History of New Rockford- July 15, 2019

On July 12, 1902, Nils Gunvaldson was in on business. Dick Bohmbach was in New Rockford. William Bucklin, F.C. Davies, William Farley, Hans Jenson, H.C. Johnson, Charles Logan, and J.C. Whiteman went to McHenry to cheer on the New Rockford baseball team, but to no avail: McHenry 13; New Rockford 9. Ray Hester, Guy Thompson, Albert West, J.W. Stoddard, George Norton, Charlie Baird, and Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Cady went to the Chautauqua. H.G. Hudson returned from the Chautauqua. George Barton, employed at the Rood livery barn, was kicked in the kidneys by a horse and was taken to the Hotel Mattson in serious condition; he was still under a doctor’s care on July 18. Mrs. O.R. Pomranke received a telegram telling of the death of her mother, who had been ill since December, in Chilton, Wis.

On Sunday, July 13, Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Mulvey and Mr. and Mrs. B.W. Rantz returned from the Chautauqua.

On the morning of July 14, H.W. Clark raised the frame for the Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Buck house on Lamborn Avenue West. Miss Lulu Arnold, the sister of Mrs. H.G. Gage, began work at Rodenberg & Schwoebel’s. Malcolm Campbell had resigned his position in that business and was planning on working for the Gualt [Gault?] wholesale house in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. That day Hannon Martin returned from Minot and the Chautauqua. Jack Haley was in from Tiffany. John Gooden came up from Barlow to begin plastering the interior of the new R.R. Woodward residence. A.L. Spracher was in on business, as was Isaac Sanderson from eastern Eddy County. Mrs. A.R. Cotter from near Morris and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Larkin were in shopping. Sam Rich came in from Wisconsin for the summer and fall. Dr. and Mrs. Charles MacLachlan and Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Kennedy went to the Chautauqua. On that day Chris Sprecher and Christiana Bohnet, both of Casselman [the original name for Martin], N.D., were married in the Harvey, N.D., Presbyterian Church. Sprecher was a former Eddy County resident.

On July 14 and 15, there was a 40-hour devotion in the Catholic Church. On those days J.M. Shannon was in town.

On July 15, the terminus of the Sykeston branch line became Denhoff. A fire destroyed Jerry Van Heizen’s 24x36 barn; he also lost one horse, a couple cows, and much hay and feed. Van Heizen [Van Heisen?] had started a new barn. The stone masons had started work on the J.M. Patch building. Jacob Valer came in from the Guler district on business, as did Ed Wright from Tiffany. Thomas Adam was in town. Ray Hester, Guy Thompson, Albert West, and George Norton returned from the Chautauqua. F.C. Davies went to the baseball game in which Carrington played Minnewaukan. Granville Egbert, described as “our crack ball player,” hit a home run for Carrington and was rewarded with a box of Havana cigars. That evening from 8:30 p.m., to midnight there was a band promenade concert, which had “a fairly large crowd.” Also that evening George O’Connor broke his left ankle working with the road scraper.

On July 15 and 16, Martin Kunkel was over from Fessenden; he said Nels Kunkel was doing “a very thriving business” there.

On July 16, Frank and David Bailey were in from Tiffany. John Johnson returned from his Minneapolis trip. Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Schwoebel returned from the Chautauqua. Martin Larson was in on business, as was Thomas Turner from Barlow. James Walsh went to Jamestown. F.D. Norton went to Fessenden to do some dental work; he returned on July 21. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Berge.

On July 16, the Bank of New Rockford had resources (assets) of $169,184.29, up $63,031.87 from the $106,152.42 of April 30. Checking accounts amounted to $58,617.11, down $9161.31 from the $67,778.42 of April 30.

On July 16, the Eddy County State Bank had resources (assets) of $29,062.63, up $2901.68 from the $26,160.95 of April 30. Checking accounts were $13,865.84, up $1850.30 from the $12,015.54 of April 30.

On July 17, Rudolph Indergaard of Plainview and William Steinbach were on business. Otto Forey returned from McHenry. Rev. E.T. Quam was down from Sheyenne. Peter Crane came in from Tiffany. Lambert VanLith went to visit his brother-in-law George VanHeesch, who was in the Jamestown hospital with rheumatism. Harley Miller left for his home in Spirit Lake, Iowa, after visiting with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. A.J Clure.

On July 17 and 18, John T. West was in town. Hardwareman, H. Arveskaug was in Brinsmade on business.

The Eddy County Commission (P.J. Braman, W.C. Schwoebel, H.P. Halverson) met on July 17 and 18. On July 17 they authorized the payment of $4 to W.C. Hayes as bailiff; $28 dollars to H.O. Hollstein for grading the Sheyenne bridge; and $64.65 to W.C. Hayes for two months’ salary as janitor and for utensils for the courthouse. On July 18, they granted a petition submitted by H.B. Sorter and others for a road from the southwest corner of section 11, T149, R62 [Colvin] to [?] as a public highway and they authorized a payment of $142 to George O’Connor for grading.

The July 18, 1902 edition of the “New Rockford Transcript” claimed that everyone who made the Excursion trip to NDAC in Fargo enjoyed it; the people observed grain experiments, livestock, and forms of farm improvement. H. Peoples and C.J. Maddux attended from New Rockford.

Sealed bids would be received until Aug. 1 by P.J. Hester, treasurer of the church committee, for a frame addition to the Catholic Church and for the stone work and plastering.

The trotting stallion “Highland Prince” would be standing at H.B. Johnson’s place the rest of the summer.

The following land sales had been made through Baird & Dresser: Fred Speck bought a half section two miles south of New Rockford from C.E. Clure for $6,000; J.F. Clure bought a half section three miles northwest of New Rockford for $4,000; Clure now had a full section.

John F. Goss was building a barn on his Stimson Avenue West property.

Erick Lindstrom had resumed his position as clerk at Rodenberg & Schwoebel. William Johnson had begun work at the R.R. Woodward store. Marcus Medved of Fergus Falls, Minn., was a new clerk at Prader & Goss’s general store.

Miss Nell Davidson had resigned as the general delivery clerk at the New Rockford post office due to poor health.

Professor Moore’s singing class was practicing for the cantata “David.”

Frank Anderson had the winning ticket for the Morris chair given away by Prader & Goss; it was ticket #5.

There was a time change on the Devils Lake branch line time card: the northbound passenger train would arrive at 11:30 a.m., instead of at 12:50 p.m., and would return on its southern run at 3:21 p.m.

Early in the week Mrs. J.E. Bennett and family visited her sister Mrs. Robert O’Neill. Freddie Davies, A.C. Jones, and Mr. and Mrs. R.P. Allison and son Homer were at the Chautauqua for a few days.

During the week Miss Phoebe VanHorn visited the Hackney farm.

The previous week G.J. Schwoebel left for a few weeks on the Pacific Coast and in California.

That week the Noxon Bros. had shipped materials to Enderlin and New Rockford for the telephone exchanges they were putting in.