The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-06-16
CITY news In Brief

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Gerry W. Halves of Minneapolis
general agent of the 500, was il
Minct Wednesday.
C. F. Truax and family motored t.
/ the Glib ranch in Mountrail county
Sunday for a short visit.
D. w. King left Monday for Cande
where he will spend three weeks look.
ing after his farming interests.
Frank Bailey, from northwest Of
the city reports his district in neeo
Of rain badly, the early sown wheat
especially.
! Mrs. A. Stakston of Tioga and Mrs
Albert Stakston and children from
Noonan are visiting relatives in Torn.
ing township.
| An aviator named Fields from Des
Moires arrived in Minot Sunday and
has parked his plane on Chef Jacob.
sons landing field.
Bob Evans and family, formerly of
forming township, are now residing
on a farm northwest of Edmonton,
Alta, which they recently purchased.
Dan Dougherty, former chief of po-
secret service at Sioux Falls, S. D.,
was in Minot Tuesday visiting old
friends.
Mrs. Arthur Sillman from forming
township, submitted to an operation
for appendicitis in a Minot hospital
last week, from which she is recover
ing:
Mrs. A. A. Robinson has returned
from Rochester, MIMI, where he1
father has been very ill at the hospi.
tai. He was able to be up when she
returned.
A Minot taxi backed into Mrs
Howe's car at Rice Lake Sunday
smashing the foot board and injuring
Mrs. Metsinger slightly, who was sit.
ting on the foot board.
John A. Borud, secretary of the Des
Laos Farmers Cooperative Elevator
was in Minot on business Saturday
The annual meeting Of the stockhold.
ers is to be held at Des Laos, June 80
| Mrs. D. F. Humphreys of Brocket
arrived Sunday for a weeks visit al
the home of her son, Guy. Her sor
motored with her to Drake Tuesday
! and she remained for short visit
with relatives.
S. H. Ulmer of Des Laos was in the
city Monday. Mr.. Ulmer is Offering
for sale 100-ton stave silo which
has never been used and which is
practically as good as new. $225.OC
will take the silo, which is but small
fraction of what it is worth.
The Edgar M. Boyd Post, American
Legion, Of Williston, went on record
as opposing the appearance of Kate
Richards O'Hare in Williston, who was
scheduled to speak in that city. D
l. Todd of Williston was in charge
of the arrangements for the lecture
Of interest to Minot and the vicin'
ity is the fact that one of Burling'
tons prominent business men has pur
chased several potato planters ant
is loaning them to those who want
to use them to put in 'spuds' thi.
year. Over 5000 acres of potatoe.
have been planted in the Burlington
district this year. 1t is thought thai
in the neighborhood of 400 cars o.
potatoes will be shipped from tina
territory this fall.
C. F. Truax returned Tuesday from
a trip to his ranch at Sanish. He say.
Sanish still has the gold fever but NJ
one knows just where the discovere1
of the gold found is. It is reported
that the gold was found in the hill!
two miles southeast of that town
where hunting parties are searching
Mr.. Truax says there is nothing t,
the yarn about the hollow stump neal
Sanish where one can lay down a fv'
dollar bill, give three raps and bot
tie Of "homespun" comes up. HI
says he raped on dozen hollow
stumps without success.
The condition of the crops remain
excellent tho it must be admitted tina
a good general rain would do an i'm
mense lot Of good. The country t,
the south Of Minot has received tw,
good soaking rains that the territor,
to the north and northeast Of the cit,
did not get, while Saturday night
heavy rain fell in the vicinity o
Berthold and Stanley. There j
plenty Of opportunity yet for thi
territory to harvest the biggest GRO
since 1915. We have never seen
beatter stand Of the small grains. Tn
wheat is shading the ground, has bee
we'll rooted and is making Z rapi
growth. The rye is about ready t
head and will be harvested rathe
early. There's many slip twixt th
cup and the lip and no one dare
venture to predict just what the n
suits Of this seasons crops will b
but 1T this time,. tho prospect coul