The Dickinson press., 1911-05-13

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acres Of corn this year. He has quite
an acreage of oats.
Col. Williams and Dr.. l. M. .Cady of
Taylor are busy experimenting the
breaking of 400 acres, which they will
seed to fax.
c. J. Russell recently purchased a pure
bred Jersey bull of Walter Pelton. Mr..
Russell is now milking 40 cows and
within a few weeks will be milking 50.
Judge Bugbee recently sold 50 head of
cattle to an eastern buyer for 5000; and
Ed. Cuskelly. of the same n%eighborhood
purchased five head Of horses from Mike
McCarty for $500.
George Tear went to Eastern Montana
this week to commence shearing. From
Glendive he goes to the Thurston ranch
where a band of 800 bucks are to be
sheared. The season for flocks in
general will not commence much before
June 1.
Reeder Call: The officers of Perkins
county to the south of us are getting
busy and seem in a fair way to break
up a band of bad men who have infested
this section for some time. A few
weeks ago a valuable team was stolen
for which a reward of fifty dollars was
offered and an additional reward of FIVE
hundred dollars for the arrest and con-
viction of the their. This team has
been recovered and the man who had
them arrested. and he squealed on his
pals and as a result six men have been
arrested among them are Dan Sears,
James Calyton, the two Jessel boys and
a man named Lackey. It is said that
with the evidence now in the hands of
officials other arrests Of parties impli-
'cated in the many cases of missing
horses and cattle will soon be made.
W. L. Richards is preparing ground
for 40 acres of corn this year. A part
of the planting will be at the old
Blackley place and the res at the
Diamond c ranch. If the weather is
favorable Mr.. Richards will have his
men commence seeding within a few
days. He thinks between the 18th and
10th q good time to plant corn.
One Of the Peerless gas engines was
sold the past week by the Mandan
Mercantile Co. of this city to John
Uchytil for use on his farm about three
miles north of Dickinson. The engine
pulls five plows, a Oft. drill and
harrow and from 20 to q acres per day
is being seeded. This ground was
broken over 20 years ago and cropped
for several years and then allowed TO 60
back to grass and weeds. 1t works up
splendidly and Mr.. Uchytil is seeding
it with wheat.
Representatives from eight states of
the northwest were present at Fargo on
Monday t organize a live stock associa-
ton. Men zane all the way from Ore
gon and Washington on the west and
from Iowa on the east. Aside from the
delegates, all of whom were state
officials belonging to the different
administrations in their respective
states. representatives of the various
railroads of the northwest met with the
delegation also. The association formed
is the Northwest Live Stock Sanitary
association, comprised of a representa-
tion from Oregon. Washington. Idaho.
Montana. North and South Dakota.
Minnesota and Iowa. Its purpose is to
secure uniform requirements for inspec-
ton of interstate shipments of live stock
and to procure also a uniform certificate
of sanitation throughout the various
states comprising the membership of the
association. It is felt that the society
will cover a much needed want. the lack
of which has been keenly felt in the
northwest for a long time. 1t will have
the endorsement of the trunk railroads
and will tend to eliminate any graft in
the disposition of diseased live stock.
Present at the meeting, representing the
various states were DR.. S. B. Nelson OF
Spokane. Wash. !; DR.. j. F. Lyle of
Pendleton, Oregon; DR.. N. E. Knowles
of Helena, Mont. DR.. S. H. Ward of
St. Paul; DR.. F. H. Hicks of Milbank,
is. D.. Dr.. r.. H. Tracy of Bismarck. N.
D. DIR. w. F. Crewe of Devils Lake. N.
D. : and DR.. F. D. Ketchen of St. Paul.
who represented the United States bureau
of animal husbandry. The officers
elected were: President, DR.. S.. Fl. Ward
of st. Paul secretary. DR.. W. F. Crewe
of Devils Lake.
TELLS CAUSE Of APPENDICITIS