Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-25
Sterling

w. p. Heaton made a business trip
to Bismarck Monday on a shopping
tour.
Miss Alice Clarke made a trip to
Grove, n. d., Saturday for a short
visit at home.
Mrs. =. Random came up from ear
go Saturday where she has been nn'
dergOing treatments.
Mrs. j. J. Nierling took in the
sights at the Exposition City from
| Saturday to Monday.
Mrs. Margaret O'Hara left last week
for an extended visit with relatives
at Maiden Rock, Wisconsin.
Miss Laura Ellsworth concluded
| her visit with her mother here We'd
nesday and returned to Bismarck.
A representative of More Bros. OF
| Fargo, was in Sterling Thursday look
| ing after his firms business here.
Mrs. s. r. Parke was a passenger
to- bismarck Thursday. Mr.. Parke
went up for her in his auto In the
evening. 4,
II, !, Avery of Aberdeen, S. d., o
cd over some land in this vicinity
| Wednesday that he has lately become
interested in.
Geo, Manley came up from Eldridge
| Saturday evening for a over-Sunday
| visit with his family. He returned TO
his work Sunday evening.
S. l.. Benham, salesman for the
| Smith Premier Typewriter Co., stop.
ped off in Sterling on Saturday Il
sold a new typewriter to the Sterling
State Bank.
Geo. W. Lewis and family, and Mrs
Geo. Manley, with Herman Nleman
| steering, autoed into Bismarck Fri
day. They all came back with their
arms full Of packages.
Manager Anundsen Of the Stars
Is in receipt Of letters from about
every ball team within a radius OF
so miles asking for games. They
surely all do like to play winners.
That's us.
J. II, Anunson of Tuttle, was In
this town Saturday between trains.
| Mr.. AnunsOn was formerly a home
| steader in Sterling township, and is
now engaged in the carpenter bust
|mess at Tuttle.
The Stars rested last Sunday. Nc
| Kenzie tried to get us to bring Owe a
few of our player and let them beat
us, but we preferred to rest. They
/ don't seem to know over there that
| Sunday is a day of rest--especlally'
when we can't get our full team to-
| gether.
Sterling and vicinity, and. no doubt
| the entire state, was favored with a
| fine soaking rain that lasted a couple
days the fore aprt Of the week. This
rain came at u tine when the seeding
operations are practically all done and
will give all the grain a fine start. A
few more rains from time to time this
! summer and We'll all ride in autos.
The Driscoll ball team will cross
bats with the Sterling Stars or the
Sterling grounds next Sunday. Dris-
| coll has q very good team this year;
and while 1t is, not our nature to
boast, We want to say that we have
| been able to carry off a few victories
ourselves. A good game will doubt
loSS W LDo jCouIL. AhooS ~ wa
players who we're in the hospital list
are all recovered. Come out and root.
The writer with his family made
several drives over the country north
of Sterling the past week. We saw
a good many ne:Gs OF growing. grain.
and it struck us that the farmers
are doing a better grade Of work this
| year than formerly. A great deal
! of new land is being plowed for flax
and all the old land has been put into
|crop this year. The grain is up from
one to ten inches andnever looked bet
ter. The cool spring has made the
grain stool well and the rains Of the
| past week will shoot it up in good
shape.
NJ. Fl. Nelson n f. L. Amundson,
| drove to DriscOll Saturday to attend
the 18th OF May celebration. Mr..
|Amundsen played a mandolin solo dur
ing the program in the hall in the aft
ernoon. Prot. H. H. Aaker of Fargo,
was the main speaker. He spoke very
Interestingly of the rise of Norway
Land showed a thorough insight into its
history. l.. E. Acker Of Bismarck,
also spoke, telling of the achievements
and discoveries by N~orwegians, the
greatest of which was the discovery
of the South Pole and the Northwest
passage by Captain Roald A%mundsen.
In the evening a dance was given
| which was well attended. The Sons
of Norway Lodge is to be congratulate
ed on the success which attended
their celebration which is the first
time the Norwegian National holiday
has ever been celebrated in Burleigh
county.