Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-05-27
Burkey Correspondence
Crowded out last week.

Crowded out last week.
From our Burkey correspond
nt.-Francis Steinman was quite
badly scalded last Saturday. While
loosening the cover of pot of
coffee boiling on the stove the lid
flew off and the escaping steam
struck him in the face. which was
badly scaled, one eye being en-
dangered.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Page pleas
antly entertained a company of
their friends last Sunday, it be-
ing their wedding anniversary.
Frank Burbridge made a short
visit at home last week, return
ing to Baker again the first of this
week.
John L. Denton has gone to Cam
ada and expects to take up land
there.
Otto Petersilie's team ran away
the day of T. Rodgers sale, throw
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Petersilie out
and demolishing the buggy. Mrs.
P. has been quite i'll since the
accident. The horses were found
several days later caught in a
wire fence east of their place and
badly cut up. Mr.. P. went to
Beach Saturday to consult ply
; stefan in regard to his wife's in
jury.
John Thill is adjoining his farm
with a large-sized new barn.
The evidences of property are to
be seen on every hand in the Col
den Valley. And the most delightful
rain which fell Saturday and Sum-
, day has caused the farmers to put
on their broadcast smile.
} Henry Bucks, who has been do
ing breaking for F. j. Snow and
w. Page. broke down and was COM
PEELED to lay up until repairs could
be obtained.
Burkey is on the boom. Sew
eral houses are being built and the
newspaper plant is being install.
led.
From our Burkey correspondent.
! Mr.. add Mrs. w. H. Hunck
q entertained few friends Sunday.
Owing to the inclement weather
so ne were Obliged to be absent,
/, much to their disappointment.
> Those present report a very en-.
> joyable time.
! Albert Lick, who has been work.
:, ing for Henry Buck. received the
= sad news that his sister could not
live and left for Faribault. Mimi,
i Thursday. Two of the family have
: died since Xmas and this sister
= will make three. tuberculosis j:
: the cause of their deaths.
= Henry Bares had his hand badly
= bruised on the engine last week
- Wallace Page sold COW to R. O.
Tangen of Beach recently and de
livered it Friday.
Mrs. Otto Petersilie ismuch i'm
+ proved in health since our las
= writing.
s A game of ball was played OF
: the Burkey diamond Sunday
g Williams creek against a PICKUP
e from Burkey. Williams creek VOL
$ the game by two scores.
l. Frank Nol took grain to Beacl
n Friday with his gasoline engine
,. returning with loads Of machiner.
a Saturday.
10 T. j. Rodgers and Joe Fische
% were transacting business a
1T Beach Wednesday.
- There was large congregatio
at mass Sunday.
/; The fields are teing broken S
- that mail man Cusick is com
~, PEELED to take a new route. H
=, - says he expects to have to qui
=, =, any time. then different arrange
- ments will have to be made
T., get the mail to and from Burkey
nj 1t is rumored that soon thcs
- wishing to go to Sentinel Butt
from this section of the countr
will be obliged to have tlyin
so machines or hill climbers. TIL
v old roads are icing broken up an
On seeded to grain. 1t seems like
ut had state of affairs whore ther