The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-06-17
CITY news IN BRIEF

The farmers of Bottineau county
are using their road money, to pay
the expense Of fighting grasshoppers.
Elder D. NJ. Shorb LETT Friday for
points in Montana and Canada in the
interests of the church of the Breth-
rem. He will be absent two months.
Otto Ellison left today for Port.
land, Ore, on the KEN Shrine special
to attend the big Ceremonial. he
will be the guest of cousin in that
city.
Mrs. R. w. Pence, Mrs. Henry Hurd,
Mrs. C. F. Truax and Rev. VIM. Z.
Hunter left Wednesday fer Fargo as
delegates to the Grand Chapter of the
Eastern Star.
Rey McCandless, superintendent OF
1.-THE Minot Division of the Great Nor
thern, left for Portland, Ore, early
this week to attend the Ceremonial
of the Imperial Shrine.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Wheeler have
received some choice flower seeds, in
GLIDING musk, from Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Hetherton, ST., who some months ago
returned to their home in Bonnie Scot
land.
DR.. and Mrs. Archibald D. McCan-
mel and family, joined the KEN Shrine
special train at Minot today and will
visit Portland, Ore, where the lmper-
ial Shrine will meet and other points
in the west.
Hans Christensen and son, Oscar
Christensen from Brillian township
were in Minot Tuesday making ar
engagements to secure grasshopper
poison for that township. The pests
are showing up in large numbers.
When looking at some kinds of ad-
vertising you feel like the old negro
woman. She stood by the grave Of
her husband, shook her head mourn
fully and said, "Poor Rastus,, houe
you is gone where l spec you aint." "
Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Spacht and
family of Sawyer left the first of the
week via the Ford route for a visit
in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
They will camp out enroute and will
return Sept. l. Mr.. Spacht has been
re-engaged as superintendent OF the
Sawyer schools.
VIM. Glib, Jr., formerly county
auditor of Mountrail county, visited
at the home of his sister, Mrs. c. F.
Truax Saturday and Sunday. He
has resided in Seattle for more than
year, but came back to Stanley to
take leading fight with the Mountrail
county forces fighting Townleyism.
Paul V. Mccoy, former Minot mer-
chant passed thru this city last Thurs
day, enroute to the east on business.
He was met at the station by several
old Minot friends. Mr.. Mccoy is now
engaged in business at Great Falls,
Mont, where he is doing nicely. Dur
ing recent sale,4 he did $4,000 worth
Of business in four days.
Mrs. F. w. Youngman, Mrs. Walker,
Mrs. Truax, Mrs. o. P. Stewart and
Mrs. Myers attended the state w. R.
C. meeting at Grand Forks last week
Mrs. Reed, Mrs. O. R. Roellig, Mrs.
Greenhalgh, and Mrs. Jos. Rowan, who
were in that city attending state
meeting Of the Pythian Sisters, at
tended the w. R. c. meeting part
Of the time, all Of them being men,
bers of the order.
Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Clifford left
Monday morning for Devils Lake
where they will spend two weeks with
friends, after which they will go to
their summer home, Mirror Lake, Wis.
to remain until September. The
Reverend has been granted vacation
until September and it is hoped that
his health will have been fully re-
covered by that time. The journey
Of 900 miles will be made by auto
and the pastor and his family will
camp out enroute. This will afford a
delightful outing.
Henry Marshall, former Minot mer-
chant, who has been in the truck
growing game for several years, is
making a big success Of his under
taking. He lives in beautiful val
ley, four miles down the river, which
makes him one of the best places for
the business in the state. He is
bringing to market Is dozen punches
Of radishes daily for which he re-
ceives dollar dozen and he has an
immense lot of other garden sass"
which will soon be ready for market.
1t keeps him busy from five O'Clock
in the morning until dark, but he APP
parently thrives on that kind Of life.