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Newspaper
Golden Valley Chronicle
Location
Beach, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
2
Fragmented timetable notes Milwaukee Road trains at Terry with passenger and freight services. Mentions arrivals and departures with westbound and eastbound designations and several train numbers. Details are partial and timestamps include 5:42 p m 8:43 a m 3:42 a m 9:35 p m and 2:50 p m.
Clay Robinson and Co report a 5000 head cattle run at South St. Paul with prices 10 to 15 higher for most, except common stockers steady to strong. Steers up to 4.50, medium 1050 to 1200 lbs at 3.85 to 4.35. cows and heifers 2.75 to 3.25, cutters 2.00 to 2.60, veal calves up to 6.50, stockers mixed. Sheep receipts about 3700, market weak to 10 lower. fat lambs up to 4.90, ewes 2.25 to 2.65, wethers 3.50 to 3.65. Hogs 2800 on sale, 5 cents lower than Saturday, trading 6.00 to 6.75 with most 6.50 to 6.65.
Farmers and Merchants Bank Beach North Dakota invites you to use their offices for convenience while in town. They solicit checking accounts of any size and pay 6 percent on time deposits. Officers and directors include A L Martin president C E Barber vice president J W Annis Karl J Johnson and R E Morrow cashier.
J P Brewer coats his Marmarth building in carmine the town’s fourth red structure. Hettinger residents expect a Dickinson line branch to join the main rail and Marmarth’s division HQ to move there. Tom Devasher builds Marmarth’s first cement block residence. Laughing at news gaps, locals ponder quirky future columns as news chases gumshoe style.
The Pioneer reports a sequence of social and business visits in Wibaux and nearby Beach including Mrs. Reichenecker from Beach, Phil St. Jacque from Spokane, M. N. Kuehnl from Beach, T. J. Lynch on Beach business, Albert Pickering and Myrtle Meeks visiting Beach, and S. B. Chappell returning from western visits to listing horses for a Glendive sale October 1-3. C. H. Moulton and H. C. Jensen traveled from Beach for business. Also noted is a lost animal: a 900 pound weight branded on the right jaw and hip, with a $10 reward offered by O. G. Cripps of Williams, North Dakota.
Mrs Aud Nunn hosted a tea to bid farewell to Beatrice Light with Helen Barber and Ruby Shear present. County Auditor McGregor received Nobe Stith’s letter about illnesses in Idaho and longing for North Dakota air. Stith is recovering and vows to return to his mineral claims. Mr and Mrs J S Snyder visited from the Butte.
State Superintendent W L Stockwell released the August school fund apportionment totaling 97267.88 dollars with Billings county to receive 909.84. Summer census shows 143041 pupils statewide, Billings county accounting for 1338 of them.
The document presents a bank statement from Billings County North Dakota dated September 1908. It lists resources including loans and discounts secured and unsecured warrants stocks tax certificates and claims, cash items and cash totals, with deposits and liabilities such as undivided profits, time certificates of deposit and bills payable. Notary notice confirms the cashier E E Noble sworn to the accuracy with F E Near and John Keohane as directors and F E Heath as notary.
A local notice announces Das M as an independent candidate for the 2nd District county commissioner seat in Bilings County. The statement emphasizes running without party affiliation or factional ties and outlines the bid for the office.
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