The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-02-09
CITY news IN BRIEF

DR.. Brigham of Stanley was in the
city Tuesday.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. r. G. Moore.
Bessie G. George has been named
postmistress at Van Hook.
R. w. Kann, Foxholm banker-dairy
breeder, attended the potato growers
meeting in Minot Tuesday.
Ira Stoddard from "Spudtown",
formerly known as Burlington, was in
the city on business Wednesday.
The backbone of winter has not
been broken yet. The mercury drop
ped to "a below Monday morning.
Three Windows were broken and
Prof. ShuIer's hands was injured when
a blow torch exploded at the Bottineau
school.
George c. Reinholdt, one Of the
leading farmers Of Grassland town
ship, was business visitor to the
city Wednesday.
c. w. Mason, city editor Of the Mi
not Daily News, was called to his old
home in Wisconsin, by the serious ILL
ness of his mother.
Mr.. Walker, father of Geo. E. Val
ker, the florist, is recovering from
serious operat ton for appendicitis in
st. Joseph's hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Johnson left
Friday for Rochester, Mimi, where it
was expected that Mrs. Johnson would
submit to an operation.
P. w. Miller, former manager of
che Minot Auto Co., was in the city
on business Saturday. Mr.. Miller
now resides in Grand Forks.
The Elks will nominate officers for
the ensuing year Saturday Feb. II,
and also hold an initiation. The dis
trict deputy will visit the lodge.
Jourgen Olson has disposed of his
banking interests at Sanish, Tagus,
Blaisdell, Burlington and Van Hook,
according to the Sanish Sentinel.
r. M. Graham, manager of the
Rogers Lumber Co. returned Saturday
from Minneapolis, where he attended
the annual meeting Of the company.
Arne Amundson, White Earth farm
er, who was county commissioner OF
Ward County in the days before the
county was divided, is spending the
week in Minot.
The Jewish people of Minot have
raised $15OO.O0 for Jewish relief in
Europe. Mrs. A. Baker of Minot is
vice president of the campaign in
North Dakota.
= H. H. Westlie and J. A. Charbonneau
Of the Westlie-C harbonneau Motor Co.
are in the Twin Cities in attendance
at the Auto and Tractor Show being
held there this week.
w. S. Young of Surrey, who has
been appointed farm loan investigator
for the Bank of North Dakota, went
to Bismarck Wednesday to confer
with the banking officials.
T,,1s,yc Eo,1oho1I offor
spending several weeks in this city,
left last Saturday for their home in
Brooklyn, N. Y. They expect to leave
in April for Norway to spend the
Passengers on the Minot-Bismarck
Cannonball were tied up at Russo one
night last week by the storm. Pro-
visions were obtained from Russo and
the women on the train kept coffee
pot boiling. -
X. w. Blosser, manager of the Nc
'Phail ranch east of Bantry, has a
shorthorn cow weighing 1900 pounds,
that produced 1868 pounds Of milk
and 657 pounds Of butter in 365 days.
That's some record.
At least ten Of the 125 students in
The Velva high school have vocabu-
Larry of 10000 words while two OF
the young women students have vo.
cabularly of 1860 words. Shakes.
a,eare used about $4,000 words ano
Roosevelt 10000.
Mrs. C. E. Colcord, who has been re-
ceiving treatment from a specialist
FOR rheumatism returned to her home
in Mohall Friday, accompanied by her
daughter, Edith. She had learned
that her daughter, Gladys, was i'll with
E2ariet fever.
Mr.. Schussler, sexton of Rose Hill
cemetery, is preparing to beautify the
cemetery in the spring. He has Sc
erred ten pounds of carragana seed
and will SOW his own hedge. He in
ssists that he has enough seed to make
2. hedge clear around Minot.
Thos Ely of Columbus, writes from
Spokane, Wash, where he is spend
ing the winter with sister. Spokane
IS busy city he says. The weather
'ilas been cold, the thermometer reg,
lstering 10 below on Feb. /. 1t has
been cloudy for the last six weeks.
The proposition of bonding Ryder
Special School District for 100000 tc
take up outstanding warrants and re.
s2lenish the depleted treasury is being
considered by the Board and mass
meeting will be called in the nea,
future to get an expression CT thc
sentiment of the taxpayers of the dis
:trict in regard to calling the necessary
special election for such purpose.
Education Costs 9 Cents An Hour
1t casts abort nine cents an hour tt