The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-07-08
ORISkA HAPPENINGS


Oriska News: Mr.. l. Jackman is
employed at the Block barber shop.
r. D. Smith, A. Hollinshead and
Frank Winkler and Jake Messner left
on Saturday for fishing trip to Per
ham, MINI. They expect to be gone
about week. Well sure hear about
some big ones when they get back.
The Misses Mae Gotta and Hilma
Rubin are attending the girls school
at Chautauqua. There are about a
hundred girls enrolled and they say
they are having the best time ever.
Tom Smith the park man from Val
ley City was in town on Tuesday at
tending to matters along his line.
J. B. Flint was a Fargo visitor on
Thursday of this week.
Miss Bertha Mcdaniel arrived in
Oriska on Monday from her home in
Elliott, N. D., and is a visitor at the
Spoakley home.
The Catholic Ladies' Aid met last
Thursday at the home of J. NJ. Nemon-
ich east of town. Mr.. Nemonich came
after the ladies and gave them ride
in his new car. A very pleasant after
noon was spent. The next meeting
will be with Mrs. John Heiling.
James Dickerson is employed at the
Farmers Supply Co., taking the place
of Lloyd Gotta who resigned.
Cashier ]. J. Taylor was passenger
to Fargo on Tuesday.
| Mrs. J. J. Taylor and Miss Ethel
Gamble were passengers to Valley City
on Monday morning where they went
to attend Chautauqua. They returned
on Tuesday.
| J. T. Gamble returned on Monday
evening where he went to take chiro-
practic treatments for an atteck OF ap-
pendicitis. He is feeling much better.
A number of our citizens are plan
ming on celebrating Independence Day
in Valley City on the Fifth Of July,
some at the Chautauqua and others at
the Barnes County Fair, which opens
that day.
Buffalo Defeats oriska
| In weird exhibition of baseball
Buffalo defeated the Oriska team on
the Buffalo diamond June q.
Both teams played ragged ball and
neither deserved to win. After Tony
Koehn was relieved in the fourth in
ming Shorty Taylor replaced him and
in an uphill fight, due to lack of sup
port by his teammates, kept the score
down to to by nice pitching and
good headwork.
The Oriska team played very ragged
ball and were loggy in their fielding
and made many errors that proved
costly. All due to lack of practice the
preceding weeks. Any old time ball
player gets the notion that he is good
enough without practice, he begins to
slip and go backward. Beware! Oris-
ka!
The five runs were made by La
Vote, Meldahl and Taylor. La Vote
and Meldahl, each making two apiece.
Taylor, besides pitching wonderful
game, was there with the big stick and
with an even break in support would
have won the game.
Harvey Pluff made the spectacular
play of the day by his running catch of
a foul ball.
The batteries were Pluff, Koehn and
Taylor; Rouse and Fenholm.
Barn dances are getting to be very
much in order these days. The last
one, being held in Kretschmer's new
barn Wednesday evening, drew num-
Der of the young people from Oriska
Workmen are now employed in put
ting a new foundation under the Mon
arch elevator. They will have every
thing repaired and in first-class shape
to handle this years crop.
Mrs. H. E. Carlton, who has been
, in the hospital, where she underwent
an operation in April, is well on tn
road to recovery and is expected home
in about two weeks.
E. L. Brown, an experienced harness
maker, arrived Wednesday morning
and is now employed in the Oriska
Harness shop.
Miss Ann MCGEE and Miss Mertice
Aldahl from Valley City were over
Sunday visitors at the c. H. MCGEE
home