The Ward County independent., 1921-05-26

lS located IN one OF Cne most DcauClIuI
spots in the Bad Lands and can only
be reached by autos when the hills are
dry. Mr.. Richards piloted the autos
down and no accidents occurred.
Mr.. Richards took the party for a
tour of portion Of the ranch, show
ing them the first log house used on
the place, building no longer in use.
In the early days a bear once crawled
on top of the log house breaking in
the roof. Mr.. Richards owns about
10000 acres Of land in his three ran
ches. The Little Missouri rivef runs
thru the ranch the party visited and
just across lies the southern portion
of the Berthold reservation. Here
Mr.. Richards has 5000 head of cattle.
He is the largest cattle owner in North
Dakota. He was a ranch foreman in
Texas in the early days and drove
a bunch of cattle thru from Texas.
Mr.. Richards often remarks that he
came to the state on the hurricane
deck of steer. He liked North
Dakota so we'll that he remained. He
is the outstanding figure on the
Missouri Slope. His son, Crosby
Richards is associated with him in his
various enterprises. He has another
son attending the state university and
his daughter, Dorothy, a very charm
ing young lady, attends high school
in Dickinson. Mrs. Richards, who is
an invalid, was unable to participate
in the affairs Of the week. She was
presented with some beautiful flowers,
gift from the ladies' and the
Knights. The return trip was made
thru Oakdale, where a famous spring
is located. Here is little store and
postoffice and the beautiful home Of
Mike Cuskelly, nesting at the foot
of the highest Of the kildeer noun
! tains. The more energetic Of the par
! ty climbed to the top of the mountain,
getting a splendid view of the entire
country.
The sessions of the Grand Com
mandery occurred Wednesday and
Thursday. They were replete with
addresses and reports of interest to
the members of the order. Major
Person, Grand Inspecting Officer for
the past two years, gave his report
on his inspection of the sixteen Com
manderies in North Dakota. The Cy-
rene Commandery at Devils Lake won
first honors with De Molay Comman-
derry of Mnot close second. The
Devils Lake Commandery was award
ed the beautiful silver loving cup pre-
sented by Past Grand Commander w.
d. Henry. The committee decided
that the Commandery winning the
cup three years in succession should
keep it permanently.
Fargo was selected for the 1922
Conclave. The following officers were
elected:
John H. Frame Grafton, grand
commander Ernest C. Eddy, Fargo,
deputy grand commander; Allen v.
Haig, Devils Lake, grand generals
simo; Otto Bauer, Mandan, grand
captain general; John H. Turner, Bot
tineau, grand senior warden; George
Fl. Russ, Jr., Bismarck, grand junior
warden; John Orchard, Dickinson,
grand prelate; E. George Guthrie,
Fargo, grand treasurer; w. l.. Stock
we'll, Fargo, grand recorder; Archi-
bald b. McCannel, Minot, grand
standard bearer; George H. Olmstead,
Grand Forks; grand sword bearer;
Alfred Steele, jamestown, grand
warden Henry w. Wilson, New Rock
ford grand captain Of the guard.
On Wednesday afternoon the Wis
iting ladies were rendered very en-
joyable reception by the Dickinson
ladies at the |. o. o. F. hall. A mus
ical program was rendered, one of the
singers being Mrs. Fred Rush, for
mer Minot woman, now a resident of
Dickinson where her husband is man.
ager of the Dickinson Wholesale Gro
cery' Co. Cards were played and tea
and waters served.
A banquet and ball were given at
the Masonic Temple that evening. The
banquet was served by the Episcopal
their ladies entertained the visitors
with true western hospitality at the
affair. The Minot Knights sang "We
are forever boosting Minot" but did
not go prepared for an encore and
were compelled to do it all over again.
Major Person led the singing.
Dickinson has an unusually fine
Masonic Temple which would cost
$75,0OO.OO to build it today. Dickin-
son is a beautiful city of 5000. The
citizens are well-to-do and have
among the very finest homes in the
state. The city is in excellent shape
financially. No paving has been done,
but paving program is being plan
ned and will be carried out as soon as
the costs come down little. Wilson
Richards is president of the city COM
mission. Mr.. Richards just about
runs affairs down on the slope but he
does it so graciously and SO well,
that everybody is satisfied.
The writer paid visit to the home
of the Dickinson Press published by
Ernie Peterson, one Of the states
best known newspapermen. Mr..
Peterson has a model print shop, one
of the neatest in the state. He is as
sisted very ably by Mrs. Peterson.
The Dickinson Press is one of the
states most prosperous weekly news
papers.
We want to say few words about
the trip home. 1t was dream-we
might say rather nightmare. When
the party left Dickinson, it was rain
ing. Those roads between Dickinson
and Mandan, 1T miles are fine in