The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-05-04
CITY news IN BRIEF

oldteS Attorney f1eIlSStdu Cran-
sacted legal business in Bismarck ear
ly in the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. S. McKenna and
children were in the city on a shop
ping trip Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Nelson of
Tagus were in the city couple days
last week taking in the l. H. C. con-
vention.
A. l. Widlund, Swedish consul from
Grand Forks, was in Minot over Mon
day, transacting business at the coun-
ty judges offices.
L.W. Wieman Of Donnybrook, deal
err in hardare and implements was in
the city attending the international
convention last week.
Mrs. Andy Carlson has returned
from Bordulac, N. D., where she Wis
tied with Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Hodge,
former Minot residents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Boerneke of
Donnybrook who own extensive rea!
estate interests in the city were here
this week looking after their proper
ties.
j. Y. Millar, former Burlington
merchant, now managing a large
grain ranch in the vicinity of Glas-
gov for a Minneapolis syndicate, is
in the city today calling on old
friends.
T. W. Hooker, Great Northern con-
ductor, returned from California re-
Gently where he spent several weeks.
He accompanied his mother from the
west to the old home in Indiana, en-
route home.
One of the Great Northern's new
steel dining cars was seen on one of
l. L. L M
day this week. The G. N. with it's
new diners and Pullman cars is "put- !
ting on lots Of dog.
Governor Nestos, who delivered sew
eral addresses in the Twin Cities last
week, delivered a radio address to
about 10000 fans before returning to
North Dakota, taking advantage of
the situation to boost North Dakota
stock several points.
j. j. Brand, who grows garden vege-
tables, potatoes and corn on a large
scale at his fertile Logan farm, was
in Minot Saturday. He stated that he
had completed seeding wheat that day
and was ready to start planting corn
May l. He recollects that once he
planted sweet corn that froze to the
ground six times, and still turned out
to be fine corn. 49, ..
Miss Vera McKinnon, cousin of
L. C. Ely and Fred Veth, who has
been teaching in the Graham district
north of Burlington was in the city
Saturday accompanied by Mrs. M. D.
Graham. Miss McKinrion has just
completed her term at Burlington, and
left Monday for Crosby where she
has taken another school for three
months term.
Louis Huber, former county COM
missioner from Berthold, arrived
from Luverne, MINI. where he has
been in charge of large teststea,ferv
the past four years. Prior to that
time, he spent two years looking af-
ter the estate in South Dakota. Mr..
Huber's many old time friends hope
that he will become a resident of
Ward county again. He still owns
his fine farm at Berthold.
The ladies of the Pastors Aid of
tesses at banquet for the evening
church parlors. About forty peo-
pie, including the husbands and wives
of choir members, were present. The
table was daintily decorated in yellow
and white, with candles and stream
ers. Following the dinner, John E.
Howard, the choir director, acting as
POSTMASTER, called forth many we'll
chosen remarks from various guests.
Officer Hogan, special agent for the
Great Northern, met with a severe
auto accident a short distance east of
Minot, on the Roosevelt highway
Tuesday forenoon. Hogan was driv-
ing Ford coupe and engaged in a
race with a fellow driving a more
pretentious car. Both cars were run
ming at high speed and Hogan lost
control of his machine. He went in
to the ditch, his car landing between
two big rocks. On one of the rocks
was painted Get right with God" and
on the other Repent. Hogan was
not seriously injured but he had such
a close call that what he read on those
rocks is receiving his serious consid-