The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-08-04

near Park RAPIDS, Mlnn.
! Mrs. l. NJ. Wright, mother Of Mrs
E. B. Goss, left Wednesday for Ed
monitor, Alta, and other points il
the northwest for three months
visit.
Mrs. Frank w. Youngman, VIII
submitted to an operation at st
Joseph's hospital is recovering nice
ly. She was taken to her home thi'
Bert Gerlich of the Mems Shop, lef
the first of the week for Chicago
Milwaukee and other points of the cas-
where he will place orders for fal
and winter stocks.
Atty. Geo. A. McGee, who recently
submitted to an operation for appen
dicitis at St. Joseph's hospital, was
taken to his home Saturday and vii
be back at the office within few
Mrs. A. G. Drysdale left for Great
Falls, Montana, this week where she
will be the guest of Mrs. w. T. Gree
ley. Together they will spend sew
eral weeks at Lake Mcdonald in Gla'
cier Park.
j. j. Hostetler, proprietor Of the
Gem Theatre at Granville, was a visi-
tor in Minot Wednesday. Mr.. Hos
teller is wide awake motion picture
man and is giving the Granville folks
some classy entertainments.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. f. McCallister and
daughter returned from Lake Carl
isle, Sask., the first of the week, hav-
ing been the week end guests of Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Weicker of Regina,
who have a cottage at this popular
resort.
Jim Huyck of the Mems Shop, who
has been resorting at Lake Detroit and
other resorts of Minnesota for the
past few weeks returned home Sat
urday. Jim says the Minnesota re-
sorts are flooded with resorters this
season.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Blonde and
family have returned from River
Falls, Wis, where they visited with
Mrs. Blondes father, who is IS
years of age, and other relatives and
friends. They enjoyed few days at
the Minnesota lakes enroute home.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Nelson and FAM
lily lfet Tuesday for Duluth, making
the trip in their auto. They ex-
pect to be gone at least three weeks
and will visit friends and relatives
at Minneapolis and St. Paul. Enroute
they will visit the Torgerson family
at Austin, Mimi.
VIM. Glib, pioneer rancher Of San
ish, captured seven prizes at the
Mountrail Agricultural Fair associa-
ton, held at Stanley last week. Mr..
Glib took four first prizes on his Clyde
horses, I, his Clydes being recognized
as the finest horses of this breed to
be found in the state. One thoro-
bred mare, Is years old took sweep
stakes. A Shire stallion which the
Glib ranch exhibited weighed 1850
lbs. In three other instances his ex-
hibits took second prizes.
NJ. O. Peterson and family who have
been touring the west for the past
three weeks returned home Saturday.
During their itinerary they visited
Yellowstone park and then drove on
thru to Idaho where they visited rel
atives. The entire family enjoyed
the trip thru the mountainous section
and were delighted with the splendid
roads of Idaho. They had a camping
outfit along and cooked outdoors and
slept in their tent in the night camps
ans camping places wherever night
overlook them.
S. S. Boden returned Saturday from
a six weeks trip which included the
states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kan
sas, Iowa and Oklahoma. In Indiana
and Ohio, S. S. stated the natives look
ed upon him as one of the curiosities
whenever he told them he hailed from
Minot. He says this city is known
as the rendezvous Of whiskey snug
glers and bad men and stranger
from here is thot to carry a bowie
knife in his boot and AZ on his hip.
In Indiana and Ohio the crops are
looking fine but the farmers are hard
up being unable to meet the interest
and taxes on the high priced land
they farm. In Oklahoma he said the
Standard Oil has the independent
companies "buffaloed". Crude oil, he
says was selling for soc per barrel in
Guthrie and oil wells could be bought
for song. He was offered one tract
of 100 acres containing four produc-
ing wells for $4,000.
c. Rolph Falconer of Palermo, who
mas been a guest at the home of his
mother, Mrs. Charlie Mckenzie for
the past week returned home Tues
day.
Messrs. Watkins and Upton, Fed
eral enforcement officers, landed
whiskey smuggler up near the Cana
dian line last week under peculiar
circumstances. The smuggler was
dressed in an old suit of clothes and
drove team of horses that were
spawned and ringboned, the old
wagon being loaded with what APP
peared to be bags of meal. Becoming
suspicious, the officers Investigated
and found IA cases Of booze careful
ly concealed in the sacks of bran.
Miss Olga Barke of Donnybrook,
one of the local teaching staff of the
city schools returned Monday from
Grand Forks where she has been a
student at the University Summer
School.
Lee Deem, Of the Holt Motor Co.,
has resigned his position here and
taken position with one of the Dog
den banks as cashier. Mr.. Deem was
formerly connected with Turtle
Lake bank and enjoys a wide ac-
r1,a ;pfo poo &hr,,n,1f %ho+ J;ctr;o% Mre