The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-09-07

A daughter was born Aug. 81 to Mr..
and Mrs. L. o. McAfee of this city.
Allen M. Cooper, former Minot
man, has been visiting at the home of
his sister, Mrs. J. M. Mcconnell. He
now resides at Boise, Ida.
Kenneth Falconer went to Minnea-
polls and spent the week end with his
sister, Miss Margaret Falconer, a
nurse in St. Barnabas hospital.
DR.. R. f. Toms, who is connected
with the government hospital at Boise,
Ida, has been a guest at the home Of
his brother-in-law, J. M. Mcconnell.
The Darlington Independent is con-
Quoting an interesting questions and
answers column. Must keep the edi-
tor sitting up night studying his en-
cyclopedia.
Walter f. Gushing, publisher of the
Beach Advance, is recovering from an
operation performed recently in a
Bismarck hospital Waits poppy edi-
torials are missed from the Advance.
Sunday school will be held at Com
munity Hall, Freedom township next
Sunday at $3.50 and services will fol-
low immediately, in charge Of Rev.
P. w. Erickson. Everybody invited.
VIM. F.. Jones, who suffered a
sprained ankle in an accident at the
Glib ranch near Sanish early last
week, is able to hobble about on
crutches but it will be several weeks
before he can throw his sticks away.
Ernest J. Bowman, one time resi-
dent of Burlington and still owning a
fine farm there returned the first of
the week from Creston, Iowa, where
he has lived for the past two years
and will superintend the threshing Of
the grain on his farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Leathes of
Carpio were in the city Saturday and
Sunday in attendance at the Letter
Carriers convention. Mr.. Leathes for
years has been the popular carrier on
Route out of Carpio. This was the
first vacation he had enjoyed this
year.
A premium list and bills advertise
ing the Western Valley County Agri-
cultural & Stock Show at Thoeny,
! Montana, was received at this office
from the Secretary, w. C. Mumford,
former Minot resident today. The
show will be held Friday and Satur-
day September 1916.
William Faris left Wednesday for
Havre, Montana, where he was SUBJ
poenaed by the Federal court in a
case growing out of the theft of some
flour from carload of flour being
shipped to the coast by the Minot
Flour Mill Co. Faris, at the time of
the shipment of the -four was shipping
clerk for the company.
The Independent office received
some Of the mammoth peaches which
Harry Winters received from his old
home in Michigan the first of the
week. Three Of these peaches weighed
40 o., one Of the larger ones weigh
ing Is OF. Harry was obliged to pay
$1.2O per bushel for these peaches in
Michigan and the express on them to
Minot was 1928. He states that the
fruit crop in Michigan is simply Won
derful, great trees loaded with the
! luscious fruit, some with the branches
broken by the weight. Fruit is very
cheap there and owing to the high
shipping cost much of it is being fed
to hogs or left to rot on the ground.
John Arnott, former resident of
Carpio returned from Helm, Ala,
where he is in charge of the mica
mine owned by Minot people. Mr..
Arnott left Mrs. Arnott in charge
while he came back to look after some
business interests at Carpio and in
Montana and Iowa. Mrs. Henry Bit
ter of Carpio is daughter of Mr..
Arnott's. Speaking Of conditions in
Alabama, Mr.. Arnott states that the
fruit crop while very promising early
in the season will be a failure owing
to the wet weather during the ripen-
ing season. The boil weevil took most
Of the cotton crop which is the prin-
cipal crop grown in the section where
he was located.
The Misses Margaret Cassidy,
Helen and Genevieve Murphy of Don
nybrook returned from Valley City
Monday where they have been attend
ing the summer session of the Valley
City normal. They came thru by auto
with Prof. and Mrs. B. H. Crage and
visited Fargo, Grand Forks, Devils
Lake and other points en- route to
Minot. The Misses Cassidy and
Helen Murphy will return to Valley
City at the commencement of the Fall
term while Miss Genevieve Murphy
will teach school at Palermo. Prof.
Crage and wife who taught the White
Ash consolidated school in Renville
county last year have accepted posi-
tions in the Eden Valley consolidated
school near Sherwood.