Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-01
Sterling

VIAI8ADlVO
The Misses Wlach,er and Ellsworth
! Messrs. Arnold and Harris motore
f down from the capital city Sunday o
a pleasure trip and spent the a~fternoo'
ct the Ellsworth residence. also beln;
} entertained musical!y at the Amund
sen abode.
Remember the big baseball benaG
dance at Sterling this Friday night
May End. Big hot supper to be serv
ed at the hotel. Fine music. Ticket:
$l.00.
Geo. Beatty suffered 4 bad loss from
fire Sunday afternoon. when his horS.
barn, cattle barn and granary burnt
to the ground, helped on by a strong
head wind from the southeast. The
origin OF the fire cannot be accounted
for other than spontaneous combuS'
ton as no one was around the place
at the time of starting or for two
hours before. The men folks were
hunting gopherS a mile or so from
the buildings and were the first TO
notice the fire and to arrive on the
scene, but too late to save a three
year old colt and a mule, or a piece of
harness of any kind. The heavy gale
made saving anything impossible and
tlrebrands from the burning building
were carried to the prairie, the fire
racing towards Sterling, covering a
path of half a mile wide and was only
stopped when it reached the n. p.
right Of way through the persistent
efforts of the farmers and Sterling
citizens, NJ. II. Nelson and Z. S.. Stone
in particular. Mr.. Beatty's granary
was filled with oats and other grain,
a small part of which was saved. A
subscription list was started by the
farmers to raise a sun large enough
for Mr.. Beatty to purchase harnesses
that he might 80 on wit hhis work
the sooner. ~
Mrs. Beatty and little girl, accom-.
panying Dan Gilchriest, met with a
hear serious accident while on their
way to the fire at the Beatty home
from Sterling; in the excitement OF
reaching home and driving fast, the
rein broke, causing the horses to
swerve thru the barb wire fence and
into the pasture at the left hand OF
the road where Dan managed to stop
them. He just succeeded in unhitch-
ing them from the buggy when a pass
ing auto frightened the horses. and
in holding on to both their heads, Dan
received a bad cut on his head and
hand.
l.. J. Curtin, president Of the Stcr-
ling State Bank arrived Wednesday
from DEBORAH, Iowa, to look owe the
bank situation he,e and drive yer the
country with Cashier Amundsen.
Leaving here Thursday to visit his
other banks at Sentinel Butte and
Beach, he will return from there to
his home.
Mrs. J. j.. Sharp Of Sibley Butte
did some shopping in Sterling list
week. *.
Miss ELLA Magnus arrived home
from Steele Saturday to remain the
balance of the summer with her folks
on the farm, having been employed at
Steele for the pas: six months.
Miss Alice CLARKE spent Sunday
with her folks at Grove, N. D.
+. S. Stone received a carload of
household goods from Leeds last week
to be used in furnishing the hotel.
Everyone attending the dance at
Mckenzie last Friday night evidently
enjoyed themselves and the funds
thereof proved a good benefit for their
ball team. Bill Schaper, E. l.. A. and
We scribe furni3hed the music and
Martin Nelson donated the livery rig,
while Pebbles Stone made good in
auctioneering the baskets.
Miss Florence Manly, employed in
the Day Bros, Store at Mckenzie,
spent Sunday with her folks in Ster-
ling. ..
S. T. Parke and family motored to
Long Lake Sunday tn spend the day
at their camp.
Three subscription lists have been
circulated around the country by Mes.
Sis. Gaskill, uosney and rtice, raising
money for the Geo. Beatty fire fund.
Over $4,000 had been subscribed the
second day, through the generosity of
the farmers and citizens tributary to
Sterling, Moffit and Driscoll.
MI. and Mrs. E. l.. Amundsen, Mrs.
Emma Nierling, Herman Nieman,
Frank and Howard Ellsworth were en-.
tertained at an eight o'clock roast
turkey dinner at the home of Mrs.
Ed. Fogarty Sunday evening. A most
sumptuous repast and delightful time
is the verdict.
The section foreman of Mckenzie
and Geo. and Ray Manly of Sterling
had a close call Sunday morning. The
foreman was going over his section
on the gasoline motor car accompan.
led by the two boys and in rounding
the curve two miles east of here at
a good speed they saw a light engine
approaching, nearly on them. The
motor occupants all pumped and got
a safe distance aWay when thc engine