The Ward County independent., 1922-12-21
CITY news IN BRIEF

ANiHlS County. DIHACiS dlc pISpdIeu
to go down 5000 feet.
Mrs. Steve Ainarson of Upham died
recently at her home after six weeks
illness. She was 48 years of age.
Miss Lena Grove, who is employed
will spend Christmas with her father,
Jos. Grove at Williston.
Mrs. Mary Ames, who has resided
gone to Fargo where she will make
her home with a daughter.
Miss Florence Siverling will spend
bells. She will be accompanied there
Governor Nestos was unable to at
tend the annual session of the asso-
citation of governors at White Sui
phur Springs, Va. The Courier News
is now expected to offer criticism be-
cause the governor did not spend the
states money in making the trip.
An old Granville pioneer, Joseph
Hazlett, died Nov. 23, at Golden City,
la. He came to McHenry County
first in 1900 and settled in Little Deep
township, where he lived until four
years ago, when he was afflicted with
cancer on his head and obliged to seek
relief.
VIM. Tooley, old time employe of
the international Harvester Co., has
been receiving treatment from DR.:
Greene, heart specialist in St. Paul
home in few days and his many
provement.
O. D. LAGRANGE has purchased
Deering's pioneer potato warehouse.
of 5000 bushels. Future develop
will make this valuable property
the community.
coal mine for years at Burlington, was
in the city Monday. He is working a
good sized crew and mines an excel
lent grade of Ignite which finds a
ready sale in Minot. There are plen-
ty of miners and they receive good
pay, $3.50 per day.
The Van Hook Reporter last week
printed an interesting account of the
work Of Mrs. c. L. Hall, missionary
who labored among the Indians at
Fort Berthold since 1886. When she
entered upon her work she made the
trip to the reservation from Bismarck
by river boat on the Missouri.
Ten tons of turkeys were shipped
east from Williston Sunday night.
The shipments Of turkeys from this
section Of the state have been so
heavy that the railroads have had to
add number of express cars. In one
day Granville shipped 14,640 pounds
Of turkeys which brot the growers
$5,646.5O.
+. C. Askeroth, of Makoti, was in
Minot last week to close a land DEAL
Two years ago he purchased piece
of land in Montana for $40 cash. It
happens that recently oil has been
found on this particular piece of land
and he was on his way to close deal
for a transfer of the piece of land
for a consideration of $4,000.
Uncle John Botz, Ward county pio-
neer, is reported quite seriously i'll at
his home in this city. He is IS years
of age and for several days it was
feared that he could not recover, but
as he is a staunch Democrat, he is
dem onstrating the fact that it is hard
to keep a good man down. He is re-
ported better this week.
Jake King, prominent farmer from
south Of Berthold, has been in Minot
as a juror in district court. Jake is
the fellow who passed himself off as a
game warden when DR.. McGovern of
Milwaukee, Wis, went on his famous
snipe hunt one night last fall. If Jake
ever grows weary of farming, he
ought to make big success as stage
actor.
l.. T. Larson, Of brady, was in Mi
not Monday. Mr.. Larson is keeping
bachelors hall at the farm while Mrs.
Larson is spending the winter in Mi
not with their son, Robert, who is at
tending Normal school. Mr.. Larson
looks rather thin, evidently due to
having to eat his own cooking. When
he started for home he had bundle
of cook books under his arm.
Mrs. Eulalie Smith, widow Of Joseph
Smith, clerk in the Farmers Mercan-
tile Company store, at Garrison, who
was burned to death while getting
gasoline in small building adjacent
to the store, recently, has been award
ed compensation by the Workmen's
Compensation Bureau Of $127 funeral
expenses and a pension of $3.50 a
week, which on the basis of her life
expectancy WOulu dllOuuC W pA,4'c'
She is " years old.
Rolla johnson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James johnson is expected to arrive
from Solcan City, B. c., Saturday,
where he is engaged in the lumber
milling business, and will spend the
holidays in this vicinity. His wife,
who has been visiting with her par
ents at Ludden, N. D., since Thanks
giving, will arrive here that day. The
johnson family will hold reunion on
Christmas day at the H. A. Kluver
home at Burlington.
Mrs. B. F. Baker of Glenburn ar
rived Monday to see her daughter,
Mildred, who has been treated in St.
Joseph's hospital for several weeks
for heart trouble. Her condition is
somewhat improved, and she accom-
panied her mother to Glenburn
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