The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-21
CITY news IN BRIEf

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business visitor to the city Monday.
Considerable lightning occurred
Monday night, but was minus any
rain.
The Logan Grange will, meet at the
Logan Hall Thursday evening, Nov.
4, at o'clock.
M. l.. Zorn will hold farm sale
Oct. 20, at>his farm south of Minot
Complete sale notice.appears in this
issue.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Borene, and
daughter Betty, visited Grand Forks
friends the first of the week, return
ing Wednesday.
Roy McCandless, superintendent of
the Minot Division of the G. N. was
called to Madison, Wis, by the illness
of his father, who is in hospital.
Mrs. N. A. Wiser left Tuesday for
Cleveland and New York where she
will make additional purchases for the
Wiser Co. of this city and for the
Wiser McDermott Co. of Minneapo-
lis.
Miss Agnes Grattan Of Minneapolis
has. accepted a position with the Will
ser Co.. of this city, as assistant man
ager. Miss Grattan for years has
been identified with the Dayton store
of Minneapolis.
Rev. and Mrs. l. Diamond and
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Diamond of the
Chain Grocery, are in New York
City, to meet the gentlemen s moth
err, sister and brother, who have ar
rived fro mRussia to make their
home in Minot.
c.. d. See has sold his residence
on the north side to w. C. Knapp of
Berthold, who has moved to Minot
that his children may attend school.
Mr.. See has bought the E. c. Perry
home on the South Hill. Mr.. Perry
will spend the winter in California.
As Mrs. John Behrens, wife Of a
prominent South Prairie farmer was
driving her horse along First avenue
near the Waverly hotel Friday her
horse slipped on the wet pavement
and falling broke one of its legs.
The police were called and promptly
despatched the animal thus relieving
| it's sufferings.
Miss Otelia Slogan, of the Win
ters Jewelry store, who was called to
| Portland, Ore, by her sisters illness,
has decided to remain Miss Har-
riet Mitchell has taken her place.
Geo. l.. Nuremberg and family left
Saturday by auto for Kinross, Ia,
where they will make their home.
They have lived here sixteen years.
The marriage Of Arthur T. West
of this city and Miss Clara 0. knudt-
son, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. An
ton Knudtson of Dcnnybrook occur
red Saturday morning at the home of
the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thos., West in this city, Rev. c. l..
Clifford officiating. Mr.. and Mrs
West have been employed by the
Gamble Robinson Co. of this city.
Chris P. Lee of Bellingham, Wash,
is visiting with Minot friends and rel
atives. Chris is engaged with his
brother, P. P. Lee, in the wholesale
grocery business in Bellingham. He
says the state of Washington has
bonded for $3O,OOO,OOO for good roads
and expects to pay off the Indebtedness
in fifteen years as the state received
four million dollars year from auto
taxes.
H. N. Johns, western representa-
tive of the Michigan Millers Fire
Insurance Co., with headquarters in
Minneapolis accompanied by 6. Al.
len. insurance adjuster connected
with the, Minneapolis office were in
the city Saturday enroute to, Can
ada on a business trip. They had
just been on trip through western
North Dakota and eastern Montana
studying conditions.
John Somers, who spent the past
wear on his farm near Draper, Wis,
has returned. He has no use for
cut-over land He says lumber
company bot the site and laid out
! the town of Draper and it cost them
$500 an acre to clear the stumps and
plow the land He says the sandy
land around Draper needs lots OF
moisture to produce crop, something
it didn't get this year.
Arthur c. McGrath, who was a
linotype operator on the Minot Daily
Reporter at the time that Sam Clark,
now publisher of the Jim Jam Jems
was the editor, arrived from Chicago
to accept a position with the Mnot
Daily News. Mrs. McGrath, who is
sister of Mrs. Ed Schrepel Of this
city, was bookkeeper at the Reported
at the time of her marriage to Mr..
McGrath eleven years ago. Mrs.
McGrath and their ten-year-old son
have also arrived.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Wisen of Bert
hold have sold their fine farm and
left Minot Tuesday for London, Eng,
where they will visit Mrs. Wisen's
old home They will then 60 to
Stockholm, Sweden to visit Mr.. Wi
sens relatives. Mrs. Wisen has not
been hcme for 80 years and it has
been q years since Mr.. Wisen left
Sweden. They expect to be gone a
year. The Wisens formerly lived in
Minot and were prominent in Saliva
ton Army work.
The doughnut making machine at
the National Tea Co.'S store attracts
many sightseers every day as the at
tendant starts the machine which
grinds out the doughnuts fresh and
crisp for the customers which throng
there to watch the seemingly impos-
sible task Of transforming a mixture
Of dough into beautiful, crisp, delici-
GUS doughnuts, which make you think
Of the old farm, the pitcher Of cider