The Dickinson press., 1909-10-30
New England

w. T. Loomis has been having some
made on his house.
VIC. Bleck was In from the Rainy
Butte country Tuesday.
A son was born October 10th to MI,
and Mrs. George CLARK. who live in the
Bad Lands .noethwest Of Midway,
Miss Addie Ware Is planning to have
Halloween social at her school oh
ftidaysnisht, October ~ ne miles sa5t
town. |
Frank Gray, who has been at work
near Courtenay, returned
home last week and is on his claim, 3
miles south Of town.
Tom Leo returned last week from de
fields in the eastetn part Of tie
state and is working on the Columbia
elevator. S. /.
George Vail, who has been threading
near H~annafold., N. D.. for q couple Of
months, returned here the first Of tie
week and has Joined Contractor Bee
mans forces.
John Ehrmantraut recently sold SO
head of cattle toHJ. o. German for SIS
per head. IS calves being thrown III.
MI. German will run them with his
bunch on the old Jack Hanley ranch On
the Little Missouri.
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W. F. Kramer. is we'll up toward The
head Of the list of big farmers in this:
locality. This fall he threshed over
5000 bushels, oats g and fan II
bushels to the acre. i 80. +:
Harry French, who has been in New
England for.the past month visiting with
relatives left last week for LaMoure.
He has decided to locate permanently
near New England and has gone back
to get his things in shape to nov out
here. ~ , ~
Peter Weber sent two teams to Dick
inson the first of the week and upon
their return they brought lumber for a
new house that John C. Edens, q new
arrival from Illinois. is to build ON the
Henry Martin homestead a few miles
northwest of town.
W. S. Gallup has pIowed 30 acres this
fall. The past week he sold a pale of
horses to Ludwig Jinsin and another
pair to Peter Hanson. MI. Gallup had
100 acres in crop the past season. and
he raised z. 200 bushels Of grain. His
wheat averaged % bushels. oats 55ssJEil
Espeltz IS bushels, to the acre. .lIfs is
we'll satisfied with his summers iWsINgk..
H. F. Beeman is doing a moving Bbalsi-
ness in town this week. He started in
by moving Asa Gardner & Co. 'snneat
market to block IA in the new townsite
and followed it up by putting thesice
cream parlor on a lot opposite il ,block
is. Before the end of the week he
poets to move in all ii buildingssssbe-
longing to Asa Gardner, o. L. Buttedal
and others. e~s; Isl.
Henry Leonard made a business trip
into the Bad Lands The latter part of
last week. he a ACCOMPANIED by
John Connolly, who went along tossee
the sights. They enjoyed the hospitality
of C. E. Everett at his home in the
forest reserve and we're also entertained
at the Logging camp and the Geo. Clark
ranches. ,,s i
Nick and Joe Nicholas had an ex,cit-
ing time Friday night. While returning
from Dickinson where they he'd been
with grain, Joe's. team became fright
ened at an automobile and ran. The
lines broke and the team was making a
record run when the neck yoke broke
and let the pole down. After blowing
up. 100 acres with the pole the team was
finally stopped. damages repaired and
the journey home, made in safety.
Postmaster James Hume of Hume was
in. town: Saturday,. returning from a ,,bb6sii-
ness trip to Dickinson. MI. Hume
came from Wisconsin three years aeu
and has made.a fine showing, at his
homestead southwest Of town. He is
perfectly satisfied with the.s. countrys; but
has the general complaint Of too SMALL .
granary for this years crop.
James Elliott's farming operations
the past year will make: some of the
people sit up and. take notice. He has
finished threshing 3, 600 bushels of oats
that averaged from As to50f bushels,
|, 400 bushels of wheat that went Is
bushels and 500 bushels of flax that
averaged from IL to is bushels per acre.
He also has 400 bushels of potatoes in
his cellar and had over 60 acres of fall
plowins DONE Not a bad stunt for one
man. y, /.
c. E. Everett was in from his home
in the forest reserve last week for sup
plies. Miss Cassie Parker accompanied
him on the trip. Miss Parker has re-