The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-10

Miss James Mathews Of Tekamah,
Nebraska. came July LIST for an ex-
tended visit with her sister, Mrs. NJ
II. Putney and the Bolden Bros. Of Lo-
II gan, her brothers
Joe Streeper Of Velva is our new mail
man on rural route one. Ward Robin
son resigned July 9Th and has accept
ed a telephone lineman's job out OF Mi
not. Mr. Robinson furnishes his own
Ford truck.
Irwin Crawford has hired out to Carl
Swenson until the first snow flies this
fall at $50 per month 10 hours to be a
days work.
The school board met at Center, Tues
Joe Gadbaw attended camp meeting at
I, Sawyer Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Mr.. Good attended NaZarene Confer
| the past week,
on June 26 there were So voters out
of 60 in Willis township that cast their
| votes at the polls.
| blades off the rye stems. have now be-
gun to tackle the heads. the most dam
| age being in about one rod wide along
the outside edges.
Mrs. Lou H. Gadbaw moved to Minot
| some two weeks ago.
Adolph Klimple is engaged in putting
| up 40 acres. Of slough hay IN Gassman
| township this week. Paul Klimple and
son Elmer are assisting him with the
work.
Walter Donin is contemplating getting
a housekeeper in the near future.
! Mrs Flo Deemy of Kenmare. came
Saturday for weeks visit with her
mother Mrs. Chas Taylor, her daugh-
ter, Catherine. accompanied her and will
remain for a few weeks visit at the
Mrs Dora Billings of Los Angeles,
Cal. after spending several weeks Wis.
| ting her parents, departed for New
80 from Mnot, where she will visit
three weeks and then return to North
Dakota, until fan and finish up her visit
at the home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Wedding
Orlando Brown and wife, also his son
Orville, wife and daughter Miss Alice
of Minot, and E. A. Jerden of Velva,
spent Sunday visiting at the E. e. Diehl
home
l.. NJ Bechtold was in Minot Tues
day getting. his Ford ear overhauled
and repaired.
Ernest Klimple moved his household
he holds a position as section foreman
on the 500. Miss Sylvia Klimple, old
est daughter Of Paul Klimple goes next
week to keep house for him, as it will
be remembered that Mr.. klimple had
the misfortune to lose his wife last
January with the Influenza down in OF
tertail County, MINI.
There was a large attendance at the
old settlers picnic which was held on
the Frank Long farm Saturday, July
5th.
N. w. Smlth moved ms family onto
the o. Dalen farm, better known as the
Paul Klimple homestead last week, and
Mrs Smith and daughter Miss Gene of
Latrobe, Penn. will keep house for H.
Chambers and Malcolm Smith.
Earl Sassa seems to be all smiles now
days, as he expects visit from his best
girl. August 1st
Stewart Reed has the banner piece
of wheat in this township. Mr.. Reed
says grasshopper dope is cheaper than
wheat.
Mrs. T.. r. Walkers sister from st.
Paul is here on an extended visit.
The road in the Putney Coulee will be
put in the section line and new bridge
put in short time, as the grade stakes
are now set and the old bridge was
is to be completed before grain hauling
time this fall.
June berries are plentiful at present
and berry pickers are numerous.
A nice rain fell Sunday night.
Paul Klimple and Carl Swenson are
engaged in fencing the school section in
Stewart Reed brot $500 pounds Of
grasshopper dope from Sawyer July 2
and mixed it up and dished it out to
Tracy M. Palmer hired out to Charles
NJ. Seney in Newman township, until
November 20, and is now engaged in
hauling off rock on Mr.. Seneys farm.
Mrs. r. E. Diehl had a close call from
getting hicksa to death an 1y mule Tues
coming down the M. H. Putney coulee
hill, with farm wagon loaded with a
Boss harrow, the team became unman-
ageable and would not hold back and
ran up in high bank overturning the
mules hind feet. She was kicked quite
severely a number Of times before she
got out of her predicament.