The Dickinson press., 1917-08-11
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MISSOURI SLOPE NOTES I
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DR.. Harton is building q new office
and residence at Dunn Center.
A census of the Hebron district con-
solidated school shows 418 children of
school age. 4,
$50 men were called for examina-
ton in Hettinger county this week by
the exemption board.
Practically all of the baseball
teams of the Slope; country have dis
banded for the season.
Mott and New Leipzig tennis play
ers are having a series Of games,
Several matches are scheduled.
N. P. railroad officials were on a
tour of inspection on both, the north
and south lines out Of Mandan dur
ing the past week.
A. J. Sinkula of Taylor has pur-
chased the Thompson blacksmith shop
at Dunn Center and will move his
family to that place in the near
future.
The English Lutheran congrega-
ton will erect a new church in Kill
deer, the contract being let last
week to the Marshall Malaise Lumber
company. ~0"~
The Powers elevator at Halliday
has been purchased by a company of
farmers and will be operated under
the name of the Halliday Grain COM
pany.
George w. Porter and Miss Sarah
Hamilton, both of the Oakdale
country, were united in marriage re-
emily at Manning. The groom is
one of the pioneers of around Oak
dale. .-s.
Carl Nelson and Irwin Smith, two
Belfield boys who have been on q
furlough since their enlistment in
the navy two months ago, have been
called to the colors and reported last
Sunday for duty in Minneapolis.
Some petty thief broke into the
home of Dick Dohrmann, of near Tay-
lor, q couple of weeks ago while the
family was away and stole a number
Of articles, including three savings
banks, two razors, one vest pocket
kodak and a pair Of field glasses.
Sam Redmond has sold his barber
shop in Killdeer to p. T. Butler and
Fred ]. Funk, the latter formerly pro-
prietor of a barber shop in Dickinson
but later of Bismarck. The firm
also bought the Drone barber shop
and will consolidate the two, making
a three-chair shop.
While raking hay at the Wilcox
ranch, north of Killdeer, last week,
George Kuhnlein was thrown beneath
the rake when the horse started to
run and received severe injuries to an
arm which had been broken a few
weeks previously. One of the horses
had it's leg broken in the runaway
and had to be killed.
Nearly a ton of printed matter,
blank books, forms, plats, etc., were
taken from Mandan last week and
delivered to the Grant county COM
missioners at Carson. The books and
forms included the complete tran
script of all records pertaining to
Grant county lands and holding. It
took three cars to transfer the books
to Carson.
Three children of Jacob Zurn, who
lives ~ miles north of Hazen, have
died during the past week from diph-
liberia. They were A, z and 8 years
of age. Three other children in the
family were afflicted with the disease
but recovered. No physician was
called until after the death of the first
child" and then not until others had
interviewed in behalf Of the stricken
children.
Judge J. M. Hanley, who was Of
fered a commission as major of the
Second North Dakota regiment, has
written to Governor Frazier declin-
ing the position. : In his letter of
resignation the Judge stated that he
had but recently taken his wife to
the hospital, where she will receive
treatment for three or four months,
and the fact that if he accepted the
commission it would necessitate
leaving his four small children in
the hands of strangers.
The barn on the Christ Ilgner farm,
eight miles south of Bentley, was
struck by lightning and destroyed by
fire on Saturday of last week. Mem
bers of the family were eating sup
per when the barn was struck and
before they could reach the building
it was a mass of flames. A new wag-
on, seven sets of harness, one humid
Fred bushels of grain and about
thirty tons Of hay were destroyed. "A
small amount of insurance was car
ried on the building.