The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-04-08
CITY news IN BRIEF

neapolis Sunday.
Mrs. Richard Huttner. of Lignitt,
~. d., was visitor in Minot Tues
day.
C. Aurland has returned from So
journ Of several weeks at Hot Springs,
Ark.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Nelson of Saw
yer >attending the teachers con-
ventiOn. Mrs. Nelson is teaching in
Bell District No. 10.
Mrs. Axel Roise leaves Friday az
ternoon for Minneapolis to visit her
mother, Mrs. Joseph Roach, who is
spending the winter there. 4
Russell Dahle, advertising manag-
er of the w. l.. Winters Co., expects
to leave Sunday for Watertown, S.
Dakota for a two weeks vacation.
Henry Johnson and John O'Neil of
Berthold, were in Minot~< Wednesday
enroute to Everett, Wash, where they
expect to make their future home.
Will E. Holbein, secretary of the
Association Of Commerce, visited Rug
by Wednesday night where he address
sed meeting of the Community club.
Mrs. George Adams and Mrs. Chas.
Butts of Pratt township, north OF
Deering are spending the week at the
hcme of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Banding,
602 Third ST., N. w.
Mrs. L. M. Swigart left Wednesday
for visit with relatives in Canada.
L. NJ, who has been taking a special
course in home economics of late will
now have an opportunity to demon
strate his culinary abilities.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. T. Ehler have as
their guests, Mr.. and Mrs. C. A..
Ehlers of Regina, Sask. c. A. Ehlers
has been an instructor in a barber
college for three years and will soon
leave for Edmonton to take q similar
position.
Chas. sandberg, G. N. engineer, suf:
fering from fracture of the base OF
the skull, appears to be recovering
steadily and doctors say that he will
completely recover in time. He is
rational for longer periods each day,
altho it may be weeks or months be-
fore his recovery is complete:
q. B. Paris, one of the "old tim
ers.y' from the Burlington district,
passed through Minot Wednesday on
his way home from a trip to Iowa,
where he spent the winter with rela-
tives residing at Dumont. He says
| lHey nave d VeIy SS'~.
Iowa, extremely cold with immense
quantities of snow.
The Sons of Norway initiated over
one hundred new members Wednes-
day evening. A big banquet was en-
joyed and several of the members de-
livered addresses. Many were pres
ent from outside lodges and a splen-
did time was enjoyed by all present
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the largest lodges of the Sons of Nor
way in the Northwest.
M. L. Hines has returned from Ar
lington, Iowa, where he spent year
and a half at his former home. He
went to Iowa. accompanied by ms
wife, hoping that her health would
improve, but Mrs. Hines passed away
last fall. Mr.. Hines says that since
sojourning in Iowa, where small farms
are selling for as high as $1.OOO.Oc
an acre, he has placed a value OF
$4,000 an acre on his Ward county
land, which he considers worth, acre
for acre, as much as the Iowa land
j. o. Phillips of Columbia, Mo-, ar
rived the first of the week with cal
loan Of ten Mammoth Jacks which he
hopes to sell to the farmers of north.
western North Dakota. Mr.. Phillips
comes from the great mule raising
state and says that two-year-old mules
are selling in Missouri at from $500
to $500 span. He says that
mule can be raised cheaper than
steer and sells for a great deal more
money. He urges North Dakota
farmers to go into the mule raising
game. Mr.. Phillips is brother OF
J. r. Phillips, we'll known Glenburn
farmer.