The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-09-28
CITY news IN BRIEF

Jack OLeary, Foxholm banker, was
in Minot Monday.
| The Masonic Blue lodge opens to-
night for the season.
| Anthony Walton transacted business
in Fargo early in the week.
! The Knights Of Pythias lodge re-
sumed operations for the fall Tue sday
night.
The Glenburn school has rented the
| Lutheranch church to care for excess
number of students.
N. Weber Of Glenburn raised 25
acre field of marquis wheat that av-
eraged "a bushels per acre.
Miss Gay Gidley, talented Glenburn
young woman, has returned from a
three-months tour of Europe.
Wire worms are said to be doing
some damage to potatoes in the vi
entity of Granville and Norwich.
Richard, the thirteen-year-old son
of Mr., and Mrs. Louis Emerson, is re-
covering from an attrack Of pneu-
monia.
F. H. Moeller left for his home in
Spokane Wash. Friday after spending
two months looking after his inter-
ests here.
Miss Leona Lenieux, who is teach
ing in the Cole Harbor schools. spent
Saturday and Sunday with her mother
in this city.
An engine backing for coupling
crushed Alva Pace of Glenburn into
the feeder breaking an arm and other
wise bruising him up.
A dog field meet was held at Antler
last week. Over hundred dogs and
almost as many men from various
quarters of the Union were in atten-
dance at the trials which are held on
the Canadian side.
f. N. Nurnberger, Velva's potato
king, started digging his large crop
Of tubers last week. He has about 70
acres and his brother, E. A., has about
40 acres. They seem to be running
about 200 bushels per acre.
VIM. N. Mcleod, pioneer of Pratt
township, McHenry county, passed
away at Minot hospital, Sept. II
following an operation. His body was
shipped to the old home, Hastings,
Mich. He was born in 1859.
Frank Glotzbach of Anamoose, has
a Silver Hamberg pullet that estab-
lished a new record by laying at the
age of 3 months and "a days. He
plans to exhibit this bird at the St.
Paul Poultry Show in January
The separator belonging to John
Osterberg living northwest Of Mohall
was destroyed by fire Wednesday af-
ternoon about o'clock. The cause
of the fire is not definitely known but
it is thought it was caused by sparks
from the engine.
Andrew Budean, farmer near
Anamoose, brought to that city, last
Thursday, load of Durum wheat,
which weighed 1870 pounds. This
was the largest load ever hauled into
Anamoose and had to be weighed on
the installment plan.
The body of VIM. Moustad of Bar
mum, Mimi, was found in the weeds
along the road west of Bottineau last
murdered two or three weeks earlier
for his Ford car and his money. He
was shot thru the head.
Geo. Strozut, formerly Of Minot,
writes from Salem, Ore, that bust
ness is good in Oregon, tho lumber
and hardware are still high. Salem
is booming with new buildings. Ore
gon is contemplating a worlds fair
in Oregon in 1925 if the proper finan-
lcial support can be received. 1t will
cost at least $3,0O0,O00.
This has been great year for Gu
cumbers in this locality says the
Glenburn Advance, and as a result
there has been goodly lot of home
made pickles put up for use during
the coming year. Mrs. J. w. Frey Of
Van Buren, township is among those
who have guarded against shortage
of dill pickles and has put up 124
gallons.
Three young men from Minnesota
who had been threshing in Tolley vi
entity, stole several overcoats and
robes from cars at the park dance
Sept. 9th. They were apprehended
that night by Tolley officials at the
house of an acquaintance and held in
the hotel under guard until morning
when they were turned over to the
sheriff. All the goods were recovered.
A crew on threshing rig near
Glenburn struck for soc per hour
Tuesday. The owners decided that
got another crew at the prevailing
price of Soc per hour. Fifty cents
per hour with board is pretty good
pay even tho the work is hard. It is
all the present crop will stand and
ulOIe CudH Inc preSeuL price on gram
can stand.
Ole Larsgaard, residing with his
son-in-law, Carl Kittelson, south of
Dogden, passed away last Thursday
forenoon at the advanced age of 81
years and 4 months. Funeral SER
vices were held last Sunday after
noon from the church in Dogden. The
interment taking place at the Dogden
Lutheran cemetery, Rev. A. M. Buslee
officiating. He is survived by his wife
and five. children. also a brother at
Northwood, N. D.
Balfour Correspondence in Drake
News: The Doctor Stone family NOV
ed to Minot the fore part of the week,
where the Doctor has purchased a res
idence and plans on making Minot his
future home. DR.. Stone has prac-