Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1897-11-05
j. B. Root was in town Wednes

being harvested.
Chas. Perkins and Win Barnes Of
Ludden transacted business in town
Monday,
\. X. Melby who used to live here
died suddenly at Lidgerwood We'd
nesday night.
1t is no unusual thing to see three
or four Northwestern engines stand
ing on the track waiting for stock
trains from the north.
Editor Goddard is now pounding
stamps in the Glendale postotlice,
He received his commission and took
possession this week.
Peter Bong found the / dollar bill
thrown away by T. w. Millham and
the latter concluded that he wanted
it back badly enough to pay dol
lar for it.
Photographer Carlson will have
his gallery open from Nov. II to 20.
Ten days only, Last chance to have
Photographs taken before the holi-
days. Come in and give him call.
The weather the past week has
been in marked contrast to that of
one year ago. Then we were wading
through snow drifts in some places
ten feet deep. Now farmers are plow-
ing and threshing and the weather
is almost spring like.
The Oyster supper advertised last
week will be served by the Ladies of
the Baptist Circle in the Roberts
block, Friday evening, Nov. Eth COM
mencing at $50 o'clock. A good
supper, oysters and other refresh
ments all for 25 cts.
j. Libby terminated his farming
operations this week by trading all
his stock except one team of horses
to Jo Reynolds for The house occu-
pied by Mrs Wilkins in the rear of
5 Klein ~ Sutmar's store. Mr.. Libby
t will rent his farm and expects to
: spend most of his time in town.
Somebody told the Cando Record
about how Miss Helen Hunt of Hills
k boro found purse on her way to
Y church, which she gave to the pastor
t to find the owner. The preacher
rather shocked some of his hearers
when the announced that anybody
that has lost purse can go to Helen
Hunt for it,"
A two year child of S. S. Thomp
son was severely hurt the first Of the
:. week. He was riding in the wagon
with his father when the wagon was
over turned and fell on the child
breaking a number Of his ribs and
otherwise injuring the little fellow
IL DR.. Boardman was sent for and
Il made the child as comfortable al
II possible.
There are some people who arr
continually asking "Why don't tn
w. G. T. U, do something7" Th
3 ladies have been and are still doini
n wonderful work in this city, The.
r are not however doing it with bras
is band to herald their work. Th
O. whisky traffic OF this place has bee
cut to one half since the ladies too
,e up the fight against it,
~ The Leland hotel will probably b
n opened to the public the first Of mex
20 week. Miss Minnie Wheeler, wh
IS had charge of the culinary depart
l. meut prior t. the closing of the he
10 tel, returned to LaMoure Monday
and has been engaging help an
making arrangements for resumin
ct operations this week. The office wi
N not be heated this winter, r,-th
a kitchen. dining room and secon
10 story will be used. The CHRoNlcI
O. believes this arrangement will be al
D. preciated by the transcient public 6
we'll as the regular boarders. 1t
IN way ahead of having the buildin
% closed.-LaMoure Chronicle.
his There seems to he wonderful rt
g. vival of prohibition sentiment ever
a where throughout the state. Scare
ly ly All exchange reaches us whie
DIV does not contain al account Of son
blind pigger Or boot logger comir
to grief. In some cases they are &c
''l= ting after the railroads. At Cooper
en- town an injunction has been serv,
an Oh Depot Agent Cowsp, restraint
'c' him from handling whisky as age
'h- for the express company. The Co
s'' ricr says that month or so ago y
rs: Bartlett went to Mr.. Cowan and st'
ult ed TO him that the w. G. T. U. WIS
Mo ed to stop the wholesale delivery
these G. o. D. whisky consignme'
M at the depot, and told him he W
els going to serve an I'M junction on h
The for that purpose. j. N. Brown Sc
old for gallon of whiskey to come G,
ap- D. and paid for it at the depot a
I'M took it away, and the injunction "
md served GU this evidence.
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