The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-10-12
CITY news IN Brief

selling at 27.S cents.
DR.. l.. H. Kermott left Saturday for
Seattle where he will remain for a
few days on business.
II. II. Westlie Of the Westlie-Char-
bonneau Motor Co. went to Parshall
Monday to look after his farming OPP
erations at that point.
VIM. Henderson. formerly manager
of the Minot Drug Co., was a visitor
to the city the first Of the week. Mr..
Henderson is now in charge OF drug
store at Grand Forks for the Bentson
Drug Co. of Fargo.
George Rogers, the young man
from Nashville, Tenn, arrested for
perjury, in connection with securing
a marriage license to wed 17-year-old
Judith Olson. of Deering, has been re-
leased on ST 900 bonds:
Tony Mitch, who recently sold his
meat market, The Independent, on
! First Street S.W., has. re- entered the
meat business having leased quarters
in the Cottington block on Second ave.
NV, next door to the Faris grocery.
! G. T. Wolseth, leading merchant
and ostmaster of Wolseth, who has
been serving as juryman in Distr let
court left for his home today, the
Judge having discharged the panel
Immediately after court opened this
morning.
Atty. Francis J. Murphy's new
Buick was stolen from in front of his
residence Monday evening, just after
he had returned from Mohall. The
car was located in Minneapolis We'd
nesday, the thieves having made
quick trip.
J. r. Booth, prominent Sawyer
! farmer, was in the city Tuesday. Mr..
| Booth states that his son, Vern, is in
his senior year at the Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, and his son,
Lawrence, is senior at the Univer-
sity Of North Dakota.
| l.. A. Kindsche, prominent banker
of Prairie du Sac, Wis, is spending
a few days in this section looking at
ter his interests in Ward county. Mr..
Kindsche is president Of the Sank bank
one Of the leading financial institu-
tons of southern Wisconsin.
Mrs. Arturo Petrucci, wife Of Mi
not's well known violinist, will leave
soon for her old home in Posen, Po-
land, to visit three months. She re-
ceived word Of the death of her
father which occurred Sept. Is, and
! she will bring her mother back to Mi
not.
T. V. Bailey who owns fine farm
in Waterford township recently NOV
ed to Bemidji, MINI. For the past
week T. V. has been here superintend-
ing the threshing of his grain. He
reports Mrs. Bailey as being in very
poor health and under the care Of a
physician.
Mrs. l.. A. Tracy Of Sheridan, Wyo.,
accompanied by her daughter, Mrs.
F.. G. Green and husband, were in the
city Tuesday, driving over from Des
Laos, where they are visiting friends
for few days. Mrs. Tracy formerly
lived at Des Laos and this is her first
visit to her old home in several years.
Following the example of her old time
Des Laos neighboring women, Mrs.
Tracy is now Waterworks commission
er Of Sheridan. Mr.. and Mrs. Green
reside on large ranch about eight
miles from Sheridan.
W. A. Scouten, big farmer from
fnkster is here serving as juror in
Federal Court. Mr.. Scouten in the
early days was neighbor Of the late
Sow" Bond and during his stay in
the city has been a guest at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bond, East
wood Park. Mr.. Scouten farms on
an extensive scale at Inkster and is
also interested in stock raising. He
is former Missourian and votes his
Democratic ticket straight as usual
thing. He is an enthusiastic SUPPORT
er of O'Connor for the senate and is
anxious to see him sent to Washing
:~n this fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Borene will
leave for Minneapolis Friday. Mr..
"nrene who is the principal owner Of
the M. G. Olson store in this city will
meet the managers Of the Olson chain
of stores in convention where the rep
resentatives Of eastern wholesale
houses will be present and their lines
inspected. At this convention or
ders will be placed for Spring stocks
, At this convention which will be held
at the Raddison hotel there will be
n"rese"t atives Of u wholesalers with
whom this chain Of stores will place
their orders. Mr.. and Mrs. Borene
expect to be gone a week or ten days.
William Campbell has shipped ff-
teen carload Of potatoes from Minot
to eastern points already this season
and expects to ship fully as many
more cars by the end Of this. week.
! alr. Campbell IS not using the potato
warehouse but is loading along the
500 line tracks in the eastern portion
Of the city. Mr.. Campbell is ship
ping his spuds as strictly Ward
county potatoes while the buyers
| turnout this section are mainly from
Minnesota and are shipping their po-
tatoes out as the "Oh Boy" brand
representing them as Minnesota
grown. A procedure which is repre-
hensible tn say the least. What Ward
county wants is shipments made that
will advertise the quality of Ward
county grown potatoes. We under
stand that steps are being taken which
will rectify the practice but mean
while Ward county is losing a mighty
lot of splendid advertising.
! Sowing Rye on Rye Ground
In spite of the fact that rye is so
low in price that it was grown this