The Dickinson press., 1917-11-24
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MISSOURI SLOPE NOTES
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oned recently by eating flax straw.
H. R. Hommedahl, formerly with
the First State Bank at Amidon, is
now assistant cashier of the bank of
Midway.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Stadt of Ellington
lost their little boy, Edward, a short
time ago, death being due to scarlet
fever.
w. H. Livingston of near Amidon
sold herd of Herefords recently to
an Illinois man for $10,500. Some of
the steers brought $140 a head.
J. T. Nelson of Glen Ullin has been
appointed coal administrator for the
district composed of Morton, Grant,
Sioux and Hettinger counties.
A new band has been organized at
Bowman with Obert A. Olson, mana
ger, Fred Olson, director and Carl M.
Hjerleid, secretar and treasurer.
Melvin P. Gustafson Of Glendivc,
Mont, killed 27-pound bob-cat with
% calibre rifle. 1t measured three
feet, eight inches in length.
Gerald Livingston of Amidon was
the first man in Slope county to
make donation to the Y. M. C. A.
fund. His check was for twenty
dollars.
Orin Young, living in the south
bound over to the district court on a
charge of disposing Of mortgaged
property.
A gasoline engine is now busy pull
ling dirt out of the big hole at Bow
man which will be the city we'll there.
1t is to be sixteen feet in diameter
,,J civt1, foot doom
Jim Caven, living near Marmarth,
recently made a good sheep sale. He
sold 1000 ewes at $14.50 per head
and 1850 lambs at 1915. In all he
realized $4,000.
Miss Hester jackson, sixteen years
old, has won the title of champion
corn grower of Louisiana by raising
ninety-two bushels of corn on one
acre of ground. She did all the work
herself except the plowing.
Broken glass streWn along the
Yellowstone trail for distance Of
thirty miles between Terry and Miles
City, led to the arrest Of party CT
"movcrs" who received fines for ma
licious mischief.
Louis Talen Of Hettinger has, the
contract for building the barn of j..
A. Balsiger on the latter's place west
Of Hettinger. The barn will have a
capacity Of ninety tons of hay:
Bones in the right wrist Of Willis
Davidson of killdeer were broken
last week when the boy was playing
in the school gymnasium. He was
treated at the Dickinson hospital.
Through the activity of C. F..
EwaId, president of the Hebron Motor
club, that towns streets are rece1v-
ing their finishing touches in grading,
culverts are being placed and the
sidewalks improved.
Robert Bryan of Halliday didn't
have the change handy when the Y.
M. C. A. committee called so he
turned over to them q fine horse with
instructions to convert the animal
into cash. The horse brought $102.
A County School Directors Asso-
citation was organized at Watford re-
Gently, George f. Shafer being elect
ed president; E. F. Won Eschen, vice
president; John Eckert, secretary, and
William Mason, treasurer.
Due to the constantly increasing
attendance at the New Leipzig school,
the board found it necessary recently
to appoint another teacher. The
school now has six teachers. An adj
dition to the present building is be-
ing considered.
Mrs. Miller Powers Of killdeer has
Just returned from Ncnsal, N. D.,
where she was called by a message
that her mother had been seriously
burned while attempting to light 4
fire with kerosene. Death cnsued be-
fore Mrs. Powers reached her
mothers home.
Splendid weather the last few weeks
has helped in getting the various eX-
tensions to the Fiettinger and Cedar
River Telephone Co. in a near COM
plctc state. aMny new phones have
been connected up. 1t is expected that
the main line and all the branches will
be finished in q few days.
Thirty five dollars an acre was the
price paid for the famous Brothers
half-section farm southeast Of Het-
finger by South Dakota man who
will take possession the first OF De-
cember.
While unloading telephone poles in
the railroad yards last week, William
Ellis Of Hettinger was seriously In
jured by one of the poles striking
him in the abdomen with such force
as to rupture the intestines. He un-
derwont an operation at the Lennon
hospital but is in a serious condition.
Marmarth banks were upset re-
Gently when the foreign railroad
laborers, who had deposits in the
banks, went on strike. The men
drew their money from the banks.
The latter wired for more but, the
men settling their difficulties with the
railroad, replaced their money in the
banks. Quite a scare for a time.
Albert Malm, we'll known we'll
digger around Belield, Gorham,
Grassy Butte and adjacent territory,
was killed by gas in a well on the
Archie Belden ranch, about twenty
miles from Grassy Butte last week.
The body was recovered from the
well after half an hours work, MI.
Belden being overcome while dragging
for the body of Malm.
Monday of last week was the third
anniversary of Killdeer's birth, that
community having held it's first town
lot sale on November 12, 1914. There
are about 600 people in Killdeer and
the town has four blocks Of business
houses, three churches, two news
papers, three banks, five elevators,
four lumber yards, garage, two
blacksmith shops and few other
mercantile stores.
Killdeer's Home Guard has been
regularly organized, the constitution
adopted and the annual fees Of 81
paid. The following have been ap-
pointed under Captain Mccarthy: II.
& II. Ellsworth, Top Sgt; H. D. Flowers,
20. M. Sgt: C., E. Christensen, 1St