The Dickinson press., 1906-07-07
COUNTY NEWS.
OAKpAle NEWS.

ueI WISH 10 minnesota.
The accidental drowning of Guy Kerr
in Knife river at Fayette has cast deep
sorrow over our whole community. He
was a single mar of about twenty-fsur
years of age, raised here and much es-
teemed, and left a large circle of friends
to mourn his untimely demise.
More land seekers are daily in evil
dence looking for homesteads or with a
view of securing holdings near the ia
nous Kildcer mountains.
The night Of June 27th will be remem-
bered as one of the stormiest Of the sea-
son. By daybreak Spring creek was
over its banks, a raging torrent, SO that
horses were obliged to swim IN crossing
the stream.
There are about 800 acres of land sown
and planted at the mountains and small
grain never looked better anywhere.
Corn is a little backward.
A. A. Licberbach and F. H. Lindsey
made a trip to Dickinson this week and
each came back with a load of freight.
John Johnson has returned from the
hospital at Dickinson, where he had been
laid up with a dislocated shoulder, the
result of a runaway.
VIM. Mitchell is laid up with fractured
ribs, the effects of a kick from a horse.
The dance at Layton Georges on June
29th was largely attended and all speak
in high praise of the bounteous hospi-
tally of MIR. George on that occasion.
Last winter, A. A. Liederbach formu-
lated a plan for improving the road be-
tween the Kildeer mountains and the
city of Dickinson. The residents about
the mountains and along the road were
to donate labor whereby the crossings at
the streams and draws were to be mac
adamized with rock, and some of the
business men at Dickinson were to sub
scribe funds sufficient to build a bridge
over Knife river at Mike Johnson's cross
ing. When the time came to go out
and do the work only one man besides
Mr.. Liederbaeh was ready to go forward
with his part of the work. This state of
affairs is %deplorable for each week brings
increased traffic between the mountains
and the city of Dickinson. AS the traffic
increases the bad places in the road get
steadily worse. At this time it is posi-.
lively unsafe for a man with a load OF
freight to start alone from Dickinson.
There should be at least two teams
together to mutually assist one another
over the bad places. Good roads would
be alike beneficial to this community
and Dickinson. However, little along
these lines will be accomplished until
Dunn county is organized and the work
of improving the roads is taken up sys.
tematically under a board of officers
whose duty is in part to look after and
improve the highways. AS it is, we have
no legal highways in Dunn county and
cannot have them until the county is or
gained. How long will the people Of
Dunn county continue to be satisfied
with this unsatisfactory condition OF
affairs?
Mrs. F. A. Little of Fayette visited
M. S. Cuskelly and wife Friday, and Sat.
urday they attended Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Curry's party.
Charles Bugbee went to Dickinson
with two teams for freight the past week
About 20 ladies went out horseback
riding and attended the ball game.
1t rained about an inch and a half on
Sunday and Monday of last week.
A party of IS people went to the Bad
Lands last Sunday. They took a de-
licious lunch, and in the afternoon Mr..
Wilcox took them for a ride in his new
ferry boat which he uses to help people
across the Little Missouri river.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Curry entertained
about 40 of their friends Saturday after.
noon in honor of their sister and aunt
from Minneapolis. After a delicious
lunch five hundred was played. Mrs. F,
A. Little of Fayette won the prize. The
rooms were prettily decorated with wild
roses and pansies.
A load of landmen came out from Hay.
field, Minnesota, but the weather was toe
cool and the mosquitoes too thick to suit
them and they returned home.
Mr.. Leonard Of Marinette, Ohio, came
on the stage Friday to visit Nelson Chris.
tenson at the ranch. They are old col.
lege chums.
George Hayes has just returned from
Dickinson with a load of freight for the
Cuskelly Bros general store.
On the morning Of June 10, Edward
Cuskelly was awakened by hearing a
coyote yell. He did not have a chance
to shoot the animal and the next morning
at 3 o'clock he arose and waited until the
coyote returned and shot him through