Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-18

from the present site. OF Drayton.f At
TWelye-Mile-Poin Frank LeRose
kept the station, and At Pcmbina
George F. Potter was the Boniface.
All these stations made good money
5. but none of them had the equiva-
lent OF the bcan-hole at the Bulge
Winship hosiery on the picturesque
Turtle.
Live Stock Troubles.
For sonnet time after locating at the
Turtle we had much difficulty in get
ting good drinking water. In the
early spring when the streams were
high. water In the Turtle was not
very bad. but towards mid summer
when the stream ran low the water
was too brackish to be paiatable. It
wat all right for stock, but for cook
ling and drinking purposes 1t vas Of
fensire. For several months we haul
ed water in barrels from the Marais,
about ono and Il half miles distant.
but towards fan we discovered a
fresh water lake on the west side Of
the river, and thereafter got supplies
from that source. This necessitated
building a bridge across the river and.
cutting q road through h timber.
The Turtle froze nearly solid during
N'hS y >S~oGO IA
hauling OF water for all the stage
stock, AS that was n Of the duties
assigned to me in our division, OF la
fbor, 7 recur to it with no degree OF
pleasure.
One day our tricky pony, which
was responsible for many unpleasant
adventures, took fright at a black
stump it happened to see on the way
home from the lake. and bolted down
49, k-a:1 S-l.>A, ~.AIs< nc >>.--- "a
could not &C far without coming in
!c%ontact with stumps and trees. and il.
short order a wheel from the cart
was knocked OFF and the shafts brok-
en- so that h animal was enabled TO
free himself entirely from all ap-
pendages. 1t lunged across the
bridge with only a few pieces Of the
harness dangling. and did not deign
to stop at the stable. but hiked for
the prairie towards the Marais.
was so angry with the brute. as this
was the second time it had served me
a scuryy tricko that 1 refused to fol.
low and bring him back to captivity
For several days the other pony was
used tothaul water; finally l decided
that it was best to find the runaway
fellow and make him do his share OF
) rice swamp, about two miles from
the house, eating ~contcntedly and ap.
parentiy utterly Indifferent to his Ell
vironment. There was no part Of tn.
: harness on him but the backband, o.
. saddle, which was almost skin-tigh'
] by reason of the flesh accumulate
during his. .truancy, There was /;
: crust of, ice n snow on his bacl
8 that a more effective as heat
cts. The little fellow Sapitulated I'm
t condittonally, and meekly returne.
with me to the stable.
Shortly after the completion Q
3 our house we had a chance to ex
change u ponies for a yoke of oxen
1t was conceded that an Ok team wa
\ better for pioneer work than ponies
K so we took advantage Of an offe
s made us by a passing settler an
ponies and pursued his way north
t ward, and we took up the study o
i the special vocabulary necessary t
be mastered before a proficient OK
d driver is graduated. Bulge, comm
> from the heather-land Of the DIRK
e neys, where goats and Shetland ponie
e were the leaders in the animal kins
X dom. did not know gee fror
. "haw." AsI~was proficient in the ar
fretEhting business in Minnesota.
. dsvolved upon me to give him scien
titic training. I did my best to MAX
him an expert driver: I labored pat
entity. and lucid1y explained tn
. t~echnicalities Of the art. but for som
time he was an inapt pupil. Late
= however. he became proficient, an
It took the team over on the Tamers
r river, in Minnesota. and got in a fe'
u weeks work grading for 2 raf1roa
contractor. The near OF was a fT
animal. but the off none was 4 d.
h crepid. old. thing. Apparently whe
J" on hts feet he. Eas an right. but whe
he got down 1t took 4 tremendous e
L fort to get up, and he seldom n
70 gained his feet without assistanc
y He was afflicted with some spin;
x trouble. which was not visible to tt
" naked eye when We made the trad
Il and by the time we learned OF his al
ment our ponies and the. strane'
were across the boundary line. v
retained the ownership Of the ox<