The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-06-17
CITY news IN Brief.
Crowded out last week.

H. A. Kluver, Burlington banker, was
a business visitor to the city Wednes.
b. A. Dinnie reports wheat IA in.
ches high at his farm, south of the
+. N. Henderson left for Grand
Forks as a delegate, to the K. P. Crane
Lodge.
liver Linde, prominent Plaza far.
mer, transacted business in Minot or
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin NJ. Pierce are
spending ten days at Banff, Vancou.
yer and Portland, Ore.
David Lloyd, veteran mining man
who. now resides at Heaton, N. D., is
visiting old friends about the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Nelson of Logan
will 60 to Drake next week as dele.
gates to the State Grange meeting
DR.. J. R. Pence, Gap Saunders,
Geo. Benno and c. H. Parker will
leave Saturday for Mobridge, 8. D..
to attend the state gun tournament
Harry Winters has returned from Chi
cago where he bought stock for the
Winters Jewelry Co. He made a Wis
it at his old home in Michigan also.
Mrs. AL. Dufresne and children ar
rived from Mandan, joining Mr.. Du-
fresno, who has been in charge of
the independents presses for some
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kaser of Bow
bells bret their daughter, Irene to
the St. Joseph's hospital today, seri-
ously i'll with pneumonia following in
fluenza.
The county commissioners will meet
Monday to open bids for constructing
II miles of federal highway extend
ing from Minot IL miles east to the
county line.
G. S. Wooledge, one of the delegates
to the Democratic national conven-
ton at San Francisco will leave for
that place June 20. The convention
"opens June 80.
Mrs. N. Davis, who had been at
Scobey, Mont, settling the estate of
her late husband, stopped in Minot
last week, enroute to her present home
Rock Island, Ill.
T. NJ. Williams, Grand Master Of
the State Grange, was business Wis.,
itor to the city today. Mr.. Williams
is getting ready to attend the State
Grange at Drake next week.
Rev and Mrs. C. L. Clifford leave
Friday for Devils Lake to send two
weeks with friends, after which they
will go to their summer home, at
Mirror Lake, Wis, to remain until
September.
Cards have been received from Mr..
and Mrs. Andy Fraser, who have ar
rived at their new home, Ardmore,
Okla. They made the journey by auto.
Mr.. Fraser has opened an architects
office in Ardmore.
Rev. c. l.. Clifford, the popular
pastor of the Vincent Methodist
church, who has been quite i'll for
several weeks, is still quite i'll and it
may be several weeks before he can
return to his pulpit.
Supt. L. A. White of the Minot
schools, is planning on another sum-
mer's work at Columbia University.
He has spent several summers pre-
viously at this institution and this
will complete his work there.
Atty. John H. Lewis left for Bos-
ton, Mass, recently where he will
visit several weeks at his old home.
Mrs. Lewis, and the children who have
been attending private school in
Boston, will return with Mr.. Lewis.
Farmers from Ward county are
withdrawing from the state hail in
surance at the rate of 100 day, Au-
ditor Kennard says. The last date
on which farmers and owners of land
may withdraw their hail insurance is
June Is.
Thos. Mulvihill, prominent Berth
old farmer, is in Minot today. His
grain is looking fine. No grasshopper
damage is reported in his immediate
vicinity but he is gong to keep his
eyes open and make fight on them
q w. G. Broyles, well known Burling-
ton farmer was in Minot Tuesday.
Mr.. Broyles attended the recent me-
mortal exercises in Minot, as a mem
Der of the G. A. R., but his name was
inadvertently omitted from the list
of old soldiers in attendance.
G. A. Wood of Grand Forks won
the registered gun shoot at Devils
Lake early this week, with a record
pf 140 out of $50. The record Of four