The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1920-07-01
Dsrmer Times Publisher and Family
Spending Their 'Ill Gotten
Gains" ON Motor Tour
0AMPED AT MILES CITY SUNDAY
Meet Oakes People at Almost Every
Place They Stop

Niles City Is more thoughtful OF the
tourist than any place we have yet
visited. A park Of natural wooded
growth has been fitted out with all
kinds Of accommodations, such as
camp fires, water, shower baths, ten
mis- grounds, swings, etc. The Cham
ber Of Commerce has signs throughout
the park Offering information for your
comfort and pleasure. It leaves
splendid impression with the fellow
who passes through.
We are going through by easy stag
e., making from 130 to $50 miles per
day. We have a sort Of union feel
ing-work about eight hours day
and rest and refresh and eat camp
grub, mostly fixed up by the men Of
the party. We carry tent, mattresses,
blankets and camping outfit complete.
Had been using lights from the car
and fashlight for lights until last
night, but now we have lantern
which hangs suspended from the ridge
POLE.
There are nine people in the party:
Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Hodges and Orvis
Banks Of Glendale, Mr.. and Mrs. o.
A. Dunham Of Maynard, Mass, and
the Wright family Of four. It is the
first visit Of the Dunhams to the west
and they are enjoying the trip very
much-as we all are.
The cars 80 far have worked per-
fectly. The Ford always works; that
i driven by dad" Hodges and car
ries the four older folks. We young
folks have the "Olds"-driven by Tod
and are surprised the way she takes
the hills. We started out with some
:, misgivings on account of slipping
clutch, but turned back to Oakes after
being out mile, had a new clutch
leather put in and now everything
works like top. Runs from twenty
to forty miles per hour.
This country is great for hills and
dales. It is up one hill and down the
other about all the time. Tod takes
great pleasure in coasting down the
hills without power. Have run that
way for over a mile at stretch.
Crop conditions are good through
nearly all the country we have passed.
West Of the Missouri in North and
South Dakota are backward and what
we would call poor, but really in the
Bowman and Hettinger country peo-
pie say it is the best prospect for q
crop they have had in years. You
will see good wheat fields only ia
spots, corn in some fields just up.
We have had a short visit with
Dickey county people along the way.
At Mobridge we saw Art Edwards,
who had recently came from the Bis
marck country. He said he was about
ready to go to the west coast and
would not stop short of Alaska. A
painter by the name Of Ellis, who for
merly worked for Bert Sides, came up
and inquired about Oakes and her
people. At Hettinger we ran into
John Bohn, the International man,
who was glad to see us and paid us
every attention. Here we saw Mr..
Stokes, who formerly was with Brown
4 Slocum. He is running the 10c
store and looks as If he was getting
along fine. His son, Joe, will be re-
membered as the N. p. operator at
Oakes. He is now up at Cannon Falls
and the two girls are at home.
At Bowman we called on Henry
Wirch, who owns the State Bank Of
Bowman. He is son Of former Coun-
ty Commissioner John Wirch Of west
ern Dickey county. Here we also saw
Mrs. johnson, nee Eva King, daugh-
ter Of City Auditor King Of Glendale.
They have a fine bakery here. Re-
Gently moved into their own building.
added $4,000 worth Of machinery and
are on the road to success.
We looked for Henry Taylor and
wife at Marmarth, but found they had
gone to Cakes. Mrs. Taylor is q sis
ter Of Frank Perkins. The writer had
q pleasant visit with Editor and Mrs.
Kramer Of the Marmarth Mail. They
have a good shop with No. 10 linotype.
At Terry, Mont, Mr.. Hodges stop
ped over to see Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Pehl, who are farming near there on
q large scale. They reported a fine
crop prospect. Will is an Glendale
boy and married Marian Fleming, an
Glendale girl.
There was thrill given campers
here last night when two Wisconsin
men met who had not seen each other
in forty years. Tom Kelly, men,
ber Of the tourist gang going west
from Trempelean, Wis, met his boy