Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-07-19
Phoenix

the collar over the weather we were
having, but this week we are keep
ing cool' about it.
T. c. Tees and Frank Bailey are
hauling fence posts and building
material from the Missouri river.
Mr.. Tees is adding blacksmith
shop to his improved farm ranch and
is one of our progressive citizens of
the calibre that aids materially in
building up com nunity, and his
home and surroundings in pire us
to inquire of him .shas your mother
any more like YOU" If so, we want
them, too.
a few neighbors were entertained
by Mr.. and Mrs. Bay Nichols last
Tuesday evening. Card playing was
the feature of the evening followed
with refreshments which were a fit
ting accompaniment to the unusually
warm weather at that time.
Haying has become general around
here and through the prairie fire dis
trict is a scarce article and will
require considerable scraping and
perhaps scrapping to get hay enough.
The climax of festivity was ap-
preached last Thursday evening
when a large number of invited
guests gathered at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Gambs. The
festal ball was set in motion by ar
ranging seven tables around which
gathered the mirthful manipulators
of the cardboard in numerical order
as denoted by tag attached to each
player. In the progress of the
game each winner received a punch
in the cfeck-not the cheek. Con-
siderable partially was shown by
the hand of fate in leading the lucky
ones along at pace inclined to
make the less progressive ones look
like ttwo spots" At the close of the
contest they all "passed in their
checks" and the perforations con-
tanned therein showed tie for first
when cut for high card decided
Ora May to be the winner while the
"booby" prize, package of ~ihewing
gum, fell into the hands and jaws
of little Helen. Refreshments con-
sisting of ice cream and cake were
next in order of events. Here a
| more uniform talent was seen and
the opportunity for cheating re-
| duced by the inconvenience of Slip
| ping an extra deal up the sieve. The
only evidence of fraudulent propensi-
ties being the uncongerial sensation
expressed by Mackey regarding the
internal mechanism of his anatomy
The spacious parlor was now cleared
of all superfiuous furniture while
Walt May regulated the keynote OF
his violin to harmonic with the
proper pitch Of the piano and the
| "whirl' was on. The entire event
was one where actions and words
We'd with each other in expressing
the pleasure Of the evening reaching
the verdict that "entertained by thu
Gambs" is synonymous of "a genuine
enjoyment" - 5<>*
The ball game last Saturday be.
tween Goodrich and the 'tassocia
ton" team here, was the same ole
thing in the same old way. A picnic
had been advertised for and the
ladies responded as usual and The
picnic was a grand success, every
thing needed for sumptuous feas
seemed to be right there-serve un
der large tent, around which
huddled a large multitude will
whetted appetites and their ternpera
Il ture away below comfort. AS soon a
admittance was allowed the tent wa
/ filled and the consumers filled thei
storage capacity and walked out 8
able, otherwise they rolled out unde
the canvas. After they were all o.
Ao1i 'ASSa SIuCyE IEtlICu W Tie Jail OAR
under the strain Of .sjust before til
battle" During the first half Of th
engagement the home team hal tn
game their own way, then the othe
fellows got hold OF It and wouldni
give it up till they had run clear owe
our score and part of our player,
The tent was then thought of as !
hospital and a retinue of nurses volur
teered by the ladies, but after til
wounded were laid out and counted
4 was decided to let Goodrich keep til
score and the association" loaded Il
Il the scripples and went home. $89.
q That Calico ball at the home 4
Mrs. Gillette Saturday evening was
brilliant jubilee as yet unsurpassed i
this vicinity. Besides the usui
i neighborhood attendance, the entir
population Of Phoenix and Star
turned out Whether the title n
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