The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-06-30
Major Person and family have NOV
ed out to the Person Stock Farm west

Of the city for the summer.
farmer, visited in Minot Friday. He
reports excellent crops at Plaza.
The Surrey Ladies Aid will serve
lunch and cool drings at Riverside
Park, near the log cabin on July 4:
Crops in the valley and on the fiat
north of Burlington are reported none
too good, especially the early sown
fields.
Chas. Zehringer, cashier of the Un-
ion National Bank, is attending the
bankers state convention in Grand
Forks this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. hatcher, of
Donnybrook brot their little daughter
to Minot specialist Saturday for an
operation for mastoids.
Geo. DAZZLE and sons Of Carpio were
down Wednesday to see the parade.
Carpio received a heavy rain Tuesday
night and crops are good.
Peter Fugelso and family, Lawrence
HUSKY and Noel Solien left recently
in Mr.. Husby's new Buick for Yellow
stone Park, camping out enroute.
They struck some muddy roads in the
southwestern part of the state.
Supt. L. A. White of the Minot
schools, left Tuesday for Volga City,
Iowa, for a visit with his father, after
which he will 60 to Des Moines to
attend the National Education Con-
vention, returning to Minot July 10.
Douglas Beighle of Sawyer was a
member of the graduating class of the
Agricultural and Manual Arts high
school at the North Dakota Agricul-
tural college last week, according to
announcements received from that
place.
Mrs. Sam Bader has gone to Mt.
Clemens, Mich, where she will spend
several weeks at the springs taking
treatment for rheumatism. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Garrison or Will
liston, who is also a sufferer from
Mrs. F. j. Steffick has gone to Gil
lett, Wis, for visit with her father.
C. A. Bugge, pioneer Burlington
merchant, who has been in Norway
for the past three years, is enroute
home and will arrive about July 10.
He reached New York last Friday.
James Grain of Granville, has 32O
acres of corn knee high and looking
fine. The country north of Granville
was visited by heavy rain Tuesday
night and the crops are fine. There
is a large acreage Of rye which will
be ripe in two weeks. It looks good
for Is or 20 bushel crop.
The Burlington-Minot federal high
way is in almost perfect condition and
every pleasant evening hundreds of
people motor to Burlington, many of
them calling at E. A. Harthouse's
confectionery for one of those big
dishes of ice cream smothered in real
Strawberries. Mr.. Harthouse reports
that during the summer, fully half of
his trade comes from Minot.
G. B. Willis Of Mansfield, O., vice
president of the Aultman Taylor Co.,
is spending the week in this city, con-
ferring with the Malm Machinery Co.
Mr.. Willis, who is member of the
Rotary club, remained over until to-
day to accompany the Rotarians to
Rice Lake for their picnic with the
Boy Scouts and the mothers Of the
Scouts.
Frank Fisher, former Minot, real
estate man, who has resided in Oak
land, Calf, during the past year, is
back on business. He reports that
Frank Lyman, old time Minot real
estate dealer, is making more money
in Oakland than he knows what to do
with. L. ID. McGahan, former publish
er of the Dakota State Journal is now
operating two thriving lunch rooms
in Los Angeles.
Mr.. Washburn, sales manager Of
the Case Co. from Racine, Wis.,, and
Mr.. Overlean, North Dakota manager,
visited Minot territory last week, con-
ferring with the Minot manager, Mar
Jus Erickson. Mr.. Washburn had
come to North Dakota to attend the
national tractor show at Fargo. Mr..
Erickson and S. K. Svenkeson of this
city are in Fargo this week attend
ing the show.
A picnic enjoyed by former resi-
dents Of Minnesota, was enjoyed at
the woods at Major Persons stock
farm near the city Tuesday evening.
Among those present were Major and
Mrs. Person, Mrs. Abbie Stenersen
of Minneapolis; Mrs. Fossum, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. c. Conklin, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Mckenzie, Mrs. Hunter, Mrs. Mable
Wetch, Mr.. and Mrs. John Stoudt, Mr..
and Mrs. G. F. Truax, Mrs. J. R.
Pence, Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Steiner
sen, Rev. and Mrs. Erickson, Mrs.
Henry Gay and Mrs. E. E. Slocum of
Seattle.
Our old time friend, Ole Den, was
in from his fine farm southwest of
Minot Tuesday. Mr.. Den has not
been well all summer. At first it was
thot that he had rheumatism, but this
proved to be not the case and he is
now being treated for a poison in his
blood, believed to have been caused
by pyorfhea. iie mas had his teeth
removed and is recovering gradually.
Mr.. Den is one of Ward .County's top
notch farmers and has built up an ideal
farm seven miles southwest Of Minot.
He reports his crops as being in the
very best Of shape. A recent hail
storm damaged his rye about Is per
cent and did some damage to the
wheat, but AZ a heavy rain accom-
panied the storm, he believes the mois
ture did more good than the damage
done by the hail. Mr.. Den believes
that northwestern North Dakota Of
far1 the verv hest of 0nnnrtunities