The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14
CITY news IN brief

Vote for the Ward County indie
; pendent for the official county paper.
F. L. Rogers, manager of the Grand
Forks branch of the Fuller Motor Co.,
returned home today after spending a
week here with the officials of the
Company, invoicing and attending the
transfer of the property here in Minot
to the Holt Motor Company.
w. c. Knapp, prominent Berthold
farmer has purchased the C. D. See
residence, Sixth street and will take
possession next week. Mr.. and Mrs.
See have bought the E. c. Perry resi-
dence, Third street S. E. and are NOV
ing to their handsome new home this
week.
Thos. Plasance of Douglas, who
is candidate for county commission
er from the Fifth district, ID in the
city today. MIR. Plaisance has been
resident of Ward county for IL
years, is/a man of excellent business
qualifications and would make first
class commissioner.
f. j. Bowman, prominent Burling
ton farmer, motored thru from Iowa,
where he has spent the greater part
} Of the summer, to look after his farm
ing interests here. He has rented
his homestead to julius Rue for a
term of years and returned to Iowa
to spend the winter.
Ole Greslivold, one of the leading
farmers in the vicinity of Wolseth
drove across for the Corn and Potato
show and to attend the Stock show
this week. Mr.. Greslivold farms over
700 acres, the yield being fairly salts
factory this season despite the raw
ages of the grasshoppers.
Reverend Amiel Miller, presiding
elder of the United Evangelical
church thruout this district presided
at quarterly conference of that de-
nomination at Des Laes Sunday. Rev.
Miller spent few days in the city
as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G. A.
Gilbert, Sixth street N. E.
The Independents friends feel that
this paper is entitled to publish the
legal proceedings for Ward county.
It has always been the rule to pass
the business around. Vote for the
Independent. ~ g.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. Peterson, Eighth
street N. E., returned Sunday from
an extended visit to their old home
at Madison, Minnesota. Mr.. Peter
son says that during the 40 years he
resided at Madison he never knew of
failure of crops and now for the
}past six years they have not harvest
ed satisfactory crop in the vicinity
of Madison. Too much rain was re-
sponsible for the poor crops this sea-
son.
Ed McCarroll, vice president Of
Sherwood bank, was visitor in Minot
"Wednesday He is contemplating
moving to Minot for the winter. Mr..
McCarroll reports that he saw fifteen
"whiskey sixes", all in string, ira
Yelling towards the Canadian line sew
en- miles west of Sherwood that morn
ing, evidently enroute for little pro-
ftable visit across the line, where
they fraternize with our Canadian
cousins.
CLAUS Woster, formerly Ward
county resident living at Carpio, has
: returned from the west to look after
his farming interests. Mr.. Woster is
now located at Ferndale, Washington,
right in the heart of the fruit and
dairy section of the state. He says
the west is especially prosperous this
year. The crops have been good and
the season favorable Mr.. Woster
was the weekend guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. J. Lee, Second street N. E.
Miss Maude Swinehart of Miners
vile, Pa, and Miss Pearl Swinehart OF
Froid, Montana, cousins of Mrs. J. M.
Reiner, Of Burlington township, who
have been visiting at the Refner home
for the past two weeks expect to leave
for their home in Pennsylvania the
latter part of the week. Miss Maude
Swinehart is a pianist of note and
during her stay at Burlington gave
several private entertainments much
to the delight Of the music lovers OF
that locality.
Mrs. A. G. Drysdale returned Sun
day from an extended trip thru the
west. During her absence Mrs.
Drysdale spent considerable time at
Fort Benton, Montana, superintend-1
the harvesting and seeding of two
farms which she owns in that locality.
She state that she has 200 acres seed.
ed to spring wheat which is up and
thriving nicely. In company with
Mrs. Greeley, wife of prominent
Fort Benton grain man she spent sew
eral weeks at Lake Mcdonald in Ola:
cier Park, enjoying the fishing OF
that delightful beauty spot. Mrs.
Drysdale was accompanied on her re-
turn home by q sister, Miss Gladys
Tate, Of Glasgow, Montana. Miss
Tate is an employee of the U. S. land
office at Glasgow and will spend
fortnight's vacation here with her sis
ter. Mrs. Drysdale has resumed her
former position with the Hamre Fur
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