The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09
CITY news IN BRIEF

Miss Ella Hartleib, after visiting
Sawyer relatives for two months, re-
turned Friday to her home at Van
guard, Sask.
The Landrigan elevator at Glenburn
is reported to have settled about four
feet forcing the earth up all around.
No danger is anticipated so LONG as
the building continues to settle even
ly. However vigorous attempts are
being made to obtain cars in order to
remove the grain, and thereby lessen
the weight.
Leslie Benno, who operates a farm
near Parshall arrivd to assist for
several days at the Benno Drug Co.,
during the absence of two Of the en-
ployes. Mr.. Benno has had consider
able experience in the business and
while he admits that milking cows and
holding down a gang plow has made
him a trife rusty, he is still able to
handle pills in his old time form.
Ed. Gormican, residing east Of
Berthold, was severely insured in a
fall from a ladder yesterday. Ed was
engaged in doing some work on the
house when the ladder on which he
was standing fell carrying him with
it. He fell on a small box with suf-
ficient force to crush it and breaking
his breast bone. 1t will be some little
time before Ed can do much farm
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Peterson are
the proud parents Of a fine eight
pound baby daughter born Friday
morning. Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson
resided on farm near Norwich but
recently purchased a fine farm out
northeast of the city about four and
one-half miles. Mrs. Peterson, prior
to her marriage was Miss Haskins
and employed for years as bookkeep-
er at the New York department store.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. l.. Miller and fam
lily of Granville, who motored to Ar
kansas several weeks ago, expecting
to spend the winter in the south and
possibly make their home there if
they liked it, are reported to be not
pleased with the south and are think
ing of returning to Granville. There
are great many places worse than
North Dakota and hundreds of people
who have moved away have learned
this to be fact.
While it is generally conceded that
plowing while the ground was dry is
not practicable, still Andrew Jacob
son, Burlington townships bonanz 1
farmer has already plowed over 400
acres this fall and expects with favor
able weather conditions to plow a
couple hundred more before snow flies.
The heavy rainfall during the past few
days will give the farmers plenty of
moisture and if a freeze doesn't Sc;
in there will be large acreage plowed
yet this season.
Halvor Aamodt of the New York
Hardware & Furniture store. shot an
immense Arctic owl out south of the
city while hunting some few weeks
ago and has had the bird mounted
by Flossie Emerson of Bowbells and
IS now displaying it at the store where
he is employed. 1t is a beautiful
specimen with a spread of five feet
four inches from tip to tip Of wing.
Halvor followed the wise old bird a
distance of two miles before he came
within gunshot Of it.
Guy l.. Scott, former Minot lawyer,
who left this city ten years ago, ar
rived in Minot by auto from Roundup,
Mont, where he has been engaged in
the practice of law. He was accom-
panied by his wife and as soon as the
roads are better, they will motor to
Lansford to visit at their former home
and then proceed to Minneapolis. Mr..
Scott says that the oil wells in the
Cat Creek district continue to pro
duce large quantities of oil and many
interested in the wells have become
wealthy.
j. II. Shirley Of Norwich was in
Minot Friday. Mr.. Shirley says the
Norwich potato growers have filled the
local warehouse and many Of the po-
tatocs have been stored in vacant eel
lars in the country near the town
which have been converted into pits
They realize that in the spring pota-
toes will be selling at very good
price, on account of SO many not be-
ing dug this fall. Mr.. Shirley, who
spends his winters in Florida,
is planning on leaving for the south