The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-08-26


Mo-. who arrived in the city several
weeks ago to attend the funeral Of
her brother Oscar Solien, returned
home Sunday accompanied by hel
little boy, who with his mother
has been spending the interval with
relatives in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hart Swalstead re-
turned home Wednesday from an ex-
tended business and pleasure trip to
various points in Minnesota including
he Twin Cities. Enroute home the
Swalsteads spent few days at the
reside at Hillsboro, N. Oak.
The write-up also takes into &C.
count the fact that free employment
bureau is maintained by Mr.. Plow-
man in connection with his store which
has proved an invaluable aid in assist
ing farmers to secure plentiful sup
ply of labor conveniently. His rec
ords so far this season show the plac-
ing of over 400 men with the farmers
of Ward and Renville counties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lars Tollefson Of
Freedom township are the proud par
Of q bouncing baby daughter, who
arrived at the Tollefson home Tues
day, August II. Two years ago
when twin boys arrived at the Toilet
son home Lars was obliged to give
each Of his friends two cigars apiece
but this year, the stork, probably TAX
ing into account the light crops, made
it possible for him to get by with one
cigar for each Of the neighbors.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Allen Of Pitts
burgh, Pa, visited with their sons, DIR.
Chas. Allen of the State Laboratory,
and Herb Allen, assistant secretary OF
the Association Of Commerce. They
were enroute to Glacier Park and will
join their son and family in Montana,
motoring to the Yellowstone Park.
The entire party will then motor to
Minot to attend the marriage OF DR..
Chas. Allen, whose wedding to a
charming Minneapolis young woman
will occur in this city on Sept. 6.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McLaren Of
Laurel, Montana, are the guests OF
Mrs. McLaren's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A, ]. Dufresne, First street S. E. They
arrived Wednesday from Powers Lake
where they have spent the past, two
weeks with relatives. Mrs. Dufresne
who has also been at Powers Lake for
several weeks accompanied them here
Wednesday. Mr.. McLaren who is
connected with the Northern Pacific
railway at Laurel will return home the
asst of the week as his vacation will
expire on the first Of September.
Bert Plowman, local Delco Light
dealer received two-page write-up in
the Motor World, the leading auto
mobile and electrical publication Of
the country in recent issue of that
journal. The account goes into detail
and describes graphically the methods
employed by Plowman and also gives
a description of Bert's store with it's
many novel and unique features. This
splendid recognition of Mr.. Plowman's
abilities as salesman together with
an outline of his methods and adver-
Using schemes indicates clearly, how
carefully the business world is follow
ing the lead of novel and successful
plans in merchandising.
L. NJ. Swigart returned today from
a two weeks trip to Chicago and var
ious points in InGiana and Michigan.
Mrs. Swigart who accompanied him
m the trip remained in Chicago for
a longer visit with her parents who re-
side there. At Chicago, Mr.. Swi-
CART met Oscar Epstein and Joe Kop-
paid, who are identified with the
American Force Spring Co., a concern
in which Abe Baker, Of the Minot Hide
& Fur Co., is interested. The Swi-
CARTS also visited the Jim Mcmillan
family at Mishawaka, Indiana. Many
Minot friends will remember the Nc
Millans as Mr.. Mcmillan was associ-
ated with William Campbell in the
y pbell Grocery Co. They are all
we'll but lon" for the cool breezes of
North Dakota. While in Chicago the
Swigarts had the pleasure Of witness
. the game between the Giants and
1ubs played at Chicago on Friday Of
last week.
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