The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04
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: MISSOURI SLOPE NOTES !


s FTlVALG AUulo" As
nanv NJ at Beach; is now laid up with
a broken leg. Reisler ana q comrede
were in a friendly. scuffie when ne e
over backwards with q leg under nm.
Val Stevens of near Halliday Gays
he will be able to feed Dunn county
on sauer kraut this winter. He has
over two thousand cabbage plants and
they are growing fine. :,
New coal mines are being opened
at Reulah, on the north branch in
Mercer county. Hopes are entertain
ed Of taking out several hundred tons
per day. N. p. workmen are building
side tracks to the mine.
Fire from q cigarette destroyed a
mrinp waron for Samuel Witt, north
east e Halliday. The fire got beyond
his control and burned up about SO
tons Of prairiie hay for Herman Weld
ner and destroyed considerable hay
O. the prairie. Witt has been sued
for dauaxes and has quit smoking .
The KiIldeer mountains seem to be
a popular place for picnickng parties
durin1r the summer months, Slope
ra.,ers rgporting numerous parties to
this historic spot during the past few
weeks. There is no more beautiful
spot in the state than around the Kill
Ferdinand Koch, who lives three
miles east of Beach, lost his big base
nrent nam by fire last week. Wagons,
ho mass. YD chickens, IL tons of hay,
Hm rounds Of flour and 500 pounds
Of binder Irvine went up in smoke.
The loss is quite heavy. The origin
~ FIN Gre ii unknown.
Chris n Kundert, a machinigt in
fhe employ Of the Lair Motor Sales
company at Bismarck, was drowned
IN Ample creek near the Northern
Pacific bridge between Mandan and
R;srnarck last Sunday afternoon He
waz rescued from the stream by com
rades hut died on the way to the kos
pital. 49, =.
=Haliiday. both former Dickinson boys,
exnect to enlist in the medical re-
serve and went to Bismarck last
week for that purpose. Mr.: Hal is
n registered pharmacist and MI. Pal-
MOI is a medical student at The state
university.
=. c. Merris, hail aaJjugter from
R%;ii;nos' was arrested at RhHme, in
Rowman county, last week Tor max
mo- 11nnatriotic reuarks about gov
Eminent. The prisoner apofogized
~nrofuselv and revergnty kissed the
american flag. Later he was allowed
h;s freedom. Sheriff Nurmen has sent
lis renort with all evidence TO gov
eminent officials.
NJ, 258. the first number drawn in
+ha eaiective draft, was held by two
borthers, Melvin and aired Waipy
Melvin registered IN AGanas ana a.
fred registered IN Hett1nger county,
Imagine their surprise when tney
learned that they both heade Ins 1s'
at washington. They lett 1mmed1ate-
" for Minneapolis to be examined 1o1
enlistment in the navy.
Johnny SwerdtfegEr of Medora and
a sixteen-year-old son OF JAKE. jacob
son, both driving Ford cars, came 2
pether. near Marmarth last week.: Ac-
cording to reports young JacoDso
lost control of his car after reachlng
The TOP Of a grade at a thlrty-mlte CLIP
and a into the Swerdtfeger BOY Wno
was coming up on the 0ther ,slde'
Roth cars were damaged beyond re
pair and all passengers e row
from their seats but none OF them IN
iured to any extent.
10000 young trout were liberated
n Sm1are Butte creek near Center
Last week. This The third season
that this creek has been stocked with
trout between the Morton county line
and the town Of Center, and Editor
Thurston, Of the Center Republican
iook. forward TO the time when one
~ two of these little fellows will I'LL
a plater. The rainbow m6ut reaches
maturity at three years and there
after develops into a very sizabte fish
under some conditions attaining as
great a weight as thirty pounds.
C. A. johnson, president Of the
Johnson Fuel company which operates
Ithe briquetting plant at Scranton, was
at the mine last week with a large
nartv Of stockholders from the east
showing them how the Ignite coal IL
made into briquettes. The company
ia unable to secure the machinery fol
the twelve additional units at the big
nlant this year, but arrangements FOL
Ave units have been made These vii
be installed before winter. Among
the visitors were several weafthy cap
Iitaliststfrom the: east, who wild thnancs
the big plant.