The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05
CORRESPONDENCE
WILLIS TOWNSHIP

WILLIS TOWNSHIP
Adolph Newman, wife and little
daughter, Bessie, spent New Years
at the E. E. Diehl home.
Tracy M. Palmer returned to his
school work at Sawyer after weeks
visit in this locality.
Noel Welty is shipping a mixed
carload of cattle and hogs from Saw
year to South St. Paul Friday, Jan.
6, and was in this vicinity Monday
looking for 5000 pounds more stuff
to fill out his load.
Harvey H. Gadbaw and wife gave
a New Years dinner last Saturday.
Henry B. Good and family, Guy Put
ney and family, Floyd H. Gadbaw.
wife and daughter, Miss June and
Louis Redding and wife were pres
ent.
Friday, Jan. 6, is our 48th birthday
and we think our good Frau will
open up fresh key of nails.
w. S. Reed bot his own Christmas
present, by buying himself fine $25
fur robe from the Minot Hide &
Fur Co.
Melvin Riley forgot he had two
girls at the party last Wednesday
night, and got in his flivver and went
home without them.
The Ward County Independent sure
reaches far and wide. Some two
weeks ago in advertising cream sep
arator in it's columns, we got a cash
buyer from Malta, Mont.
Walter Klimple transacted bust
ness in Sawyer Saturday and remain
ed over Sunday, stopping at Sawyer's
Hotel, under it's new management.
Ole Wallace is in the market for a
used Ford car in good repair.
William Klimple, wife and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Sam Reed, We're in Minot
buying groceries Saturday.
o. B. Wallace worked up quite a
sweat getting dressed up for the
Charles R. Seney birthday dinner
Tuesday, after receiving his invita-
ton.
M. H. Putney transacted business
matters in Minot last Friday.
Elmer P. Williams found an owner
Christmas day for the stray horse
that he had kept up and fed some
two months and from that source he
had a nice nest egg for the holidays.
Charlie Make got disguised with
one of his guests and had him get up
at 2 o'clock A. M. and hunt himself
a new roost. What was the matter
Charlie?
Ed. A. Jerden attended a colored
day night. Ed is a rustler, milking
cows, hauling his coal, feed, besides
doing his own cooking and house.
work. Any man following Mr.. Jer-
denis footsteps would have to be made
out of cast iron.
Joe Gadbaw and son Harvey H.,
transacted business in Sawyer Tues
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Petit gave a par
ty and dance Saturday night.
Adolph Newman spent a week in
Sawyer, having his Ford car over
hauled at Frank Klimple's garage. 1t
sure runs like a clock now.
Tuesday, Jan. 3rd, was Chas. R.
Seney's Goth birthday and a large
number of friends gathered in, and
fine dinner was served.
Lem Spencer from Kankakee, ILL.,,
is visiting for couple Of months
and resting up at the Frank Barnes
home in the hills.
Sam Reed has been taking boxing
lessons here of late, and trying him
self out Monday.
Anyone desiring to subscribe for
the Grand Forks Daily Herald, can
save $1.00 by phoning Sawyer No.
5-F-2.
w. S. Reed informs us that some
skalawag got out the report and cir
culated it around the neighborhood
that he had run out of coal, to ruin
his trade. This noise is entirely
false, as Mr.. Reed recently opened
up a new five foot vein of coal, that
is sure hard to beat, and his coal
trade is constantly growing larger
every day.