The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-08-05
City NEWS In brief

y Fred Harrison and party are en-
joyingi An outing at Fish Lake, Sask.
1 The annual meeting of the state bar
,associat ton will be held in jamestown,
Aug.t19, and 20. rio 5ooa 9di alh yr,t
|,d Franklin D. Roosevelt, democratic
candidate for vice president, will speak
in Fargo on Aug. 16.
AL Dufresne; pressmSn 0at the In
dependents plant, is transactinGc bust
ness in -Mandan- this. week. --,..~4........
= Messrs. :. p S. McKenna., and Will
Sherman of Donnybrook were business
visitors to the city the first of the
week.
William Heres, leading Martin
merchant, was a. -Minet. ,visitOr Thurs
day and was the guest of his Old friend
G. A. Gilbert of the First Farmers
Bank.
Herman and Abe Gordon; Minot
clothing merchants, left Thursday in
the latter's car for a months trip to
Minneapolis, Fort Dodge, Ia, Detroit
Mich, and other places.
Mrs. ID. w.. Bowker, who underwent
an operation for appendicitis at local
hospital ten days ago, has sol far re-
covered as to permit her removal to
the Bowker apartments today!
Reginald Smart, son of w. M.
Smart, prominent newspaperman of
the city, enlisted in the navy, recent
ly and is now in training at the Great
Lake naval station near Chicago.
]. S. Milloy, former Minot news
paperman, accompanied by Mrs. Mil
10y, are in the city visiting at the
home of Mrs. Milloy's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. "a s.. Blakey, Third street S. E.
i Orlando Brown, from east of the
ciity started cutting his 400 acre tract
Of wheat this week. He cut five
acres and used four pounds Of Irvine
to the acre. This wheat was grown
on corn land. <, He has fine yield
and will make barrel of money this
year. q 2 Eg%s7y.fTC.rS
Pat King, Donnybrook rancher, was
in The city from Saturday to Monday
awaiting the arrival Of his daughter,
Miss Marie King, who has been visit
ing at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Nc
lMahon, of Grand Forks. Pat says
crops around Donnybrook are looking
fine and the farmers Of that section
will harvest the best crop since 10:
F. E. Farrell and daughter, Miss
Evalina, of Brocton, Montana; arrived
in the city Thursday, passing the night
in the city on their way to Granville,
where the Farrels have purchased the
Granville Herald and will take posses
sion August Is. They will visit their
old home at Pembina before assuming
the management Of their enterprise,
4 Marius Erickson of the j.; l. Case
Co. returned from visit to the Fargo
branch office Tuesday, where The went
for the purpose of getting speedier de-
]iveries on shipments. He learned at
Fargo that Minot branch had trans
acted the largest business this season
on record and that its local business
had surpassed that of the Fargo house.
Mrs. Riger of Fort Lupton, Colora-
do, is the guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Sheur, Sixth avenue
N. f. Mrs. Riger has spentxhe winter
in California, motoring thru from her
Colorado home and having ami oppor-
tunity to sell their ranch near Fort
Lupton at handsome figure, sold the
place and has now come to pay her
parents long delayed visit.
Matthew Huston of Burlington, a
former pupil Of the writer, enlisted in
the. navy on Thursday of last week,
leaving for St. Paul and his. assign
ment Of station the day following.
Matthew is bright young lad and will
make good in the navy. We verify be-
lieve that course ofttraining such as
is given In this depar tment lis the best
for any young man DESTROYS Of a:auir
ingSa FULL round ed out career in life's