The Dickinson press., 1917-11-17
MISSOURI SLOPE NEWS
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Joe Flicker is building new house
on his farm east of Amidon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erick Netzell of Glad
stone have moved to Alma City, Wis.
The Max Lange case at Killdeer mas
been continued, an important witness
for the prosecution being absent.
Wade Gallia of near Rhame is
moving his family into that city. They
will occupy the Joe Wiedeman house.
| While engaged in wrestling match
last week, a son of Harvey Bice of
Killdeer suffered broken collar bone.
Mrs. L. A. Sandvig of Rhame was
called to Scranton last week by word
that her mother had died suddenly at
that place.
C. j. Dybvik of Amidon has the
contract for building new house in
the southern part of that town for
Col. l.. E. DeSart.
j. Segal and family will live in
Rhame all winter. They recently
moved into town from the farm south
west of that place.
Killdeer loaded up ten cars with
cattle last week. Twenty more cars
were added to the train farther down
the branch. The lot went to St. Paul.
James Hamilton of Killdeer left last
week for Morristown, S. Oak. MI.
Hamilton was formerly employed by
T. G.. Saunders of that place.
| William Stiegler of Midway has
added considerably to his land posses
sions in that section, now owning a
240-acre farm just north of Midway.
About $50 head of cattle were
shipped from Bowman last week. The
Farm Land & Coal Co., Clarence Neb-
ergall, Peter Herman, w. H. and
Gerald Livingston were the shippers.
Arnt Medium of Amidon will short
ly leave with his family for Leola,
South Dakota, where he will assume
management of an 11O0-acre farm at
that place.
Amidon's population has been in
creased from 165 to 166. Charles
Eugene Kelly, new son of T. R. Kelly,
cashier of the First State Bank Of
that city, forms the additional unit.
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Fourteen carloads of cattle were
shipped from the Indian reservation
near Halliday last week. A special
train took the stock to Chicago. Over
300 carloads have been shipped from
that point this fall.
| Miss Mabel Stewart, who has been
attending school at Amidon, has gone
to Fargo, where she will live with an
aunt. Miss Stewart recently lost her
father, Charles H. Stewart, who died
at Chenoweth.
The committee in charge of max
ing the necessary preparations for
incorporating the town of Amidon
took the census at that place and
found that 165 people are residents
there.
A bridge is soon to be erected be-
tween sections and 5 in Slope county
and one between sections Is and 26.
These sections are in Dover township.
The contract has been let to C. j.
Dybvik of Amidon.
The breaking of handle on cof-
fee pot, filled with boiling coffee,
caused the scalding of the two chill
dren of Ed Boe of Dunn Center re-
Gently. One of the children has been
unable to walk since the accident.
T. S. Johnson, formerly bookkeeper
at the Farmers elevator at Killdeer,
was returned to that city last week
from the Twin Cities to answer to a
charge of forgery. He is accused of
having forged a farmers name to a
grain check.
A rural telephone line has been con-
nected with the Bowman switch from
the Amor country. J. S. Hume, form
erly county auditor of Slope county
and secretary Of the Midway-Still-
water Telephone company, is presi-
dent of the new line.
Friends of Coe Kiebert of Center
who is in the army have just learned
that, in a recent examination for the
purpose Of selecting sergeants from
the ranks, that young man stood high
and will soon be honored with pro-
motion.
Miss Mable Stockland and Alvin G.
Hermanstad, both of Halliday, were
married at Manning recently. The
young couple will reside on the Knute
Haugen farm, two miles north of Hal
liday.
Robert Bryan and family of Halli-
day have gone to Fargo where Mr..
Bryan will take commercial course
at the agricultural college. Upon
their: return in April, Mr.. Bryan will
announce as candidate for county
treasurer on the democratic ticket.
Scotty and Jake Harris, who run
the register of deeds office of Dunn
county are unable to keep up with the
great amount of work which is now