The Dickinson press., 1917-01-06
BELFIELD NEWS

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The Farmers State Bank has tenn
porary quarters in the Mullaney
building, where business will be tran
sacted until the two-story brick home,
burned the morning Of Dec. 80, can
be rebuilt. Cashier j. F. Gardner had
the money chest pulled out of the
basement ruins Saturday night and it
was expected that it would be cool
enough to open on Tuesday morning.
The safe was placed in the temporary
building, and it was a~scertained as
early as Monday that the combina-
ton was working, 50 it was thought
that the door could be opened all right.
AS stated last week, the Farmers
State Bank was insured for $4,000
and it is believed that this, with the
salvage, will about replace the struc-
ture. The north wall looks very good
and all of the walls appear to be good
up to the ceiling of the first floor.
However, as soon as the insurance
adjusters have completed their work,
Charles Bake will commence to clear
away the rubbish and tear down the
walls as far as necessary, prepara-
tory to rebuilding. Work will be
pushed as rapidly as possible and it is
hoped that the institution will be
ready for occupancy early in the sum-
mer. The customers vault which
went through the fire safely, will be
extended up for use in Attorney H.
A. Hackof's rooms on the second
floor. President w. l.. Richards ex-
pected to leave early in the week for
the Twin Cities to purchase a safe
and. other equipment for the tempo
a quarters. The Farmers State
Bank will have an absolutely fire and
burglar proof safe in their new place
of business just as soon as the same
can be shipped out, and in the mean
time, the Citizens State Bank has very
kindly rendered them the use of their
fire proof vault, just across the street.
It was very noticeable on Saturday
that the hollow tile from the North
Dakota Pressed Brick Works at Dick
inson has stood the fire test in splen-
did shape. The inner lining of the
walls was made of this material, and
the fire did not crack any of the brick
in the least. The hollow tile is also
heat resistant, and the wood buildings
on either side Of the bank were not
ever set on fire.
E. L. Sibert, one of the progressive
homesteaders this side of Grassy
Butte, is spending the winter in Bel
field, making his home with his sister,
Mrs. Ida E. Jewell, who came out
from Wisconsin last fall. Mr.. Jewell
is with the Farmers Elevator Co..
Jack Cameron, who returned from
a month in Denver and other points
in Colorado the past week, states that
he saw very cold weather down that
way, indicating that the severe cold
spell has been general. Mr.. Cameron,
it will be recalled, is the present own
err of the old Young farm southeast
of Belfeld.
S. Engelhartson, three miles south
Of Belfield, has been foddering his 10
head of cattle the past few weeks in
the morning. The stock have grazed
during the day and seem to be doing
we'll. Last season Mr.. Engelhartson
| raised a fair crop of wheat, the aver
age being IL bushels to the acre,
which is not bad for 1916, rust and all
taken into account.
Rev. Charles Cook came down from
Fryburg on Saturday morning on his
way to Quinion where he was to hold
| services the first of the week. He x
pected to find some drifts and pur-
| chased a shovel to take along with
him on this trip. Mr.. Cooke is a for
mer Gladstone boy, now having the
regular Fryburg church charge, also
two points in the north country.
Postmaster ]. P. Galyen is glad the
holiday rush is over. Belfield surely
| had it's share of the Christmas pack
ages the past season.
A. W. Tickfer, the Belfield gardener
who resides on the hill just east of
town, is setting a pace for Stark
county farmers that is indeed worthy.
He came from Wisconsin II years
ago, and has been busy every year
since building up his place, until he
now has an ideal farm home, Trees
have been set about the yards, some
of which are now 20 feet tall. He has
fruit trees and had all kinds of berries
the past year, picking $50 quarts of
strawberries. Timothy and clover arc
grown, also alfalfa. Fifty head of
cattle are being wintered and at the
present time 10 COWS are being milk
ed. This is but half of the number
that will be MIXED during the sum-
mer months. Mr.. Tickfcr had a large
house erected several years ago and
the past season Alfred Nelson of
Dickinson has been building him a
large barn, a duplicate of the horse
barn on the Young farm just east of
Dickinson. Farm life is both pleasant
and profitable on the Tickfer place.
R. M. Pippin who has been with the
Times since March, finished Saturday
night and was expecting to go to
Dickinson. He has a brother In the
hardware business at Halliday and
may decide to engage with him after
a little while.