The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1913-05-15
LOCAL

CITY LOCAL
The ball game last Sunday between
Oakes and Crete on the home diamond
resulted in Crete's favor, the score be-
ing 26 to 0. Crete has good ball
| team and bunch of very gentlemanly
players.
Rev. Frank S. Hollett held special
Mothers Day services in the Methodist
church last Sunday. The Woodmen
and Royal Neighbors attended the
morning service in body and had the
pleasure of hearing an exceedingly fine
sermon.
Romanelli, the yiolinist who appeared
at the Grand last Friday night, was
one of the best violinists heard in
Oakes in some time. The audience
was not so large as usual owing to the
class play at the opera house, but the
management feel very good over the
result.
A. C. Rapp started a crew of men
Monday excavating for the cellar of
the new Espeland building which is to
be erected on Second street across
from the city hail. Mr.. Rapp has sew
eral more large contracts on hand and
will be kept on the jump from now un-
til fall.
H. F. Eaton returned home last Fri
day morning from Minneapolis. Mr..
Eaton and wife have spent the winter
in Illinois. The past month they have
been in Minneapolis. Mrs. Eaton will
return home in few days. Mr..
Eaton reports a pleasant winter but
says he knew all the time he was
long ways from California.
DR.. j. H. Greene arrived at LaMou:e
last Friday from Dubuque, Ia. to
spend the summer in this vicinity look
ing after his farming interests south of
LaMoure. He will be joined about the
latter part of June by his wife and son,
Joel. His son. James, as remembered
by many LaMoure people, was recently
elected superintendent of city schools
of Lagrange, Ind. .-LaMoure Echo.
At meeting Monday evening the
Civic Improvement League of LaMoure
chose Mesdames C. 1. Hutchinson and
Harriet A. Ross and Miss Laura B.
Sanderson as delegates to the southern
district meeting of the sixth district
to be held soon at Oakes. In this dis
trict are comprised the cities of La
Moure, Lisbon, Glendale, Edgeley,
Oakes and others. .-LaMoure Echo.
A newspaper man in a good sized
town in Iowa recently published this
item: 1.-The business man in this town
who is in the habit of hugging his stem
ographer had better quit or we will
publish his name" The next day 81
business men called at the office, paid
their subscriptions and left behind
them seven columns of advertising and
told the editor not to pay any attention
to foolish storles.-Ex.
The State Convention of Rural Let
ter Carriers will be held in Oakes May
10Th and 30th. Former conventions
have always been held at either Grand
Forks or Fargo and Oakes should feel
highly honored in securing this large
meeting. The citizens should join with
able arrangements and accommodations
for the visitors. 1t is expected that
half the carriers in the state will be in
government officials.
Geo. M. Baker died Sunday after
noon at the residence of his daughter,
. Mrs. K. S. Jensen. Mr.. Baker had
just returned from California where he
spent the winter. The funeral took
place from the Methodist church Tues
day and the remains were shipped to
Ludden for interest. AS MIR. Baker
: was one of the Oldest and most re-
spected citizens of Dickey county we
are unable to publish the lengthy obit-
uary this week but will publish it in
our next issue. The sympathy of the
entire community is extended to the
. bereaved relatives.
Joe Straub received word from Ger
many of the death of his mother on
, April 10th. Mr. Straub made trip tc
; Germany last summer to see his mothe,
who was then in feeble condition.
Mrs. Katrina Straub was born iK
} Stockholm. Germany, on December
23rd, 1850, and died at the same place
3 April 10th, 1918. She had been a suf.
ferer from rheumatism for the past
two years and the end was not unex
pected. Besides the husband there are
a seven children surviving, fiye boys anc
two girls. The children are all al
home with the exception of MIR. Straut
and brother who resides in Chicago
e Mr.. Straub has the sympathy of hi
many friends in his sad bereavement