The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-02-16

AOOTEn0 lOWN.
Firsmen's Grand Ball, Tuesday,
Feb. 2lst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Church and
family returned last week from a
trip to their old Canadian home.
The Rebekahs gave a Rag Ball
Social at the lodge room last Tuesday
evening, quite a large crowd attend
ing, and good time was enjoyed.
Stutsman county will give a bounty
Of two cents for every gopher falkland
ed into the county auditor. This will
furnish candy money for the children.
States Attorney Frank Gladstone
went to Bismarck Tuesday, to at
tend meeting Of the States At
torneys of North Dakota. He will re-
turn tomorrow probably.
Oliver Martin returned from Min
neapolis last Saturday and will again
60 to work for Ernest johnson at the
livery barn. Oliver is a good man
around livery barn or anywhere
else.
STATE BANK of Cooperstown, has
money at all times for Farm
Loans.
Senator Crane came up from Bis
marck last Thursday and remained
over until Friday afternoon. He had
been making an inspection of some OF
the state institutions in conjunction
with some other members, so as to be
fully alive to the needs Of these In
stitutions who want various and
sundry appropriations.
The auction sale period has arrived
and quite few sales are announced.
On February % comes the Robert
Martin & Sons sale at Hannaford; on
March 1st, A. E. Lewis has sale on
the Fred Sinclair farm, and on March
9Th, George Hartman has a sale on
his farm west of Cooperstown. Most
of these sales are farmers who have
rented their farms and are coming to
town to enjoy city life.
Safsty and Security. We scrutinfze
every investment, employing the
most searching and reliable means to
safeguard the interests, both Of our
selves and our patrons We pay the
highest rate of interest compatible
with our careful, conservative sys-
tem.-STATE BANK OF COOPERS-
town.
The local parties who were figuring
on putting in an electric light plant
have abandoned the idea it requiring
more capital than they feel like in
vesting. However this should not
necessarily knock the town out of a
plant. Onr town board would I'M
doubtedly give the right parties a
liberal franchise and the citizens of
the town wauld literally patronize a
good plant. Cooperstown offers extra
inducements by way of a business
location for an electric light plant.
Mrs. A. Skei, midwife and nurse:
graduated from Christiania, Norway,
in 1896 and has been engaged in the
practice of midwifery for the last 81
years. Residing at Mrs. J. Holman's,
Cooperstown, N. D.
George K. Houghton returned home
last Thursday from a trip through
Montana, Washington, Oregon, Cali
fornia, Utah and Idaho, stopping off
at many points to visit and look over
the country. He says that he is more
satisfied than ever to remain in North
Dakota, the best place on earth for
the poor man. He says he does not
like country where it rains all win
ter and the fog is so thick that you
have to cut it with knife. At Sill
verton, Oregon, he visited the Lima s.
Haaland's and other old timers of
this county. Mr.. Lima has a very
fine place at Silverton. Some of the
others are talking of returning to
Griggs county. At Mountain Home,
Idaho, Mr.. Houghton says the climate
is fine but he doubts if there is waite.
enought to irrigate the land being