The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-26
the st. Paul market that weighed
$50 pounds, brought the top price of
II cents, and netted him $214,5O.

~ ems II neCCeQ MIN $Zl4.5U.
The Ray Gress stock farm in a
wooded bend of the Heart river has
become a point Of attraction for tour
lists and picnic parties. It is a pictur-
esque place when viewed from the
hills. Mr.. Gress raises Hereford cattle
and Dorset sheep, and has SO purebred
Dorsets this year, counting the lambs,
as foundation stock. Last year he sold
a thousand of the common run of
sheep at the then prevailing good
price. He is now in Montana buying
sheep in the drouth- stricken areas,
and expects to ship a thousand or
more to his ranch for winter feeding.
A farm with manifold attractions is
located next to the Gladstone village
limits and Is owned by John Walery.
The home place is q beautiful natural
park Of several acres by the Heart
river and it is believed that the old
settlers will hold their forty-fourth
annual picnic there. The farm was
formerly owned by the late r. j..
Turner, at one time commissioner of
agriculture and labor for North Da-
kota.
Merchants Will Ranch
Peter Kirsch and Joseph Helbling,
Gladstone merchants, recently pur-
chased 800 acres along Antelope creek,
close to the Ray Green ranch, and are
fitting 1t with modern buildings and
fences for stock-raising purposes.
There are at present SO acres in
Grimm alfalfa, and legume crops will
be pushed to the greatest extent for
Stock-feeding purposes. Cattle, hogs
and poultry will be raised.
South of Gladstone nine miles Peter
X. Lefor has a good home and up-to-
date farm equipment. The Lefor fam
lily is one of the oldest and most prom
inent in this section. OF the Math
Lefor branch one of the onS is prin-
cipal of a big school In Minnesota,
one is a druggist in Dickinson, one a
student at the state university, and
another is enrolled at the Fargo Ag-
ricultural college. Three others are
prominent farmers In the Gladstone
area.
Gladstone has all the modern i'm
provements, including natural gas,
and is more than holding its own. It
has two active church organizations,
Catholic and Methodist, the last being
ably servel by Miss Bergquist, an Or
dained minister. A community hall,
built by the Catholics, is 50x150 feet
in size and is used fol. all community
purposes. The school attendance is
growing, new residences are being
built, and there are at present nc va
cant houses in town. Postmaster Jacob
Krier and Grover G. Jopp, manager of
Gladstone Motor company, are among
the moving spirits of the town. They
informed the Tribune representative
that their present problem is to get
a state highway designated through
Gladstone north and south. There is
an excellent road from Dunn Center
through Emerson, Gladstone, and on
to Regent and Hettinger, which will
eventually connect with the Black
Hills in South Dakota. What the
people Of these communities want is
to have this road designated and
maintained as q state highway. There
is no doubt that this will be done, as
the road already Is well built up and
the rich territory that 1t covers is
certain to make 1t one of the busiest
arteries of traffic in western North
Dakota,