The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-02-20
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night on their way to the hospital at
Northwood, N. D., where Mrs. Inge-
bretson expects to submit to an oper-
alton for gall stones.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Eisele, who
have been visiting friends in Sioux
City, Iowa, are expected home Thurs
day or Friday. On their way home
they expect to attend the Auto show
in Minneapolis.
Born: To Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Fl.
Elarth of South Prairie, ten pound
son, "Teddy II" at St. Joseph's Hos
pital Wednesday morning. The moth
err is doing, nicely and MIR. Elarth
says he is worn out passing around
the cigars.
The Minnesota legislature is back
Of good roads movement which will
cost seven or eight million dollars.
This will include the cost of building
hundreds of miles of paved roads
through the country. North Dako-
ia is expected to get in line.
According to the game law to be
enacted by the N. D. legislature,
chicken hunters are not to be permit
ted to use dogs. We ought to cut
cut hunting chickens for at least five
years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Cassidy. prom
inent Donnybrook farmers, brot their
little daughter Dorothy to local hos
pital Monday for an operation for ap-
pendicitis. The operation Tuesday
was successful and the little patient
is making splendid recovery ID,
T. G. Birkeland, prominent farmer
from northeast Of the city, is spending
several days in Minot receiving special
treatments for the rheumatism. He
operated nearly section of land and
wants to be in first class condition to
put in a bumper crop. @ asft6lgt
John Bjorn, a prominent farmer of
Maryland township, is quite seriously
i'll at his home, which will be dis
heartening news to his many friends.
John spent about week in a Minot
hospital recently. but did not snow
much improvement and he has been
confined to his bed since with a trou-
BILE of long standing
U. G. Abbott has returned from
Ajo, Ariz., where he has been, engag-
ed as railroad engineer for one and
a half years. He has gone to Stanley
to take charge of run on the Wild
rose line. Mrs. Abbott will return to
Minot in May. Mr.. Abbott was an
engineer on the Minot G. N. division
from 1901 until he went to Arizona.
He doesn't like the south where the
summers are unbearably hot and
where the towns are full Of greasers.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. D. Graham Of Bur-
lington, returned Wednesday from an
extended trip thru southern Iowa and
parts of Missouri. Mr.. Graham says
the farmers in that section have al
ready commenced blowing for spring
crops. The frost is all out and the
roads are sea of mud. Winter
wheat is looking fine, being already
fully two inches in height. Those
sections are growing more wheat than
than they have been known to raise
for a half century. Land values are
away out Of proportion 10 the income
they realize from their farms down
there. The farmers, however, are
prosperous having received unusually
high prices for their corn and stocl
the past three years. To show how
envious they are of the western state:
! "Morgy' says they are in favor o.
the government maintaining the pre-
sent price on winter wheat but fee
that spring wheat should take it,
, chances on the open market and tina
no stated amount should be guaran
teed on that variety. He says the.
! still cling to the idea that North Da
!, kotans eat snowballs and icicles AM
that blizzards are daily occurrence
here in the winter season. Mr.. ant
! Mrs. Graham spent six weeks dow
below and enjoyed a splendid visi
with relatives, but say they are gla.
! to get back where they can get
breath Of real fresh air again,
Mrs. a. Baker. who has been quit
!. Ing.
] A. Bader, prominent clothing mer
chant Of Council Bluffs Iowa, has bee
I visiting with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
= Sam Bader in this city.
: The Kad-N-Tonim Grotto gave an er
I joyable dance at the Masonic tempt
= Friday night.
L Joe F'eldman' who has been III in
i reopened his Model shoe repairing Sho
4 at the Haskell New and Second Han
!! store, n. Main street.
III w. A. Peck, who concludes seve
years Of work as agricultural agent fc
n Ward county. will take charge of
|. r. Porter's big farm at Hurd, N y
] this spring. s .
. Otto Ellison of the Fair Store, VIII
= has been buying merchandisesgtn Ne
q York, stopped at Battle Creek, Mich
= for d few days rest at the famous Sar
4 itariifu and is expected home today
n L John Borud, we'll known farmer frol