The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-09-16
CITY news IN BRIEF

Mrs. Hattie Baker of Glenburn is
spending the week with friends ir
Minot.
Mrs. o. P. Stewart left for Chi.
cago today to spend several weeks
with a daughter.
w. D. Wilson, who owns fine farm
in Burt township, reports yield OF
Is bushels per acre.
Joseph Roach, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Phil Roach, was taken to the hospital
Tuesday fer an operation for ap-
pendicitis. y
w. E. Mansfield, who spent the
summer fishing in the lakes of Mime
SO ia, has returned in time for the
hunting season.
A. A. Robinson left for the eastern
part Of tbe state Tuesday morning to
look after some threshing on a farm
which he owns.
James Scofeld has already market
ed 5000 bushels of wheat at the Lo-
gan elevator, from his big farm locat-
ed south of that point.
Miss Clara Blonde and Mrs. Lowell
Wharton of Parshall, visited with
friends and relatives in Minot several
days, returning Tuesday.
&C. H. Coar, of Calgary, Alta, who
operates branch house of the Minot
Auto Co., transacted business with
the parent house in this city Friday.
VIM. Peterson, who operated a gar
age at Douglas for ten years, selling
out last spring, is now in charge of
the repair department of the Moore
Motor Co.
Atty. f. B. Goss has gone to Den
yer, Colo, to argue the famous La
Porter VS.. Black case in the Circuit
Court of Appeals. He will also visit
relatives in Colorado before his re-
turn.
While operating corn binder, j.
E. Feldman of Berthold, carelessly
placed his hand on cog wheel when
the horses started up, manGling two
fingers so badly they had to be am
putated,
Miss Eldrice Nelson Of Larimore,
N. D., arrived Sunday; and will act as
assistant to Prof. John E. Howard
director of Music in the Minot schools
this year. Miss Nelson is a>nfece
Of Mrs. A. P. Blonde.
Mr.. Mason, editorial writer employ
ed on the Fargo Forum Nor several
months, has arrived to accept sim
liar position with the Minot Daily
News, replacing Mr.. Diesem who goes
back into the weekly fisld.
A Ryder sheep raiser figures that
at the present, price of wool, he would
have to shear, IS sheep to get enough
wool to buy good suit at present
prices, and the suit contains less than
five pounds of .wool'at that.
L. o. Gilmore, who has been fore
man Of the plant Of the Ward County
Farmers Press, since the paper was
organized, left. for Bismarck We'd
nesday where he has accepted pos
itien with the Daily Tribune.
Byron Cooper and. James Newlove
have returned from the Newlove farm
at Sterling, Alta, Cam, where they
spent three weeks. DR.. and Mrs. j.
T. Newlove remained at the farm for
al few weeks. The boys report good
crops in Canada.
The Waterman near the Salvation
Army Barracks burst Thursday night.
VIM. Gettleman Of the city engineer
ing force was routed from his he'd
and he was compelled to open his
office and look up the chart before
the water could be turned of.
.Mr. and Mrs. James Milloy, form
erly of Minot, are now motoring thru
to Mr.. Milloy's old home, Peterboro,
Ont. They have spent a week on
the Iron Range in Minnesota and had
several days visit in Duluth. They
will return to Minot late in theefall.
Mrs. B. H. Mowers and daughter
Beulah of 6O5 Firth Ave. N. w, left
Monday for Minneapolis, where the
latter will take teachers course at
the MacPhail School Of Music and
also private piano lessons from. Mr..
Glenn billiard Gum of Chicago. Mrs.
Mowers expects to remain with her
daughter several weeks before return
ing to Minot.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Walker of
Huntington, West Virginia, who have
been visiting in >Minot, left for their
Ec,,,e Monday. Mrs. Walker was
formerly Miss Florance Dale, dadgh-
ter of Mr.. md Mrs. Fred V. Dale.
Mr.. Walker is director Of sales of the
Minter Homes Corporation, concern
that manufactures fabricated houses,
shipping them TO all parts of the
country all ready for erecting. Mr..
Walker is bright young business
man. This is his first trip west and
he is delighted with Minot.
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