Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-06
Sterling

A. G. Laird was %transacting business
if ,erling Monday. Mr. Laird is de-
veloping into the cattle raising indus
try and We predict that he will be a
cattle king" in a few years.
Ray Sandry arrived from Clear
Lake, Iowa. on Friday. he looks for
his family a little later. Seems good
to see his fair face again.
J. S. Sparks came on Saturday from
Clear Lake, Iowa. in charge Of a car
for Ray Sandry. The car contained
colts. Mr.. Sparks intended to stay
here for a short time to visit his
daughter, Mrs. Sandry, but was called
to St. Paul Monday by the illness of
his brother. He will continue or home
to Clear Lake from there
We are pleased to be able to report
that Miss Alice Clarke. who has been
under the Doctors care in Bismarck
for about six weeks. has returned and
taken charge of the Sterling school
again. She has had a long siege of it.
Bub Tilden was in Sterling Monday
in the interests of his firm. Bub gets
a nice business from this town.
That lo%ng-heralded and much talked
of Mexican trip by Howard Ellsworth
and Howard O'Hara has at last been
started. We never have seen any one
encounter so much ill.luck in getting
away as these two have been up
against. No doubt they will have a
pleasant trip. We understand that
the presidential chair is vacant in that
country, and it is very easily within
the bounds of reason that that posi-
ton may be offered to n of these
two. Either of them, for that matter,
would look we'll in the chair. They
left on Monday and expect to explore
Mexican orchards and attend bull
fights for a month.
Ray Sandry received a fine car Of
livestock from Clear Lake Saturday.
J. O. Ashlock, Of Wing. was a bust
ness visitor in our burg Monday.
"Caruso' Nieman, who is sometimes
called Dutch" for short, is with us
once more. Yes, sir. He just couldn't
stay away any longer, and to be real
honest about it, We had seriously on-
sidered a trip to Aston. Iowa, to bring
the big white hope back. "Caruso"
has been taking vocal lessons down in
Iowa during his visit and we note a
great improvement in his singing. We
have never really fully appreciated his
voice, probably because it sounded to
us like a cross between a fog whistle
and a steam calliope. but We o real
ize that We were wrong. With ten or
fifteen years more study probably it
! will be possible to sta in the same
room when he sings.
THE Big Chief and daughter, Flor
once, were passengers to Mckenzie on
Friday. Florence attended a hop there
that evening, but George got no furth.
er than the pool room.
f. c. Fogerty and Herman Nieman
took No. 8 from Mckenzie to Els
marck Friday to pay their taxes.
The Sterling four-piece orchestra Of
fic,ated at the ball in Mckenzie last
Friday. Herman Nieman and Ted
Sheldon accompanied them. .
Miss Hattie Titus left for Baldwin
via Bismarc". Friday to teach the
spring term at her school there.
Roy Random looks like a new-blown
rose in a brand new spring suit he just
received from those society tailors,
O'Hara and Ellsworth.
n. NJ. Payne. of St. Paul. is acting
as relief operator since "Wednesday.
He takes the third trick replacing
Martin Beal who will act as agent
until the prodigal sons return.
Mrs. J. l.. Baker went to Bismarck
Thursday. a..,- d.
"Runty" Monley called Will Schaner
to Mckenzie Thursday to fix his
lamps.
Miss Blanche Kiser had her teeta
attended to in Bismarck "Wednesday.
Peter Random looked after business
matters lin the capital city Wednes'
day.
Word is received from II old friend
Harvey Mattson, of Chasely, N. D..
that he Is learning to play the clari.
net. Says they are organizing a band
there and he is going to learn to toot.
! Miss. Florence NAMELY, who has
been clarking lin a store in Medina, for
some time, was an arrival in Sterling
last Thursday. She intends to stay
here for the summer.
Remember the big St. Patrick's ball
in Mckenzie the 18th. "Caruso" Me
man has promised to sing, Row, no ',
row. and when l get you alone to.
night" The Sterling orchestra will
be on the Job too. with some new hits.
About 80 couples gathered at the
! Schapar hall last Friday evening. They
danced and played until a late hour
Everybody had q good time as usual.
A syndicate is preparing to stal
Jack Rose in a play suggesting his owwI
case and entitled THE Gun Men,