The Dickinson press., 1902-06-28

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be an important point, and the develop
ment Of the town aud of the surrounding
country this seaso is surprising. The
principal building in town so far this
year is, The Butte, a two-story hotel cost
ing $1,000 when completed. 1t is modern
in every particular, steam heated, has
nineteen rooms and is beautifully ar
ranged. 1t would be a credit to Dickin-
son, Bismarck or an other city of the
state. The formal opening Of this hos
telery took place on the a7th with a very
large number in attendance. The best of
everything was provided for the opening
ball-good music. beautiful dance orders.
a bounteous repast. The hotel. however,
has furnished rooms and board for a
limited number during the past week,
and already its fame has gone abroad.
Travelling men IN the train today told
us that they had rather stop at the Butte
than at the new s5o.ooo-hotelin Glendive.
Jack Snyder is a natural born hotel man
and Mrs. Snyder presides over the culin-
airy department with great skill. The
new furniture for the house has been ar
irving this week and when placed it will
make the rooms very pleasant. The par
lor, Office and dining rooms are excep.
t%ionally fine.
The Missouri Slope Land & Invest
ment Co. people have been 80 busy sell
ing land and looking after other matters
that they have deferred the building of
their bank building until fall. On Mon
day the company sold a section of land
to ar Iowa party, by wire, at $3.50 per
acre. This makes about 1oo sections, OF
one-half their holdings, sold this season.
The M. S. l.. & l. Co. have the finest
fax crop that a person cver looked at
and they are only sorry now that they
did not SOW 1000 acres. They will mex
year. ,,r,
Commissioner J. b. Stoddard and Mer.
chant A. L. Martin put in a shearing
plant at an expense of sI,7oo and have
already sheared over 10000 sheep and
have about as many more to shear. They
are perfectly satisfied with the invest.
ment and people who have had their
sheep sheared here are all we'll pleased.
The machine nearly one pound per
fleece over the hand method. Next year
the capacity of the plant will have to be
increased to meet the demand.
Over 100000 pounds of wool, will be
marketed in Sentinel Butte this year
making it the second or third market OF
the state. The quality of the wool is of
the finest in the state as the prices paid
show. This week the following sales
were made to Dewey, Gould & Co.: Al
Martin. 10000 at Isc; J.. B., Stoddard' 45,-
900 pounds at I5c; Van Crawnberger, IS.
900 at 4Kc; Frank Stone, 10000 at I4Mc.
The D. B. Zimmerman clip Of 10000 was
carried to Dickinson. The Nollet clip Of
5000 is still unsold, also the Stanton
clip Of 10000. R. Dejagher and H.
Derdder will each have around 5000.
S. B. ITEMS.
The lamb crop in this locality will
average from 90 to IS per cent, and it j,
said that the Stoddard crop will be Ioc
cent. The lambs are very large for thi:
season of the year.
DR.. J. C. Siegfriedt, who is located a,
the Butte, is working up a good practice
He has had several important calls t.
Wibaux.
A. L. Martin has bought a hay stacker
and will commence haying about the loti
Of July. He has some old hay on hane
and will put up enough to make abou
800 tons.
A. w. Stanton of Haley is driving hi
sheep-lambs and all about 7,ooo-her'
to shear at the Stoddard & Martin plant
The distance is nearly loo miles and tn,
sheep were on the road 10 or 40 days
making : to 6 miles per day. They lool
even better than when they started, an,
IaMr. Stanton says it is the cheapest wa,
he knows of to get his wool to marke,
Three men, the regular herders, atten.
band. Last yearth Stanton clip 5000
pounds this year, was hauled east a dis
tance of 100 miles to the Missouri an,
ferried across to Everett, the Milwaukee
town. MI. Stanton says that he is per
fectly willing to pay I2Kc, the price 0
machine shearing, as down in his coun
try they have to pay &c for hand shear
ing and board the help.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. McGregor are will
Commissioned Stoddard. Miss Ruth
twelve years old-so irail when in Dick
inson, is now the picture of health.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. X. Martin and Mis-
Maude Martin, OF Little Falls. Mimi, ar
visiting Their brother AL.
G. T. Crowl of Dickinson is installin,
the steam heating plant in the Butte. l
will take A week more To comnlete III,