Roosters Exchanged and Local News From Spearfish Area
In a lively local note R. Procter and D. Ruland swapped roosters to improve their flocks. Walter Nettlehorst visits from Sundance to discuss insurance and collect accounts. J. Burnett drives the Alva to Aladdin route and reports good business. Plus church notes, an accident with Elmore Driskill, school visits by Miss Jennie Davis, and Miss Amelia Young leaving Deadwood for Farrell Wyoming. Also listings of horses for sale and local ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Procter
Dan Ruland
Walter Nettlehorst
Sundance
Walter
Elmore Driskill
Beulah
Jennie Davis
Amelia Young
Deadwood
Farrell
Wyoming
Miss Young
Spearfish
W. F. Havens
Rawleigh
Globe Band
Bear Lodge
Sheepmen warn of harsher range as heavy snow bites desert
Reports from Gillette News and nearby papers note six to ten inches of crusted snow across the Red desert, with ringe deterioration feared to devastate flocks if thaw does not come soon. Cattlemen in the eastern areas worry grass cover and feed will fail, causing great losses amid widespread snow. Also covered are a social hotel party with prizes and a brief local visit by Dr. J M Louthan and Daniel Turner seeking stock cattle, plus travel back to Humboldt, Kansas by John Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Desert
Ringe
Gillette News
Butte County
J. M. Louthan
Ridge
Montana
Daniel Turner
Powder River
Dr. Louthan
Spearfish
Legion
John Churchill
Youngman
Humboldt
Kansas
Merrick’s Mill Beats Hard Times With Prosperous Output
A letter from the Bear Lodge foot of the Bear Lodge describes Merrick’s Mill near Alandin. It notes orders for over one million feet of lumber, 12 teams, skilled foreman Walter Wyman, a modern barn for 15 to 18 teams, ample room for stock, a boarding house run by Ed Hauber and Mrs. Merrick, and a well managed lumber department led by Carter Stevens. The writer invites the editor to visit and promises more in a future note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Merrick
Bear Lodge
Alandin
Merrick
Walter Wyman
Ed Hauber
New Telephone Line Connects Beulah and Spearfish Area
Farmers in Beulah and Sand Creek country form a company to build a telephone line linking those towns with Spearfish. The system will connect at the Black Hills line with an Beulah exchange, running up Sand Creek to Blake and Finch. Instigators Frank Avery and Fred Ruchton aim to provide ranchers with cheap reliable service. construction has begun and operation is expected in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah
Sand Creek
Spearfish
Black Hills
Blake's
Finch’s
Messrs
Frank Avery
Fred Ruchton
Pioneer Edwards Died at 70 in Pow der River Country
Senior Edwards aged seventy died at his son's home M. M. Edwards after a long life as an early Pow der River settler. He leaves a wife and many children, with body sent to Illinois for burial amid notes of icy roads and rough ground from recent weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Edwards
Edwards
Powder River Country
Illinois
Alzada Dispatch Notes Local Trades and Accidents
L. C. Thompson travels to Alzada Montana with oats for L. C. Wood & Co. Lou, longtime lumberman and freighter, promotes the Globe. Ernest Linn injured when a wagon wheel rolls over his ankle yet no bones are broken. Will Rogers and others cut logs for a new saw mill by East Creek. H. H. Gish dies suddenly, found dead while making a pie. James Reel uses a sawing machine with George Cooke. Mrs. James Reel visits Belle Fourche for dental work. William Hedriot returns to the Alzada country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Thompson
Alzada
Montana
L. C. Wood & Co
Lou
Globe
Ernest Linn
Will Rogers
Herbert Gage
Byrd
Will Morris
East Creek
Will Collins
H. H.gish
James B Reel
George Cooke
James Reel
Belle Fourche
William Hedriot
New Haven Nonsense and Local Happenings from Clark's Mill Country
A short first letter reports on New Haven known as Clark's Mill country. Local activity includes Vinton Bloxom cutting logs for a new house on his Little Missouri ranch and O L Clark contracting log hauling by Thompson boys and George Jones. Will Nelson leavesMusic's Mill to winter on his ranch. Marcus Leason sells a span of geldings to Hazelbaker. Wiley Bloxom and Dink Cooper stock ice at the T L ranch. I D Coryell advertises pianos and phonographs in Belle Fourche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Clark
Vinton Bloxom
Missouri
Globe
Thompson Boys
George Jones
O. L. Clark
Will Nelson
Sawyer
Music's Mill
Frank Clark
Marcus Leason
Hazelbaker
Poultry Show Promotes Industry Across the Union
Readers hear that poultry ranks as a great industry with major shows in St. Joe Missouri and Salt Lake City Utah. Plymouth Rock breeders displayed over 2,500 fancy birds in Salt Lake, while St. Joe hosted more than 40 000 exhibits. Miss Mary Eccles suffered a rheumatic attack but is recovering. A fine tom turkey arrived by express for E. A. Watson as he aims to maintain flock standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joe
Missouri
Inter State
Salt Lake City
Utah
Plymouth Rock
Mary Eccles
Express
E. A. Watson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ima
Martin
Art Cole
Art
Jack Burnett
Alva
Aladdin
Jack
Charles Durfee
Ernest Woodruff
W. E.tinkcom
Buffalo
New York
Baptist Sunday School
Ed Deford
Hulett
Gates & Jolly
Remeles
Remediegs
C. L. Snedeker
Crook County
Adams-Webster Co
Snedeker
H. E. Frost & Co
Belle Foneche
Tinkcom
C. Darfee
V. Powell
Jack Bunch
C. L. Wood and Co
B. F. Dodds
Redwater
O. K
Five Mile
I. D. Coryell's
Black Hills Poultry Show
M. Snyder
Snoma S. D
Land Wilkison
M. G. Shirk
B. H. Harms
D.D.S
S. D
Gay’s
Ira D. Coryell
Eweler
Optician
Victor Talking Machines
Belle Fourche, S. D
G. F. Early
Desser
Suth Dakota
W. G. Jamison
Africa
Swift & Company
Winchester
J.C. Eccles
Peter
John
A. H. Baltz
D. P. Roberts
Belle Fourel
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