Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-26
PHOENIX

week by not being able to go to town
often. But while wandering through
the neighborhood we tried to remem-
Der what we saw and part of what we
heard. Among other things we
noticed several new methods of agri-
culture brought here by new settlers
from different parts of the country.
Some tell us the best is intensified,
others have diversified. A few be-
lieve in formaldehyde and some fields
have been alkalied. But it is too
early yet to say who's lied.
Everyone seems to be busy at home.
We found that Chas. Bartlett is in
Bismarck riding on the street cars,
calling up central. etc., and it is TWEEN
ty-ive cents guess on when he will
return the proceeds to go to the base
ball funds
Next we saw the Piepkorn boys do
| ing a big stroke of business with two
four-horse outfits. Life is too short
to trv to find Harry Knowles and his
mules.
The cloud of dust which Howard
Gambs had up in the air was good
evidence that he was doing things to
his farm. Walter Gambs was pushing
things along as usual. He is one of
our heaviest farmers.
The next layout belonged to one
Mackey, who, it appeared, was on top
of the barn trying to bride a new
horse recently purchased. A glance
at the sun showed us time enough to
reach the rendezvous of John May,
about dinner time. He was trying to
impersonate the man behind the hoe,
and didn't see us in time to disappear
from our sight, but stood pat on his
reputation of being always at home
He is in partnership with Uncle Sam
in a real estate deal and is at home
now in the interest of his own part
OF the contract. Our next stop was in
Phoenix where we found Merchant
and Mrs. Spang busy unpacking and
placing upon the shelves a load of
new goods and contemplating the
good crops we are all expecting this
season. We also noticed Mrs. Nellie
Williams in town with load of
furniture for her home just outside of
the town limits.
On our way home we divided the
road with Thos. Dubois, also known
as "Doc," who has real estate inter
ests near the jungles of Twin lakes.
He will run herd on that range, and
is rounding up his saddle horses and
will do the cowboy act himself, while
his agricultural pursuits are being
conducted along scientific lines by
Ben Reed u i. 49,.
Professor Bowen secured the re-
llinquishment of homestead In Rich
land school district and went to Bis
marck Tuesday to file. This adds one
more family of the welcome class to
this community. Mrs. Bowen instead
Of Mr.. B., as stated before, is teaching
the Delaney school!
Pursuant to announcement a Sun
day school was organized at the
Phoenix school house and officers
elected. While waiting the arrival
of the minister several appropriate
hymns were rendered by the choir,
after which the opinion that the ex.
FOUNDER of the gospel had for some
inscrutable reason disappointed them
was unanimously adopted and the
meeting adjourned to next Sunday at
10 p. m.
y The coming event in social circles
} here will be an entertainment at the
} school house on Saturday evening,
, May 9th, for the benefit of the Sunday
) school. 1t is called dumb hard
} times social. The idea seems to be
| to impose fine for talking or wearing
good clothes on this occasion only
We expect to get through cheap our
/ self and for once in our life are g1aG
5 we are only one, and that this is moi
? leap year. But the women folks, al
5 rule, will go broke up against 6
proposition of this kind, and the fel
low with his best girl has our un
5 divided sympathy. st<s II
: A ball game is scheduled for Sun
day the 29th, between the Stark ami
Slaughter teams. The exhibition t.
5 take place near Andrews postoffiee.
r One evening recently, in respons.
Y to the women folks calling for help
v an excited crowd filed the air will
/ footsteps across Main street to Prairi,
i avenue, armed with brooms, gunny
:. sacks and cat, but Hanson release,
+ the cat upon discovering that tn,
9 ladies hadn't seen a mouse, but tina
l. the masculine leader OF the town her,
d had attacked a horse in old Mexic,
/ etyle. All the features of the aren,
e were seen and heard until finally
r few 0f fna hroract "A, -. =