The Oakes times., 1910-05-12

sick the past week.
Harry Evans, Of Evansville. ILL, is
sick at the Samaritan Hospital.
A son was born on Monday to Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Booth.
Mrs. ]. w. Dakin of Minor had a
small operation performed by DR..
Ryder Monday.
Doctor M. E. Gale went to Fargo
Tuesday to attend the state dental con-
ventlon. n
Born, on Tuesday, ten and half
pound son to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Zim-
bleman of Fullerton.
Mrs. j. w. Bush returned Wednes-
day from very successful trip to Lis
bon with the Thurman Vacuum cleaner.
Dick Middaugh is home from
weeks business trip to Minnesota
and tells, incidently, of some great pike
fishing he enjoyed.
Waldron Bush came over from the
Nj for last Sunday and took his moth
er back in their car to spend the week
in Glendale.
Mrs. j. w. Filshie, Mrs. w. T.
Brown, Mrs. E. j. Walton and Mrs.
H. c. Mccartney were at Aberdeen
the first of the week.
The Social Circle will be entertained
at the Rugtiv home by Mrs. Leo
Wagner and Mrs. w. B. Walker,
Thursday afternoon May 18th.
The Woman's Club will meet with
Mrs. C. M. Stevens next week Thursday
afternoon. Roll call will be current
events and the lesson will be chapters
26 and q.
Saturday, May 21st, special spring
sale Of ladies' and misses tailor made
suits, coats, capes, dresses, waists and
skirts. Large high-class stock, from
we'll known eastern house, to select
from on this date at Klein & Sutmar's.
Chris. Gorder, father of P. c., once
of Oakes and now of Devils Lake, was
in Oakes Monday on his way to Mime
apolis. He is engaged in bridge con-
struction and completed a contract at
Rudolph, South Dakota.
B. G. McElroy, foreman on the Ma
poleon Homestead, made this Office a
brief but pleasant call last Friday
while passing through on his way to
Milwaukee for a we'll earned vacation.
He reports things lively and prosperous
in the Napoleon country.
John and Jimmie Mahoney returned
last week from Portland, Oregon. They
have been gone from Oakes about four
and one-half years. They give a goot
report of that city and found wage!
good and work plenty, but are glad K
get back in North Dakota again.
/ M. ]. Tormey, agent for the D. C.
Heath Company, text book publish
ers, was a pleasant visitor at this Of
flee Tuesday. He does not appear neal
as dangerous at close range as at tht
other end of the telephone line at Ell
lendale. He appears to be quite I
pleasant gentleman.
Il Dave and Pste Brennan dug out fou,
wolf pups and brought them to tow
Monday. They were objects Of con
siderable interest, little grey fellows
only few days old, with noses mucl
sharper than dog puppies. Prairi,
! wolves are easily domesticated ant
!. make smart pets but are apt to become
cross and treacherous when grown.
I Ed. A. Smith and Tom Lower aspir.
to the potato kingship of this countr,
and will put in 40 acres south Of the
500 track. Tom has invented potato
cutter that runs by the power of th.
hotel engine. It looks like q cross be
tween an artesian we'll rig and safety
razor, but it does the business and doel
it rapidly.
\ Mrs. w. A. Pannebaker returned
Monday afternoon from Seattle, Wash.
where she was called by the sudden
death Of her sister. Mrs. Jessie Burke
Mr.. Burke's whereabouts are un
known, his wife believed him dead ant
she was caring for her children and
making living by nursing. Mrs
Pannebaker brought the children bacl
with her, girl Of nine years and {
boy Of thirteen months.
i If the comet does not hit the oil
earth next Wednesday Henry Marsh ii
planning new way of keeping ant
raising potatoes. Hereafter he doel
not intend to dig the spuds in the fal
at all. What's the use anyhow! He
is now digging his last years crop o.
potatoes in the garden, and is having
them served on the table every day
!. He does not even have to plant thil
years crop as the old ones are through
the sod and still climbing.
4 Missing the train will soon be a los
art. It has been said that time, It'd,
and the 500 train wait for no man
Well, they don't have to any more. 1
you are delayed with your toilet be
cause the vacuum cleaner has swallowe'
4 all your collar buttons and the 500 O.
# any other old train gets a few mile
II the start of YOU don't get excited O