Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-14

Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 13.-Mr. and
Mrs. F. A. Little and Mrs. harrington
had an experience the night of the hail
storm that they will not forget right
away. They were driving out to Fay
cite and a mile or so this side Of
Green river they seemed to get into
he very thickest of the storm. There
was no farm house near and Mr.. Lit
tie saw that they were in for it and
unhitched. The neckyoke was wired
to the pole and before he could get
the horses entirely loose they became
frightened by the roar Of the storm
and the pelting of hail stones and
started to run. Mr.. Little had one rein
and managed to keep the animals cir
cling so that they did not get away
from him. The ladies were out of the
wagon and were protecting their heads
and shoulders as best they could with
blankets, but they had many black
and blue spots as result of the hall
stones. Mr.. Little lost his hat and his
head was a sorry sight. His hands
were also bruised and bleeding as
result Of the unusual storm. After 1t
was all over they drove to the John
Fisher home, where they got dry cloth
ing. Mr.. Little has been in the coun-
try for a good many years, and he
says that he never in all his life saw
anything like this storm.
John Salafy of Kiskosos, Hungary,
was at the Dickinson experiment sta
ton on Saturday and Sunday studying
conditions of dry farm and plant breed
ing. Mr.. Salafy is the director of q
6O,00O:acre estate in Hungary, and it
was through United States govern.
ment officials that he was directed to
visit the Dickinson station. He went
from here to Billings.
This week threshing is in full blast
at the Dickinson experiment station.
The yield for Girke Fife wheat on
land cropped with corn last season is
271-2 bushels to the acre, or about
IS per cent of last years yield. The
same variety of wheat sown on Stub
BILE yielded twenty bushels to the acre.
A little winter wheat >threshed at the
station shows yield Of twenty bush
els to the acre.
Thursday afternoon Postmaster w.
c. Mckenzie of New England under
went an operation for appendicitis. Mr..
Mckenzie had been i'll and under the
care of physicians all the week, and
on Thursday Drs. Bowen and Perkins
were called to New England to consult
with DR.. Stribling regarding the case,
and it was found necessary to operate
at once.
Joe Lawler and Edmund Motters'
head were up from Richardton on Mon
day. Mr.. Lawler, as president of the
Lawler Live Stock company, recently
closed a deal for the sale of 1900
acres of land in Mckenzie county to
Farwell Bros, J. M. Weaver of the
1O1 ranch, Cunningham Bros. and Judge
Mason, all residents Of the county in
which the land is situated. The COM
pany had previously sold 5000 acres
and they still have 10000 or $4,000
block of those railroad selections Sc.
cured last spring.
Henry Tyler was at the Dickinson
United States land Office on Monday
to perfect claim to eighty acres of coal
land two miles north of Halliday. The
land has a five-foot vein Of coal and
good spring and Mr.. Tyler thought
that he would chance SO per acre on
it anyway. Ten years ago he did not
have much thought of buying land, but
he sees his mistake now.