The Ward County independent., 1921-02-10
CITY news IN BRIEF


with Ash Wednesday.
C. o. Carlson of Glenburn was {
business visitor to the city Wednes
day.
Henry J. Schmidt, prominent Don.
nybrook merchant, was in Minot Tues.
day and Wednesday.
w. H. Perkins, who is connected
with the Boundary Lumber Co. with
headquarters at Westby, Mont, is
spending the week in Minot.
A Minot merchant reports that in
spite of the fact that money is sup
posed to be scarce, he never saw so
many $50 bills in circulation before.
The writer is indebted to Mr.. and
Mrs. Adam Blocher for some choice
homemade sausage that has the
Brooktield brand backed off the
boards.
Dr. +. L. Householder, DR.. C. F.
Sweet, DR.. Hamilton and DR.: Victor
Sandberg are in the Twin Cities this
week attending the Minnesota state
dental meeting.
Major E. S. Person, inspecting off
Ger of the Grand Commandery of the
state of North Dakota, left for James,
town and Valley City early this week
to hold inspections.
w. E. Borene of the NJ. G. Olson Co.
left Wednesday for brief business
conference with M. G. Olson of Grand
Forks, the president Of the M. G..
Olson chain of clothing stores.
Mrs. F. S. Woodiwiss of Surrey
from two White Holland turkey hens
and one gobbler made such a success
last season that she was able to sell
$1OO worth Of turkeys in Minot.
Windell Bell writing from the state
University at Grand Forks describes
the grand and glorious feeling" the
successful have, now that they have
completed the tests prescribed at the
close of the first semester with an
"a" credit.
A. F. Newman Of Sawyer sold a
cow hide in Minot for 1925 Tuesday.
AS he didn't get enough out Of the
hide to buy pair Of shoes. he con-
cluded to use a couple of dollars of
the receipts in paying for the Inde-
pendent for year.
The officers and employees Of the
Second National Bank enjoyed an
other of their pleasant get-together
sessions in the accounting department
of the bank Saturday evening. Music,
singing and dancing were the main
diversions Of the evenings entertain
ment.
Mrs. A. G. Drysdale, south Main
street, is entertaining her sister, Mrs.
George w. Bennett, of Denver, Col
orado Another sister, Mrs. D. S.
Ames Of Lyons, Kansas, who has been
a guest at the Drysdale home for the
past six weeks, left for her home on
Wednesday of this week.
Messrs. Peter Fugelso and D. R.
jacobson are in attendance at the
Hardwaremen's convention at Fargo
this week. Following the convention
they will proceed to the Twin Cities
where they will spend a week with
the representatives Of manufacturers
and jobbers placing their orders for
the future.
j. L. Deem, an expert accountant
from Watertown, S. D., where he was
connected with the Holt Motor Co.,
has been transferred to Minot by his
company and will have charge of the
Mr.. Deen is making arrangements to
move his family to Minot from Wat
ertown at an early date.
Statesmen report business light in
the state Shoe statesmen are doing
scarcely any business, their averages
among the small towns being from
$50 to $500 day, while rubber sales
men do not even get pleasant look
The winter in North Dakota has been
so delightful that merchants have
sold but little rubber footwear
Miss Edith Milan, daughter of j. D.
Milan Of Norwich, was operated upon
for appendicitis at St. Joseph's hospi-
tai Monday. Pneumonia has developed
and she is quite ill., The Milan family
have had more than their share Of
sickness this winter. Mr.. Milan and
little boy were i'll with smallpox and
les.
John Frank, prominent White Ash
township farmer was in the city on
business Wednesday,. Mr.. Frank de-
spite the SHOWS of Sc winters is still
hale and hearty and scarcely grey
hair shows on his head or in his
beard. Mr.. Frank has been hard
worker all his life, spending the great
er part Of 20 years at his trade as
stone mason.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Sawyer have as
their guest this week, their son, Rus
sell Sawyer Of Mitchell, S. b. Russell
is engaged ip the moving picture bus
mess at Mitchell. Speaking Of con-
ditions in South Dakota, Mr.. Sawyer
says that the financial stringency is
much greater there than here owing
to the inflated values of farm lands
and business properties.
Mrs. A. G. Drysdale is assisting in
the sales department at the Hamre
furniture store during the absence Of
Edward Hoffman, who left the last of
the week on a buying trip to the east
ern furniture centres. The proprietor,
Mr.. P. G. Hamre, is at Mandan this
week in attendance at the annual con-
vention Of Undertakers, which con-
vened Tuesday for two-day session,
F. S. Woodiwiss Of Surrey recalls
the time he raised Al bushels Of
Durum wheat to the acre. He harrow
ed his land six times. His wife
thought he had gone dafy and urged
him to hurry and put in the crop.
He kept on with the narrowing, how
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