The Dickinson press., 1909-11-27
New ENGLAND

J. L. Chard has a big auction sale
advertised for Saturday, November ~.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Strehlow left Satur-
day for Winona, Mimi, where they will
spend the holidays with relatives.
James 3. johnson left the first of the
week for Moorhead, Mimi. where he
will visit until after the holidays.
Miss Elfrida Mortenson of Sioux Falls,
S. D., is spending a couple of months at
the home of her brother, c. E. Mortehson.
Miss Frances Wirtz has resumed
teaching in the Slower school after an
enforced vacation on account of illness.
Mrs. Anne Harrison has her new
house in the northwestern part of town
well under way. o. L. Buttedahl is doing
the work.
Charles Anderson and Ernest Linnell
of Desart expect to leave next week for
Schafer, Mimi, to spend Christmas with
relatives.
Asa Gardner has fitted up a part Of
the storeroom adjoining his store for a
barber shop to lie occupied by Harvey
johnson.
B.H. Crawford. MANAGER of the Mandan
Mercantile Co. at Dickinson, was look
ing after his company's interest in this
vicinity recently.
W.T.. Williams has rented Gardner
Bros pool hall and has already taken
possession. Mr.. Williams has made
quite a few improvements and is enjoy
ing good patronage.
The Dubesar school north of town open
ed this week with Mrs. P. A. Beck as
teacher. MI. Beck is driving the New
England-Dickinson stage and Mrs.
Beck will make the trips to and from
the school on the stage.
F. B. Bayman has been marketing
some of his whea, at the local elevator.
He threshed 1870 bushels of wheat
early in the fall and still has quite an
amount not threshed. He had II acres
of hard wheat that averaged as near as
he can figure 31H bushels to the acre.
Peter Braun of Dickinson was in tow
for a short time. Mr.. Braun made his
headquarters at the Mckenzie hotel and
remarked that when he was held up at
this town three, days on account of a
blizzard eight years ago last week he
lost a bunch of 1 800 sheep at his ranch.
Ernest Linnell raised over 2. 500 BUSH
els Of grain. on his homestead neal
Desart. A part of his 900 bushels of
flax has been marketed in Scranton but
he may decide 10 haul here as Wednes-
days price of ST. 48 per bushel looked
good to him.
Fred Gabber twas in New England the
past week looking after the sale of lots
in Gabbert's addition. He reports that
out of the 7 full blocks recently plated
only 2 lots remain unsold. He has made
arrangements to plat another row of 7
blocks just east of his first addition.
Miss Florence and Arthur Crumb re-
Gently returned to the home of their
mother, Mrs. c. H. Crumb, after spend
ing about two years IN Halbrit. Sask.,
Canada. Arthur intends to leave soon
for Daleview. Mont. where his brother,
Oscar Crumb. is located.
George E. Slower raised 1923 bushels of
flax on 21H acres of land on his farm
this year and CAS- bushes of oats on IA
acres of ground sowed June ii and IS.
His 43 acres of wheat threshed out 1876
bushels on the No. / article. He has
good reason to feel satisfied.
A. G. Anderson is one of the happiest
farmers in this part of the country and
he has good reason to feel satisfied with
his years work. He raised 1, 500 bushels
of wheat that averaged 80 bushels to the
acre. 289 bushels of flax that averaged
better than 10 bushels and about CSC
bushels of oats that averaged around SC
bushes to the acre. Two years ago Mr..
Anderson was burned out, losing his
teams and putting him in hard circum.
stances. However, he kept on working
and has overcome his losses and with
this crop is quite.a little to the GOOD.
Herman Schobinger has been taking
advantage of short hauls to market 8
portion of his grain at the Columbis
elevator. Mr.. Schobineer lives just
south of town and does not consider it
hard days work to haul four loads oil
grain to market. He holds the record sc
far for the largest check for one days
hauling.
Herstein & Strang are selling land
every week and have sold II quarter
sections in the past ten days. Among
the new sales are a half section t VIC.
Mckenzie; a quarter section each tt
Barney Kaiser, Fred Hendry and William
CLANCY, who live in the country east,
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