The Dickinson press., 1917-11-24
GRASSY BUTTE

CAS III oSyS1aI U1S 1OduS VI luHDeT
from the Killdeer station for their
yard in Grassy Butte.
Harold Rase, Walter D. Rosendahl
and the Misses Emma and Puma
Nichols went to Belfield on Wednes-
tend the Birth of a Nation picture
show.
The Grassy Butte Red Cross society
and elected the following officers:
Mrs. w. R. Calder, chairman; Mrs.
VIM. Schwalbe, vice president; Mrs.
Thomas Farley, secretary; Harold
Rase, treasurer.
The Killdeer-Grassy Butte Tele-
phone Co. service is all that any one
could ask these days. A dozen or two
of new instruments should be in
stalled before the weather gets too
cold. The more subscribers the more
valuable the line becomes.
Adam Jordan, eight miles north,
hauled in load Of merchandise for
one OF the Grassy Butte stores the
past week. This young man came out
here five years ago from fourteen
miles southeast of Dickinson. He will
seed 100 acres the coming spring.
James L. Carr, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. L. Carr of the county north, has
left for Logansport, Ind, to visit reIa-
tives and friends for the winter
months. He has a large number of
places to visit before returning in the
spring.
Fred Hoerauf has made arrange
ments to winter about 100 head of
his cattle at the Elmer Ashbacher
place six miles this side of Killdeer
and expects to drive the stock over
around the first of December. John
Hoerauf will remain at the winter
camp.
Sam Glerup, Sine Cuskelly and
Gus Benz expected to receive $50 to
200 head of the Vic Hayes cattle at
Six Mile on the 10th. In the event
that the deal went through the cattle
were to be driven to Belfeld and
carried to Terry, Mont, thence over
the Milwaukee to Morristown, S. D.,
and unloaded for their Sioux reserva-
tion winter stock camp.
Henry Malm, the young man who
lost his life on the 18th in the Archie
Belden well southwest of here, used
to stop at the Grassy Butte restau-
rant. 1t is understood that gas
caused the death of the man and that
Archie Belden went into the we'll
and brought the body out, thereby
nearly losing his own life. Church 4
Malm was the name of the we'll
digging outfit. A sister came out
from Chicago the middle of last week.
1t is understood that the parents re-
side in the Old Country.
| A. E. Lawhead, president, and Mrs.
Dave Dolf, clerk, of the Rhoades
school district, were at Watford last
week for the gathering of school Of
ticers. Annis Dolf accompanied her
mother. Harold Rase, assistant
cashier, also went over in the Law
head car. Alb. Murray, recently ap-
pointed director for this district to fill
the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton Of Sam Rhoades, went over in
his car to attend this meeting and
to bring his daughter, Miss Elma,
who had been attending the county
institute, home.
Fred Hoerauf and son, Walter,
came into Grassy Butte one day the
past week in their seven passenger
car, bringing his father, Maxwell
Hoerauf, and two brothers, Jacob
and Valentine, all farmers in the VI
cinity of Hebron. Mr.. and Mrs
Maxwell Hoerauf have retired from
the farm, leaving the place to Valen-
tine, and will leave in a short time for
Los Angeles to spend the winter
Jacob Hoerauf was formerly a ranch
Ell in this country, being the possesso1
OF the present w. H. Aehnelt ranch
, about ten years ago:
One OF the happy events of the past
| q n1: a
, Nichols and Miss Clalya Smith
These young people went down the
north N. 2. branch on Tuesday morn
ing and were to be married at Man
dan or Bismarck and return home the
last of the week. Mr.. Nichols is 8
prosperous young rancher east OF
town, a former Dickinson boy. The
bride came to this country from Indi-
ana about three years ago to teach
school. She is a sister of Mrs. C. w
: Blakely, and like the groom, has q
large circle Of friends. Mr.. and Mrs
Nichols have a very pleasant ranch
home. 1t was expected that a com.
pany of friends would be on hand as
soon as they returned to give them g
hearty welcome. n.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. T. Lay and two
children were leaving the past week
for some point east. When they left
they had not made up their minds
where they would go. Mr.. Lay hao
an auction sale a short time ago and
has rented his half section of land
south OF town to Roy King for a term
OF five years. It was little over four
years ago that the family came to
this state from South Dakota in CON-