The Dickinson press., 1917-04-14
. MISSOURI SLOPE NOTES
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TO erect a large bungalow CnlS Spr1ng.
Martin Zinsli sold his farm north of
Sentinel Butte last week to John Jor-
dan for $35 per acre.
A baseball team was organized at
Taylor last week. Fred Schroeder
was elected manager Of the team.
A. N. Eliason of Beach will soon
commence the erection of a two-story
brick building for his hardware store.
Postmaster F. H. Lyons last week
installed three new sections of COM
bination lock boxes in the new post
office building at Fryburg.
Ed. Mahoney, who lives south of
Rainy Butte, returned recently from
Beaver Dam, Wis, where he was
called by the death of his father.
On Tuesday last Judge Morton of
Dunn county issued a marriage license
to Louis Granfor and Miss Nellie
Belle, both of Killdeer.
T. J.. Baaler, formerly of Golden
Valley, arrived in Dunn Center last
week to accept the position of assist
ant cashier at the Farmers Bank.
Mrs. johnson, who has been visit
ing at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Hutchinson at Werner, departed
last week for Tompico, Mont.
The Girls Sewing Club of Taylor
will give a home talent play at that
place entitled diamonds and Hearts,"
on Saturday evening, April 21st.
Schuyler Lebor took possession of
the Badlands Transportation Co. at
Medora last week. Mr.. Lebo will also
l 10 Ysrxy both thu Hor1o1y 1~I M11r1>o1co-.
mails.
Peter Zook and son, Robert, of
Beach left the middle of last week
for Wolf Point, Mont, where they x
pect to put in a couple of sections of
flax this season.
c. G. Jones, Harry Randall and E.
j. Van Doren left on Wednesday last
for Mondak, Montana, where Mr..
Jones has shipped his we'll drilling
outfit from Medora.
James Livingston, who has been
visiting at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Geo. Osterhout of Medora,
departed for his home at Black River
Falls, Wis, on Friday last.
The executive committee of the
Congregational church at Halliday are
calling for bids for the moving of
the Congregational church at Richard
ton to Halliday.
Last week Mrs. C. Dalhaug sold her
fine farm a few miles west of Ami
don to her son, Oscar, and plans in
the near future to move to Amiden
to make her future home.
Miss Lena Miller, the Halliday tele-
phone operator, departed on Thurs
day last for Killdeer, where she has
a homestead. Miss Hilda Braaten
will 10Y be the operator at Halliday.
Nh. and Mrs. John Mccarthy of
Beach departed last week for Home
stead, Mont, where Mr.. Mccarthy
will become assistant cashier of the
State Bank at that place.
Golden Valley will have a new bak-
cry. Mr.. and Mrs. F. Kock of New
York City arrived there last week
and will have the Russell remodeled
and will put in a first class bakery.
Fred Quilliam returned on Saturday
last from a trip through South Da-
kota and southeastern North Dakota.
He is purchasing a ranch near Mar
marth and will soon move his family
over there.
Nearly 442,OO0 acres of school land
is subject to lease this veal. Will
Jams county has 3O,397 acres and
Mckenzie county has 28,763 acres
subject to lease. These two counties
have the largest acreage of any two
counties in the state.
Mrs. Ernest lessen returned to
New England the past week after
spending the winter with relatives
in Long Beach, California. She re-
ports having thoroughly enjoyed the
winter months in the land of sun
shine and orange blossoms.
DR.. T. L. Stangebye of New Eng
land left last Saturday for Mime
apolls IN response to a telegram which
stated that his mother was very low.
He was Joined at Mclaughlin by his
s~tepfather, John Haugen, who re-
ceived the same message at the farm
in the Wolf Butte country.
G.. H. Dale Of Shollsmade arrived
IN Amidon on Sunday last and Mon
day morning found him at work in
the office of county auditor, to which
office he was elected by the voters of
Slope county at the last election.
He was sworn in last Wednesday.
Mrs. H. H. Bond will be Mr.. Dale's
deputy. ~
Reid Lillard was visiting friends
about Dunn Center last week, he hay
ing returned after an absence of three
years, which time was spent in Can
ada and Vermont. He is now figuring
on locating in Montana. Reid looks
as though the past three years have
agreed with him, although his health
did not seem to be impaired at the
time he and Mrs. Lillard left here.
Andrew Lind, a pioneer farmer in
Dunn county, living on Crooked Creek
six miles southeast of Manning, is
building a new barn SOx46, with a hip
roof and an additional shed 16x46.
This, when completed, will give Mr..
Lind one of the best sets Of farm
buildings in the county, with a COM
Portable. farm dwelling and a we'll
stocked farm.
Mrs. I. l.. Doherty of Manning re-
Gently gave a farewell party in honor
| of Mrs. ]. r. Cuskel1v. who will soon