The Ward County independent., 1921-06-02
CITY news IN Brief

A Ford owned by c. u. Perry Crosby
conductor. was stolen.
Judge Lowe will convene q special
James Falconer is back on the job
with the Independent after an illness Of
two weeks.
The indians at Shell Village observed
Memorial day. Addresses were given in
Indian and English.
Rev. c. L. Clifford went to Willow
City where he was the speaker at the
Memorial Day exercises.
The Mountrail county commissioners
have secured from the state cater
pller army truck for road work.
Rev p. w. Erickson delivered two ad-
dresses on Memorial day, one at the
Berthold celebration and theother at the
Donnybrook celebration.
Fred j. Veth left for Fargo Wednes-
Day "a TO travel over the not deserts deserts or
Mayor Hills at Berthold threatens to
arrest anyone who exceeds the ten mile
limit in Berthold and the Tribune says
several prominent business men are
about to get theirs.
E. a. Carmen. pressman for the In-1
dependent. has returned from Fargo
where ne spent week. packing his
household goods: His family accom-
Mrs. NJ. T. Dalquist and mother, Mrs.
VIM. Parker. have returned from San
Diego, Calf. where they have spent the
winter. Mrs. Parker's health has been
quite good thruout the winter.
John Holm. who homcs.aaded north
Of Makoti. died last week at the Dun
seith from tuberculosis, where he had
been since 1917 He leaves a brother,
John. north of Makoti and sister in
Norway.
Mrs. Joe Roach is recovering from a
severe cold and is preparing to motor to
f, her summer % home, Birchayen; near
mer. Her daughter. Mrs. Axel Roise,
will accompany her.
Dave Phillips is carrying his upper
LIP LIP in sling. He was accompanying
Blume, to Bismarck in Kimbalrs car
when he was bounced against the top
Of the car by a bad bump.
Allen 3. Bills. an ex-service man
working on the grading at Tagus be-
Stanley. His relatives live in Mime
apolis. He carries discharge papers as
an overseas man and served in rank as
first sargeant.
Lightning struck the farm home of
=: ". Peterson, nine miles east of Van
Hook, setting fire to the home and do
ing 5000 damage. The two children who
moved shortly before the house was
struck The bolt tore the couch to
pieces
Mr.. and Mrs. w. n Sinclair will leave
Sunday by auto for Des Moines. Iowa.
visit at their old home. Mt. Pleansant,
sEwa Nv s,ncer aso returning ct in three weeks
c. Penney Co. in Minot.
j.. V. Bennett. Scobey, Mont. farm
er, has invented a contrivance for the
distribution Of gopher poison. 1t con-
sists SO OF a galvanized tube with valve
wanted with saving. An extension
tube permits man to drop the poison
from horseback or from an automobile.
taxi driver named Schoonmaker.
driving the new keavin seven passeng-
er Buick. collided with telephone pole
Wednesday morning damaging the car
considerable. The axel was bent, front
wheel broken, frame bent SO badly the
carburetor was broken from the en-
CINE. and fender and the bumper
smashed.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM, Schneider, pioneer
residents resi-, mt, Of Ward county, are visiting
Mlnot and vicinity. For the past ten
years they have resided at Spokane,
wash, where, they are enjoying life.
They. leave this week for a visit with
return to Minot before going west
again. The Schneiders We're among the
earliest settlers along the Mouse river
above FoXholm.
Ton restaurant at Sanish We're destroy
ed by fire recently, which is believed to
have originated from lightning. j. P.
Breslin places his loss at $4,000 and
carried $500 insurance. Mrs. Ander-
son. owner Of the Bon Ton had loss of
$1,000, covered fairly well by insurance.
Ed Lee, owner of the Bon Ton building
suffered loss of S1.50O. with 1920
Insurance. The Wesley hotel caught
fire several time
A: w. Tracey, national secretary of
the Roosevelt Highway, will visit Mi
not Friday, this week.
A report from Velva states that the
heaviest rain in the memory of old
timers fell Wednesday night.
The Association Of Commerce will
hold it's annual election Tuesday
night, when supper will be given.
A marriage license was issued by
Judge Murray for Fred Hanson, 80