The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-02-03
CITY news IN BRIEF

smallpox and scarlet fever.
Robert Feehan, who is attendin.
the st. Thomas Seminary at st. Paul
is spending a fortnight's vacation
with his parents here. Last Saturda!
marked the close of the first semester
of his first year at St. Thomas.
A. Torgerson of the County Audi
tors office, returned Sunday from {
couple of weeks spent with relatives
and friends at Minneapolis. He spent
several days with the &. G.. Hum.
phreys family and reports them al
we'll and prospecting.
Ronald James Alger, infant son OF
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Alger of this city
died Monday from pneumonia. The
funeral was held from the residence
Tuesday afternoon at 8 o'clock, Rev
T. F. Gullixson in charge.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Beaudry and
son of Berthold, were in Minot We'd
nesday. Mrs. Beaudry left for her
old home in Buffalo Lake, Minn., that
afternoon where she was called by
the serious illness of her father, who
is 80 years of age.
C. C. Hvambsall, H. H. Bragg and
E. C. Miller, of the Piper-Howe Lum-
Der Co., attended the Lumbermen's
convention at Minneapolis last week.
r. M. Graham, manager of the Rog-
ers Lumber Co., was also among the
visiting lumbermen to the Minneapo-
lis convention this year.
Mrs. jeanette King, who for the
past two years has been stenographer
for the Dodge Brothers agency in
this city, has resigned her position to
take position with the Westlie- Root
Motor Co. She entered upon the dis
charge of her duties in the new posi-
ton on Tuesday of this week.
C. G. Heen, deputy superintendent
of schools for Ward county, has re-
turned with his family from Maynard,
Mimi, where they went several weeks
ago, called there by the serious illness
of both his parents. He reports his
father as being able to be about the
house and gaining rapidly and the
mother has regained her usual good
health.
George Mulcare, United States i'm
migration officer at Portal, appeared
before Judge John C. Lowe in district
court here Monday and entered plea
of guilty to charge of shooting T. r.
Nash, cook in the 500 Railway cafe at
Portal, early Friday morning. He was
sentenced to an indeterminate SEN
tence of from one to three years in the
state penitnetiary.
Ed Christensen writes from Los
Angeles, CAL: 1--WE are in sunny
California after spending about three
weeks enroute, having stopped at the
Twin Cities, several points in Iowa,
and at Oklahoma City. Had pleas
ant trip all thru. We have not seen
many of our Minot friends so far,
here. Mr.. and Mrs. Due and Mr.. and
Mrs. C. W. Moore and family are all
nicely located"
F. w. Sampson of the City Bakery
and Hans Rustad of the National Tea
Co.'s bakery We're in attendance at the
state convention of the bakers at Far
go this week. Both gentlemen re-
turned yesterday and state that the
convention this year was the largest
the association has ever held and that
many matters of unusual interest
were taken up during the two days
meet at the Gateway city.
Winter Baker, of the general office
staff Of the Piper-Howe Lumber Co.,
has been promoted to the management
Of the company's yards at Mohall.
0. L. Kvam, who has been connected
with the general offices here for some
time, has been transferred to Havre,
Mont Both changes were in line with
an established policy Of the company
to promote their men, at intervals, to
positions of greater responsibility.
Mulcare was represented by Atty. c.
A. Marshal, of Portal, who advised the
court that the accused is % years old
and came to Portal last September
from New York, where his mother re-
sides. Atty. Marshall presented pc
titions to Judge Lowe signed by men,
bers of the American Legion post at
Portal and other citizens testifying as
to Mulcare's good conduct before the
shooting occurred and asking elem
ency.
Mulcare informed Judge Lowe that
he had been drinking before the shoot
ing took place and could not recall any
Of the details. States Atty. Hanson,
Of Bowbells, who was present, advised
the court that Mulcare had an argu-
ment in the cafe and produced a re-
volver and held up those present. He
shot twice at T. R. Nash, the cook, one
of the bullets wounding Nash in the
shoulder. The injury is, however, not
serious.
Williston Herald: Mrs. E. B. Goss,
Minot, left on Monday for Ray, where
she spent the day attending to mat
tiers of business connected with the
work of the Woman's Missionary So
ciety Of the M. E. church, to return
to her home in Minot from there.
She spent the weekend in this city
assisting the M. E. Standard Bearers
celebration held on Sunday, and while
here was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Peyton.
One of the local merchants recently
advertised sheeting which cost lac
wholesale, at only 12c per yard, just
as an experiment, and says that dur
ing the first 5 days of the sale but 40
yards were sold. He laments the fact
that the public are not sufficiently ia
miliar with values to take advantage
Of low prices when offered. This par
ticular firm makes practice Of put
ting in one or more items in every
sale they hold just for the purpose Of
testing public knowledge IS to values.