Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-27
Phoenix

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Now it's cool and then It's hot, but
to have weather whether
or not. e a. 5$asI r. T.
The season of bathing parties, base
ball pfcnics, and other hot weather
festivities is about over and wen soon
let go our straw hats and thin pants.
Then the sheep-skin lined clothing
will our comfort enhance. We'd
rather have chilblains puffed up on
our toes; and an icicle dangling from
the end Of our nose, than to be roasted
and cooked through to the bone by
the torrid heat of the tropical zone.
Instead of mosquitoes and green head
flies we'll take the buckwheat cake
itch and frost bitten pies. We're
anxious to sleep once more with cold
feet. Turn Off the heat, Mister, turn
off the heat!
Tommy Dubois is cutting his fax,
OFT Body came down from the
north Friday, some the worse for
wear and tear, due to exposure to the
elements and other things incident to
''roughing" it with a threshing crew.
He is at present under the direction
of Geo. Spang until he is able to work
again. ''-',-z.
In the regular order of things a
prairie fire or blizzard is due now at
any time. -
A. E. Way and family, after a few
weeks visit with relatives here, re-
turned Wednesday to Smithland, la.
DR.. James, the Steele veterinary,
made a professional visit to this
neighborhood Sunday.
Phoenix is keeping up a steady
growth. Two new straw stacks were
built on the vacant lots south of the
feed stable for G. F. spang Monday.
The steam thresher took an inven-
tory Of B. B. Delaney's crop last week
and found satisfactory yield.
Martin Hanson, ex-mail carrier on
this route, was up from Sterling Sat
urday with a load of lumber for a
new settler who is building on a claim
southwest Of Phoenix. Martin ex-
pressed surprise at the growth Of
Phoenix and increase of the popula-
ton surrounding it. " s''
The Cromwell "Pantomime" is com
ing down with the 'thot air" itch and
complains that some Of his hereafter
IFS mixed up with his present life cans-
ing a condition: Of 104 degrees of heat
at his place, but he displays a
magnanimous spirit in offering to let
Phoenix and Arena manage their own
affairs. What more could we ask of
the fellow. He is our idea Of good
neighbor. How we do wish he'd" file
on q claim by the side Of us. Then
our pigs could root his "taters'' and
eat his cucumbers and he'd be salts
ned as long as he had the patch" left
on which to raise more. He is good
for he. says 50, and hts exalted opins
ion of himself together with the fact
that he still exists-if he does ought
to explode the claim that the good
always die young, and it is to be
hoped he will not be so Indifferent to
the welfare Of the coming generation
as to undertake to live his life unto
himself alone. z = f5+s
OFT Body and Geo. Spang took two
loads Of wheat to Goodrich Saturday.
In leaving Phoenix, OFT in his desire
to abbreyiate the distance, took a
short cut across the townsite and
tore three boards off Spangs store,
upset barrel Of soft water, and Mrs.
Spang's. anticipations Of wash day.
The Arena Ghost Dancer. fearing
that he wouldn't be accepted as au-
thority on "solid" facts refers to.
Webster to prove that microbes are
immortal and have bones. He is GER
tainlyi in the bone business to, stay
and may be expected anytime to dis
play the crossbones on his letter
heads as q trade mark He only
mentioned our long face few times.
but it SO impressed him that he,
claims we were at his place looking
for items with a long face last week.
In our own district we're not In the
habit Of looking for items having Al
face, but are kept busy reporting the
events as fast as they happen and the
supply is about equal to the demand
Of late. 81
The stork is kept busy filling orders
for. new goods around here. Last
week a new hoy was left with Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Knowles and Harry IS
passing cigars around two ats d time,