Courier Democrat., 1916-09-07

Hay stacks in the Sarles neighbor.
hood pulled off number of acrobatic
stunts in the heavy windstorm of Mon.
day last week
William Barry arrived during the
week from the old home in Ontario
for fall visit with his friends in
the vicinity of Osnabrock. He is &C.
companied by his aged mother, Mrs.
John Barry.
Rev. j. Aarthun, of Milton, re.
ceived the news during the week
from the parental home io Norway Of
the death of his mother Deceased
was upwards of eighty years old and
passed away on the 5th ult.
The Atlantic elevator at Gallo has
been leased to private buyer, Leo
L. Kruchten. for the season, who for
some years has been the grain buyer
for one of the old line houses there.
M. A. Kelley is the new Great
Northern agent at Wales, the sue
cessor to B. L. Fraser, who has re-
signed to become a permanent factor
in the business circle of the town
since his recent appointment as p. m.
Hannah friends have learned that
Arthur Arid "a former end town boy,
who enlisted with the first contingent
of volunteers has had one of his legs
so badly shot at the front in France
that amputation was necessary.
Druggist E. C. Clarey, who has had
the management of the H. L. Francis
drug store property at Osnabrock the
past three or four years left during
the week for his former home at Mon.
ticellio, MINI. The business is now
in charge Of Druggist Tom Qualley.
A branch store is being opened at
Olga this fall by Levinson Bros,
general merchandise firm that has To-
Gated at Walhalla within the past
year. Alex. Levinson is at the head
of the firm and his brother, Abe, will
be in charge of the branch store to be
opened at Olga.
This week Wales claims its share
in the death toll on the battle front
in Europe. Ed. Hall, we'll known
among the younger residents of the
town, who for the past year has been
with Canadian regiment on the bat
tie front, has been heard from as
fatally wounded, and having died a
few days later.
At the Wild Rose Stock Farm, the
home of George Martiness in the vi.
cinity of Munich, wheat threshed
that averaged IA bushels to the acre
and got grade OF No. l Northern at
the elevator. 1t is stated as being
the finest sample of wheat threshed
in that section of the county this fall,
barring of course Durum wheat.
Robert Griffith, one of the old tim
ers in the OsnabroclS neighborhood,
though for number of years resid-
ing at Cashmere, Wash, where he
has large apple orchard and several
acres of small fruit farm, is spend.
inga a couple of weeks with his form
er neighbors and old friends. He
still has extensive farming interests
in this county.
Olga is another CT the good towns
over the county that is organizing a
band this fall. 1t will be under the
instruction of Prof. Roy Wright as
leader. He is one of the faculty of
the conservatory of music at Grand
Forks and also is giving instruction
to band at Union which has a pros
pective membership of thirty-one as a
start off.
On Saturday of this week, the Sth
inst, there is to be a civil service ex-
animation of applicants for the posi-
tion of postmaster at Mt. Carmel.
The examination will be held at Wal
halla and is the second to be called
within the past two months for the
filling of this Office Last year the
Mt. Carmel p. O. paid salary of
$24S.
immigration Office. Brink and Con.
stable Ross of Hannah made the arres
at Wang during the week of two
foreigners who had made illegal entr,
into the United States from the Cana
dian side. They were working will
: a threshing machine when the arres
was made and will continue on thei
jobs under surveillance until the sea
t sons run is completed.