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Furniture INSURANCE POLICY c/5® 34I04IX RYDER MAN &4yS THINGS ABOUT ROADS IN VICINITY OF MINOT George Krueger, pioneer business man from Ryder, drove over fronn Ry dar Monday evening on business. Mr. Krueger, wlho is a good roads enthusiast, found tbe highways in such condition in the vicinity of Mi not, that he could not refrain from calling at the Independent office and expressing his opinion. Have Yo ur EYES Examined EVERY TWO YEARS By doing this and changing the lenses of your glasses, if exami nation proves it necessary, jrou will experience sight satisfaction to a ripe old age. W« am at your commend "I am thoraly disgusted with the condition of the roads around Minot and I want to say that there is no good excuse for it. We like to come to Minot, but the citizens from the surrounding towns have good reasons to expect that you will give us just as good roads as we have near our own towns. I have had a good deal H. L. WINTERS CO. How Much Does Your Policy Cover? with a dollar me MAN with a million The Value of Correct Eyesight Faulty vision—an annoyance and serious handicap—eliminatesmany of the joys of life. Glassesi—rightly fitted and ad justed—will save your eyes. Wm will furnuh th« glnnw Ask a builder to give you an estimate for building a house just like the one you have. Compare this figure with the amount of fire insurance you carry on your house. The^difference Minot Insurance Agency General Insurance MINOT NORTH DAKOTA me CHILD with a penny The BOY will worry you. Let the old, reliable Hartford Fire Insurance Co. carry the added risk. The cost is small. Evolution of Banking of experience building dirt roods and I want to tell you that the roads near Minot are. not built right. They tought to be rounded up in the center, grad ually sloping off to the sides to shed th« water. It is not hard to build the roads right. Look at youjr roads as they are today. They lie flat and the water cannot run off in a year. They get full of ruts. Nobody drags them and you fellows depend on us from the other towns to drive over them and smooth them down after the rains. "Why, out at they went out with a Fordson trac tor with three road drags hitched on behind, and they dragged the main n*d half way to Minot. Yon M lows want to get busy and drag your roads. I wotfld suggest that the coun ty commissioners come out our way and take a few lessons." Jttrs. Jos. Hunt Laid to Rest The funeral of the late Mrs./Joseph Hunt, 214 5th St. N. Wi, who passed away last Saturday morning after a lingering illness was held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock from the K. P. home, under the auspices of the Christian Science Society, Mrs. P. S. Stewart in charge. The pall-bearers were Judge Leighton, Ed Kelley, John Lynch, Dave Dinnie, O. Roellig and John Ehr. Interment was made in Rosehill cemetery. Mrs. Hunt was born September IS, 1861, in Sangamon County, 111., her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haz lett, being early settlers of the coun ty. Mrs. Hunt became identified with the church nearly forty years ago and has worked untiringly for all good. She has been a deligent Bible student for the last, twenty yearaand during the last few years becam# iden tified (with the Christian Science So ciety of which she was a devoted work er and never wavered in her faith till the last. Mrs. Hunt leaves to mourn her'loss, her husband and six children, O. H. Hunt of.Wolf Point, Mont. Claude E., Wyley«S., J. Cecil, Hazel and lier vin, all of Minot. Another daughter, Agnes, died several years ago. She also leaves two sisters and one broth er in Kansas, another sister and brother in Illinois, and one brother ip Canada. One sister, Mrs. Bessie Hackenberg, of Esbon, Kansas, was here for the funeral. Thus passed out of this earthly life oneiof the most devoted, conscientious, consistent (Christian workers, who gave her whole life to the help and happiness of others. Jim Bell, Old Democratic War-Horse Candidate for the Legislature J. D. Bell of Logan, one of the That is the evolution of care ful and consistent saving, bank ing and investing. One step leads to the other, but the young man jpust alway$ take the first step. Begin with a savings account in this bank. The other steps come easy. FIRST FARMERS BANK Of Minot, North Dakota Deposits Guaranteed Under the State Depositors Guarantee Jbnd I 1 1 '4r T? A r..V I county's most reputable citizens is asking the support of the electors of the 29th Legislative district in his race for the legislature. Jim is a Democrat—one erf the old-time dyed in-the-wool kind antkis proud of it— and has always been consistent in his views relating thereto. He is a deep •tadant of policies and platforms of political parties and during a long and active life has always taken a prom inent part in the councils of his party. Jim Bell is a whole-souled clean mind ed gentleman of the olid school one of Nature's sentlflmea/ Jim Bfc»li would make the 9th Legislative dis trict an ideal representative in the legislature at this time. See It In Our Window Scofield Block j[ 1 FURNITURE w" nil,. furniture biles or farm machinery overhauled or repai: to doyour work. The each line. Three Weeks More! Our gigantic sale of Men's and Young Men's Hats, Caps, Shoes, Clothing, Overcoats, Haberdashery—in fact everything a man requires in the way of Clothing or Furnishings is well under way. It is so* some task to dispose of a $30,000 stock within a period of 30 days. WE MUST POSITIVELY VACATE JULY 1st 1920 If ^prices and quality merchandise will clear our shelves there is no ques tion regarding results. Drop in and see if,we haven't a bargain for you. I Northwest TRACTOR, AUTOMOBILE and MACHINERY REPAIRING is at har Spring is at hand. Dont put off getting your_tractors, autoM- 11 1 repaired. best equipped machine shop in the state. All work guaranteed. NORTHWEST MA CHINE SHOP F. F. HARRISON, Pray. W7 Sai 8t N. BLUE BIRD WASHER "On the Line by Nine" This beautiful washing machine will be presented to the one who is awarded the Overland Four, provid ed the award is made on a sales sip from this store. MINOT HARDWARE CO. We have time now Expert man in ,£ A Minot, No. Dak. itmmrnijAl.. 1 •mmmmmm* 9 I 1 ft $