The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-05-11
CITY news IN Brief

a Minot visitor Saturday.
II. A. Kluver, Burlington banker
was a business visitor in the city
today.
Frosaker Brothers spent several
days the first of the week in Mime
apolis.
Albert Weber, Towner attorney was
in the city on professional business
Saturday.
Hans Miller, prominent Ryder bank
err, has been elected president of the
| Ryder Town Criers Club.
ira Shaffer, manual training teach
err at Berthold, has been elected super
| intendent of the Lone Tree schools.
Jim Dolan well known Burlington
mining man left Monday for his home,
! Farmers City, ILL.,, to spend the sum-
, mer.
| Mrs. w. F. Jones spent couple Of
days in Williston this week, visiting
at the home of DR.. and Mrs. Schol-
berg.
! Oscar kron, former Minot auto
dealer, now connected with a Willis.
i ton garage was in the city Saturday
enroute to Velva.
Jack Johnson, the little eight year
cid son of A. N. johnson underwent
an operation for the removal of his
tcnsis, at local hospital Monday
afternoon.
3. F. Baker, candidate for the nom
ination of governor, en- the Nonparti-
san ticket at the June primaries, Wis
| tied in the city Tuesday of this week.
He gave this office pleasant call.
The streets of Berthold will be
lighted with Is lights, by the Northern
States Power Co. Manager NcG-:11o
and Henry Slocum visited Berthold
last week making arrangements for
same.
/ Mrs. Fred Quackenbush of Rugby
/ spent Sunday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Hackett. Her hus-
band recently accepted position as
express agent at Rugby and likes his
place very well.
DR.. and Mrs. Archie D. MCDANIEL
returned Saturday from two weeks
visit in the south. They were in New
/ Orleans where the doctor was dele
gate to the Triennial Conclave of the
Grand Commandry.
Bernard Cole left for his home, Ak
ron, Ohio, Sunday. Mrs. Cole expects
to join him as soon as he becomes
settled there. He will join brother
, in-law in the conduct of a large poul-
try farm near Akron. ~E-.s
The Velva Journal celebrated its
23rd anniversary last week. The
present editor w. H. Francis has been
at the helm for the past IL years and
has built the paper up into one Of the
brightest weekly papers, in the state.
State Transportation officer Skeels
was in Minot Saturday and took the
Tagus farmer, Matthews to the in
sane asylum at Bismarck. He also
took young Ryder lad named Schief-
! filbine to the State Training School at
Mandan. =
Editor Nelson of Westby returned
from Hendrum, MINI. where he as
sisted in hunt for his father who
wandered away from home several
weeks ago. The body was found5in
the Red river after three weeks IF
searching.
Mothers Day services will be held
at Community Hail., IL miles south
of Minot, Sunday, Rev. Erickson Of
this city will deliver an address ats
p. m. and good music will be furnish
ed for the occasion. Everybody is
welcome to attend. a
John Stewart, local contractor, is
quite noted dog fancier. He is now
breeding Springer Spaniels and is also
buying and selling of this breed. He
recently disposed of a Springer Span
iel to a New York man for fancy
| price and sold one to Michigan doc
tor for 5000.
When the De Molay Boys and Minot
Masons arrived in Plaza Thursday
evening, they found the Plaza band
awaiting them in the Plaza park,
hnr n Gv.n 800 = m.
Plaza band comprises forty musicians,
several of them girls and" they make
excellent music.
Atty McCune, who was Attorney
| General of North Dakota during Johf,
Burke's administration as Governor
passed thru Minot Sunday, enroute
| from his home in Great Falls, Mont.
to New York City where he will aid
Mr.. Burke in the matter Of the failure
Of the commission firm of Burke e.
kardos. The writer met McCune who
reports Drs, Filters and Larson, for
| mer Minot physicians and surgeons
as doing well in Great Falls. DR..
Larson has become quite a noted
surgeon.
The great demand for farm labor
| for spring work is over but a great
many farmers are looking for men
who will stay with them throughout
the season, Offering $500 per month
with bonus. The demand for potato
cutters is just commencing. 1t will
be hard to fill all the orders as there
/ has been slight shortage of men
throughout the season and the de-
mand will be so heavy that it will
be impossible to get men in fast
enough. Most Of the farmers are
offering $50 to $500 per day. There
is steady demand for girls and
housekeepers, offering from $500 per
week to $4,000 per month. Some or
ders will accept help with one child,
with several orders untitled.
Visit the Land of the Paw Paw and
PersimmOn
[ Mr. and Mrs G. d Cnlcord left