Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-28
M'KENlIE

G. G. Porter called on friends and
cronies in Bismarck Tuesday.
w. Z. Runey of Bismarck was hob
nbbing with our land men here the
first OF the week.
w. l.. Watson, Rev. Hardy and Ira
Coons were business visitors to the
capital city Monday.
Sam Coons has been busy locating
himself in the house recently pur.
chased frcm j. +. Wildfang.
w. S. houghton departed Monday
for Wing, where he will be employed
at the carpenter trade under G. F.
Bracket. III
Mr.. AID Ms. VIM. Clark brought
their daughter out from the hospital
in Bismarck Monday, the little one
being on the road to recovery after
a long illness. .t.-'
'Chas. Giel Of Hazelton arrived here
last Thursday to fill the position OF
helper at the depot recently made va
cant by the departure of Ludwig Or
sen for Wilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Reifsteck were
visitors to the Exposition City last
Friday, Phil Reifsteck accompanied
them back for a visit over Sunday
and a try at the ducks and chickens.
C. NJ. Snyder unloaded his new
Reeves separator last Friday after
noon and is now only waiting for
some good weather before commenc.
ing operations in the many fields
awaiting to be threshed.
Word from Lawrence Collins, VINO
is threshing at Crazy, states that ne
is Just recovering from al accident
in which he was kicked by a horse
and rendered unconscious for three
hours. He is now able to be at work
again, however.
Grant Call came down from Bis
marck last Friday afternoon, and to-
gether with "Heinie" went down to
the sloughs after ducks. They got
about 100000, the 2 standing for the
ducks killed and the ciphers for the
holes shot in the air.
l.. b, F. Scovill is remodehng MS
sheds across the street from the Ca
zette office and converting them into
a livery barn for the Wilton brothers.
There will be room for five teams
besides some carriages and the Will
tons will be prepared to accommo'
date all who wish to drive, besides
fstabiing and feeding transient teams
Chas. Richter departed last FRIDAY
for Wolf Point and Their points In
northeastern Montana, where ne In
tends to file on a claim If he a 1nd
one that is suitable. Mr.. Richter has
not been in very good health since
his nervous breakdown of a short
time ago and believes that the Mon
tana climate will be more beneficial
to him. g p
F.. G.. Whiteberg brought out from
Bismarck his Hart-Parr gas tractor
last Friday and is putting it in shape
for threshing. He purchased Ed.
Safford's separator and expects 10
commence operations as soon as the
weather will permit.
Robert McMaster came down from
Bismarck Saturday to enjoy a little
hunting on the sloughs south OF town.
He wore his fathers wading boots,
which, like the owner, are consider
able in size, and Bob had to be con
~stantly on the move to keep from
sinking out Of sight in the mud.
The farmers who have stacked
their grain can feel we'll satisfied
with the extra time and labor pug
lin, since the damp and rainy TIN
sphere of the past two weeks. And
even if the fall rains are not encoun,
tered, the work required in stacking
the grain has not gone for naugllt
when the hauling OF shocks to the
t%hreshing rig is considered.
Buttermaker Lewis departed yes
tcrday for his home at Dawsn, hay
ing closed up his business in con
Injection with the Mckenzie creamery.
The deal by which a Medina hrnl
was to take hold the creamery acre
did not materialize and we will no."
be without the benefits of such an
institution unless some enterprising
party recognizes the excellent open
ing and takes advantage OF 1t. MI.
Lewis enjoyed the patronage OF ms
entire territory and was actuated
solely by the demands Of his health
which made it necessary for him to
retire permanently from the busl'
ness.
B. F. Scovil was pleasantly surprls'
ed last Friday to receive a visit from
Ed. Rawson, now of Centralia, Wash,
but in the pioneer days a neighDor
of Mr.. Scovils and a homesteader
on what is now known as the Wash
burn place. In those days nelghDors
were few and far between and much
appreciated, and it is needless 10
say that this meeting after many
years was pleasant and full Of re-
mi%niscences. Mr.. RaWson% came here
in 1883 and it was a couple Of years
later when the discovery was made
that the bones Of the buffalo, which
then we're to be found in great guam
titles on the prairies, had a COM
mercial value. Times were hard and
these bones delivered at the railroad
brought at first 81 and IS per ton,
and later $40, and were the means OF
Keeping the wolf from the door OF
more than one struggling homestead
or. To steal bones vas as bad as
horse stealing and a person that re-
fused bones in payment of a debt al
most forfeited the right to- collect y
afterwards. Rawson and iScovil did
Ia thriving business in bones, hiring
men, furnishing them with a team
and sending them out to gather
Ihones. These homes were most nu.