The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-05-27
CITY news IN brief

As seeding will be just about over
a large crowd is expected.
Henry Schmidt, the merchant prince
of Donnybrook was in the city Tues
day.
F. w. Heltzel, prominent farmer
from north of Velva, was visitor
in Minot Saturday.
liver o. Flom of St. Paul, spent two
weeks here looking after his real es.
tate interests near brady.
H. L. Winters left for Chicago Mon
day where he will purchase addition
oil stocks for the H. L. Winters store
Mr. and Mrs. w. N. Sinclair who
were called to Detroit, Michigan last
week by the death of sister of
Mrs. Sinclair's returned home Fri
day.
Rev. C. L. Clifford, pastor of the
Vincent M. E. church, has been quite
ill for several weeks, but his many
friends will be pleased to learn that
he is recovering.
Miss Grace Barke of Donnybrook
was the guest of her sister, Miss Olga
Barke, teacher in the Mckinley school
the last of the week, returning to
Donnybrook Saturday.
Oscar, the eleven year old son of
H. j. Melos, while riding his bicycle
on E. Central avenue collided with
the Riverside Dairy's delivery car,
and was thrown to the pavement, his
right arm being broken just above
the wrist.
The next meeting of the Logan
Grange will be held on Friday June
A at 8 o'clock in the evening. A short
musical program will be rendered inn
nediately after with supper follow
ing. Everybody is cordially invited.
Ladies are all requested to bring Ell
ther cake or sandwiches.
w. G.. Rustad returned from Fer
gus Falls Friday where he was called
by the death and burial of his brother
who met an accidental death in that
city last week. Mr.. Rustad says that
Minnesota crops are away ahead of
crops in this vicinity and that they
have had nlentv of moisture-almost
too much, in fact.
Mrs. w. S. Teeters and daughter,
Miss Eva Teeters returned from Los
Angelese, California recently where
they have spent the winter They are
now with Mr.. Teeters at Sherwood,
who is experimenting the farming OPP
erations at his farm near that place.
Mr.. and Mrs .Teeters were in the city
on business Saturday, returning home
that evening.
Henry Wehmhoefer, hustling
young farmer from ten miles north
of the city, was in Minot today. He
is just getting his breath after seed
ing 800 acres to wheat. He will put in
large acreage of the coarse grains.
Henry hired couple of men during
the spring season, paying them $50
a month and double time when they
worked Sundays.
r. G.. (Dick) Hazard suffered
broken wrist while cranking his tin
Lizzie" last week Wednesday at Ry-
der while on the Truck and Trade
tour. The wrist was broken in three
places and Dick is suffering terribly
as consequence. Notwithstanding
the accident he continued with the
party and finished the trip Friday as
active and full of pep as the best of
them.
Mrs. C. N. Gulso of Thermopolis,
Wyo., visited with Minot friends Sat
urday. She had been at Blaisdell, her
former home attending to business
and visiting old friends. She reports
that her husband, who is now engaged
in the oil business in Wyoming, suf-
fered broken finger recently while
unloading a derrick. The Wyoming
oil wells are producing better than
ever, she says.
r. A. Johnson, prominent banker
from Alkabo, N. D., was here Friday
attending the meeting of the North
western group of bankers. Mr.. John
son is taking a very active part in
the development of his section of the
country. He is arranging to head
an automobile tour Of farmers who
will travel several hundred miles, in
speeding methods of farming in other
localities. Plans will probably be
made to spend a night in Minot at
which time the visitors will be ten
dered a royal welcome.
The Des Laos Western Oil Com
pany has resumed drilling operations
at the Blum WE'LL For the past three
weeks the drillers have been engaged
in the work of removing the casing
from the we'll and Strengthening out
few sections at the base which in
terfered with their work. This was
a stupendous undertaking as 300 feet
Of heavy castings had to be raised, and
then replaced. There is an undercur-
rent of anticipation at the we'll that
any moment they will make Strike
now that active drilling has begun.
Everyone connected with the under
taking is confident that the momen-
tous news will break at any time.
Manager H. s. johnson is perhaps the
happiest man in Minot as he is sure
that at any moment his expectations
and faith in Des Laos Western Oil
will have ample verifcation in the
real fact.
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