The Dickinson press., 1917-07-21
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MISSOURI SLOPE NOTES
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The Mandan Mercantile Company is
erecting a large implement house at
Killdeer.
The machinery to put in the sewer
system at Marmarth has arrived and
the work has started.
Service on the rural route out of
Regent will start August 2, with
Albert Armstrong as carrier.
A Minot company expects to find
natural gas at a depth Of 1870 feet
and drilling will commence soon.
H. D. Flowers, an operator at Kill
deer, has taken the physical examlna-
ton for the telegraph signal reserve
corps.
A. L. Martin shipped $4,000 pounds
of wool from Sentinel Butte last
week. This amount will net him about
$4,000.
Milt Bobb and wife returned, to
Taylor recently from a trip to Yellow
stone Park and other points Of inter-
est west.
Miss Lille Schriever and Bert
Tobin, both of neal Werner, were
united in marriage at Manning last
week by Judge Boyd.
Miss M~agdalsna Schantz and Ed
ward L. Tavis, prominent young
people of Glen Ullin, were united in
A $4,000 land deal was made at
Sentinel Butte last week, Ellsworth H.
Hall selling two sections and farm
equipment to D. J.. Riley of Water
town, S. D.
Another bell has disappeared from a
school house in southern Morton.
county. When thieves get to stealing
big bells a mans Waterbury watch is
M longer safe.
Two hundred convicts in the North
Dakota penitentiary have done their
bit by subscribing $50 to the American
Red Cross fund for the relief of the
boys who al go.
An automobile belonging to George
Mutscher of Werner was destroyed by
fire recently near Halliday. The
driver, Roy Rieresgard, barely es-
capped serious injury.
Daniel McNeice, a prosperous
rancher of Beach, was united in mar
riage last week to Miss Catherine
Murphy of Glendive, the ceremony he
ing performed in that city.
E. H. Piatt of Manning was called
to Laurel, Ind, on account of the seri-
u illness of his mother. His sister,
Mrs. John Rooney, of Grassy Butte,
went down several weeks ago.
Fire at Sentinel Butte Monday of
last week destroyed a barn belonging
to John Gilbertson. A fine team Of
horses was burned in the flames, also
harness, hay, etc. No insurance.
Farmers in the neighborhood Of
Breckenridge crossing, near Glen
Ullin, enjoyed a big picnic on Heart
river recently. The usual sports were
INDUCED in after a basket dinner.
C. E. Christensen, assistant cashier
of the First National Bank at Kill
deer, has returned home from the hos
pital at Rochester, Mimi, where he
underwent an operation for snyovitis.
Sheriff Randall of Mckenzie county
made a trip to the Grassy Butte
country and reports that the best crop
he say on the trip was 400 head Of
cattle belonging to Mrs. W. N. Crist.
George Monson of Glen Ullin re-
Gently purchased two thoroughbred
Poland China hogs from a Sentinel
Butte farmer. These animals are
fine stock and command a big price.
Dr.. and Mrs. E. J. Hauser and fam
lily left on No. 2 Sunday for a vacation
trip of about two weeks, to be spent
mostly with the doctors folks at
Fargo and at the lakes zeal Detroit,
MINI.
Mike McGrath of Dunn Center was
fined $50 and costs for an attack upon
Gotlieb Glot, a young lad living in
the Dunn Center country. The trial
was held before Justice Geo. GraysoE
at Killdeer.
Sadie Olson, the nin~e-year-old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Olson, who lives at Taylor, had the
misfortune to get one of her fingers
badly mashed in the rollers of a
clothes Wringer.
The Mercer county papers say that
some of the grain in the county is
looking pretty sick while other grains
will make a fairly good yield provid-
ing conditions are normal from now
on until harvest time.
Papers have been perfected for a
temporary injunction to be issued re-
straining the city of Minot from
carrying into effect the bond issue for
$4,000, which was recently carried by
vote. 1t is claimed that the city has
exceeded the debt limit.
Surveyors are at work on the pro-
posed Manning, Mandan and Freda
railroad. The crew is in charge of
Engineer Hamilton and the work is
progressing as rapidly as possible.
The company proposes to complete
the survey and secure the right of
way this season.
The progressive farmers in the vi
entity of St. Gertrude's Catholic
church, IL miles northwest of Shields,
intend to build a parsonage near the
church. Another item Of interest to
Catholics of the Slime co,1nt,,y ;e the