Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
On September 20, 1901, Mrs. J.R. Arbogast returned from visiting Mrs. Charles Rattinger in Fargo. Simon De Bilt was in from Tiffany. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Turner were in from Lake Washington. Thomas Bollingberg was in on business. Christian Larson came in from Plainview.
On September 21, Miss Ahnie Johnson came in from Tiffany. A.J.F. Voigt of the “Oberon Reporter” was in on business, as was Dan Larsen. Christ Guler was in town. Miss Vannie Hall returned to her home in the Sheyenne River Valley after a few days’ visit. Fred Walker and Homer Allison went to Jamestown to see H. Henry’s Minstrel Show, then the next day they went to Steele to visit friends and returned to New Rockford on September 23.
On Sunday, September 22, Katie Turner and her son Carroll were visiting the Carroll Ranch at Lake Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Will Carroll came in from their ranch; they were planning on living in the Thomas and Katie Turner residence over the winter. Turner was a track grain buyer in Barlow, who was building a 16x24 granary in that town. A.L. Sprecher came in from Tiffany. Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Doyle and daughter Miss Kathleen visited Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Brown.
On September 23, Jack Haley was in from his farm on the Tiffany Flats. George Pincott came in from Tiffany; he had been searching for some horses that strayed on September 5. James Johns was in town on elevator business. That evening a prairie fire almost consumed Mike Greitl’s new threshing rig near Barlow, but hard work saved everything except a badly scorched footboard on the engine. That night Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Maw were in New Rockford.
On the morning of September 24, Marsh Chamberlain received a telegram notifying him that his twelve-year old daughter Gertrude was in critical condition in Belvidere, Ill., his old home; he took the afternoon train. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hutchinson and daughter were in town shopping. Andrew O. Olson was down from the Sheyenne Valley, as was Ed Seastrand, who said flax was running 12 to 20 bushels per acre. Nekali Thorson was in on business. Alfred Dinnetz came in from his farm northwest of town. Maurice Oliver, who had been managing the F.L. Kermott harness and saddlery business in Sheyenne since April, was in New Rockford. Thomas O’Toole was over from McHenry on business. Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Bates and family moved from Barlow to New Rockford; Mr. Bates was going to work on the George Crossen farm. Katie (Mrs. Thomas) Turner and son Carroll went to Barlow to see Mr. Turner; they returned on October 1. Frank Bailey was caught in the drive wheel of a traction engine and suffered a badly bruised right leg and foot; he was on crutches. That afternoon, a large oil stove was borrowed from Mr. Clure, and the first laboratory work of the high school physics class took place. However, there were some scorched coats, sore hands and sore throats that resulted. Early that evening a small party was held at the home of J.W. and Alice Rager; a game of ghost was played.
About 10 p.m, a violent windstorm with lightning and thunder struck the area, damaging small buildings and shattering five panes of glass in the front of the Hotel Davies. The meeting of New Rockford businessmen in Maddux Hall who were discussing a city hall was just ready to begin when the storm struck. Everyone went home to protect their families and homes. The meeting was rescheduled for 9 p.m. October 1.
On September 24 to 25, Barlow PV Elevator agent O.B. Tausen was in town. On September 24 to 26, R.P. Allison was “down the line” on legal business.
On September 25, Fred Martin, Fred Allmaras, Jacob Allmaras, Eugene Oard, and James Renfrew were in town, as was W.G. Carter from Tiffany. Other farmers in town included Frank Thelander (from southeast of town), John Weiport and Hans Anderson (both from southwest of town) and Fred Linstrom [Lindstrom?] from northwest of town. Ole Mattson came in with a couple loads of wheat; some went 23 bushels per acre and graded No. 1 Northern. John Gardner was in on business. Andrew J. Wold was in from Larrabee; flax there was running 12 to 18 bushels per acre. The storm of the previous night had moved his 12x24 granary 4 feet. It also blew a hayrack off a wagon, which cleared a binder and landed thirty feet away and undamaged. The storm also moved P.W. Hammer’s granary off its foundation. The wind blew every hayrack, except two, off the wagons used by Whiteman & Prader and scattered them over three quarter sections. The strong wind broke several panes of glass in the high school room, which became “uncomfortably cold” for a portion of the next day until the windows were repaired. The storm shattered a large pane of plate glass in the Ewald & Yale store in Barlow and toppled the large windmill and tower of the Powers Elevator in that town. Also in Barlow the wind moved Gus Swanson’s livery barn about a rod and ripped the roof off a railroad car in the rail yards. James MacLachlan and his wife arrived from Chatham, Ont., Canada, to visit his brother Dr. Charles MacLachlan and look for a place to live. During their stay the previous spring Mrs. MacLachlan’s health had improved so much that they decided to leave Ontario. Right after school the Glee Club met in Principal Thomas’ office and re-organized. Prof. Thomas was chosen as the manager and would arrange all dates for the club. Miss Phoebe Dixon was elected organist and instructor; Hattie Davidson, secretary; and Ray Hester, treasurer. Vada Aultman, Blanche Brownell, Ralph Beebe and Guy Thompson were invited to join. That evening the juniors decorated the high school room in their class colors. Andrew Johnson Jr., was in New Rockford that night.
From September 25 to 26, Fred Haver was down from Leeds. On those days just about every threshing crew in the county was in New Rockford because of the storm; the restaurants and hotels were extremely busy. There was a lot of flax left to be threshed.
On September 26, Mathes Konzack was down from the Sheyenne Valley. Fred F. Allmaras was in from western Eddy County and Oscar Irwin from eastern Eddy County. “Uncle Tut” Smith, Seth Bailey, F.E. Johnson, L.C. Oakes and T.L. Adam were in town. Nathan Stanton, who had been visiting his sister Mrs. Nathan Flater and family, left for his home in Elmer, Mich. James A. Manly went “down the line” on legal business. The ladies of the Episcopal Guild hosted a bazaar and Harvest Home dinner and supper in the Baptist Church. Featured were such favorites as “Rebecca at the Well” and “Fortune Teller.” Souvenirs of the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo were for sale. Every article was sold, and the evening was judged “a complete success.” Flax was selling for $1.31 per bushel. That evening Sheyenne grain buyer A.H. Johnson was in New Rockford.
