The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-05
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one year.
Mrs. M. H. Putney was called to
Logan Sabbath morning, called there
by an accident that befell her brother
John Bolden. in an accident with a
stump pulling machine.
Mrs. Smith and daughter, Miss
Jeane Of 'Latrope, Penn, came last
week for an extended visit with her
son and w. w. Smith and family.
Guy Bivins has been laid up the
entire spring with infammatory
rheumatism, and employed Fay H.
Gadbaw to do his farm work and
seeding.
Decoration day exercises were we'll
observed in Willis township, at Center
school Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
Rev. Prime of Velva speaking. He
gave a nice talk relating to our boys
in the recent war. After the services
the graves were all decorated in the
township cemetery.
Robt. 7. Klimple and fami'S of
Voltaire attended Decoration day SER
vices at Center Friday afternoon.
4 N. w. Smith transacted business in
Minot Tuesday.
Miss Alkaline Klimple, third daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Klimple, met
! Will QulCc q seIlouS dCClucIlL friday
evening by being severely kicked on
one of her lower limbs by vicious
COW. which Paul says will go west for
beef this coming fall.
/ Ole B. Wallace and Tracy NJ. Palm
err were at. Minot on business and
sight seeing last Saturday.
The Beighle coal mine has been
leased by Irwin Crawford.
Mrs. Freddie Baker, who was OPP
Grated on at st. Joseph's hospital in
Minot some two weeks ago, is report
4 ed improving and will soon be able to
return to her home.
Ed R. Walker is stepping rather
high these days and passes up his old
neighbors and friends with dignity, all
because he is now grandpa"
The jerome sisters have entirely
/ completed their crop seeding and the
girls had all their ground to pillow this
/ spring. They are sure some hustlers
as thew have beat everyone around
1 in Willis township. Some of these
men folks that think the girls could
not farm alone had better get Dutch
wiggle on themselves and catch up.
I Wednesday of last week E. F.. Diehl
and James BASTARD were in Minot for
Seed oats, speltz, millet, western rye
grass and above all, Dad Browns po-
/ tato planter
Mrs Dora Billings Of Los Angeles,
Cal, arrived last Thursday, by way of
| Seattle, WASH, for an extended visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Welding.
Early in March Roscoe Beighle or
dered a potato planter from mail
order concern in Chicago and up un-
til the present time it has not arrived.
We are afraid Roscoe won't have very
many spuds for his winter supply as
! Jack Frost will be apt to beat him to
/ it.
f. E. Diehl visited over Sunday with
his friend. Al Templeman, of North
4 Prairie. On June 10th Mr. and NJ
Templeman and son Russell expect to
drive their Overland six thru to their
| they expect to remain until harvest
time. and can cherries. Mr.. Temple
man is thinking some of going into the
dairy business in Iowa, should he To-
cate favorable dairy farm.
Ed Bivins marketed three loads of
grain in Sawyer Monday.
| Mrs. Harry Gadbaw and children
of SAWYER visited over Sabbath at the !
home of Joseph Gadbaw.
Adolph Newman and father-in- law,
Mr.. Seney, were in Minot Thursday in
Mr.. Newman's Ford, with $5765
worth of produce, eggs. and cream.
Mr.. Newman asks: "What is more
profitable to farmer than the North
Dakota hem"
William Klimple, on going to plant
his corn crop last week, found that
some $40 worth of seed corn that he
had purchased from seed house early
in March, had decayed in the sacks
to such great extent that its germ
mating power. was entirely ruined,
and he was obliged to drive to Velva
for new supply This was sure quite
loss for Mr.. Klimple, as he had bot /
his seed from Bismarck for several
years and had never gotten stung be-
| fore
Tracy NJ. Palmer has the Ford fe-
yer, but at the last reports has not
vet gone over the top, but expects to /
before the big celebration comes off
at Minot July 3 and a.
Earnest Klimple returned from
| Rochester Mimi, Monday, where he
underwent an operation at Mayoi
| Brothers hospital
| Seeding is getting pretty well
Wouliu w III CIliS LOCALITY. some OF the
| farmers have fax, oats and barley to
put in vet and some few have com !,
! pleted but not many.
| David Good expects to drive a team
across country to Wyoming July 1stE
| to go on homestead.
! Bonnie Klimple was in Minot Decor
alton dav.
! Carl Swenson was business visitor
in Minot Saturday.
| Fred Book was business visitor
/ in Minot Saturday.
| Bonnie Klimple's hired man Ear
! nest Busch. has made the best record
of anyone in this township. with al
new Emerson triple gang and sevenj
horses, having made an average oil
| lOA acres per day in blowing 300
acres of land, as well as seeding it
| with the same horses.
| Irving Crawford is working for +.
r. Walker since his return from
| France. which was around May I.
| Mr.. Booth moved from Newman
township to farm he recently traded
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