The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-12
Steele

Steele has been suddenly sadden
ed when Buster Brown, the loca
drayman, was found unconsciou:
last Wednesday afternoon BY .
neighbor near whose home Brown
had ben unloading some stuff. II
is thought that he had a stroke Of
apoplexy, the result of sharpne
wound received in the late war
Sunday he was taken to Fargo, anc
later to Fort Smelling, where ht
will have the care Of government,
physicians.
Dale Goldsmith stopped in Steele
en- route home from his school over
Sunday.
A dangerous prairie fire wa:
started nine miles northwest Of
Steele Monday afternoon. Many
Steele people hurried out in autos
ard the fires advance was checked
Some haystacks were burned.
Monday morning the fire depart.
rnent Of Steele hung an electric fire
alarm where the old fire DELL uscf
to hang. It is being arranged SC
that when central is called at the
telephone office reporting a fire
she may set the fire alarm ringing
from her desk. This is a grea. i'm.
provement over the Old bell, be.
cause often that could not be heard
in strong wind.
Both Sunday schools of the Pres.
byterian and Methodist churches
rendered Easter programs Sunday
morning, and special Easter music
was rendered at the Methodist
church in the evening by the choir
One Of the most important events
happening in Steele will be the
band concert by the Steele high
school band, on April. 18th. Dr.
Prescott, the bandmaster, has ar.
ranged splendid program.
So great has been the rusk or
the part Of the farmers that rrac.
tically every new tractor in Steele
implement shops has been taken GU,
on the farms, and one sees more
tractors at work than teams.
Mr.. and Mrs. McCarter went
away Monday morning Or some
business matters that reouire.l i'm.
mediate attention. They returned
Wednesday.
Rev. Gress made trip to Dris.
coll Tuesday to attend to some Fl.
nancial matters with reference K
the improvements recently made OF
the Drisco]l church.
Saturday afternoon Miss Minnie
Nelson came to Steele to organize
q county council of the P. r. A
On account Of the busy season few
OF the school patrons Of the +. T
AS were present. Miss Nielsor
gave an informing address, and af,
terward a county council was or
ganized, with Mrs. Dornacker o,
Steele as president, and Mrs. Viii
Hams Of the county office Of SUI
perintendent Of schools as secretary
The officers were chosen from til,
various parts Of the county, who arr
aligned with the p. T. A.'s in thei,
respective school districts.
The high line men are busy wiz
ing the houses at Driscoll to attacl
to the current as soon as that par
Of the work is perfected.
Mrs. Gress started back TO- Nortl
Dakota on Tuesday, April 10th
from Selma, California. She ex
poets to make several stops on tn,
way to visit former acquaintance
and plans to arrive in Steele abou
Friday, the Goth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garland's little sol
had what might nave been Sc
rious accident. In Lis play he &C
cidently fell to the ground strik
ing q barbed wire, which made sew
eral bad cuts in his mouth on boil
sides.
| Howard Cunningham was dow
from Bismarck with his parent
over Easter Sunday.
j Prof. Ballantine made q trim on
to Germany township to bring Pau
Gress and George Dieruf home frou
their respective schools to spen,
Easter with their parents. Pro,
Ballantine expects to make a tri,
to Iowa after school closes.
i Mr.. Zech of the Pioneer Black
smith shop is having an addition
built, on the rear of his buildin,
in order to make more room 70
shop work as he has installed
J lathe for taking care Of tractor re
pair work.
Miss Minnie Nelson. while i
Steele last Saturday afternoon, re
, ported that the State Tuberculosis
association, Of which she is a mem
Der, is planning to put up q good
sized building at Lake Isabel to civ
summer outings to 'some who nee
such care. This. work is to B
started in the near future.
81, Mr.. Ellingson, the new road nat
rol, has the new grader on the hirh
way and is doing some fine wor
evening up the road from the sprin
thaw. '''
). Mrs. Tom Jaynes came home fror
Iowa last Thursday. Mr.. Jayne
went to Jamestown to meat he
there. Mrs. Jaynes reports that he
!. 1ather is quite old and needs ! 4
: OF care. He may be brought up {
North Dakota to be cared for
i their home.
rev. Fred Christ Of Wilton, VII
was to preach an. Easter sermo,
his last one on the local Presbytel
! ian church, was unable to com
> down on account Of illness. q
will. however, be here the 22nd. {
! preach his final sermon. A youn
j minister will occupy the pulpit q
Sunday, the 18th.
81 ?. n. Wiley madea call on Ri
) old neighbor, Mr.. Darling, lal
week. Who Il not improving o VI
! Last week was : most strenuor
week for the county dads, for
!. @oo!tion to their regular MONTH
business quite . numhor az roc
!. improvement projects were brouel
! before +. commissioners for sctiol