The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-02-26
MlNOT and VICINITY

]. J. Duffy, Of Raub, N. D., was here
last week transacting legal business
in district court.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. T. Hagen, who have
been spending the winter in California,
are enroute home.
j. l.. McKinnon, pioneer Sawyer
merchant, has returned with the robins
from Hot Springs, Ark, where he has
sojourned for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Stake and babe
have all been ill with the flu, their
condition being reported favorable
at this writing.
Fred Pauling, a we'll known Nor
witch farmer, was reported precarious-
ly i'll with influenza the first Of the
week.
D. b. Lapghridge of Surrey, who
has been quite i'll with rheumatism
for several weeks, was able to be out
the first Of the week.
VIM. Clouse of Surrey, member
of the jury in district court, became
i'll Saturday evening and was permit
ted to go to his home.
| MIS. SlldS. CdlhllS has SOIlc W AAAO-
bling and Virginia, Mimi, for two
weeks visit with her son Neal, and
daughter, Mrs. Patras.
Hugo felmacher, who is en-
ployed on farm at Whea tland, N. D.
arrived for visit with the Philip
Elker family at Surrey.
G. l.. Bickford, deputy sheriff, who
has been quite i'll in local hospital,
is recovering nicely, and is back at
his desk in the sheriff's office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brey of Surrey
are reported quite i'll with the flu. J.
B. Withers of Surrey is also reported
ill with the disease but is better.
VIM. Book of Foxholm, member
of the jury in district court, who was
compelled to return to his home last
week on account of the flu, is reported
very seriously i'll.
NJ. D. Welk will hold farm sale at
his home three miles north and 3h.
miles east of Minot, March IL. The
complete sale notice will appear in the
Independent next week.
Henry Olson, from near Simcoe, N.
D., is advertising farm sale in this
issue. Mr.. Olson has purchased a
farm near Chehalis, WASH, to which
place he will soon move.
Miss Gertrude Burns, primary
teacher in the Surrey schools, was
brot to this city Monday and Tues
day morning submitted to an opera
ton for appendicitis. Her condition
is reported favorable.
Fred Stearns, special cream separ-
ator salesman with the international
Harvester Co., is precariously i'll from
leakage of the heart, following the in
fuenza, at his home on Valley street
in this city and fears are entertained
that he cannot recover.
w. S. Shaw, president of the city
commission, has returned from Chip
pewa Falls, Wis, where he spent sew
eral weeks with his father-in-law,
Philip Sweitzer, who has been very
ill from influenza, but who was recov--
ering at the time Mr.. Shaw left for
home.
C. P. Bechtold and P. L. Schopp, en-
terprising farmers from southwest of
Sawyer, are in the city this week at
tending the All Work tractor schbol
at the Minot Motor Sales co. Mr..
Bechtold, son Of Philip Bechtold, one
of the leading farmers of that district,
farms with tractor His father has
turned the big farm over to the boys
and will move to Bill Francis fair lit
tie city, Velva. Mr.. Schopp will op-
crate a fine new we'll drilling outfit
this year, endeavoring to furnish the
people Of his district some nice pure
water to take the place of the
"schnopps'' which our drastic laws will
no longer permit them to enjoy. He
recently took flyer in German marks,
securing 10000 Marks at an expendi
ture of only $40.