The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-16

infant. Mrs. Dart reported her
grandson as getting along fine and
the parents returned home the latter
part Of the week.
Paul Abbott, from near Dawson,
looked in on the basketball game
here between Steele and Hazeltons
Friday evening. Paul is working for
the Northern Power & Light Co.
Mrs. Dick Dodds Of Steele and her
sister-in-law from near Dawson were
bound for the capital city Saturday
on important business.
Mr.. Parsons, repair man for the
Bell Telephone Co., was down from
Bismarck several days last week to.
fix up some lines that gotten out Of
order.
The Steele high school boys bas-
ketball team took another drubbing
Friday evening, meeting the Hazel
ton basketball team. The first half
showed a score of 4 to 4, but in the
last half Hazelton took things their
own way and rolled up score in
their favor Of 10 to 3.
John Keim- from six miles north
Of Steele, made a trip to Bismarck
the latter part Of the week, and was
accompanied by one Of the neighbor
boys on the trip.
Mrs. Paul Neubauer and daughter
were passengers to the capital city
Saturday afternoon, where Mrs. Neu-
bauer went on business matters.
Otto Altes, Adletta Craig, Mark
Gress, and Beulah Lindseth drove to
Arletta's home IL miles northeast
Of Steele on Sunday afternoon, TAX
ing dinner out there.
A sister of Henry Prezler, who.
works at the George Altes farm,
came down from Lincoln Valley, mi
Sheridan county, to visit her brother
over Sunday. !
The High Line crew are nearing
Driscoll in digging holes and settinRl
up the poles for the Northern Power
and Light Company. Mr.. Mix says
that as soon as some necessary ma
terial, ordered long ago. arrives
the wires will be strung from Napo-
leon to Dawson and from there
through Steele towards Bismarck.
Tho company has made application
to the railroad commissioners toI
change the present kilowat rate to-
16 cents as soon as Steele is attached
to the high line. !
Hollis Porter and his sister, Mrsd
c. H. Whitney, were called to thel
bedside Of their father and mother|
at Homestead, Mont, where theY
are quite i'll. Rev. Porter caught 81
severe cold when attending the fun,
eral Of his brother near Steele Il
little over q year ago. Hollis was
to be back in Steele Monday evening"
Of this week.
Frank Gephardt came in from the
farm place six miles east, but he|
says that on account Of the deem
snow between his place and Steele
he still has to 60 north through his|
pasture to the U. S. Trail, and into
Steele from there.
Reuben Stromberg has secured enis|
ployment with the Bridgeman-Rus-
sell company at Bismarc, and will
start work there in q couple OF
weeks. Reuben has been paintinal
with his father, but the fumes oil
the paint keep undermining his|
health, SO that he has to change toI
some other work.
Jacob Branson, who has farm ind
terests north of Robinson, stopped
off in Steele fe wdays to visit with.
old-timers. He is living in western
Idaho now on a 10-acre fruit ranch,
and is on his way back. He saws
that he isfortunate in securing water
for irrigating his ranch, as it costs
him only about $40 a year, while
some of his neighbors have to pay
several times that amount.
Mr.. Huesby from southwest Of
Steele was in town Saturday and
secured some five or six thorough
bred Plymouth Rock ROSTERS from
Mr.. Marsh of the Armour Creamery.
He says that Mrs. Huesby has about
ITO hens, and they intend to raise
a big crop of chickens this year.
The court house force and First
National Bank kept holiday on Mon,
day, the 18th, in honor of Lincoln's
birthday, which came on Sunday
this year.
Mother r. B. Porter was able to'
take a trip with her sons, Willard
and Lawrence, Sunday to the Sher1
man church. where she used to be
a regular attendant when her hus-
band was living. Her daughter-inI
law, Mrs. Willard Porter, and husI
band are living with her, and She
is having the best Of care now, since
Mrs. Willard Porter is a trained
nurse, and is giving her services
whenever needed.