The Dickinson press., 1911-06-10
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Interesting News from Thirty-flve Slope
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One pupil, Maisie Griffin. graduated
from the Glendive high school this week.
About so loads of lumber have been
recently hauled out of Taylor for bridge
building purposes in Dunn county.
Martin Hanson and Miss Edith Pulver
of Taylor were married on May n. and
will reside on the brides homestead
north of that place.
E. j. Dilse. who has spent five years
or more in this country, says that barr
ing a visitation of hot winds. there is
now sufficient moisture in the soil to
insure good average crops in this Sec
tion of North Dakota.
The general contract for the First
National bank at Mott has been awarded
TO A. X. Sleeper Of Mott his bid being
SIS. 900. The contract for the heating
and plumbing was awarded to the Mott
Plumbing & Heating Co., whose bid
was So, 106.
The State bank of Halliday has been
organized and articles of incorporation
issued by Secretary of State P. D.
Norton. The parties making application
for the articles are Oliver Levenson and
| Sylvan Olson of New Salem and W. F.
Kopka of Scranton. The bank is CAPT..
talized for $40, 900.
The following IS pupils graduated
from the Mandan high school last week:
Clara Larson. Custer Lang. Florence
Stiles, Ella Hedicka, Tilda Bauknecht,
Hilma Cass. Ralph Keller, Florence
Dooley. Grover Dunlap, Gertrude Estrop,
Elsie Stark. Evelyn Simpson. William
Rober. Esther McGillic and Elsie Erick-
son.
At the present time there are five work
trains on the N. P, which put in al
Miles City I'VE night. The crews are
engaged in ballasting the track between
Shirley and Forsyth. The gravel is be-
ing obtained from the tract bought last
year by the N. P. from Nils Kildahl,
near Horton. The entire track between
Dickinson and Billings is being bal
lasted. MILES City Journal.
Beach Advance: j. r. Boyer has
nearly completed the finishing touches
on his handsome pressed brick residence
on the farm near Rocky Butte, which he
and his family have been occupying for
some time past. MIR. Boyer will have
the house lighted by electricity, and
heated in the modern manner, and alto
gether it will be one of the most COM
Portable country homes in the western
part of the state, costing over 81. 600.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Muhs were turned
over to Sheriff Kelly to serve their SEN
fences on charges of running blind pigs
in Minot. They appealed to the state
supreme court, and the appeals were
dismissed. The sentences received were
as follows: Mrs. Muhs, go days in Jail,
5000 fine, $500 costs and four months
time in default of paying fine and costs.
MIR. Muhs. 6 months in Jail. $500 fine
and $500 costs. and six months addi- |
tional in Jail in default of paying costs.
Fairview. in the Lower Yellowstone
Valley in Eastern Montana, had a cele-
bration last Wednesday, to rejoice over j
the long delayed settlement of the water
right controversy between the U. S.
Reclamation Service and the members
of the Yellowstone Water Users Associa-
ton. The settlement has the assent of
at least 80 per cent of the settlers and
gives a graduated system of payments. /
Over $50 people went down from Glen
dive in autos as an escort to Governor E.
L. Norris and SECRETARY of State Yoder.
Regent Times-Dr. T. F.. Rucker, /
county health officer, and Sheriff Henry !
Barry of Mott, visited Regent last Mon /
day. A light form of smallpox had de-.
;veloped in town and DR.. Rucker, as
health officer, quarantined several cases.
The same disease prevails throughout
Hettinger county generally, the Mott
country having probably more cases
than any other section. The disease is
about as mild in form as that which
prevailed in all the towns along the
main line of the Milwaukee and N. P.
last summer, and DR. Rucker, as county
health officer, is very vigilant in taking
steps to lessen the spread of the disease.
If cases were promptly reported it would
lessen the work of the health officer
very much.
MIR. and Mrs. D. N. McPhee left Mon
day for Hot Springs, Montana, and after
q short stay at that place will proceed to
Medford, Oregon, where they will make
their home in the future. The McPhees
have been residents of what is now Bow
man county for more than ten years.
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