The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-07-07
CITY news IN BRIEF

Clll NEWS IN MlGl
DR.. and Mrs. Woods and Mr.. ant
Mrs. Martin Peterson left last weel
1t is reported that the VIM. Pac'
silo near Wolseth was blown dow
during Thursday nights storm.
Justin Vandenoever and Mr.. AM
Mrs. Van Duzee leave this week fo1
an auto trip thru Yellowstone Park
Max Johnson and family left Wed
nesday morning for an auto trip tt
Eau Claire, Wis, Mr.. Johnson's for
mer home.
Fred Almy, veteran G. N. engineer
has returned from an extended visit
with friends and relatives in Wis
consin and Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Kemper Of
Malta, Mont, arrived to spend the
Fourth with the formers parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Kemper.
w. H. Francis and J. w. Bliss OF
Velva visited Minot Saturday. They
made the trip here to receive the re-
ports on the Dempsey Carpenter
fight. ;,
Williams, the Human Fly, visited
Velva and other towns in this vicini-
ty Saturday with his airplane, scat
tering bills advertising his aerial
exhibition at Minot on the Fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Mechler and
children left Tuesday for the formers
old home, Chadron, Neb. Mr.. Mech
Ter will remain two weeks and the
rest of the family will remain all
summer.
! John H. Lewis and John E.
Greene are attending the meeting of
the State Bar Association in Grand
Forks today. Mr.. Lewis will 60 to
Fargo toetry a case Saturday. Mr.:
Greene is secretary of the Ward
County Bar Association.
Peter Fugelso and family, who
left Minot two weeks ago enroute to
the Yellowstone Park, have had a
little i'll luck with their car and their
trip has been delayed while repairs
were made. At the end Of two
weeks, they had not yet entered the
park.
r. ]. Doebler and C. B. Bach, re-
turning from the Mouse River. Park
Thursday night in a Hudson Super
Six, were held up by the Watkins
forces north of Minot. A battery of
big guns was held on them until the
officer determined they were not
dangerous individuals.
O. N. Elliott was the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Murphy of Donnybrook
over the Fourth, accompanying them
to the Mouse River Park near Tolley.
The crowd attending the Chautauqua
on the Fourth was not as large as a
year ago. The crops around Tolley
are reported to be immense.
Theo. Elarth from just north of
Willis township, is in the city today.
He says the early crops are in bad
shape in his vicinity from the heat
wave. There are spots where time
ly showers fell which look fairly well,
but the crops as whole are suffer-
ing from the heat and lack Of rain.
Albert Schulz, who farmed north
Of Burlington for ten years, arrived
today from Valley City to visit old
friends. He reports heavy rains
around Valley City early this week
and the roads are so muddy yet that
autos can hardly be used. The crops
are very fair but suffered from the
heat last week.
Major and Mrs. E. S. Person and
daughter Elizabeth, will leave next
week by auto for Long Prairie, Mimi,
for visit with relatives. Mr.. Per-
son will leave the car and family at
Long Prairie and. will go to Spring
field, O., to probate the estate of the
late Jasper Baker, for which he is
administrator.
Farmers are just a little anxious
over their rye crop which as yet ap-
pears to be the best crop they are
growing this year. The rye is fill
mug we'll but the Independent is in
formed that the crop will be cut some
unless we have rain within two or
three days. Some farmers believe
that a number of rye fields will be
ready to cut next week.
D. A. Dinnie who has 500 acres
of grain southwest Of Minot short
distance, reports that his crop is in q
bad way on account of the heat and
drouth. His early wheat is ripening
fast and will be ready to cut in two
weeks hea thinks. Despite the hot
weather the early wheat is filling
we'll but will be short and it will be
necessary to use a header.
Frank P. Taylor and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G.. Brittin left today
for the Lake of the Woods in North
ern Minnesota where they will spend
two weeks camping and fishing. They
took a complete camping outfit
along. Mr.. Taylor will probably stop
at Long Lake, near Park Rapids,
Mimi, to see if he can get any trace
Of the $50 fishing pole he dropped in
the lakeelast summer.
Rev. D. J. Gallagher returned last
for the Yellowstone Park in autos.
week from Sioux City, la. While
there he met the Boy Scouts from
Clinton, Ia, who were accompanying
businessmen from that city on an
auto tour to Yellowstone Park. These
boys were given free trips by show
ing that they had each earned $500
They were having the time Of Their
young lives and upon their arriva
in Sioux City, thee first thing they
hunted up was bathing pool. a
camp cook is accompanying the boys
and they are being given the very
best Of attention.
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