Oakes Republican., 1901-09-27

Two hundred ewe.sAeep f9f sae at the
Eaton Farm.
List your land sas. w+s 5ohu
Scott, the Laid 'Nan/ +
Roat'master Woods j Enjoying visit
from his mother ard ~, who come here
from Minneapolis. 4 !
Miss Nina Deiscm, ffo is teaching school
in the Nichols district sSest of town, visited
in Oakes this week.
Samuel Glover is telling a stock of cloth
ing at the Roberts block, and seems to be
getting rid of ii goods.
Farmers-Call knd list your potatoes with
me. How many ypotatees and onions can
you spare. W. g. Mccarthy.
Mrs. A. II. Ytrkns is selling a book en-
titled the "Iffe of President Mckinley"
and is havint good success.
Have ybu millet, land barley to
offer. WI wsps~16, GOO bushels. w.
B. MCCARTHY.
Extra bargains in baby cabs and
go carts. w. Fl. Marsh & Son, Sec
ond Street Furniture Store.
Harry Aplin of Britton was in Oakes this
week on his way home from Grand Rapids
where he haa been looking aftcl farming
operations.
Will Bishop has been drawn on the United
States grand jury which meets at Fargo
next month, and is looking for an excuse so
he will not have to go.
The Cosgrove company had good house
at their entertainment in the Academy of
Music last week. They give very good
musical entertainment.
p. S. Peabody is up from Minneapolis
hunting few chickens and looking after
his interests here. Mr.. Peabody is we'll
pleased with the appearance of our streets
with the cement walks.
Our old friend, Michael Bolen of Ellen
dale, was in the city last week still selling
books. He makes master hand at the bu-
siness of supplying the inhabitants OF this
section with good literature.
Dan Tyrrcll is complaining about having
too many cattle and too much feed, making
it necessary to build more barn room, sell
his catt e or change his politics. This thing
they call republican prosperity has got to go.
Fenton. & Brown have the twenty-foot ad-
dltion TO their store building completed AMI
are occupying it with their stock. 1t gives
them additional room that was much needed
and if business keeps up they will need II
eAlarge agaip.
fhc new Fenton house on Third street
haA been finished for the occupancy of
RoaQmastcr Woods A loaa6f new fugu7s
tu reayent into the Enthusiastically, apd the
in dicAtions are that kill soon beSoccupied
and co estitute sszy home.
To sA all W goods the. ,afe in the stores
at OakeA AaHe wonders yhot there is here that
will bps Them all, bat wien he sees the
str, ,sgts fllkd with teams everyone y3of them
taking q losd home, he realizes Shat in the
aggregate intakes a lot of eeodA to supply
them. PeoNe are coming many miles to
trade With Oskes merchants, andsswe keep
stoses here thdA warrant many milss travel
ing to trade in ,sm. M
! I. G. The n,aaA of Sioux Rapids iowa,
has been ipOakcs this week buying cattle.
Mr.. Thomas bougb It eight car loads BERG
for shipment. En- recently purchas a
half Sc ctlon of landhear Steele, and has 10
Issery high opinion oA the future of North
Dakota. While lookpg over our fire de.
I ', n ~ want ord ;to onyi stGont ha remarEcd
that it was far .hssd a many towns three
tim es the sizssf Oakes.
The Georgia Harper East Lynne Com
pany presented that evens popular pay in
0aKes at the Academy of Ausic last evening
|Sald they were greeted with full house,
Miss Harper is an actress a unusual ability,
aking the part of Lady Isaa aella with rare
ability The other lnemberA of the COM
pany are all ladies and 81 satlemen, and
VIII enever they visit Cakes again they will
h ave larger house-if there room for
them to get in tho building. y
The price of potatoes is stills sgcing up.
Several carsihave been shipped Hrom this
point to the eastern n arket, andAthey are
now worth here about IS cents poS bushel.
We we're reminded Of the old popdlstic ar
guments by tho experience of aHarmer
near Oakcs during the past yoar. a year
go he borrowedS25 and bought onaA hum
dred bushels of potatoes with the nAney.
t his week he brought 35 bushels of pota toes
into market and paid the note and inteest.
Using potatoes as q circulating mediAn'
and it shows that there is a profit of G5 Aer
ce mt in operating farm in Dickey count T.
The cooking exhibit which was held
Fento & Browns hardware store the ,firs4
of the week to show up the wonderful baks
ing qualities of the PeDinsular steel ranges
was ominently satisfactory to the firm and
revelation to those who attended. Biscuits
were baked on one of these ranges at times
in the surprising short time of "a minutes
end never longer than four minutes. Hard
coal was used during one day and Ignite
the balance of the time, and the best rec
ords were made with Ignite. The flour
came from the Oakes Roller Mills and it
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