Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-11-11
Tales Of the Town

1t is all over now, and the usual
crop Of "1-told-you.so's' is being
harvested.
All eyes toward November "a
turkey day. If the writer
fares as we'll as he did last year
he will have rare fat pickings-
cup Of coffee and toothpick.
Willy Smith, the clerk at Jep.
sons horse hotel, collided with an
auto Tuesday night between this
city and Yates. Willy undertook
to hold the road with a livery
rig. but the auto had the best Of
the dispute.
FOR SALE-A five.room house
in Woodhull's addition; good eel.
lar; pump in kitchen; good water.
Also three-room house three
blocks from the schoolhouse.
Also several residence lots-B. F.
Prouty, at Lowell Bros. store. 52tf
Some OF the county division
workers ran across a brother Of
John Dietz, the defender of Cam
eron Dam. south of Sentinel Butte
on election day. He took a lively
interest in the matter of division
when it was explained to him,
and cast his ballot for the pro-
posed new counties.
There were several near-fghts
at the Burkey polling place on
election day, but happily no
blows were delivered. 1t is just
as well-for some people-that
this is the case. Things were
rather warm down there, and if
anything had been started there's
no doubt but what a Donnybrook
fair would have ensued.
Newman, the celebrated hyp-
notist, was here for three nights
last week and entertained crowd
ed houses at the opera house. He
is one of the best in the business,
and by his strange power makes
his subjects do stunts which are
ludicrous in the extreme. AS an
entertainer he has few equals, but
we fail to see where any good is
accomplished by any Of his dem
constructions.
The children who attend school
in the old school house We're very
much put out Tuesday, and so was
their teacher, Miss Sloane, on ac-
count of the room being needed
by the election board for Beach
civil township. The kids didn' t
appear to be very much disgrun-
tied over the matter, but the
teacher seemed to have it up her
nose about something cold,
probably,
Every one who is building is
getting hustle on so as to close
up before winter takes hand in
the game. There is much con-
struction work in progress, too,
and every mechanics services is
in great demand. rhis year has
witnessed more building in Beach
than any Of its predecessors, and
if the next year shows the same
rate of increase. and we believe
it will, there is no question but
what the city will reach the three
: thousand mark before the end OF
= 1911.
We believe there are more
, dogs in this city than there are
people. and wonder why. The
four-footed friends seem to have
rights on the sidewalks over the
two-footed animals and fight
are frequent. We don't know
'. whether or not the city govern
\ ment takes the same view O.
things that they do in Constan
:. tinople, where dogs are made
> public scavengers and protected
but it certainly Looks that way
: On a pinch we could get alon,
!. with a few less CANNES.
: 1t is becoming common oc
f currence for the Sunday mail t,
be ground meath the wheels O
No. 3. and about the only rene
dy we can see for it is to hav,
No. 8 stop at Beach. The amour
of mail dumped off this trail
here is very heavy, and unles!
great care is exercised by tn,
clerk the sacks are quite apt t,
be drawn under the wheels ant
Y reduced to pulp. This is particu
larly the case if the train is NOV
I ing at high rate Of speed, which
it almost always is. goin{
through here like bat out Of
S tophet, and dragging everything
! on the right-of-way with it.
A new order of things wen
into effect here last Sunday, whel