The Dickinson press., 1917-09-08
Wallace Ackley, who lives south of

Wallace Ackley, who lives south of
Fryburg, is enjoying a visit from his
daughter, Mrs. Sparrow and her two
children Of western Canada. Mrs.
Sparrow has been gone for twelve
years and notices great improvements
in the country. They will be guests
at the Ackley home for about a
month.
E. A. Mulkey, proprietor of the
famous 101 ranch rs miles southwest
of Marmarth, suffered a severe loss
from fire last week when all of his
barns, corrals, sheds, and stacked
grain, including his winter supply of
hay, amounting to 12O tons, were con-
sumcd by fire. The fire was Started
by a five years old boy, SO the story
goes, and caused a loss Of consider
ably over $4,000 to Mr.. Mulkey.
August Borth of Manning, Dunn
county, is in the Morton county Jail
to- serve a sentence of 80 days for
failing to register for the draft. He
was sentenced by Judge Amidon at
Fargo. His sentence was cut down
because living in an inland district,
so he claimed, he knew nothing of the
draft regulations. United States
Deputy Marshal Carter took him to
Mandan last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Weir were ar
rivals in Beltield last Wednesday for
a short visit at the J. I. McCabe
home, Mrs. McCabe being their daugh-
ter. For fifty years Mr.. and Mrs.
Weir have lived in F%aribault, Mimi,
but this spring disposed of their
household effects, rented their resi-
dence, and on leaving Bclfeld will go
to California to live with their young
est daughter, Miss Clara Weir,
Carl Melby, who resides IL miles
north of Schafer, narrowly ' escaped
having his right foot cut off on Sun
day morning last, when a horse he
was riding became unmanageable and
bolted along the fence for some dis
lance and the top wire sawed into
the flesh and bone of Melby's right
leg, just above the shoe top. It re-
quired about Is stitches to close the
wound.
Killdeer's Home Guard company
continues to improve in their drills
and the same amount of interest as
before is manifest. So members were
in line last week for an hours hard
aiiiAA and maneuvers. Assembly is
sounded at $3.50 p. m. and roll call at
6:45. Capt. MCCARTHY announces the
appointment of DR.. Swendseen and R.
G. Pinkham as LIST and End lieuten-
ants and Howard Ellsworth as list
sergeant. 49,.
w. WATSON, residing about ten miles
southwest of Dunn Center, was the
unfortunate victim of a prairie fire re-
Gently which destroyed his barn, a
new wagon, all his harness, five pigs,
5 or 6 stacks of hay and so badly
burned n horse that it was neces-
sary to shoot it to put it out of mis-
cry. The blaze was extinguished be-
fore it could reach any grain fields.
me-: WATSON carried no insurance,
which made the loss felt that much
more. The meighbors and citizens of
Dunn Center donated literally to-
wards helping him secure new equip
ment.
That St. Paul m~illionaires, Louis
Hill and others, have no right to hog
the best duck passes of the state
by buying up the lands, is the claim
Slope hunters who threaten to test
out the constitutionality of persons
prohibiting hunting in certain sec
ions through purchases of land. It
s reported here that Louis Hill has
purchased the famous Haggart lake
Woodhouse lake duck passes in
wilds Of Kidder county which are
Iccountd the best passes in the north
vest.
Edgar F: Booth, for a number of
1ears travelling salesman for the Bis
narck Grocery Company, with head
quarters at Glendive, and more re-
emily engaged in ranching north Of
savage, was lying on his bed with a
Juliet hole in his head when Mrs.
sooth entered their room shortly after
ne family had finished breakfast on
august 28. Booth had apparently
.een in normal health and spirits. but
t is believed that brooding over poor
rops induced his rash act. He was
% years old and had been married
ut IL months. He was a member Of
he Glendipe lodge of EIks, and isl
yell known in Dickinson.