The Dickinson press., 1917-12-01

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works as good as any one on the line.
It will not be necessary to send TO
Killdeer in the future for any of this
work. The First State Bank is get
ting the necessary equipment and
hopes to be connected up within a
few days, and then there will be three
telephones in town. In the spring it
is expected that a dozen or more l n
the ear vicinity will avail themselves
of telephone service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Hayes of Dick
inson are living at Six Mile at pres
ent and will likely be at their ranch
south of town and just west of the
Six Mile school house the greater part
of the winter. This is the original
Hayes homestead and a fine ranching
place. Mr.. Hayes has a large number
of good horses which he is breaking
and getting ready for the farmers in
the spring. He predicts that the horse
sales will be unusually good another
season. Just now the government is
declining to take the heavier ami
mails, but they will be just what the
farmers will need another year.
Our people are considerably inter-
ested. in the government horse sale in
spection which will be held in Dickin-
son or December 10, probably the last
inspection until another spring. It is
understood that contractors are de-
sirous of getting so head of cavalry
horses, 1000 to 1150 pounds in
weight and not under five years of age
nor more than eight. The top prices
will be $135 per head. None of the
artillery stuff will be wanted at this
inspection, it is understood.
= Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. White, who re-
Gently came in from Crystal Bay,
MIMI, in their Ford car, are getting
nicely settled in their new home seven
and a half miles north of town, where
they have built a house and barn. The
trip, their bridal trip, was made in
five days, and a part of the distance
was covered during the early snow
storm. They found the going rather
poor until they reached Bismarck and
the rest of the journey was made over
very good roads. Mrs. Whites. maid
en- name was Miss Clotilda Mason and
this is her first experience on the FROM
tier, but she is going to enjoy her new
home. Mrs. Fred Hartman is a sister
Of Mr.. White. The Hartmans and Mr..
White came out last spring from Min
nesota and have been working to-
gether the past season. The Grassy
Butte people are glad to welcome
these people to Jul midst, and extend
sincerest congratulations to MI. and
Mrs. White.
MI. and Mrs. Ethan L. Ashbacher
and little child left the past week for
Andover, S. D., where they will visit
until about Christmas time. MI.
Ashbacher's brother is looking after
his farm here.
Geo. H. Newell has rented his land
a mile south of Six Mile to Walter
Raether and expects to leave within a
few weeks fol. Montana. He was one
of the early settlers out this way, but
now that he has disposed Of his stock
he plans on looking around a little.
Lyle Hays is away on an extended
visit to South Dakota, Iowa, Mime
sofa and probably some of the south
ern states before he returns home.
MI. Hays has earned a long vacation.
Geo. T. MERRIAM started the past
week with rs or 80 head Of cattle to
drive overland to Zap, a distance of
125 miles. The McErlains have closed
out their herd which they summered
the Maverick flats. They brought
in 400 head and were able to gather
all but Is head this fall. Dick Laid,
a former Mandan boy, remains to look
after the scattered stock belonging to
the McErlains out this way. He
makes his home at the Phil Christian
son ranch. '''. ''.' i
R. G. Gillespie sold 49, head OF
mixed cattle to Sam Rhoades the other
day, which leaves him ample fodder
for his IL head of horses and mich
cows and probably some to spare.
Mr.. Gillespie has been homesteading
out here for five years and expects to
prove up another year and possibly
will then return to m of his fathers
farms in Iowa. Anyway he has a
good offer to go back another fall.
Mrs. Gillespie was visiting her BROTH
er, Fred Anderson, over east the past
week.
P. F. Freeman, whose homestead is
south of Grassy Butte, has word from
his brother, Merritt, who is in the
lumber camps in the vicinity OF
Seattle, that he will have all the
work he wants until spring. P. f.
Freeman is in the draft and has his
plans all made for going to the front
as soon as the call comes. He has
arranged with Fred Hoerauf to look
after his farm during his absence in
the army. The Freemans came from
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