The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-09-16
CORRESPONDENCE
WILLIS TOWNSHIP

Miss Lillian Schmidt Of Drake, n
D., is the new teacher at Cente
School, which opened up Monda,
morning. She is boarding at the E
E. Diehl home.
Tracy Palmer is boarding with MI
Benson just north of Sawyer and at
tending the Sawyer schools. Chri
Belmet took him down Sunday after
noon in his Ford.
Charlie Taylor and son Fred, ar
putting in $50 acres of rye this fall.
Carl Sorenson and family were il
Minot trading Saturday. Mr.. Soren
son is boarding Christeson' & Larso,
who are farming the RObt. Barron
land.
Joe Gadbaw is pretty much unde1
the weather and has been i'll since
the beginning Of harvest.
Sam Reed has leased one of Everett
Bunker's farms and is moving ontt
it this week. Sam says it's against
his desire to batch another year, but
he expects he will have to. We take
notice that every time he moves, he
manages to get just little farther
north.
E. E. Diehl was in Minot Monday
with two crippled l 1/2 horse power
gasoline engines getting them over.
hauled. They both went on the tramp
while he was engaged in tanning rye,
Sam Irwin expects to leave for his
home in St. Louis Wednesday,, the rain
has been delaying the threshing on
Mr.. TWINS farm, so he wired to the
firm at St. Louis, where, he is employ.
ed for an extension of time.
C. H. Beighle has been appointed
guardian for the Jerome children, Mr..
Skinner having resigned. Both gen.
tlemen live in Sawyer. 4
We are quite sorry to have to re-
port that our old time friend for the
past 46 years, William Welding IS
quite seriously ill with stomach trou-
BILE, and is confined to his bed. A
Minot physician has been attending
him. @
Ella and Sybol Putney are attend
ing the Sawyer schools and boarding
with their cousin Mrs. j. G. Beighle.
Sam Reed sold his rye in the bin to
Roscoe Beighle for seed, at 81 80 per
bushel. ii
Adloph Klimple discharged his two
cooks on his threshing cook car and
employed new lady from Benedict. 81
Dad Browns wheat on his onion
patch made 81 Up bushels per acre,
even if he did tie two strings around
his bundles. |
E. E. Williams Of Sawyer attended
church at Center Sabbath afternoon.
Come again Mr.. Williams, you are az
ways welcome.
The rains have been delaying
tkreshing to such an extent that the
following were obliged to run their
machines all day Sunday: j.. w.
Ccons, Welding & Nelson, Chas. Tay-
lor & Son, and Mr.. Fields. N
Morvey Bros. kept S teams busy
Saturday hauling wheat from Guy
Putneys separator, on. their farms s.
miles to Logan. %
Mr.. Nolph Of Logan was obliged to.
buy new engine to complete Conrad
Busch's threshing Job, the old one.
failing to give power enough. ~
dorsey Bros. were engaged in NOV
ing granaries into the fields on the
John Tofflemire farms in Newman
township last week. ~
M. H. Putney has been putting the
roads in good shape with his steel road
drag for the numerous grain haulers.
J, Carl Sivens is in need Of two good
men by the month.
Paul Klimple transacted business in
Minot Saturday.
Mr.. tombstone and wife have moved
from the Halvorson ranch to the. Ct.
Northern Stock yards where Mr..
tombstone is now employed.
Mrs. E. E. Diehl and son, were in
Minot shopping Saturday, buying
supplies for Mr.. Palmer's school.
Fred Book and Merrick Bros. have
exchanged farms for the coming year.
Adolph Klimple. wife and two lit
tie daughters, were Minot visitors
Wednesday Of last week.
William Klimple was the first man
to begin fall blowing. Mr.. Klimple
says it is the early bird that catches
the worm every time.