Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-08-01
DRlscoLL NOTES.
(Tuesday, Aug. ~


Farmers coming to Driscoll claim
they are bewildered because of the
rapid growth of the town. z
/ H. B. swearingen, special pension ex-
aminer, was in town yesterday on
business. @ s s
Mr.. Sands who has been the guest
of the Gillett family the past week,
will return to his home N Crookston,
Mimi, in a few days.
Another emigrant car is being un-
loaded here.
The new section house is nearly
completed. ..,..t,..,..&..:sz
J. C. Hallum of Minneapolis has
been the guest of his brother, H. A.
Hallum, the past few days. While
here he sold to the Norwegian Luth-
eran congregation the site of the
"DriscoI House" and several adjoin-
ing lots for church and cemetery pur-
poses. ...
Mrs. Chas. Sweigart who has been
visiting the family of her cousin, G..
J. Keenan,, for the past month, re-
turned to her home at Hazelton last
Saturday.
Mesdames Cecil and Gurnsey left
| Sunday to visit their parents in South
Dakota. g.. -, ...
J. c. Holley was a Bismarcker a
few days last week. '5
A number Of our stalwart young are
departing for the eastern harvest
fields. r.. ....
There are strong prospects for a
postofice being established in town
ship 142, near the Hackney-Boynton
ranch. A petition with thirty-five
signers has been sent to the depart
ment at Washington. This Office
would be right. on the route of the
prospective Lein Office and both
would be supplied from the Driscoli
office. 1t will not be long till the tele-
phone will follow. This will advance
by steady strikes. ri.
Potatoes are down to fifty cents per
bushel.
H. A. Hallum is unloading another
car of. lumber.
DR.. Mcbride was at Hotel Gillett a
couple Of days this week. He will be
here again in about month. q,
G. ]. Keenan, expects to go to Bis
marck tomorrow to make commuta-
ton proof on his homestead.
A. B. Burgess Of Waterloo, Ia, is
here on land business. He says Mrs.
Burgess will be here the latter part
of the month to begin her school the
first week in September.
Jay Wilcox is building an addition
14x26 to his house. This with a new
cellar 1211ex7 will make quite an
improvement.
The Hackney Land company is re-
ceiving contributions for Driscoll
exhibit of grain at the Portland Fair.
The exhibits will be labeled with the
name of the grower, etc. We hope
local pride will see that our exhibit is
good one.
1t is said that Mrs. C. B. Moore has
about the best garden in this part Of
the county.
It is queer what ideas some people
have. For instance: the writer no
tieed on the depot platform the other
day a couple of pieces Of dimension
lumber that had been shipped from
some point in Minnesota. The freight
charges were twice over what the lun
Der would have cost had it been pur
chased in our home yard, but the
owner believed that he was doing
wise thing to bring the material along
since he bought it cheaper. This is
only one of the many instances which
might be cited, and ten chances to
one, the fellow who shipped the pieces
in in order that he might not be rob.
bed by the home dealer, win live to
ask that same home dealer within the
next sixty days to carry him. There
is a great deal being said about the
high prices charged by home mer-
chants, but If these same kickers
would always pay cash at home as
they expect to. do when they send
away for goods, the home merchant
will do just as well by them.
49, Minute Animal Life.