The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1906-08-24

D. E. Mcclellan leaves here about the
first of next month for an extended
Eastern trip.
The Rev. Nelson Ellsworth of Minot
will conduct Episcopal services in the
Presbyterian church on Sunday, Aug.
Is, at 3 o'clock p. m.
R. B. Burger & Co. on Monday ship
ped out to Mohall from here complete
Nichols & Shepard threshing rig (Red
River Specially, which they had sold to
parties at that place.
The Tribune has for sale some of the
best farms in this section of country,
and they will be sold fright. Anyone
looking for desirable, farm home at a
fair price will do we'll to see us before
closing a deal with others.
On Saturday last S. o. johnson pick
ed large envelope up on the street
which, on examination, was found to
contain some land office papers belong
ing to Theo. P. Niest. The were left
at The Tribune office to await call of
the owner.
H. O. Breckenridge, Of Big Stone
City, S. D., and E. Talcott, of Twin
Brooks, S. D., called on A. w. Movius,
their old friend, last Friday, with their
Cadillac auto, travelling all over Ward
county, and went from here across the
bridge to Tolley.
Deputy Postmaster VIM. Sadlier en-
loved a well-earned vacation of a few
days this week. He has been in the
Bowbells postoffice for two years and
two months, and during that time he
has never been sick day and enjoyed
a lay-off of only one day during that
period.
R. F. Migge last week erected a
standard windmill in the pasture where
he keeps his beef stock and add his
testimony to that of all others having
had the same experience with cattle,
that an abundance of water before the
stock at all times makes a wonderful
difference in their thrift.
Tom Stagg tells us that he and Rev.
Faucet had the time of their lives trying
to hold down his claim shack during the
wind storm one night last week, and he
believes that had it not been for the
fervent prayer of the reverend visitor
both would now at least be nussing
broken heads or broken limbs, if not
suthin' wuss.
A good old mother, speaking for her
daughter, who was recently married,
asks The Tribune if woman who takes
homestead and holds it for two years,
then gets married, can prove up on the
land if she lives on it few days every
six months? We think not. Our un-
derstanding is that the residence must
be bonafide one.
Jake Helgeson came to town last Fri
day with pair Of three-year-old colts
of his own raising that attracted con-
siderable attention among horsemen.
Each weighs about 1900 pounds, cream
colored, and matched to nicely. The
animals had been hitched up but twice
before, and they drove together and
stood hitched in the street like old
timers in the harness.
Chief Day says he is going to propose
that the city council authorize him to
make transgressors of the city ordi-
nances work on the streets, and if they
refuse to take hold and work as they
should, deny them sirloin steak and
mushrooms for dinner and deprive them
of the usual quote of raspberries and
cocoanut layer cake for desert. Art
thinks these latter structures on the
regular bill will serve to make good
citizens of 'em.
Zeph Langton, a well-to-do farmer
from the vicinity of Sparta, Wis.,, came
in from the hills country on Friday last
and took the train from here going east
that night. He had been hereabout for
two weeks looking over the country,
and so favorably impressed had he be-
come with appearances that he conclud-
ed to move here with his family as soon
as he can make disposition Of his Wis
consin property. Mr.. L. informed The
Tribune that during his stay here he
had met an old friend, now holding
down a claim this side of the hills, who
told him that he had made more head
way toward gaining competency dur
ing the three years he had been here
than he could have hoped to do in Is
years back in the old Wisconsin home
and his surroundings were a sufficient
verification of the assertion, thought
Mr.: L
Oscar Kalberg, who left here for the
west over two years ago, returned last
Friday and reported at The Tribune Of
flee. He has of late been working on
an irrigation ditch in Montana, where
he informed us that the business of
ranching is being rapidly superseded by
the most profitable kind of grain and
truck farming, the great success of
which has been made possible by the ir-
rigation bitches, rendering droughts
out Of the question with an abundant
water supply ever at hand to be had
for the simple trouble Of turning it
onto the land whenever the farmer