The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-03
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H. Chambers, w. w. Smith and
brother and Joe Gadbaw transacted
business in Minot Friday afternoon.
Lou Gadbaw, who is working at the
blacksmithing trade at. New Salem,
n. D., spent few days last week Wis
ting with his wife and children.
Ralph Lane and wife Of White Wat
err, Mont, passed thru this township
last week enroute to Osakis, Mimi,
and remained over Sabbath at the
home of Joe Gadbaw, as both families
were neighbors together in Minnesota
some eleven or twelve years ago. Mr..
Lane was travelling overland in a
Ford truck.
GREGG Riley and family attempted to
attend the last end of the carnival at
Minot Saturday evening, but after
driving a few miles with his Ford, he
found the roads in very slippery con-
dition from our all-day's rain which
fell Saturday, and returned home.
Floyd J. Gadbaw and wife are in
Sawyer for the week. Mrs. Gadbaw is
visiting her sister and Floyd is as
sisting his brother Harvey, in the Rob-
lnson garage.
Roscie Beighde received his new po-
tate. planter from Chicago some two
weeks ago and it is sure daisy, and
he says now that he will neither lend
nor borrow.
Everett Bunker was in Minot Mon
day with load Of surplus wheat left
over from seeding.
Mrs. f. E. Diehl and son Tracy M.
Palmer, visited over Sunday at the
home of the Jerome children.
01o u Uo11ooa vho h~r L q,
ing for Carl Swenson on the farm
message last Monday that his moth
with typhoid fever at New Windsor,
from Minot on No. 80 for that point.
are now managing two crews working
township, and grading with a tractor
has again been resumed from last
seasons unfinished Job.
Sam Reed and Fay H. Gadbaw were
taking in the sights in Sawyer Satur-
day. Fay returned the same evening
day morning with his best girl.
Glen Welding of this county and
his sister, Mrs. Dora Billings of Los
Angeles, California, visited Friday at
the home of E. E. Diehl and talked
over old. times Of their former I'LL
nois school days.
Tuesday and Wednesday of last
week vast amount of grasshopperl
poison was mixed in the Al Simpkins
vacant house one mile south of Centerl
school house and distributed amongl
the farmers for the hoppers which
seemed to be quite thick, but very lit
tie damage has been noticed on the
grain so far, which has never looked
better for our various rains of the
past three weeks have put the crops in
very fine condition.
Marie and Ersal Jerome were inI
Minot Tuesday for fencoing material.
NJ. H. Putney did the pillow sharpen
ing and repair work on road plows for
the township last Thursday.
Miss Olive Lund, former teacher of
Center, whose home is at Morris,
Mmn,, but now engaged on 211
month summer term near Dunseith.
N. D., in the Turtle Mountain country.
writes her friend, Mrs. E. E. Diehl.
that she expects to make her visit
at the end Of the term, which will oc-
cur the latter part of July.
We surely should have hay this fall
as every farmer and his brother SOW
ed millet seed.
Guy Bivins is now taking treatments
in Minot for rheumatism, having
been entirely laid up since early in the
spring.
Joe Gadbaw and Fred Book hauled
out the shorts from Minot for the
grashopper dope.
The horse company, which is COM
prised of number of prominent farm
ers Of this township, had the nisfor-
tune to lose their fine bay Shire stall
lion one day last week. The animal,
weighed something over ton and was
sure great loss just in the middle
of the season.
The rye has greatly changed its
appearance of some three weeks agol
and will make pretty decent crop
yet.
While in Minot on Monday we had
the pleasure of inspecting the Inde-
pendent's new. and roomy quarters in
the basement of the jacobson block.
and say but they are nicely located.
Guy Putney and family were callers
IN Newman township Saturday after
noon.
Walter Klimple purchased an extra
heavy draft team and harness Of his
UNCLE Bonnie Klimple. Walter is
only ~ years old and has saved IN q
nice little bunch Of money and is go
ing. farming in 1920 on his own hook,
and will do water tank hauling on a
large steam threshing outfit this fall.
The price Of the team was $34O.
Clyde Nelson and wife and Mrs.
/ Glen Welding were in Minot last