Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-11-09
MISSOURI SLOPE ITEMS.
DRlscoLL NOTES.

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| A scarcity Of thresh1ng rigs Is caus.
ling considerable anxiety hereabouts.
| About the last Of the harvest hands
have returned. 49, a
Frank Woodwork expects his fami.
ly this week from Hope, N. D. >-...s. y
l.. A. Staatenhus returned from
Minnesota last week with carload Of
steers, thirty-six in all, which he will
feed for next falls market.
Our school has an enrolment of
forty-two and presents quite an i'm
posing appearance when on the play
grounds. r :.'.~ rs ...t.
William Ingraham has gone and
done it," He put on his best clothes
the other day and boarded the east
bound passenger, presumably for
Minneapolis, returning in few days
with a bride, so they say. We were
not consulted in the matter, but we
wish the happy couple well. Will is
an excellent fellow and popular among
his acquaintance. n..- III -
Anton schmitz is building himself a
new house.
This is the time of year when near
ly every farmer has his own beef,
pork and mutton to kill.
liver Anderson is hauling lumber for
a barn soon to be built. o.. ~.
H. M. Gurnsey met with a painful
accident this week while at work with
a scraper. His team became unman-
ageable throwing him under the
scraper. His right arm was dislocated
at the shoulder. He was obliged to go
to Steele where DR.. Gordon set the
bone. -. - -,.,
Geo. Hannah is back again on his
claim at Long Lake. He was working
on the Hackney ranch at Mckenzie.
Thos. Taylor has a full blood Poland
China hog, which, If fat, woul l tip the
beam at six hundred pounds: 4--..2
The Clinton Falls Nursery Co., of
Owatonna, Mimi, this week disposed
Of big lot of nursery stock to the
farmers of this community Next
spring We expect to see the farms
put on difference appearance. =,
+ It is expected that Joe 4Rustad will
be at home again from Minnesota in a
few days. - @.E
The social hop in the school house
last Friday night was well attended.
Rev. J. w. Ogden has leased a house
at Mckenzie for the winter and will
move his family in few days. He
will be more centrally located for his
work at that place than here. He will
continue to preach at Driscoll.
Landseekers still drop in but they
are few and prefer hanging around the
fire to driving over the prairie.
E. P. Maynogh is our city drayman
and he finds quite a little to do.
No coal in town! Wow!
Notary Public J. c. Holley has been
hitting the seal quite frequently of
late. .-.G
H. T. Lande, Grant Rice and H. H.
Rice are building. Il
The DriscoH Land Co., through their
grain buying, are bringing lots of
trade to town. Every day sees strange
faces. some from distance Of twenty
miles. " .,&ga 4 q +
Word comes from Chas. Hale in
Montana that he is laid up with an old
ailment in one of his knees. n
Returning from the threshing In
the eastern part OF the state, H. A.
Noltenmeier walked from Valley City
to Driscoll. This makes us believe all
the more in Herman's good under
standing. 49,
G.. ]. Keenan, is nearly settled IN his
new store. He got in fine lot Of
drugs and stationery this week and
has new stock Of shoes and a lot Of
hardware coming, He has added a
meat market and II you want to make
believe you live in the city, just follow
the sidewalk down main street to the
corner of Ntcollet avenue, step into
his store and order nice steak or
some Of those sausages.
Winter seems to be closing in on
us.
There was a show intown last night.
1t consisted OF sleight OF hand work,
ETC.. and is said to have been very
good. 4, .=.: .zs IS Sjs fga
A few OF our Italian section men
have LETT to spend the winter! in
Chicago.