The Dickinson press., 1912-03-02

Member Of. Gladstone
Colony of 1882.
After a pretty fine winter 10 1882 and
1883 had passed. and March had come.
not only at Gladstone, but all along the
line, immigration began to come in
rapidly, and settlements sprane up in
a few days.
Dickinson became the center of great
activities. and to any one who al not
willfully blind, it became evident that
that point must be the future county
seat. and also the division center of
the N. p. Ry.
Already politics had become the topic
of conversation among those who wanted
to direct the affairs of the county and
there was. for a new country, about as
much def wire pulling as would be
looked for in much older settled coun-
ties.
The new blood that came, was some
of the most active that yer had come,
or ever afterward came there was r. j.
Turner and his wife and their son C.
c. Turner. The Perry's with their two
daughters and three sons. the Rev. VIM.
H. Cooke and his large family Of two
daughters and five sons, John Brown.
wife and two daughters, John Lundeen,
wife. two ons and a daughter. MI. Sis
sion. wife and daughter, and many
others.
r. J. Turner and his wife at once be-
came factors in the history of the settle
ment that reckoned big with the future
of not only the county. but later the
state. MI. Turner was a partisan poll
tician. although far from being an
offensive one: he was always OF the
lookout for the main chance, but, was
always the happy.eo-lucky Roll. to all
his friends and political foes Che had
only political foes.) Mrs. Turner was
one OF the foremost ones in social life,
and when there vas anything doing, she
was in the forefront. alive very much
alive.
This season saw the formation of lit
tie clubs among the young people: the
young ladies formed the famous Daugh-
tiers of the Prairie Club for social enter
talnment. the young men the 0. U. R.
Club for social and terpsichorean amuse-
ments. Then there was the literary
club. which was taken part in by all,
both great and small. and it is not too
much to say Of, this club that it was
the equal Of anything that has ever
been organized in the county. for
wealth of original intellectual product :
the Gladstone Rustler was one of the
things that this club was interested
in, and that little sheet, and the
weekly paper that was gotten up by the
club, gave evidence of much literary
talent in the embryo. The latter paper
was in hand writing, and if there are
any of it's issues still extant they
are in the hands of the
addresses as ladies were the only ones
entrusted with the editing Of this
really spicy sheet: the editing Of this
paper changed hands every week. SO
there was just enough rivalry provoked.
go that the club got advantage of the
best there q in the editing and
make up of the contents of the paper.
These features of the colony life gives
an object lesson of the possibilities of
what social life can be made. when
there are associated together enough
people of sufficient attainment to make
it possible to keep up a good degree of
social life. other than the reprehensibIe
later date methods of entertainment.
with what the writer heard a man say
once was why so many people now can
do nothing at a function but play 500.
his idea was that they had not brains
enough to do anything else.
And the play went. on all kinds of
things were put into at least an atti-
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been begun the summer of 1882 was
again operated. Messrs. Evans, Whipple,
Dunn and Sam Monroe had begun the
enterprise, and after these men had
not been able to keep up the matter, il
was taken over by another company Of
men, but it did not prosper, mostly
because there was no expert knowledge
Of the clays that were necessary to in
corporate in the mixtures used. and
the brick were not lasting, somewhat
ecause they. were not adequately bur n.
ed. In view Of the latter assertion. il
will be remembered that wood was oh.
aimed for the burning Of the first sea.
sons brick. In view Of this statement
it will seem very strange to new com
ers, but it must be remembered tina
the CRATES in our stoves for burning lie;
mite at that time were a subject o,
much conjecture. and schemes were riff
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