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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
2
Rural Williams County records a flurry of social activity and daily life notes from Wheelock to Ray. The column lists visits, illnesses, family movements, farm tasks, dances, meetings, school events, weather, and local incidents, highlighting community ties, travelers, and seasonal preparations across towns.
Ray Reeser called at T L Sagaser’s Monday. Miss Carem visited Fred Strong’s Saturday and Sunday. Tommy Smith visited Paul Vanderward Sagaser Sunday. Ed Grinsrud returned Thursday from a business trip east. A six o’clock dinner at G Myers home Tuesday hosted Geo Ekblad Otto Olson Fred Strong A W Du Vang B E V Riordan T L Sagaser and P W McAleer.
A.J. Auermann helps Olaf Roseth with current duties while Miss Anna Werner returns to her school near Buferd after a weekend at home. Pleasant Dale held a Saturday concert at the new Victrola. many attended and enjoyed the evening. Williams Potrotz and Mr. and Mrs. John Potrotz, visiting relatives, returned to Niagara. Robert Ortloff rode to Williston with Chas, recovering from a five week old auto crash at Wit tenberg hospital. Chas is improving and hopes rise for friends here.
General McKay of Nelson visited Ray on Tuesday. Jim Craix returned from a Washington trip to the county seat. Mrs. Harry Nelson waited at the Arthur Hartnock home as Arthur Martsoch and Mr. Gamut moved through local circles.
In Eden Valley the community's week includes Mrs. Roy Marshest hosting the Ladies Aid with C A Myers visiting Glangow Saturday. Mr and Mrs Earl Smith visit James Sheppard’s Sunday. Roy Marah guests at Will Marshes Sunday. Ray Seaver with Arena Prank visited Ray Kratzer's Friday. Harvey Kauffman and his mother depart for Idaho last Thursday. Ik Taylor visits Keltner family from Friday to Sunday. Mrs Rigdon McCoy returns Thursday from visiting her son Richard McCoy. Herman Pankowski visits from Saturday to Friday with his brother Jack Pankowski.
North Dakota shows rising livestock numbers with 509 stock brands in recent years, up from 197, and 930 expected by December. Dairying expands with creameries rising to 76 and cream stations to 411, dairy cows increasing from 168,787 in 1911 to 231,822 in 1916, and dairying receipts jumping from 1,811,214 to 5,277,770.
J P Reeve of Beach president of the North Dakota game and fish board advocates cutting the prairie chicken bag from ten to five per day and a two year closed season in the first congressional district. He also suggests a jail sentence for day limit violations and stricter rules on storing birds to curb waste, cautions against a full state-wide closed season, and urges targeted protection to restore hunting in western counties.
Norwegian explorer Christian Laden returns from Hudson Bay region with ethnological notes and photos. He reports Eskimo and Indian origins linked, describes barren Arctic travel, copper tools, musk ox decline, and survival tactics. He plans a book and claims shared roots with North American native peoples.
Provisional North Dakota Supreme Court action on December 7 1916 outlines three imagined supreme courts led by Chief Justices Fisk and Pollock with Associate Justices Burke Bruce Christianson Robinson Birdwell Grace and more. The provisional court rules terms begin on the first Monday in January, while new justices insist on immediate seating.
State officials resign their posts as the term ends and retirement takes effect on the first Monday in January. The move aligns with the new schedule for leaving office.
A scrambled update reports a Taft Bryan world peace debate announced with coverage to reach the United States Souderica Australia and Europe and a New Year’s Day article. Also noted are appointments for a private secretary in Washington and state department changes, plus a bizarre mix of local incidents from a fatal auto accident near Spree to a Cambrian postal service pledge and a dramatic camelot era crime drill. Endeavoring mentions include newspaper work shifts, a stone bed of prices, and a reduced subscription rate for the Journal in Kenmure.
A southern gentleman orders Sambo to buy a finest barnyard turkey with three dollars. On Thanksgiving, the table praises the turkey until the host realizes it is wild. Sambo explains the shot in his mouth was for him, and the turkey was tame.
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