Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1896-02-28

all OF t1ecla attended the meeting OF
the Degree of Honor lodge Tuesday
night.
Mr.. Carl Scottum is engaged by
Messrs. Lloyd & Brand, of LaMoure
buying live stock. Carl is out with
the top notch prices and will do a
good business.
n. D. Witham is out handling the
Peerless Steam Cooker, one of the
finest arrangements of the kind we
have seen. The gentleman reports
sales as good.
Subject of sermon at Presbyterian
church next Sunday morning, Final
Perseverance, and theme Sunday
evening, Fifth Commandment, or
Honoring Authority.
Mrs. O. w. Archibald and little
daughter, Francis, left jamestown
last week for Faribault, Mimi. The
other daughter, Miss Mable, will re-
main in jamestown.
\. E. Clark, of Hecla was in town
Saturday. Mr.. Clark has sold his
creamery separators, engine and boil
ers at Hecla to Groton parties to
which place they will be moved.
The friends of Major Lowell will
be pleased to learn that he has been
retained as steward of the insane
asylum at jamestown. This speaks
very highly in praise of the Major.
Miss Emily Kennedy, daughter of
Major Kennedy, of Ludden, came
down from jamestown Monday where
she has held a position for some time
as steuographer at the jamestown
asylum.
H. V. Hemenway, of Minneapolis
spent few days at the Argyle this
week visiting his parents and other
relatives. Mr.. Hemenway is promi-
nent among the lumber dealers in the
Twin Cities.
Glendale merchants are offering
cash prizes to the pupils of their city
school for the best written ads. The
scholars gets the stuff and the mer-
chauts are out with bright ads.
Glendale Woodmen are rustling
in new members almost as rapidly as
the Oakes boys, and Glendale has
already very heavy membership.
Woodmen are making the chips fly
this winter.
The Y. p, will meet in the Presby-
teran church next Sunday evening,
March 1st, at 6:30, prompt. Subject,
What is involved in loyalty to Christi
Leader, Geo. FAIRIES. A welcome to
all. Addie Haw, Sec.
The Oakes brass band was 70 Or
ganized this week. Those suits of
clothes purchased by the city for the
former band should be resurected
and the boys taken to the tailor and
trimmed down to fit them.
Hecla Standald.-W. H. Courtney
has purchased of G. E. Nutten the
quarter section of land known as the
Ryan claim in Dickey county. This
land is adjoining Mr.. Courtney's and
makes good addition to his already
fine farm.
Leader,-T. F. Marshall, of Oakcs,
was appointed a member Of the state
republican committee, to fill vacancy
of s. A. Bowes. The appointment is
good one and meets the approval of
Dickey county republicans.
G.. g: Bowsfield, formerly editor OF
tho Glendale Commercial is now for
eign correspondent for eastern pa
pers. He is in Spain at present. We
hope Bowsy will be careful of the
hearts of those pretty Spanish maids.
The band was reorganized this
week, with MFR. Bradley as leader.
Those band uniforms belonging to
the city should bo hunted up now
aud the boys taken to the tailor shop
and trimmed down to fit the clothes.
S. H. Davis will return next week
from Waubay, S. D., where he is
spending a few days with his family.
The attorney is contemplating
moving his family to this city in the
near future.
Miss Grace Traugor gave a nice
entertainment on the 22d, By her
pupils in the Wright district. After
the pupils had rendered their prog
ram Miss Trauger took the stage and
gave some pleasing recitations.
Washington's birthday will not soon
be forgotten in Wright.
From private letter we learned
that A. A. Allen, formerly in the en-
ploy of NJ. H. Roberts, has applied
for a position in Il hardware at Hib-
bing, MINI. Mr.. Allen went to Ne
vada last fall with DR.. Mathews, and
seems to have tired of the Southwest
rather quickly.
DIR. Moore must be whirlwind.
We understand Mrs. Archibald has
left the jamestown asylum, but we
have not heard af any other appoint
ment. Perhaps the doc. is going to
play lone hand as superintendent
and matron too. Pull 'em through
on time if you do.
T. w. Millham of Glendale, atten-
ded the meeting of the state republi-
can committee held in Grand Forks
last week, at which there was very
large attendance. The millers asso-
citation and the business mems union
were also in session at the same time
Grand Forks is quite hustler for
conventions.
The great Fitzsimmons-Maher
fight came off last Saturday on au
| island in the Rio Grande, and proved