The Dickinson press., 1908-11-14
Taylor

Clayton Hill from Mary was here on
business Tuesday.
Otto Hennings from Dickinson spent
Sunday in Taylor.
Henry Hecht has gone out to his home
stead for the winter.
The Indians were in after a load of
supplies last Monday.
Louis Berg is suffering with blood
poisoning in his left hand.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hanks from Halli-
day had business in Taylor Monday.
Some clever sharks claim to have
found some easy picking in Taylor.
Peter Heart from Rocksprine was
~transacting business in Taylor Tuesday.
Supt. RAIDER attended the meeting CT
the board of schools directors at Taylor
last Monday
Harry Willis left for Horswill last
Tuesday for a short visit with his BROTH
er, Jim Willis. ~,
County Auditor and Mrs. T. Leroy
Evans from Manning visited at Silver
nails Tuesday. ~
Hans Helmer, Mrs. Knud Knudson,
Miss Mile Knudson and Miss Myrtle
Baker were Dickinson callers Tuesday.
Mrs. Ringberg left Tuesday for Wash
ington, where she expects to spend the
winter with her daughter, Mrs. Halvor
Jensen. 10 7i'i'7
On Saturday Dave Benzie left for an
extended visit with his sisters, Mrs.
August ~Luckensmier, in Mason City and
Mrs. Hedding in Kendall, Wis.
Miss Martha Rothchild left Tuesday
for her home near Melby, having COM
pleted her work at Mrs. Schmidt. Miss
Lowe from Hettinger succeeded her.
X. T. Eiken went to Bismarck Tues
day, where Mrs. Eiken was operated on
for gall stones that day.. Her many
friends will be pleased to learn that she
is getting along very nicely.
The Norwegian Lutheran Ladies Aid
society held its annual fair at the home
of Capt. Siverts last Friday night.
There was a large display of fancy arti-
cles and everything was sold at a reason
able price. The ladies netted $1O6,
which included the supper served.
Knute Stagner, who has a fine farm
about 6 miles south of town. recently
finished threshing and has a good report
to make for his seasons work. He
raised 2. 900 bushels of wheat that aver
aged from 10 to 26 bushels to the acre
and I, 1000 bushels of oats that went bet
ter than IS bushels to the acre. The
quality of his grain is fine and he is
we'll satisfied with the prices this fall.
F. N. Corwin, who lives IL miles
northwest of town. reports good crops on
a small acreage the past year. His
wheat went better than Is bushels and
oats averaged over 30 bushels to the acre
His place is located just a fair distance
from town and he intends to farm more
extensively another year.
At about 80 Saturday afternoon,
just as the masons were ready to put up
the last course of brick on the front of
the new store building, five OF six
courses of the nice facing brick pitched
into the street. In a few hours the NOR
tar would have been thoroughly set and
there would have been no trouble. For
tunately nobody was hurt but it required
full day to make good the repairs.
F. Westmeyer of Melby was in=.with
grain last Saturday. He reports very
good returns for the amount of AaE1ning
done this year and is satisfied with the
price for grain. 1t took Mr.. Westmeyer
IL. hours on the road with q good heavy
team and he thinks these long hauls
are a little too strenuous. The people
in his part of Dunn county u %anxiously
awaiting the new railroad and a grain
market nearer home. .~.~a.4,oa.
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W. C Henry and son, Raymond, drove
in from the country 40 miles north to
market grain last Saturday. They
hauled in a 2 and 4-horse load of flax
that brought 81. IS per bushel at the
elevator. MI. Henry is one of the new
farmers in the country north and thinks
that it pays. to farm at the present high
prices. This year he raised $50 bushels
of wheat, 225 of fax and ATS bushels
of oats. Mr.. Henry will farm on a
much larger scale next year.
About 20 people from Taylor went
down to Hebron last Sunday to attend the
dedication of the new German Evane ell
ical church.
At the home of Mrs. Lena Schmidt
last Friday evening Miss Dora Schmidt
rendered a very pleasant surprise party
to Miss Inez Fixen, who left Sunday for
her home on Knife river. The dining
room was cleared for the occasion and
dancing was enjoyed until the small