The Dickinson press., 1911-06-10
RANCH AND FARM.

oAloSS AtIluooy "oO uO"l 1kOIu 1lClCld
the first of the week, and while here
negotiated the sale of Lindsay & Cor
sons wool clip to Hecht, lehman & Co.
at IS 1-8 cents. He also purchased the
Keeland cattle.
The Black Butte Land & Loan Com
papy has just finished breaking on the
500 acre strip near Havelock. and are
now putting in fax on the same: The
company rig is now operating on section
31-135-94, three and one-half miles moth
east of town.
The rainfall of last Thursday measured
as follows at different points: Dickin-
son, LA inches bismarck. t.18 inches ;
Belfeld, "A inches: and Beach about
the same; Glendive, 2 inches. So far
as can be learned the rain was general
throughout western North Dakota with
possibly a dry strip at Mott and Lem
mon. Northeast of Dickinson farmers
report that their best rain came on Fri
day.
Adams County Record: A good rain
visited some parts of the county on
Thurs day evening last but unfortunately
it missed Hettinger and the territory
east. Beginning at a point about three
miles west of the city it rained west
across the county and into Bowman
county. A good rain also fell in the
Wolf Butte county and along the Cedar.
Along the North Grand also rain over a
small territory is reported.
Beach Advance-C. E. Barber returned
recently from Smith Creek. in Mckenzie
county. where he had been spending a
week OF so looking after farming
interests. He reports heavier rainfall
there than here. and farmers feeling
exceedingly happy. Roads are bad in
several places between here and there,
and it is impossible to make the trip by
auto except via Wibaux. The proposed
bridge over the Big Beaver, when avail
able, will be of considerable assistance.
Two or three grand | arceny cases for
the killing of cattle will be heard at the
Schafer district court which convenes
June II. Some of. the best criminal
lawyers in the state will appear for the
defendants. The Phelan case will also
come up for hearing at this tenn. The
county will be represented by States
Attorney Converse and Atty. J. E. Green
of Minot, while W. F. Burnett. will
appear for Mr.. Phelan. The following
jurors are drawn: Lester Krass, Jacob
Berg. F. S. Kellogg, Roy Newman and
W. F. Oeder of Schafer Nick Foster Of
Wilbur; VIM. Noteboom, Chas. Hardy,
Gen. Carpenter and Clayton L. Worst of
Fairview; B. F. Manning and A.. E.
Dodge of Berg E. R. Cartwright and
Dave Winter of Cartwright John Helm.
Chas. Flynn and John j. Eikens of
Dore: Andrew Enron, Earl Bennett and
Guy Spearin of Alexander; James
Haslekaas, E. P. McKeen, Arthur A:
Bull, Joe Lockrem and John Mytron OF
Charlson; John Barnes. Roland Brien
and John Goodman of Mary; Peter
Fossem, Herbert Jenner and VIM. D.
Hager of Ellsworth: Hedge Helgeson
and Henry Keller of WilIiston; SEVERN
Rikestad and Nels Aagvik of Tobacco
Garden; C. W. Anderson of S%pearville;
Thomas Bond and A. G. Knutson of
Banks; Chas. Forman of Elm Grove;
Wm. Wentworth of Gorham.
The Grand Forks Herald has been
looking up the wool schedule and COM
ments thereon as follows: Mr.. Bryan
and the leaders of his party in congress
are at outs over the matter of wool
duties. Mr.. Bryan insists on free wool.
The congressional committee recpm-
mends about a so per cent reduction,
with reductions in other duties all along
the line, and az a result of this differ
ence Of opinion Mr.. Bryan, both through
his paper and on the platform has
dropped into his old habit of viewing
with alarm. On the whole we are in
clined to regard the plan of the COM
mittee as the better one. 1t is hardly
necessary at this particular moment to
inquire whether or not there is need for
any duty on wool. If none is needed.
the cutting of the present duty in. two
will be a very good thing, and it is
neither wise nor polite to refrain from
doing a good thing merely because it is
not the very best thing that could be
done under ideal conditions. The duty
on wool is something to which a very
large number of people cling quite ten
aciously. They believe it to be neces-
sary. 1t is quite probable that an effort
to remove all the wool duties would be
so %strenuously opposed that it would be
defeated, and We would be left without
any reduction at all. On the other
hand, it seems likely that the proposed
reduction. together with reasonable and
moderate rod,,ck;ono IN othor dutioc CON