The Dickinson press., 1907-03-02
SOUTHERN. HE1INetR wv

SOUTHERN hEtlIN6ER NEWS.
Mike Mischief and Tony Weller are
taking advantage of the. three months
leave of absence. III r.
Mrs. Haggerty, whose claim is a. few
miles westEof Rogers. ranch, is teaching
music at the Rogers home.
A.. M. Glider and family. Of Lidger-
wood arrivedghere last weekto$ take up
their residence on the homestead.
Clyde Bobb recently sustained his
reputation as a broncho rider by success
fully riding a "bad one" at Mott for a
purse OF $40. i,,; ,,t} .N2e,s. sou:
Gus Eklund, ]. Wesley, Hindley and
Albert Thario were in Dickinson last
week in reference to a contest case for a
quarter in 1904.
Theteqord of the U. s.. weather bureau
station at Good Luck homestead in 12o.
q, shows that the lowest temperature
this winter was 20 degrees below zero.
James Little, the horse rancher, is ex.
pected to return to his ranch near the
state line some time in; March. He has
been spending the winter at his upper
ranch neal Gladstone.
We understand that a p~ostofiee has
been allowed.and will. soon be installed
at Charley Giistrap's place on 33-12o-o3.
T.R. Sarver of Twin Buttes will be
postmaster and Alonzo. Marshall deputy.
Mail service between Richardton and
Mott will be daily again after April 1st.
Constant improvement is being obtained
each month. Four new postofices have
been established in Hetttinger county.
Stock on the range in Hettinger coun.
ty has come through the winter with
practically nc loss at all. While the
snow was drifted badly in places there
was always plenty of grass on the side
hills available.
John Robinson, the homesteader from
Minnesota who was unfortunate enough
to freeze his foot while driving during
the night several. weeks ago, is getting
along nicely. He has been doing his
own hauling lately.
When the ,,homeseekers' excursion
rates go into effect next week the rush
of land seekers. will be resumed, prob
ably greater than ever. The leading
land company Of the county is making
special preparation to care for its bust
ness.
Work on the new building of the
Mott State Bank will be commenced
in a few days. Cashier Truesdale re-
ports that the outlook for business is
highly gratifying. President w. c..
Ladage will arrive from his former
home at Grundy Center, Iowa, about
March 10th.
Hay is not so scarce along the state
line as was expected. Jacob Barth,
Mike Mischief, A. A. Zimmerman, Chas.
Zerbock, Chas. and Will Evans and
others have had more or less to sell and
the supply is no yet exhausted. Prices
range from S. to 50 per ton in the stack.
Nobody in this section has been in
distress for lack of coal. Most of the
ranchers and the homesteaders who
came in last fall we're provident enough
to lay in an ample supply before bad
weather set in and there has been oppor-
tunity for others to get all they needed.
Considerable nursery stock has been
sold in Hettinger county Tor this springs
planting. The fact rs that the pioneers
who have undertaken the development
of this empire of sunshine, happiness
and prosperity will leave undone no act
that will accrue to the welfare of the
people and their homes. as
Miss Kate Adam. one of the successful
teachers of Barnes county before coming
here, is tutoring a few pupils at her
home: When the weather permits the
attendance of more pupils it is expected
that a private school will be organized
so that all the children of the neighbor-
hood may receive instruction.
III. Ol.z- Ls1<L-so 49, II,..a- 1.1kl-
ers, John Lien and Peter Oien, who came
from the same vicinity in La Moure
county and have claims near each other
in 1904, expect to break and put into
crops from 50 to 100 acres apiece. That
will make a big improvement for the
township.
The statistics of the U. S. weather
bureau at Bismarck show that Hettinger
county has had the mildest climate of
any section of the whole state. The
average temperature for the whole
month of, January at Good Luck home
stead, on the survey of the new Milwau-
kee railroad, G. L.,Hurd, observer, was
Id degrees above zero.
Business houses along the N. P. are
making preparations to care for the
enormous business which the spring
season is to witness. Contrary Il usual
conditions in a new country there seems
to be general disposition among the
business houses to keep prices just as
low as possible instead of mulcting the
new Corners of exorbitant profits.
The bachelors of 1908 have organ
lied a club with Chas. Evans president,
and Chas. Gilstrap secretary and treas
urer. This club is exactly the reverse of
most bachelor organizations. The con-
.stitution of this society demands a for
felt of $50, besides supper for the club
from each member who fails to marry
by September /, 1907, OF present cor
vincing evidence that he has made a
bona 6de effort to inveigle some lady
matrimony.