The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-04-29
CITY news IN brief

Devils Lake kiddies.
A daughter was born Friday to Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Hanson, who reside OF
Seventh Ave, N. E.
The Rebekahs of Des Laos will give
a program at Odd Fellows Hall il
that village Friday. evening, May Z
| Walter Allen, whos is interested il
the oil game at Lewiston, Mont, Il
a guest Of his brothers, Herb and Or
Allen.
| Mrs. NJ. E. Begley arrived from Sc
attic, WASH, Friday night to visit
old friends and to attend to business
matters.
/ Odd Fellows and Rebeccas Of Bert.
hold attended the Congregational
church in body. last Sunday. An
extraordinary number turned out.
Peter Grindberg, foreman at the
Automart, has returned from bust
ness trip to Minneapolis and South
Dakota.
NJ. S. Williams of Wilhstonj who
has been very i'll in st. Luke's hos
pital, following an operation, is grow
ing better and is now able to sit up.
Sheriff Scofeld has set an excellent
example by cleaning up the court
house premises, using the man power
of the county Jail, which was going
to waste.
Jake, Goldberg, formerly manager
of the Minot Department store Of
this city, now resident of Chicago
was business visitor to the city
Monday.
DR.. S. George White was III fMinot
Monday enroute to Chicago where he
will spend several weeks, during which
time Mrs. White will visit with friends
at Crosby.
Sanford Dodge, we'll known theat-
rical man, who staged "Are You a
| Mason,1 in this city is engaged in
putting on a home talent play at
Lidgerwood, N. D.
Miss Ruth Carroll, daughter of Mr..
ing school in Port Rico, will return
in July: Her mother who spent the
winter in Porto Rico, returned recent
ly.
w. S. letters left for Sherwood,
Wednesday where he will begin seed
ing wheat on his big farm the last Of
the week. His wife and daughter,
Miss Eva Teters are on their way
home from Los Angeles.
/ Smokey Wood, colored base ball
pitcher, porter and shoe sinner, who
wintered in barber shop and pool
hall at Dickinson took French leave
last week after tapping the till of the
aforesaid places and relieving the cash
register of $50 in coin and currency.
He asked the proprietor to let him
have the keys after hours while he
cleaned up and Clean up, he did.
Doc Spillane of the Hodgins Trans
fer Co., left Friday for Minneapolis
in response to message conveying
the sad intelligence of the death Of /
Mrs. appliances mother whose home
was at Adelia, MINI. Mrs. Spillane
for the past month has been at the
bedside of her mother, Mrs. C. b.
Snyder, who has been sufferer from
cancer for several years. Mr.. and
Mrs. C. C. Spillane returned Wednes-
day afternoon.
E. s. Waterman who has been here
for several weeks on business, left
Wednesday for his home in Sacrs-
mento, Calf. He is connected with
the D. w. Hobson Land Company
there and expects to return to Minot
in about month to interest buyers
in California fruit farms. He has 70.
ceived word from Sacramento that the
prospects for . big fruit crop are
bright. The first half box of cherries
produced there this season was. sold
in Chicago, for $50 or 20 cents per.
cherry.
Geo. H. Todd left for his home, ct
Roseburg. Ore, Sunday night accom-
panied bv his wife's mother, Mrs. p.
y. Roise who will make an extended
visit in the west. Mr.. Todd his been
located at Roseburg during the past
year where he is engaged in the cleo
trical business. >Roseburg is q fine
city located in a beautiful
valley, surrounded by mountains.
Fruit growers have, made large for
tunes from peaches, prunes and APP
pies. The growing of walnuts Is also
very lucrative and chat section Of the
west offers many fine opportunities.
Messrs. J. w. Matthews and II. B..
Snyder, two old experienced drillers,
arrived Friday from Oklahoma and
Sunday went to Lone Tree where they
VIII assume charge of the drilling
operations at the Des Laos Western
~ Co.'S we'll on the Blum farm. Mr..
Matthews had charge of the drilling
asst season and during the winter
months was in charge Of similar work
n the Oklahoma fields. Matthews
las spent all his life. in oil drilling
operations and says that in all his en-
,erlence he never had greater cdn-
idence than he has at this time over
ne prospects Of striking a gusher
n the Des Laos field. Operations at
ne Blume well were resumed Mon
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