The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-10-05
CITY news IN Brief

Joe Hennes, prominent Foxholm
farmer was in the city Saturday.
Editor johnson of Donnybrook was
in the city on business Saturday.
Olaf Mus of White Earth was a
business visitor to the city Wednes-
day.
Mrs. George Woods of Donnybrook
was in the city today on shopping
trip.
DR.. and Mrs. F. John Christie Of
Burlington were the guests Of Minot
friends Sunday afternoon.
Editor Krick and others are put
ting on airs at Berthold since that
little city has installed it's new white
way.
Judge Castelman and William Dohn
of Bismarck were among the promin-
ent North Dakotans in the City We'd
nesday.
Alfred Prescott, pioneer of Manitou,
who died in Minot recently, leaves
three sons and four daughters. He
was &C years old.
Mrs. A. P. Blonde received word
that her father, who resides at River
Falls, Wis, is nea the point of death.
He is SO years of age.
A fire in the hills mile west Of
the G. N. bridge Sunday afternoon
burned over a considerable area Of
grass, but did no further damage.
Henry Swenstad, who is in charge
of the school plant for the city of
Devils Lake, spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. liver Swenstad.
Mrs. Bierman of st. Paul, nee Clara
Blonde, visited at the home of her
L.,
has returned to St. Paul after looking
after the threshing on her farm near
Parshal.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Peterson, 600
Third Street N. E., accompanied by
their daughter, Miss Pearl Peterson,
returned Sunday from an extended
auto tour thru Northern Minnesota
They have been gone four weeks and
during their stay in Minnesota visited
the state fair.
Peter Nerseth, prominent White
Earth merchant, was the guest of Mi
not friends several days this week.
Upon his. return home Wednesday he
was accompanied by his niece, Miss
Marie Fauchald who will spend few
days hunting prairie chickens in the
vicinity Of White Earth.
l. LEU i1IO"il, young. IdIH 1lOll
north of the city, is recovering from
an operation for appendicitis per-
formed in the Trinity hospital His
hrother-in -law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Kienast arrived from
] Audubon, Ia, and will remain here
several weeks.
R. Gilbertsen, publisher of the
Glenburn Advance, after fighting fire
all morning, drove over to Minot
Wednesday afternoon to quiet his
nerves. Mr.. Gilbertson is a member
Of the Glenburn fire department and
says the chemical engines did some
very effective work in saving the ho-
tel building.
Irving Wallace and AL Shipton Of
Burlington, left Tuesday for Los An
geles, Cal, where Mr.. Wallace will
enter upon his senior year in a tech
nical school. They are making the
trip by auto, having purchased a
Chevrolet car and will make a nom
stop run in the hopes of making a
record. They are going the northern
| route via Portland.
L. J. Bondy of Chicago, who is as
sociated with the Silverstine-Bondy
Co. Of Duluth was in the city. We'd
nesday. This was Mr.. Bondy's first
| visit to Minot and he was greatly
impressed with the advantages of Mi
not as a jobbing center and was sur
prised to find such magnificent park
! system out here where he was led to
| believe that nothing but sage brush
| and COW boys grew.
John Engelson, an old time resi-
dent of Wang township, arrived from
| Custer, WASH, where he has lived
for three years and is looking after
| his farm. He reports business good
on the coast. The saw mills are
working double shifts. Mr.. Engelson
lives near Bellingham and sees P. P.
Lee frequently. Mr.. Engelson likes
the rainy weather during the winter
months.
C. w. Mackie will hold sale OF
some choice Shorthorns October 10
G. w. started breeding Shorthorns in
a small way back in 19O8-in fact he
started with one heifer and an inter.
est in sire. Several years ago he
traded bunch Of his cattle for farm
and still has fifteen registered Short
horns. Mr.. Mackie is in poor health
and the doctor has advised his dis
continuing farming and work of al
kinds for at least year.
w. o. Doolittle, secretary treasurer
of the American Institute of Parl
Executives, accompanied by Leslie
Chambers, left early this morning fo1
their long auto tour thru the wes
and the southwest. They are camp
ing out enroute and will visit the var
ious national Fairgrounds in Soutl
Dakota, Colorado, New Mexico, ant
Arizona. Mr.. Doolittle has kindl,
offered to write for the Independent
an account of his journey.
Miss Edith M. Erickson, postmis
1 Mclean county for more than de
cade and she visited Minot for tn,
| first time today. She marveled a
the wonderful parks and the splendit
city in general. She was for year!
| editor Of newspaper at Garrison
Miss Erickson was accamna MED b,