The Oakes times., 1910-07-14

Miss Emily Covert is assistant nurs &
at the Oakes hospital.
Peter Bong left yesterday for Valley
City and Spiritwood Lake for 4 ten
days outing.
j. A. Donnelly is attending court at
Glendale a. juror.
Misses Hilda Huffman and Margaret
johnson are back from attending sum-
mer school at Glendale.
Mrs. ]. F. Nichols, Miss Savold and
Miss Ina Denning are back from Clith-
eral.
Miss Lillian Mccarthy, of Duluth.
arrived Friday evening and is guest
at the Newton home.
Mrs. Theo. Kartes and daughter left
Tuesday for Fargo and from there will
go to Arthur for a further visit.
Miss Void returne d Tuesday from a
visit at her home in Valley City, and
Miss Meldahl left for there next day on
her vacation.
]. E. Bunday and Miss 10. Peterson
left yesterday morning by train to join
the campers at Clitheral.
D. D. Sullivan, Optical Specialist,
will again visit Oakes Monday, July
25th. All persons having defective
eyes or needing their glasses changed
or renewed, should call and see him.
Office at Hotel.
R. P. Huffman arrived home Monday
from Weymouth, Ohio, where he went
to see his father, who is in rather
feeble health. His father is now "a
years Of age and is still able to get
around very we'll for one of his age.
The trouble lies in the kidneys.
Editor G. A. Jordan of Cogswell
passed through the city yesterday on
his way home from Fargo where he
went with bunch of snootists by auto
to take in the state shoot. Charley is
a hard worker at the newspaper bust.
ness and can take very little time of
for pleasure.
Miss Clara Pugh of DesMoines, Iowa,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. S. B. Doty.
Miss Pugh is principal of the High
School Of Sheldon, Iowa, and one of
the state board of examiners at Des-
Moines. She will return to DesMoines
the first Of next month, in time for the
August examination.
Miss Bessie Bong, who graduated
from the Duluth Central High School,
and her sisters, Misses Viola and
Catherine, who had been visiting there
arrived in the city Wednesday night of
last week and have been visiting with
their relatives and friends. Mrs. Bong
has been at Duluth from Valley City,
but last Saturday came as far as Min.
neapolis on her way home.
A. F. Klein took an auto load out to
the farm home of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. l..
Wicklund, near Gwinner, last Sunday.
In the party were Miss Anna Denning,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Heckel and their
friend, Miss Schilling of Mortified,
MINI. Mr.. Heckel said there were
some good crops but in that neighbor-
hood, but that bad hail storm had
struck in through there last week.
This section of the country was visit
ed yesterday by the finest rain that
has fallen in two months. The rain
appeared to be general and during the
several hours downpour the streets
were flooded with water. This will in
sure splendid crops Of corn and flax,
and will make wheat solid kernel.
The thing to do now is to see that there
will be feed to carry the stock through
the winter.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the M. E. church has sent
missionary box to the girls school at
Kucheng, China. This is the first Of
fering ever sent from this city to a
foreign field. The ladies want to thank
the business men of Oakes for the
articles they contributed, and Mr..
Bergenthal, the 500 agent, for secur-
ing free transportation for the box far
as Chicago.
Judge w. S. Lauder of Wahpeton
was in the city Saturday on his way to
Glendale to attend court. The. Judge
made splendid canvass of the state
for the progressive republican ticket.
He said he did not expect to get the
nomination himself. Did not care
particularly as he could not afford to
go to Washington. But he was inter-
ested in the success of the progressive
movement and was willing to give his
time and money to the cause.
Miss Minnie Eaton has been elected
to position in the Fullerton schools
at salary of $50 month. She is a
most excellent teacher, careful, thor
ough and paintaking in every respect
and her discipline is of the highest
class. Her success in the school work
at Oakes is known to all and thorough
ly approved and appreciated by all
patrons who are Interested in the
school. Fullerton has made no mistake
in securing her for an instructor in the
school. if thew want work done