The Dickinson press., 1917-06-30
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MISSOURI SLOPE NOTES

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On Saturday, July Z, will be held
the annual meeting and picnic of the
Haynes Equity Exchange.
Mott Equity exchange will hold an
nual meeting Saturday, when a picnic
luncheon will be served. c. o. Dray-
tom, national president, will speak.
August Luckow and Mrs. Selma,
both former residents of Grassy
Butte, were married in Taylor last
week. They will reside in Taylor.
w. D. Forsyth of the Sentinel Butte
community recently sold a number of
yearling calves in St. Paul for $40 a
round. This is near a record price.
Killdeer Equity elevator company
held annual meeting recently and re-
port was made by the manager,
showing a surplus for the year Of a
little more than $4,000.
Mr.. and RMS. Ross Compton, we'll
known throughout the Slope as pro-
prietors Of the Compton house at
Mott for many years, have removed
to Akron, O.
Homeseekers' excursion left St.
Paul for Killdeer Sunday. The visi-
tors went from Dodge to Halliday by
auto, then to eWrner, to Dunn Center
and from there to Killdeer.
Commissioners of Grant and Morton
counties held final meeting last week
in Mandan, and completed settlement
of business matters concerning taxpay-
ers of both counties.
Hebron Fire & Pressed Brick Co.
was last week awarded contract for
material in the big new school build
ing at Drake. Superstructure will be
of Hebron brick.
Halliday is after speeders, who have
disregarded constant warnings to cut
out th4 fast stuff, and the city mar
shall has started a campaign of ex-
termination against them.
Fire entirely destroyed the Philip
Bratzel barn near Hebron, and con-
tents last week, with loss of about
$4,000. Nnearly so tons of hay was
lost. Origin Of the fire is unknown.
Farmers institute was held in. Hal
liday Wednesday,. Halliday band
furnished music and luncheon was
served in the auditorium at noon.
Good speakers addressed the audience.
Survey work on the Manning, Man
dan & Freda railway will be started
about July l. Delay in beginning the
work is due to inability to cur
tents for the crew.
Annual Hoosier reunion will be held
at Flasher Saturday, June 80. Many
prominent former Indiana residents
will be present. Sports of all kinds
will while away the day and there will
be a big feast served.
w. E. Smith, "alfalfa king" of
Dunn county, has made his first cut
ting Of alfalfa and reports a good
yield. He has 88 acres in this crop,
which now averages between a foot
and eighteen inches high.
Second annual sub-station picnic
will be held at the Hettinger expert
ment farm Saturday, June 80. Promi-
nent speakers will be heard, there will
be a picnic dinner, and amusements
will be games of all sorts and a
theatrical entertainment.
Eighteen-month-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Orr of Watford
City, was killed recently when run
over by an auto in the streets of that
town. Inquest was held and Oscar
Engebretson, driver Of the cal, was
~exonerated from blame.
Old timers of Hettinger county
gathered last week in large numbers
at Burt. Horse races, foot races and
"a tennis tournament amused and
there was a fine picnic dinner. Sena-
tor Jacobsen, NJ. s.. Odle and others
gave addresses.
A barn on the John Ellis place in
Bowman county was destroyed by fire
last week, and Mr.. Ellis came near
losing his life in getting a calf out of
the building. He was severely burned
about the face and neck. House and
granary were saved only after a hard
fight with the flames.
j. Davis of Portland, Ore, had a
narrow escape from death last week
between Sentinel Butte and Beach,
%squarely, while riding his motorcycle
at IS miles an hour. The machine
was entirely wrecked, but the rider
escaped with only a few bruises.
In spite of war clouds, business on
the Slope mas not suffered to any
noticeable extent, and this is made
evident by the p]retentious Chautauqua
programs arranged in a score of
Slope cities and. towns. Hebron,
Killdeer, Taylor, Mott, Center, Hazen,
oCoCI, dlu d uuLIlUcI VI OC1lcI places
will hold Chautauquas.
George, Tom and Joseph Sinsalla,
each charged with assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill,
were bound over to the district court,
after recent preliminary hearing at
Beach. All waived examination.
Complaining witnesses were Dallas
and Edgar Blue Of Golva. Action
grew out of a fracas several weeks
ago in which guns and pitchforks
played a prominent part.
DR.. F. T. Rucker of Mott was given
preliminary hearing last week,
charged with assault with intent to
kill, complaining witness being States
Attorney J. K. Murray. Murray al
leges that Rucker waylaid him, knock
ing him down and attempting to MAIN
him. The defendant declared that the
attorney struck the first blow. Rucke1
was bound over for trial after the
hearing under bonds of $500.
Auto driven by B. G. Odiorne turned
turtle and went over a fve-foot en-
bankment near Alpha last week. Mr.
and Mrs. Odiorne and their child and
three Otramba children were thrown
heavily to the ground. Mr.. Odiorne
incurred the break of one rib and
other internal injuries, and died q
short time later. The car was com
pletely wrecked. None of the others
in the party were hurt.