The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
Classy T. NEWS

Sam Rhoades and Sam Glerup were
buying a few native yearlings the past
two weeks, paying $55 per head for
the best stuff.
. Mrs. Dave Dolf has been appointed
school clerk for the Rhoades district
vice Miss Daisy Waddell, resigned.
Mrs. Dolf is a former teacher at Tay-
lor, Bismarck and Mandan and is well
acquainted with this kind of work.
/ C. G. Williams, general agent for
the Provident Insurance Co., was in
Grassy Butte for a few days recently.
His company has a number of stock
holders out this way and a good line
of insurance in force. It is a home
company, with headquarters at Bis
marck.
Lester Crist was feeling consider
ably better last week and he and his
mother, Mrs. Mary Crist, expected to
leave before long for a climate like
Arizona or Nevada. At last reports
they had not secured a man to help
Archie with the stock during their
absence. Mrs. Crist may return after
Lester is well settled in the southwest
for the winter.
The Grassy Butte subscribers re-
ceived notice the night Of October 10
that there was to be a meeting of the
Killdecr-Grassy Butte Telephone Co.
in killdecr on the following day, bu;
ewing to the almost impossible condi-
ton OF the roads no NJ went ovcT
from here. If the meeting was held,
no one knows anything about it here,
and unless the line is repaired no one
will care to install an instrument.
For two weeks now the line between
this place and killdcer has been ont
Of commission. Some think that the
lincman who superintendent the con-
struction work did not do a very good
job.
Joe Cain, who will winter around
900 head Of cattle, will make a drive
to the reservation soon, if he has not
already done so. He has a lot of hay
up, some 800 tons, and with the good
grazing which the reservation pa,-
lures afford, should be able to put his
stock through in fine shape. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Cain has recently
been assured that he can lease graz
ing land on the reservation at Il stipu-
tied sum per head per month. Mr..
Cain also has a large number Of
horses which will be wintcred on their
accustomed range. This party is 4
worker and makes hay while the SUI,
shines.
Irwin B. Crist has his arrangements
practically all made for leaving for
the a He has leased his homestead
and a half section of school land to
Harry w. Schyalbe for the period Of
! vi. nhcnrnn M- Clrlo 4,1-,,
lrvin's cattle and horses on shares and
expected to move ovcr from the flats
soon for the winter. The plans seems
to work in nicely for both parties, as
the Crist place has the hay which the
other place lacked this year on account
Of the scarcity of feed in many places.
The people Of Grassy Butte hope that
Irwin, like the other soldier boys from
this locality, may be safely returned
home in due time.
The snow storm Of October II was
much heavier around here than in
parts further south, the precipitation
generally being figured at s to 10 in
ches. The snow melted considerable
a few days later and most people arc
still hopeful Of getting a month OF six
weeks of good weather yet this fall.
Quite a few farmers were caught with
flax still in the field, though the great
err part Of the crop had been stacked
Or threshed. The rain which fell out
here early in the fall caused the flax
yields to remain green for a long
time. Some Of the settlers still have
potatoes that are not dug. Those
who ventured out to dig last week
found that the crop had not been frost
ed to any great extent, especially
where the potatoes had been plowed in
or we'll hilled.