Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
The May 1, 1903, “Transcript” mentioned the “Litchville Bulletin.”
A letter to the paper from Robert Walden indicated he and his family had located in the Westminster District of British Columbia, Canada. J.H. Hohl was in Washington State, but indicated he would return to New Rockford in May.
A subscription list was being circulated to pay for a dam on the James River east of town; the cost was estimated to be a couple hundred dollars. T.G. Kellington was the first to donate, $25. Quickly, Dr. MacLachlan had almost the full amount subscribed. In addition to providing the town with adequate water, the projected lake would be large enough for electric and gasoline-powered boats for pleasure cruises.
Early in the week Gilbert Bymoen received a check for $18.33 from the Continental Casualty Company for his broken finger.
P.H. West had 200 tons of ice for sale. The trotting stallion “Highland Prince” would stand for service at the farm of his owner Henry B. Johnson every weekday during the season of 1903.
The Prader & Goss general store had a new sign. A new steel ceiling was being put in the Hotel Brown office. Prader & Goss clerk Marcus Medved was having a 22x32 one-story cottage built on Villard Ave. West by R.A. Wenzin.
Early in the week Jay Mulvey was laid up with rheumatism. Mrs. G.D. Murphy was recovering from typhoid. Frank McCabe was getting around on crutches. J.T. Wiltsie’s return from southern California was being delayed by lumbago. Mrs. C.J. Maddux and children had their return from Pasadena, Calif., delayed when all three came down with whooping cough.
William Young of Tiffany was using oxen to help him in seeding.
There had been another prairie fire northeast of Tiffany probably caused by someone burning straw piles during the high wind.
Hired as teachers for the next fall were Miss Nora Roger, Clark School, and Miss Johanna McCarthy, Tiffany School.
Friday, May 1, was Arbor Day. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Skidmore planted two memorial trees near Tiffany in honor of Frances E. Willard and Sophie E. Grubb of Kansas. Mrs. James E. Hyde returned from Fargo. Walter Schmid moved back to New Rockford from Carrington. That evening the men of the Methodist Church put on their annual May Day supper in the new parsonage; cost: 25 cents.
From the evening of May 1 to the evening of May 3, Mrs. Peter Prader and children, Miss Catherine Trainor, and Miss Caroline Trainor were visiting in Fessenden.
On the evening of May 2, members of the Degree of Honor and the cast members of “The New Woman” met in the lodge hall.
On Sunday, May 3, Dr. C.J. McNamara of Barlow was in New Rockford.
On May 4, a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Fahrer. Miss Hazel Oliver came over from McHenry to see dentist Norton. Mr. and Mrs. George D. Setz came into town to shop and visit. Alonzo Neutzel was in from his Lake Coe farm on business; he was raising about 400 sheep and “a nice bunch of cattle.” Mr. and Mrs. Christian Hanson and Hans Hanson returned from a winter in LaGrande, Ore., and Charles Curran returned from a winter in southern California. MWA (Woodmen) Venerable Consul W.E. Radtke went to Wahpeton to attend that lodge’s state meeting. Hardware man H. Arveskaug went to Brinsmade and grain buyer B.G. Arbogast went to Sheyenne, both on business. James Hackney went to Jamestown for a meeting of the Asylum Board.
On May 4 and 5, McHenry grain buyer A.C. Cross was in New Rockford.
The Eddy County Commission (Braman, Dailey, Dafoe) met on May 4 and 5.
On May 5, the Commissioners voted to pay $70 to Buck & Couch for strychnine; $45 to Mrs. A.G. Gardner as clerk for the Register of Deeds in April; $7 to George O’Connor for grading; and $30 to W.C. Hayes for his April salary as janitor.
They also granted authority to the Superior and Eastern Telephone Line of Eddy County to occupy various highways of T148, R64-66, [Columbia, Pleasant Prairie, Superior] for erecting and maintaining poles, wires, and fixtures of said line.
On May 6, the Commissioners granted a petition of Christ Fahrner and others for a new road from the southwest corner of section 9 and the northwest corner of section 16, T148, R66 [Superior] east to the southwest corner of section 12, T148, R66, then south on the section line between sections 13 and 14, then east on the section line between 13 and 24 to the southwest corner of section 18, T148, R65 [Pleasant Prairie].
They also granted a petition of William Dugan and others for a road from the southeast corner of section 34 and southwest corner of section 35 of T148, R67 [Rosefield], north on the section line to the southeast corner of 15 and the southwest corner of 14, T148, R67.
They also accepted the resignation of George Ackerman as the official abstracter. They appointed Bert Morris to be the road supervisor in District 16 and Oscar Bauer to be the road supervisor in District 21.
On May 5 Mr. and Mrs. William Milne, Jr., were in shopping. Mrs. E.S. Severtson went to Minneapolis to visit. George Pincott drove “an immense herd of cattle” through Tiffany to his Reservation land. That evening a telegram was received in Jamestown that Rev. H.J. Sheridan had been “stricken with paralysis” at Linton, ND. [Rev. Sheridan had held Episcopal services in New Rockford intermittently from 1896 to 1901.]
On May 5 and 6, John Cain was in New Rockford. A.W. Dewey, photographer, was in New Rockford from May 5 to 7.
On May 6 Mr. and Mrs. B.W. Hersey and Peter Hallquist were in Tiffany on business. Sheyenne druggist Charles O’Connell was in New Rockford on business. Dr. A.W. Hubbard left for his home in Buffalo, NY, after looking over his large land holdings in southeastern Eddy County.
There was a high wind on May 7. A dark bay pony strayed from the Robert O’Neill farm 8 miles northeast of New Rockford; it had one white hindfoot and one white forefoot, was branded on the shoulder, weighed 700 lbs., and was 8 years old. David Bailey and Mr. and Mrs. James Dafoe were in New Rockford. Sheyenne elevator man A.H. Johnson came down on business. F.W. House returned from Lidgerwood. Mrs. Guy Lathrop returned from a visit to her old home in Indiana. That evening J.W. and Alice Rager hosted “an impromptu whist party” of 12 in their rooms at the Hotel Mattson.
