The Dickinson press., 1917-10-27
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MISSOURI SLOPE NOTES
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alton for appendlcltls.
liver Faldet Of st. Croix township
lost a small quantity of hay by fire
last week.
Nels Nichols is lamenting the loss
of a mule belonging to the High
Grade Ignite Coal company which
made an unsuccessful attempt to ditch
No. 1 at Medora a few days ago.
"Maude" took her stand in the middle
Of the track and remained unaffected
by the sundry shrieks of the whistle
and the loud clamoring of the boys
in the cab, until the engine, taking
matters in it's own hands, as it were,
twisted Her Muleship into several
anatomical units. In the doing, how
ever, the engine was considerably de.
faced and rendered hors de COMBAT
for about an hour. Not all OF the
mule has been recovered.
A recent shipment of fifty. cars OF
beef cattle from Killdeer brings the
total to more than 200 cars this seas
on. This means that about $6OO,OOO
has resulted to the shippers of that
town.
A meeting at the Fryburg school
house Friday was for the purpose OF
electing officers for the 1918 fair n
for ~perfecting a permanent ORGANIZE
ton.
A prairie fire five miles long and
two miles wide recently was caused
by the blowing up of a gas tractor on
the Seyerson place in the Squaw Gap
country.
The China post Office In Mercer
$500, hoc been discontinued and,
hereafter, the territory will receive Us
mail at the Hebron post office.
movement is under way to
a. r,1ral route in that section. IN tnat
event. natrons will suffer no lncon-
venience.
A severe attack of pleurisy is keep
ing Mrs. c.. H. johnson OF Eeoron
confined to her home. =,
Funk Brothers of Hebron purchased
two hogs from Frank Wehr1 Of tnat
citv last week which brought the fa1
price of $141.9O. ),
Emil Netzer, a son of Emanuel
Netzer of Krem, lies in a badly. IN
inred condition at the Bismarck nos
nital. the result of being run over py
an automobile last week: He Will re-
Peter Hess, formerly in charge; OF
the Hebron Roller Mills. died last
week at the sanitarium IN DunselI1l
of tuberculosis. -
Reinhold Miller, fourteen years OF
age. living six miles southwest Of
Beulah, died Monday Of last week,
death following a gun-shot Wouna
sustained the day previous: Young
Miller was holding the gun IN an az
tomobile when it was dlschargeo'
probably by the jolting OF the car.
The Hebron Roller Mills changed
hands last week, Fred Birkmaler re-
leasing ownership to Il. L.; van
Renschofen in exchange for 960 acres
of land north of Krem, IN Mercer
Ressie Conradson Of Hettlnger
county secured a $250O verdict against
DR.. +. T. Rucker, last week, IN a
damage suit for mal-practlce. Inc
trial was holly contested:
Prairie Home community IN III
finger now boasts a new school Dulio-
mo lust erected in that section;
While working on a Wlnom1il VI
the farm of G. A. Fritch, SCUM "
Mott, last week, Donald bapcock "
that city had the misfortune 10 loee
mart of his left hand.
Reports have it that nine o. .ne
bows from Mott, now at camp ure ~
have contracted the measles-nllpu
cases, however. ..,o,, of
Successfully passing n oroeal VI
an operation in the Bismarck hoSpi.ai
about three weeks ago, FRANK och :.
macher is now back at ms hone hn
Mott. Several weeks Will e!apse "
fore he will be able to return ~ lAs
farm labors. ron+o,.
~ oSs;st;np In moving a stove,
mashed her finger. Medlcal a''en
assured a speedy recovery. of
Mrs. John Pockert and children OF
nonn Center. are visiting in Hebron.
The manv friends Of Mrs. T.. An
horn Of Glen Ullin will be GLAD &c
1aayn that she has been brought meme
from the hospital and is mendlng
rapidly. :, R,,ssia %
wears ago and who has been llv1ng
n This country for ten years, d!ed a.
tbs bismarck hospital Of dropsy ana
cnnonlications. He was living at Man
dan previous to his illness
Il low-hanging telephone W1Te :
caused 4 serious accident TO Harole
Martin. living a few miles north Of
Tandan. The boy vas riding across
. feld after cattle and, not noting tne
wire. rode directly into it.. He was
struck across the face ana Tecslveu
had gashes on nose n Ioreheau.
doctors are Of the opinion thaJ part
Of the nasal bone will have 70 pc re-
moved. .3 u palfald,s
n@ioneers. is moving to Dickinson:
About $4,000 was gathered IN dur.
mo The Pendergast auction sale az
1ar last week. One Of the pr1n-
a;oeI d@;snosals was a herd Of regis,
tared Shorthorns. The herd pun
%ro,,rht 1926; the price OF cows
ran ged from S14O to $240; less than
year-old cattle wavered IRON PIG :
4 uuarter-section farm, six miles
southwest Of Hettinger, formerly
owned by Mirt Morgan, was sold lasS
week ~ Charles NGinter to \. =.
Thomas Of that city.
MIS-. CurtSHooker of Wibaux, iorm-
erlv Miss Florence Tegeman, com.
mifted suicide at her home in that
city last week. J,
By trading a section land -
FaNon county, Mont, to I. y. Riley
Sentinel Butte, Judge ]. 2. Gardner,
also Of that city, will receive a,large
residence property in Montrose hMln!i.
about go miles from MlnneapoL
Judge and Mrs. Gardner areaexpecIeo
to leave for their new home ABOUT Ihe