The Ward County independent., 1922-07-20
CITY news IN BRIEF

Waltonian disciples report large
catches of perch in Rice Lake.
Atty. f. B. Lambert is spending
the week at Rolla trying cases in dis
trict court.
The county commissioners are
meeting this week as board of
equalization.
Mrs. D. D. Riley, of the Minot
Academy of Music, is taking a special
course in music in Chicago during the
summer.
Miss Catherine Seed left for Tolley
Sunday where she has accepted a pos
ition as matron Of the Tolley Hos
pital, 15-room institution recently
opened by DR.. John Kittelson.
Henry Pankratz Of Garrison claims
to be the champion fisherman so far
this season. He recently pulled a 13
pound sturgeon from the Douglas
creek, near where it empties into the
Missouri
The Pierre County Tribune re-
marks: North Dakota has not had
good crop since Lynn Frazier was
elected governor the first time, six
years ago. Look at it now, with the
Nestos administration in charge.
Mrs. John Nelson of the Ward
county Red Cross, and Mrs. Kearfoot
who is in charge of the DR.. A. D.
MCDANIEL office, are spending three
weeks touring the west. They will
"Dago Frank" Rose, former Minot
barber, has returned to Minot after
sojourn Of several months in Du-
luth. Those who predicted that
"Dago" had forever shaken the dust
of Minot form his feet, were surpris-
ed to see his familiar figure.
A Ford car was damaged at the
Murphy crossing four miles east of
Minot Monday, both rear wheels being
smashed. A farmer driving in re-
ported seeing the car but did not
locate the driver. He believed that
the car had been struck by train.
j. j. Sletten and wife Of Northfield,
Mimi, are spending few days in
Minot visiting with their nephews,
E. A. and Alfred Shirley. Mr.. Slet-
ten is a shoe dealer, and has been
engaged in the business at Northfield,
for many years. This is his first
visit to North Dakota.
j. H. Thornburg of Roseglen and
his co-worker, N. S. Davies, have fin
ished shearing over $500 sheep in
Mclean county. They started over
in the Roseglen territory and worked
around Washburn, Coleharbor, and
other south Mclean country. The
men charged Is cents per head for
shearing. Mr.. Davies, who is man,
past go, sheared 80 sheep in one day.
Donnybrook Courier:-According to
news received by local parties, Joseph
S. Hart who was formerly manager
for the Renville Telephone Co., died
at hospital in Bismarck June oath.
The Harts were living at Leola, S. D.,
and were in charge of the telephone
exchange there. Mr.. Hart had gone
to Bismarck to be operated on for
goiter and the report states he failed
to rally from preliminary incision.
He was 38 years old and leaves wife
and two little sons. .s-->..,.-~-,-..
This has been a fine season for
Strawberries, but. the growing of
strawberries in any part Of North
Dakota any ordinary season can be
done successfully. A Ryder lady has
picked and canned 40 quarts, besides
selling some, giving them to the
neighbors, and the family having all
the fresh strawberries to eat they
wanted. All over the state such re-
ports are common. The strawberry
/ IS the nneSC perry grown ana every
family in North Dakota, on a very
.small plot Of ground can raise all the
Strawberries the ordinary family could
use-berries much finer than any that
can be shipped in.
Ole Sandal, pioneer resident of Mi
not, visited the Independent office
Wednesday Ole is now old and Grip
pied from rheumatism of twenty years
60 ocf of
age, now, altho he was young man
Of but 36 when he came to Minot in
1887, at the time the Great Northern
built its road to this point. Ole work
ed for the Great Northern, handling
heavy rails. Later he worked in the
coal mines in order to make a living
during the early years Of drouth. Mr..
Sandal is much interested in the
pageant that is to be staged F riday
and Saturday, depicting the pioneer
days in which he took part. w..