The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03

P. W. Waite shipped four ears of
horses to Thinner last week.
John Rider of Fryburg is now en-
ployed by the N. P. railway at Glen
dive.
Harper Burns of Sentinel Butte has
gone to Fergus Falls, Mimi, where he
has accepted a position in a bank.
H. Thompson Lacknes OF Amidon is
moving his family over near the coal
mine of the Farm Land & Coal Co,
west of town.
MI. Cunningham, the new depot
agent at Taylor, was much delighter
last week when his wife came from
South Heart to stay with him.
The first open season for many
years to trap or kill beaver or otter
will be from January tenth till March
tenth.
R. R. Eldred of Cook, in Hettinger
county, captured an eagle recently
near Valley Farm, which measured
seven feet from tip to tip.
The game warden of Towner county
walked into five hunters the other
day and arrested the lot, taking the
shot-guns along.
Miss Alice Schulberg, formerly a
stenographer for Attorney w. A.
earns at Manning, is now with the
Farmers State Bank at Dunn Center.
Mrs. Anton Christensen of Het-
finger, mother of Albert O. Christen-
sen, cashier of the Fryburg bank,
died a few days ago.
An N. P. train killed fourteen head
of cattle, belonging to P. D. Wood of
Kidder county. The cattle were
crossing the right of way seven
miles west of steele.
Charles H. Stewart of Chenoweth,
SO years old, died last week of pmeu-
monia after a short illness. A wife,
two sons and a daughter survive. Mr..
Stewart moved to Slope county II
years ago from Iowa.
The county commissioners of Slope
county are considering petitions
signed by 1O3 freeholders of that
county praying the commissioners to
bond the county for the purpose of
huying seed grain.
Martin, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Schow, and Miss Olga Anderson, both
of Regent, were married a few days
ago at the home Of the groom's par
ents, the ceremony being performed
by Rev. H. Garfield Walker. Follow
ing the ceremony Mrs. T. A. Toilet
son Of Dickinson, sang an appropriate
love song,
A meeting was held at Fryburg re-
Gently by a few county boosters for
the purpose of arranging for their an
nual agricultural fair and electing Of
ficers for this event. The small at
tendance, however, precluded the eff
fecting Of those arrangements. An
other meeting will probably be held
later.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Schnebly of Re-
gent celebrated their 4Sth wedding
anniversary last week. An added
feature was the fact that that date
was the 65th birthday anniversary of
Nj. ScEmebly. Friends of Mott, Het-
finger and Regent celebrated with the
aged couple.
Ben F. Wallace of Mineral Wells
was arrested by Sheriff W. j: john
son Of Slope county recently. He was
louSCN Ill jail dI AlllluOH uHCll CIlc
arrival Of Sheriff Tate from Lincoln
county, South Dakota, who returned
the man to his home county where he
wa wanted on a charge of child
abandonment. Wallace deserted his
wife and five children last April and
left with another mans wife.
W. c. Peterson Of Shollsmade re-
ports an unusually good crop this
season. Twenty acres Of Swedish
wheat produced q yield of II bushels
to TIC acre. This wheat is Of the Nc
braska variety. -Four years ago he
raised 81 bushels from one bushel of
seed. The following year he averaged
Al bushels an acre, planting Is acres.
Also he had S acres of barley which
yielded at the rate of 13 bushels and
a 13-bushcl average was secured from
20 acres of oats.