bre-
.thren church in eastern North Dakota
and Canada since June l., returned
home Tuesday.
Miss Helen Theurer of Weinrebe's
furniture store will leave Sunday for
fortnight's visit with the Misses
Edith and Julia organs, who reside on
the big organs ranch near Grano.
Mrs. j. Castle of Minneapolis, sis
ter of Mrs. Browning Of Seventh
street N. E., is guest at the latter's
home, having come out to attend the
Gallagher-Jo Johnson wedding.
Warren McElwain from Lansford
was in the city Saturday writing the
examination for rural mail carrier out
of Minot Three other took the ex-
animation.
Wilfred Hardness, 20 years old, of
Stafford township, Renville county,
was taken to Mohall last week be-
fore the insanity board who adjudged
him insane and ordered him commit.
ted to the asylum at jamestown.
FOR SALE-Pure Grimm Alfalfa
seed. Fuller Motor Co.
A report was received in Minot Sat-
urday that Lieut.. Hill, the well known
Red Cross speaker, had died in Fargo
but we are mighty glad to report that
the rumor was manufactured out of
whole cloth.
Mrs. Charlie Mckenzie of Eighth
Avenue S. E., was called to her old
home in Michigan today by news of
the critical illness Of her mother, Mrs.
Chas. Gooderham, who resides at
Grant, Michigan.
Twenty-nine car loads Of bad eggs
have been seized by the Minnesota
food commissioner, many of them COM
N. D. Several Minnesota shippers
pledueu gully w SlAAppuIS Udu eSSo
and were fined $50 each.
John Rohwedder, a former Minot
high school boy, now a practicing
attorney at Bismarck, arrived in the
city Tuesday to spend two weeks
vacation visiting his sisters, Mrs. An
drew jacobson of this city, and Mrs.
J. F. Casteel of Burlington.
E. W. Heltzel, one Of the sturdy
farmers from north of Velva, was in
the city Wednesday. He says that
in his locality, not nearly a half crop
will be harvested. Some of the
wheat fields will cut scarcely any
grain. The late oats will furnish
plenty of rough feed, he says.
j. S. MCGOWAN, the Blaisdell livery
man, shipped car load of horses
from Blaisdell and car from Stan
ley last week. Forest Rice assisted
him in picking up these horses, which
were sold by farmers at prices rang
ing from 500 to $175.
The state law provides that the own
er of adjoining premises who shall
earlier than July 18th, nor later than
road tax the same as for any other
road work. This is chance to have
clean road side and at the same
time to be paid for it.
FOR sALE-Pufe Grimm Alfalfa
seed. Fuller Motor Co.
DR.. and Mrs. H. j. Lyons arrived
from Glenwood, Iowa, enroute to Bow
bells where they will visit old friends.
DR.. Lyons has been a chiropractor for
years and in the early days publish
ed Newspaper at Bowbells. For
several years he was mayor of Glen
wood, a city of 5000 population.
Alec Rawitscher, formerly employ
ed at Gordon Bros. store, writes from
France, that he is now up at the
front in the 18th Field Artillery. He
now has an automatic and does not
have to pack a rifle around any longer.
The first few nights he was at the
front, he could not sleep owing to the
noise, but he has become accustomed
to it now.
D. S. Petry, we'll known Surrey
farmer, visited the Independent office
Tuesday. He says that rye harvest
is on in full blast and it looks like
the rye around Surrey will average
about eight bushels. The farmers are
preparing to stack their rye and will
pillow their land at once, resulting
about as we'll as summer following.
Mr.. Petry says the wheat on spring
blowing is showing up much better
than the fall plowed fields. ,IS
Msr. c. F. Truax, and son R3T4