The Bottineau courant., 1905-12-15

McKeen.
Jas. Haskett is busy most OF the
time wishing hs were in Idaho. Its
bad thing to let people spend their
winters elsewhere, since they lose
their appreciation Of our beautiful
breezy North Dakota cl innate.
The surprise patry planned for
some time previous finally material
lied last Friday evening when q
goodly bunch of merry makers walk
ed into the Lavanway home, quietly
seized the stove and other articles OF
furniture not needed for the occasion,
removed them, and proceeded to trip
the light fantastic. Excellent music
was furnished by local talent. Ben
Brown, Frank Gilbert and Jim Hask-
ett. A dainty lunch was served at
midnight and altogether we all enj-
Dyed ourselves immensely. Notwith-
standing our unceremonious appear
ance Mr.. and Mrs. Lavanway were
more than equal to the occasion,
proving themselves royal entertainers
Wei come again.
Gardena, the new Oak Valley town
is coming along and may possibly
soon equal Hallsberg. The people
seem to be full of energy which. is
just at present chiefly devoted to
dancing. This hustling little berg is
situated down where the Schlitz Mil
waukee flows.
Mr.. R. B. Hamilton and family
have arrived from Iowa and have
taken up their residnece on the farm
lately vacated by Dick Wilson. We
are glad to welcome them to the
community.
Nobody needs to be surprised now
if they are surprised for the tendency
of these moonlight nights is to create
surprises. Theodore Zorn's got
theirs on Tuesday of last week and it
was all that could he desired. "Bill
Was There
VIM. Hall accompanied by his sis.
ter Miss Hall left yesterday morning
from Hallsberg for the Twin Cities,
where Mr.. Hall will consult spec
ialist in regard to his health. We
hope to see him soon return recover
ed. Frank Gilbert will be in the
elevator during his absence.
One of our prosperous farmers got
mixed up with a pugilist from Mimi
eapolis recently and was somewhat
worsted in the fray. Fatty hit him
a punch in the ribs and he let
couple of shifts like 30-horse power
Reeves engine. A man in the neigh
borhood thought his pigs were out and
he appeared on the scene in time to
save our friend from total annihil-
alton.
A miserable, sneaking, little, pale
red fox has been agitating the would
be hunters of this community for
sometime past, causing an excitement
only equalled by the situation year
or so ago, when the phantom black
fox of Amity was SO frequently heard
of. This time the phantom is not the
fox but the catching. Eight husky
hunters are on the trail and every
known article has been tried to catch
that morsel of canine cunning nap
ping, but all to no purpose. Blood
thirsty hounds have been starved and
set on the trail; traps have been set,
bait has been laid; attempts have
been made to shoot him and one en-
terprising genius even tried smoking
him out, but all in vain. We have
it on good authority however that
he is going to die.
Geo. McFarlane, one of our we'll
knwon and prosperous farmers, leaves
on Tuesday of next week for visit to
his old Ontario home. George is a
good citizen and an Industrious far
mer and deserves vacation.
A very pleasant surprise party oc-
Cured at the home of James Haskett
on Thursday evening. About twenty
five Of the friends and neighbors gath
cred in and passed away the hours in
song and dancing. Supper was served
at midnight and the round of merri-
ment continued until far into the wee
sma hours. Those who were there
report splendid time.