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| | Sterling in By MILDRED JOHNSON | Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Craig from north of Menoken visited at Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Johnson's Sunday. Raymond Johnson, who is working | {for his uncle, Walter Dietzmann, ' |morth of Menoken, visited at home and at the home of his brother, Er- nest Johnson, Sunday. ‘ The North Sterling Sunday school | met at Paul Lang's Tuesday night to! practice for their Christmas pro-! gram. Be sure and watch for date of the “School Carnival” in January. | Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Johnson, ac- companied by Edgar Johnson and Mrs. Carey Johnson, motored to Bis- marck Saturday. | Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stewart, accom- panied by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest John- son and Edgar Johnson, went to Sterling Moncay evening to attend the Farmers Union meeting. Alfred Norris, brother of Lester Norris, who works in the garage, spent the week-end in Sterling The M. E. church had a bazaar jand chicken dinner Saturday at the | hall. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Snider and Mr C. M. Snyder visited at Tyler John- son's Tu y evening. Max Lang shipped cows and hogs ‘Tuesday i Ernest Fick and Jerrald Ellis went to St. Paul Tuesday on a stock train. | Carey Johnson, Jr., and sister Mil- dred visited at Jennie Clark's Mon- day evening | Ed. Gibson was e ry & o | | | | in town Tuesday. | mer Envick gram will} | \! —e! NIE DANCE = | I. Bailey, who have | ; relatives here and in! Bismarck lett Monday for their home | ‘in Mason City, Iowa. Ronald Ishmael and Randall | Thomas left Monday by motorcycle | for Chicago where they expect to! spend the winter. | Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ayers and son were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.) Lee Hamblein Sund Mrs. Laura Dance had 23 turkeys dressed Monday for the Christmas} market. The school board held their meet- , ing Wednesday evening with only two } members present. Mrs. Al. Arns and little daughter | left Tuesday for Estherville, Iowa, ; where they will make their home in the future. Mr. Arns will be fore- ‘man of a farm near there. Mrs: Laura Dance and daughter, Miss Nellie, visited Mrs. M. E. Fun-/ ston Sunday. | Funeral services were held Monday in the town hall for Mrs. Lee Whitteg of Center, N. D., Rev, Stephens of | , the Baptist church of Bismarck of-| ficiating. Interment was made in the | Menoken cemetery. The children, Mrs. H. G. Hanna of Boone, Iowa; | Mrs. C. L. Smith of Los Angeles, Ca‘ Mrs. ©. Craven of Roslyn, Long ‘Island, New York and Arthur Whitteg of South Dakota, were all here for the funeral services. Geo. Wachal shipped a carload of cattle to Iowa. | Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Agnews andj family were entertained at an oyster | stew at the Marvin Sherman home Saturday evening. | Louis B. Olson has purchased a new | | Coupe. | The dance at the Lockwood dance , pavilion was well attended Satur- ‘day night. Nellie Dance closed an eight-month term of school Thursday. The last | two weeks of school was held in the | front Toom of the Joe Hill home as | the school building was too cold. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ayers and son} were dinner guests at the Joe Varley | | home at Baldwin Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ishmael were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Abe- lein Friday evening. Miss Lucille Keller of Strasburg, N. D., and Mr. and Mrs. Helmer Pear- son of Bismarck were visiting at the | Melvin Agnew home Sunday. | _ Charlie McCormick and Lawrence Maddlin shipped a carload of cattle to St. Paul. { By MRS, ROY LITTLE | | Mrs. Harry Davenport and Ruth | were Regan shoppers Tuesday after- | neon. | Mrs. Wm. Mickelson visited at the | A. H. Lundberg home in Regan Wed- | Nesday afternoon. , Ed. O'Brien, veterinarian of Wilton, , Was a professional caller at Anna , Knutson’s Wednesday. | | The Homestead lodge entertained! the members and their families at a| | progressive whist party Tuesday night in the Legion cabin. Mrs. Wm. | Mickelson won ladies’ first prize and | Harry Davenport men’s prize. Mrs. ‘A. H. Lundberg won ladies’ booby | prize and Charles Colip the men’s | booby prize. A delicious lunch was | served by the lady of entertainment, Mrs, Harry Davenport, assisted by Mrs. Wm. Mickelson. Dan Danielson motored to Bismarck ‘Wednesday. Oliver and Harry Knutson called at the home of their mother Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Berg were Bis- marek shoppers Thursday. Carl Mowder called at Roy Little's Wednesday evening. The M. W. A. held a business meet- Fo a the Legion cabin Thursday Gudrun Jordahi Spent several days this week at the Dan Danielson home. Estherville { ———- | NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS | | the entire community. T. A. at Canfield schoolhouse Friday night. A short program was given by several o° the patrons of the dis- trict. It was decided to have a pie social at the neat meeting to raise | tunds to buy dishes and other equip- | ment that was lost in the fire. Henry Schilling is transacting busi- | ness in Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Roy McCullough were | Regan shoppers Friday. Mrs. Anna Knutson and Mrs. Joe Keifer motored to Bismarck Satur- day. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Mickelson were Regan callers Monday afternoon. George Mowder was a caller in Re- gan Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Mickelson were Saturday evening visitors at the| Harry Davenport home. Among the callers in Regan Satur- | day were Carl Berg's, Roy McCul- lougt Pete Mickelson, Uhde's, Harry Davenport's, Frank Mickelson and Roy Little's. Donovan Mickelson spent the week- | end with his uncle Frank Mickelson. {| Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hollingsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Larson of Wilton, and Sheffic Bailey and family were | Sunday visitors at the Harry Daven- port home. George Mowder started driving the | school bus Tuesday morning. Te | S.W. Burleigh | a By K. D. STEWART ©. G. Davenport transacted busi- nes. Bismarck Monday. Several farmers of this vicinity did sell their turkeys yet owing to the low prices. Mrs. Bernard Wingle returned from. the Bismarck hospital last week. She is reported as being in sot at bet- ter health. Vernon Gramling was a caller at the Claude Hauser home Friday eve- ning. represented at the Farmers Union organization meeting held at Men- oken last Friday evening. John Alex Stewart has been quite ill the past few days. Malcolm Nickelson visited with rel- atives in the Glencoe neighborhood Sunday. Mrs. George Hedricks, who passed way at her home last week, was well known in this vicinity. She had been quite poorly for some time but the news of her death came as a shock to her friends and relatives. The} bereaved ones have the sympathy of Mr. and Mrs. Christ Smith of Huff visited relatives on this side of the river Sunday. The roads all over this section are in good condition. Last year at this time nearly all of those doing their Christmas shopping in Bismarck were compelled to make use of the Soo pas- senger train and stay all night in town. Now they go in and return the same day. Mrs. Gramling and daughter Mrs. John Stewart were callers in Men- oken Saturday. Orpha Moore visited with Mrs. A. J. Stewart one day last week. The Moore family is nicely settled in their new home in Bismarck. This makes it much more convenient for Mr. Moore, as he delivers mail from Bis- marck, Glencoe and Livona. Nearly every man and boy that takes any sport in shooting carries a gun now as they go about the coun- t The big prices paid for jackrab- bit skins makes the sport more en- living and interesting. There will be a Christmas tree at the Glencoe church Christmas Eve. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Oder have moved to a farm near Regan where they will begin housekeeping. o | Wing ais. By EDITH MUELLER G. A. Bossart was a business trans- actor in Bismarck one day last week. Halard Scallon, student at the Agri- cultural college at Fargo, returned home Saturday to spend the Christ- mas vacation. George Anderson was a business! caller in Minot Wednesday. Jake Hein left for Canada last week to get his mother to spend the winter at the Dan and Jake Hein home here. Sigrid Wiano spent the week-end at her parental home. Mr. Harvey and daughter, Opal, were callers in Bismarck Saturday. Minnie Pomme of Bismarck is Spending this week visit: at t Fred Oswald home. aa - Homemakers club will meet at the Harry Knowles home Friday, Dec. 21. Olive Rise, Ella and Edith Mueller motored to Wilton Sunday. My and Mrs. Thor Hagen of Wood- worth were Friday eve 8 guests at the Ed Larson ie ‘ie A nui r of the young folks at- tended the dance at Arena Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Te; spent Monday and Tuesday in Mandan’ Mrs, Henry Anderson left Monday morning after spending the past two weeks visiting at the Ole Anfinson home. Mr. and Mrs. John Weber Jr., were Bismarck shoppers Wednesday. Albert Bossart, Harold Mueller, Gottfred and David Weber motored to Garrison Saturday and. returned Monday night. While there they vis- ited at the Engel and Stienvaud homes. They also visited at the Jake Bossart home near Mercer. Henry McClusky motored to Bis marck Thursday. Mrs. McClusky ac. companied him to MeKenzie, where she spent the day visiting at the Wm. ith and Charlie Edwards motored to New Leipzig one aay last week, Leona Spees and Mrs. L. H. Knowles motored to Wilton Monday. some dental work The latter had Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Glanville and ‘There were a good many farmers , y evening. Dec. 2st. The program is under the supervision of the teachers. cnn Mueller motored to Bismarck ilkinson and Mrs. Howe of were Wing shoppers Friday. ind Mrs. Jim Olson were Sun- itors at the Ole Olson home. Mrs. R. O. Toliver returned home Saturday from Missouri where she spent the past five or six weeks visit- ing. © Tom Campbell of Mandan was a caller at the Teppo home Friday. Mrs. L. C. Holmes called at the Gust Anderson home Monday. Steiber By MRS. C. L. MALONE Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hickel and little son Wayne and Miss Mary Doyle Mr Reg Mi | day | were visitors at John Carlson's Wed- nesday evening. Cc. L. Malone made a trip to the coal mine Wednesday. H. A Smith made a brief visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Carl- son Friday. He was on his way to Wilton. Announcements have been received here of the birth of a daughter to Staff Sergeant and Mrs. Roderick Ma- | lone of Wheeler Field, Honolulu. Johnnie Anderson accompanied his afther on his mail trip Saturday. Miss Rose Ellen Doyle spent the week-end at the W. S. Oder home. Mr. and Mrs. John Carlson and Mrs. C. L. Malone attended a meet- ing of the Legion auxiliary Saturday evening. Gottlieb Steinert was a business visitor in Regan Monday. The Misses Rose Ellen and Mary | Doyle and Vina Oder were Regan shoppers Saturday. John Anderson and C. L. Malone attended M. W. A. meeting in Re- gan Thursday evening. Chris Hausauer and his brothe: law of Turtle Lake were callers at L. Malone's Saturday. Schrunk By HELEN MARCHANT Mr. and Mrs. Joe Klemen are the! proud parents of a baby boy born Friday, Dec. 7. Mrs. Carl Johnson was on the sick list Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Witt spent Tues- | day in Tuttle. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Berg motored to Bismarck Monday to do some shopping. { Guests at the Jacob Wentz home Tuesday evening were Mr. and Mrs.) Christ Wentz and daughter. Mavis Marie, John Witt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seibel and Lorene and Rubin Wentz and Helen and LeRoy Marchant. | Louise Thorn was absent from’ school Monday. Henry Seibel. John Witt, Carl Johnson and Christ Wentz assisted Jake Wentz with butchering Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Marchant and family, Joe Klemen and John Witt called at the Herman Neiters home Wednesday evening. Joe Klemens and daughter Lois mo- tored to Bismarck Tuesday, where they spent the day visiting Mrs. Klemens who is ill in the hospital. Ted Richards and Baryn Knowles had dinner at the Marchant home! Thursday. | Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Witt and daugh-| ter, Esther, spent Wednesday at the Jacob Hindbouch home. | Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Marchant andi daughters, Margaret, Irene and Helen motored to Wing Saturday afternoon. | Mr. E. Williams and Mr. Davis were out in the community Tuesday looking over the telephone line. John Witt helped LeRoy Marchant! pick turkeys Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Wentz motored | to Bismarck Saturday to do their| Christmas shopping. James Novy brought a load of grain) to Wing Saturday. Herman Nieters was a Wing shop- per Saturday afternoon. Jake Berg called at the R. G. Mar- chant home Saturday evening. Wenzel Kozenik was a Wing shop- per Saturday. Mrs. Nellie Everts, deputy county superintendent, and Miss Madge Runey, county superintendent, visited the schools in Schrunk township Monday. Elizabeth Novy was on the sick list Thursday. Erwin Wentz spent Saturday at the Jake Wentz farm. Carl Johnson was a Wing shopper Saturday. ° Glencoe By DON NICHOLSON Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woodland have returned to their home after an absence of two weeks which they spent with relatives and friends in South Dakota. Their absence was caused chiefly by the death of Mrs. Woodland’s brother, who was acci- dentally killed while hanging a heavy door in the gableend of a barn. He leaves to mourn his loss a wife, sev- sisters and brothers and many friends. Rev. and Mrs. Gulson are busy ar- ranging for the big Christmas pro- gram that is to be held at the Glen- coe church Tuesday, December 24th. The local schools together with sev- eral other schools are taking an active part. Several talented singers and musicians will be engaged. Every ef- fort is being made to make this a Program that will satisfy the desires of the aged as well as youth and the rich as well as the poor. ‘ Hugh MacMurrick has recently dis- Played unusual skill as an automobile mechanic, purchasing a car from Er- nest Lange ‘hat absolutely refused to function under all the careful study, skill and attention that Mr. Lange could give it. However, Mr. MacMur- tick proved a genius. By a few changes of the mechanism he had it running like a million dollars. Services at the Glencoe cht daughter, Bernice. motored rie HH Sunday were quite largely attended. Choice music was furnished by the Tracy family of Livona. The pastor, | Monday. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Frank Glum, who, is ably assisting him cutting those posts. Norm.n Stewart, prominent sheep owner of this district, sold a large share of his flock recently to Mr. Heaton, a stock buyer of McKenzie, N. D. Mr. Stewart realized a fancy jsum for his sheep as they were very |choice. He still has a nice bunch ; which he will hold en his farm. Ernest 1.2 .-> was a business caller at the Alex MacLean home Tues- day. While en route Mr. Lange spied some very fine jackrabbits which were traveling too fast for him to catch. R. Nicholson, who has becn absent from his home for several months past, has returned and is asking ex- tensive alterations to his rec:dence. He expects to have the job completed in the next few days. John Pichter, prominent farmer and expert sweet clover producer of the timber district, called on friends in both Telfer and Missouri! town- ships Saturday. moved from their home near the Glencoe postoffice to their farm in the timber. Mr. Lane has leased his prairie farm to his son-in-law, Theo- dore Knutson. Andrew Irvine is contemplating starting on the road job which has been awarded him by the Missouri township board. A force of men and teams are expected to be at work in the next few days and the job will be rushed to completion. ¢—_., —__—__.—--+ | Wilson Township | | a By MRS. JOHN A. BERG Mrs. Clara Whichee visited at the A. E. Nelson home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Berg motored to Mercer to do Christmas shopping Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. John Frolich and daughter of Harvey visited at the Gust Newmiller home Sunday and Also their cousin from Wolf Point. Mont., visited with them the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Berg motored to Mercer Tuesday do to Christmas Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Wagner are the parents of a son, born Saturday, | Dec. 15. Lewis Wagner is the owner of a new Ford sedan, purchased Monday. Emanuel Hintz of Martin, N. D., called at the Fred Wagner home Sun- day. He motored to Bismarck Mon- day on business matters. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schlofmann vis- He at the John A. Berg home Mon- jay. The children of this vicinity are busy every evening practicing for the programs. There will be a church program at the Evangelical church Monday evening, Dec. 24. Mrs. Christ Wolf and son motored to Wilton Saturday on business matters. Mrs. Clara Whicher motored to Wilton Saturday. Pe DEST R { Florence Lake femmriiaibediiectienieu eM By MRS. HENRY SEILINGER The Lytle boys visited with Donald McKinnon Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seilinger and | baby daughter were overnight guests | at the James Walters home Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Glanville were | Wilton shoppers Saturday. Little Earl Seilinger is very much improved at this writing. Miss Catherine Lee is giving a pro- | gram at her school No. 3 Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Glanville, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seilinger and baby, Dan McKinnon and son, Catherine; Lee, Charley Seilinger and mother | and Edward Oswald visited at the Herman Seilinger home Saturday night to listen to the radio. At mid- night a fine lunch was served. John Halpin called at the Dan Mc- Kinnon home Sunday evening. Ralph Halver called at the Emer- son Glanville home Sunday morn- ing. Dan McKinnon and son Donald and John Halpin were Wing shop- Pers Saturday afternoon. Catherine Lee is leaving Friday for South Dakota for a week's’ visit with her grandmother. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seilinger and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lane have | got all three. As they are very scarce around here and their fur be- ing valuable this was rather a good catch. The dance at the Temvik pool hall Thursday was well attended. Mr. and Mrs. Wallie Keyes were shopping at Linton Friday. Ellen’ Wells and Steve Borch of Linton were business callers at the Steve Ko»py home Friday afternoon. Miss Pauline Flegel,, who is teaching Gayton school No. 2, went to Linton with them to spend the week-end at home. Henry Knittle was a caller at Lin- ton. Thursday afternoon. He attend- ed the dance at Temvik in the eve- ning. Steve Koppy and daughters Pauline, Gertrude, Regina, and son Math were business callers at Lin- ton Saturday. —" (asc jp see aiaenas | Painted Woods | —# By MRS. OLE LILLEFJELD Dan and Emory Johnson called at the Andrew Nelson home Tuesday evening on their way home from Wil- ton. Lester Brown and Jean Damstrom were Wilton callers Tuesday after- noon, Walter Waddington, who for the past summer has been staying at the ‘Wm. Brown home, went down to the Swanke place to work Monday. Alvin Long, Fred Brown, Joe Brown, and Wm. Brown all gathered at the Iver Erickson home Wednesday eve- ning. The evening was spent playing whist. Mrs. Erickson served a de- licious lunch before the guests went home. ‘Wm. Brown helped Joe Brown butcher his pigs Thursday. Mrs. Wm. Brown and son Lester spent Friday afternoon at the Herb Bailey home at Wilton. Joe Brown and Lester Brown were callers in Wilton Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown and Les- ter Brown motored to Bismarck to visit friends Saturday morning. They also took their turkeys down. Mr. agd Mrs. Elias Lillefjeld, sons Edwin and Gerald and Frank John- son spent Sunday afternoon at the; Ole Lillefjeld home. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown and Mr.’ and Mrs. Wm. Brown visited at the George Pheffier home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Erickson and children visited at the Iver Erickson home Sunday evening. ickson, were Wilton callers Sunday af- ternoon. children called at the Dave Brostrom home Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Johnson moved from their farm home Saturday into Wilton, where Dan will find employ- ment. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Johnson of Wil- ton spent Sunday afternoon at the Wm. Brown home. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown called at ;{the Wm. Brown home Monday eve- ning. \ Lester Brown is busy hauling home coal for the winter. Mrs. Wm. Brown and son Lester spent Tuesday evening at the Fred Brown home. Edwin Lillefjeld is staying at the Ole Lillefjeld home for a few days. Frank Johnson, who has been staying in Wilton, is now spending a few days with his father, Dick John- 501 n. Edwin Lillefjeld called at the An- drew Nelson home Tuesday. Elias Lillefjeld drove out to the Ole Lillefjeld home Wednesday to butcher a pig. ‘Wm. Brown called at the Arthur | Damstrom home Tuesday evening. Albert Nelson called at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Nelson Tuesday. : Mrs. Ole Soderquist and son Mel- vin called at the Ole Lillefjeld home Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brown and a number of relatives were invited to the Fred Brown home Thursday eve- ning, and spent the evening playing whist after a good supper. Mr. and Mrs. Iver Erickson mo- tored to Wilton Wednesday and spent the day with relatives and friends. ; Mrs. Erickson also had some dental work done. baby called at the Charley Seilinger home Thursday. While there Henry helped Charley butcher a hog. Henry McCloskey was in this neigh- borhood delivering gasoline the lat- ter part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tees were Sunday dinner guests at the Ralph Halver home. Henry and Herman Seilinger were looking for horses Sunday. One of Henry's big black horses is gone and can't be found. He has been gone for about five weeks. i Hampton By ELIZABETH KOPPY @ The auction sale held at the Jake Merkel farm Monday, Dec. 10th, was well attended. Everything sold at a fair price. Callers at the H. W. Backhause home Sunday afternoon were Irvin Kiel of Temvik, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gabbert, Grandma Backhause, Paul Marshal and Mr. Koppy and daughters. John Klein and Bill Gerring of Linton called on friends in this vi- cinity Sunday afternoon. Henry Knittle, at the Steve Koppy home Monday evening. at Linton Monday. C. D. Denholm was a business caller in Temvik Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Morford and son Lawrence visited at the Godfrey Grenz home Eunday. Francis and George Cherrown had some feed ground at the Badger ranch Wednesda: Edw Weller was a business caller at Mandan and Bismarck Wednesday. Porter Umber made @ business trip to Winona Tuesday. f ' —$—<$—<—______ By MRS. F. W. GRESS County Agent Carlson and the young people who were delegates to the 4-H club meeting in Fargo last week returned home Friday. They report a profitable and enjoyable trip. Henry Halverson sold the baby beef he took along for $280.00 and two others that were sent from this county sold for almost as much, we are told. Mr. and Mrs, Lewis Geisler and family were shopping in Bismarck Saturday. Ray Andre shipped a barrel of turkeys last week. About 30 young people of this vicin- ity enjoyed a party at the John Tay- lor home Friday night. Mrs. Nagle and Mayola and Mrs. and Mrs. Steve parents, Gi were Wallie Keyes was a business caller | anojis, Louise and Lynn from the U, of N. Christmas Yacat being i f Ps Iver Erickson and father, Nels Er- | Mr. and Mrs. Iver Erickson ana|® Christmas vacation the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Whitney. Geo. Altes had the misfortune to Jose one of his best horses last week. Several of his horses got out and wandered into’ a neighbors field, where they ate too much grain and j were 80 badly foundered that one died. Melvin Mohr visited at the George Altes home last week. Steele suffered a very serious loss Monday morning when fire was) started from a coffee urn in the! Gallipo cafe. The fire no doubt would have been extinguished but the small chemical engine was frozen, or | failed to work, and by the time the other engine was taken to the cafe the fire could not be controlled with a small engine. The flames spread to the drug store and Hel- temes general store and burned both, as well as the cafe, to the ground. | Most of the contents of the Heltemes store were carried out and saved, but {not much of the drug store contents were saved. The insurance on the cafe furnishings had run out only a few days ago and Mr. Gallipo had physician. Mr. and Mrs. Jack father, Jno. Swanson. M. P. Kaiser, who has been ill for some time was & passenger to Bis- marck Thursday to receive hospital care. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Baxter-and daughter Bernadine left Saturday eee ee Oa anita left by auto Thursday to visit rela- tives in South Dakota. not renewed it as he intended to in- stall new fixtures and then insure. All the burned buildings were in- sured and some ifsurance was on the drug store stock, but Mr. Yenkins loss is a heavy setback, as he. was just starting in business, hav- ing purchased the stock of W. W. Paige last summer. Splendid work was done by practically all the men of Steele dnd fire was prevented from spreading to others of the near-by buildings. neighborhood. O. Feltheim shipped a carload of stock to the cities Saturday morning. Tuesday evening, Dec. 11, the Brad- dock school basketball team met the Steele boys on the Steele floor. The game throughout was closely contest- ed. The ball was fumbled a great) deal by both teams and an undue! Frank Hines hurt his knee quite seriously when he slipped from a) ladder while fighting fire Monday. Announcement has been received here of the birth of a baby girl Dec. 13 to Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Calkins of Sauk Center, Minn. Members of the Fine Arts club en- tertained their husbands and friends at a kid party at the Woodlawn hotel Thursday night. The gucsts wore children’s costumes and were met at the doer by Santa Claus. ‘here was ® Christmas tree with presents for each guest. Games were played in the basement until a late hour when lunch was served in the dining room, which was lighted only by the lights from the Christmas tree and the candies that centered the small tables around which the guests were seated. Christmas carols were sung while the the guests were seated at the tables. Decorations for the party were in Christmas red and green. Glen View By MRS. LARS JACOBSON Mrs. Al Holden has been sick for amount of roughness was shown on both sides, due largely to the lack of close calling in the part of the referee. When the whistle sounded for the| half the score stood 11 to 6 in favor of Steele. The last half of the game| was played hard on the part of both ceams. When the final whistle biew Braddock hei the short end of a 16 to 11 score. After the game lunch was served to the teams by the Steele’ high school home economic class. ° 8 | Moffit By MAUDE MOFFIT Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Pillsbury and sons Walter and Murl motored to Bis- marck on Saturday to do Christmas shopping. The trapping season for muskrats opened on Saturday, December 15. A great many were down on Long Lake to begin trapping, but four boys from. Emmons county were quite unlucky. ‘The game wardens were busy watch- ing that everyone complied witir the law, but these boys were violating the trapping laws. They were arrested and taken to Justice of the Peace the last week and at present does not show much improvement. Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Anderson and family called at the Ivan Holden | home recently. Raymond Spitzer motored to the capital city Saturday. Mrs. Lars Jacobson called at the Enoch Anderson home Monda; Jay and Loren Couch of near Bis- marck called at the Con Johnson home Sunday. Loren will work for Lester Larson during the coming months. Mr. and Mrs. Middlemas of Bis- marck called at the Enoch Anderson home Sunday afternoon, Mabel Sager and Alex Oshanyk v!3- ied at the Lars Jacobson home Sun- Ys Gophers have been seen in this, vicinity recently. Another sign of mild weather. Lawrence Johnson butchered for! Con Johnson Tuesday. Philip Monroe of Ecklund town- ship was a business caller at the Enoch Anderson home recently. Oscar Moe and Julia Johnson of Minot made a short visit at the Con Johnson home Sunday. They also visited at the W. C. Gehrke home in Baldwin. Mr. Graham accompanied them to visit with his daughter, Mrs. Ed Meyers of Baldwin. Mrs. Rudolph Hagen and daughter, Peggy, made a short call on Mrs. C. M. Jacobson Wednesday while Ru- dolph and his brother were hunting rabbits in the vicinity. Word has been received from Wil- lard Simons, who has been visiting in New York that he expects to return home soon. Miss McLean, who has been board- ing at the Al Holden home has recent- ly moved to the Steve Murray home Miss McLean fs teaching one of the one of the Ecklund schools. Frank Peterson was a business call- er in Wilton Saturday. The Farmers Union local gave a box social and dance in the Baldwin hall Gaturday evening. A large crowd attended. The proceeds of the sale of baskets are to go towards paying for the piano which was destroyed in the Rupp hall fire. f Braddock | a a By MRS. E. F. SAVAGE Mr. A. J. Huhn, who visited for a few days with his family and rela- Aes at Wilton, returned to Braddock On account of the illness of Rev. Locker there was no preaching serv- ice in the Methodist church Si morning. Both Mr. and Mrs, Locker are confined to their beds, Mrs. Lock- er having been sick for the past three Hinsey where they were fined $10 apiece. Miss Alice Mauk, who assists with the housework at the Charles Faust home and goes to high school, was called to her home on Saturday be- cause of the illness of her mother, Mrs. Sam Mauk. Edith Lindahl was unable to fill her place in the bank last week be- cause of the flu epidemic. ‘The Modern Woodmen lodge party which was to be held at the Benz hall on Saturday evening was called off on account of the death of the owner. Donovan Dralle, who assists with the work at the store, visited at the home of his parents near Brittin Sat- urday evening and Sunday. Monday afternoon Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Alfred Faust and Mrs. Pillsbury do- nated their time and scrubbed the church. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Olson have been visiting at the home of Mrs. Ol- son’s mother, Mrs. Valentine Benz. Mr. and Mrs. Olson reside near Driscoll. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Uhrhammer and children motored to Bismarck on Saturday to do Christmas shopping. They returned home the same day. Miss Velma Whiteaker, who teaches school near Linton, visited at the home of her parents over the week- end. She returned Sunday evening. Mrs. August Benz was a capital city caller on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lane and Mr. and Mrs. 1 Mrs. Alfred Faust and daughter Helen Fay were passengers to Bis- ip bo bare fisles Fay operated up to have n on for tonsilitis and adenoids. They re- turned on Friday via the Soo. Hil Brastrom, Miss » Miss) Charlotte I, Moffit and Miss Jordis Rafteseth were pleasantly entertained at the Ira Peckins home on Wednes- | day. day evening. <A lovely supper was served by the hostess, Mrs. Ira Peck- ins, which was enjoyed very much by the teachers. Mrs. Homer Andrus, who clerks in &@ good founda- tion training in habits of industry, for the life of @ pioneer farmer. He had been born along the River Rhine February 7, 1861. His parents were John and Brigetta Benz. The father was a stone cutter and farmer. When? he had completed school, Valentine ve his services to his father until he and his brother, August. left for the United States in 1881. The | brother still resides a few miles southeast of Moffit. Valentine proved his homestead and lived there with the exception of & few years on @ Kidder ranch, till 1912, when he moved to Moffit. He engaged in cattle raising and built up & large herd of Shorthorns, while al- 80 adding to his lands. In 1912 he entered merchandising in Moffit. He built a large hall and several other places of business be- sides his store building. For many years he was president of the Farm- ers Elevator company and at the time of death was president of the Moffit state bank. He was a com- municant of the Moffit Methodist church and a trustee. From 1911 up to his death he filled the office of Postmaster at Moffit—the third the ~’ town has had. In 1886 he married Catherine Jauch, also a native of Germany. Eight children were born to them, five of them sons, William, John A., Oscar, Henry and Frank, while the daughters were Mrs. Peter Hofstad, Mrs, Burns Bailey and Mrs. Henry Ol- son. One of the three sons, Henry, died in the influenza epidemic of 1918. In addition to Mrs. Benz, there ‘are left the seven children, 15 grand- children and the brother August. eo f Dodge i — By OLGA M. GROSSMAN Conrad Wendah! was a passenger to Stanton Monday where he looked over his business affairs in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fredrick Mar- shall this state, were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jacobs Thursday evening, . E. E. Matteson preached a splendid sermon in the Congregation- al church Sunday. John Fischer and son John, north- east of Dodge, were business callers in Bismarck Tuesday. George Jackson was an east-bound Passenger to Minneapolis, Minn., ‘Wednesday, where he will spend some sped visiting with friends and rela- ves Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Harvey were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. this state, Friday, where he looked over his business matters in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Math Holter and fam- ily of Golden Valley were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jacobs Friday afternoon. Mrs. J .B. Fischer called on Mrs. Adolph Eissinger Sunday afternoon. The Butte school No. 2 will have its Christmas program Friday after- noon, Dec. 2ist. Jacob Grossman transacted busi- ness in Bismarck Tuesday. te I Taft SE AOS By FLORENCE GOSNEY Not a very large crowd attended the Ladies Aid bazaar Saturday, but $112 was realized from the dinner and sale. The president takes this means off thanking all the ladies who helped to make it a success. Also to thank those who so freely gave of their chickens, pies and so forth for. , the dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson and fam- ily spent, Saturday evening at the John Benz home. Presley Gosney was a Driscoll call- er Saturday. and Mrs. George Lewis called lenry Swindling home Satur- Rev. White, the new district su- it, preached Sunday ( at the th estore, visited at her home near | hay Brittin on Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. E, M. Whiteaker was a caller in Bismarck Saturday and Sunday. She went up to get Junior, who has been confined to the Bismarck hos- pital. Miss Anne Hayes, 8 Morton district No. 1, visited at the. home of her aunt, Mrs. Asa Werner, over the week-end. Little Lloyd Hofstad, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Hofstad, is confined to Bismarck hospital suffering with visited at Q large crowd dance in Sterling Friday night. Music ig furnished by @ Bismarck orches- a. Mrs. Oast Prince was a Sterling caller Thursday. SeEeS i Eo He e ¥ gee | gs Ee i i