The Dickinson press., 1911-12-16
NEW ENGLAND

new ENGLAND
A pleasure club is soon to be organ
lied.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. P.
H. McGrath on November oath.
John Krauther has gone to Dickinson
where he will work at the tailor's trade
for the winter.
A. N. Kinnamon the landman, re-
Gently sold a quarter section of land to
Peter Mesllng at $40 per acre. Purchas-
ers are local parties.
Con Murphy has rented his farm here
to Chas. Culver and has gone to Clark,
Mont, where he has q half section of
land which he will farm.
On November 21st took place the mar
rage of Anthony Goyke. to Miss Eta
Ming of Desart. Mr.. Goyke is owner Of
one Of the choicest farms in Billings
county on which the young couple will
reside.
Asa Gardner was receiving q visit
from his father, D. M. Gardner of Tyn-
dali, S. D. during the Thanksgiving sea
son. The old gentleman will spend the
holidays with q daughter in Portland,
OREGON, and will winter in California.
On last Tuesday the New England hos
pital had cured all of its patients and
was empty for the first time in many
months. The event raj celebrated by
a gathering of friends who were most
pleasantly entertained at the Stribling
home on that evening.
Miss Thora Larson became the bride
of Anton Stardig a week ago last
Wednesday. Both young people are of
this place and are spending their honey
moon vacation at the brides old home
side on Mr.. StardiR's homestead five
miles south of town.
Mrs. N. W. Slettebo, who was taken
to the Jamestown asylum a few weeks
ago. died at that institution two weeks
ago. A husband and three small child
rem are left. She was an especially
bright and genial young woman, and
sincere sympathy is extended to the be-
reaved.
A meeting called for December 9th
at the Weggner school house was to give
the Billings county a chance to formu-
late farmers for inducing the county
board to furnish seed grain. The county
is in good shape financially and will
likely assist the needy farmers. Hettin-
ger county has already made provisions
for seed grain.
At last the farmers in this locality
have all gotten their threshing done.
It looked for q while as though q large
~~,no~knAa 1f tho ao1r. sayo,,1l 1,oxyo t4 ~
main in stacks until spring, but the
abled the threshers to get busy and wind
up the 1911 threshing.
L. H. Nichols of Dickinson and Ira
Wilson of Shollsmade have made re-
pairs and changes in the original part of
the Mckenzie department store. Mr..
Nichols has a small crew at work laying
floors, putting up shelves. painting.
kalsomining, etc. The original store
will soon shine like the new part.
Sunday afternoon, November 19, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Nasset of Shollsmade
were very pleasantly surprised by a host
of relatives and friends. the occasion
being their fifteenth wedding anniver-
sary. A six O'Clock dinner vas served
by the ladies, after which games were
played until q late hour. The host and
hostess were the recipients of sew eral
beautiful gifts of crystal.
At the farmers meeting held in Rifle
township on November Oath there was a
very good attendance. The seed grain
proposition was taken up and from a
report obtained by the committee it was
found that $50 bushels of wheat. 23O
bushels of oats and 8 bushels of fax