The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-09-09

The new cement bridge just east of
the city is nearing completion.
Many people are gathering wild
plums and choke cherries, both crops
being large.
Lewis Egan, after visiting relatives
in Minot and Granville, left for his
home near Marshall, Mo-, Wednesday.
Ed and VIM. Brummond, six miles
north of Granville, grew rye this year
that averaged 20 and rs bushels per
acre.
S. G. Title. northSof the city, has a
sixteen acre field Of corn in the shock.
He cut $50 large shocks which makes
an immense lot of good feed.
A man at one of our local picture
houses reported that his pockets were
picked of about $40 by fellow sitting
next to him one night last week.
The Roosevelt Highway straight
east of Minot to the McHenry county
line is in bad shape, no work having
been done on those roads this year.
D. A. Hall, who has been working
at Bovey, MINI, for the past II
months, has returned. He is not the
Colorado "Dave Hall'' for whom his
wife has been searching since June.
DR.. H. M. Greenfield and family have
returned from a motor trip to Column
bia Falls, Mont, where they spent
three weeks camping and fishing for
trout in the Rocky Mountain streams.
Senator Thorwald Mostad, occupied
seat of prominence on the platform
during Governor Cox's meeting Tues
night, which caused the Senator's con-
stituents to wonder if he has desert
ed the League.
Mrs. M. Witham and her grand
daughter, Miss Margaret Shea, have
purchased the grocery and confection-
cry from Mrs. Young, located at the
foot of the viaduct. Mrs. Young ex-
poets to 60 to the coatst.
Mrs. VIM. Estlick who claims to be
Ia better poultry raiser than her hus-
band is farmer, has 100 fine turkeys
and 127 ducks. Plum trees in her
garden are so heavily laden with fruit
that the limbs had to be propped up.
Albert Abbott, former Minot young
man, while visiting in this city last
week, remarked that he saw "Why
Not Minot" label on a railway coach
in Arizona, where he is now living. He
says that Minot is we'll known in the
south.
Don Baker, who has spent the past
year at Milledgeville, ILL.,, is enroute
to his home at Glenburn in a car and
will arrive this week. He is accom-
who will visit in this vicinity during
the fall.
The wise man is storing good sup
ply Of coal for the winter. Ignite
miners are scarce and the demand for
coal is sure to be great as soon as cold
weather sets in. Quite number Of
Minot people have their bins we'll fill
ed and this will help the situation
materially.
Oats were selling in Minot two or
three weeks ago at $1.10 per bushel.
The local market price for this pro-
duct is around so cents if the farmers
have any to market. The actual
price at present is about IS cents
bushel, that being the price if one
wishes to buy any.
C. D. Miller, ten miles north Of
Granville, has the best field Of N. w.
Dent corn this year the writer has
seen. Many of the ears are foot
long and have already matured. He
planted the corn May 10 on ground
prepared with lister. The burrows
caught the rain and held the moisture
around the roots and when Mr.. Miller
was thru cultivating, the ground was
level.
The writer and wife made their an
nual visit to the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Miller north Of Granville Sunday,
enjoying a feast Of roast young tur-
key, fried chicken, Missouri biscuits
and all the trimmings. Mrs. Miller
has won fame in the culinary art. Mr..
Miller, tho past 81 years Of age, has
shocked in the neighborhood of 200
acres Of grain this year, and has sup
erintended the putting up Of $50 tons
of fine hay at his farm and at the
farms Of his sons, Robert and C. D..
Miller. The Millers have raised more
than hundred fine turkeys this year.
They are planning on going south for
the winter and will probably land in
Arkansas. Mr.. Miller expects to 60
to his old home in Virginia to visit
. sister whom he has not seen for
forty-0ne years.