Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
On Feb. 15, 1906, William Farley and Gull River Lumber Company manager Ray Erwin left for the Twin Cities; Erwin would then go on to his former home at Prescott, Iowa; W.S. Woods would manage the yard in his absence. Erwin returned on March 17. Farley returned on March 2. That evening, the Modern Woodmen Lodge initiated the following: Charles Anderson, Bruce Clouser, Eugene Corry, Glen Hays, George Healy, Tony Heart, George Johnson, W.S. Knable, Martin Larson, Jay Mulvey, Albert West, and William Woods. [The article said 13 men were initiated, but only 12 names were listed.]
The Feb. 16, 1906, “Transcript” quoted the “Lakota Herald” as saying recently all the slot machines were ordered out of New Rockford and Eddy County. That issue also mentioned the “Grand Forks Times” and the “Hunter Herald.”
W.M. Chamberlain had two fresh milch cows for sale.
An Eddy County boy, R.S. Craig, had a Letter to the Editor extoling the engineering and blacksmith courses at NDAC in Fargo.
In railroad news it was expected that the extension of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad would run west of Duluth, cross the Red River at Belmont, pass through the counties of Traill, Steele and Foster, and end at Carrington. [It was never built.] The Great Northern Railway had begun construction of an extension from Devils Lake to Aneta, with timber already being shipped in for a 4000-foot long bridge across Pelican Point.
Roger Mattson edited the School Notes: Lloyd Beardsley had entered school that week; George Brown was absent due to illness; Josephine [Josepha?] Rodenberg was absent from Miss Weiss’ room because of pink-eye; the eighth graders were studying Bryant’s “Thanatopsis”; the Civil Government class was studying the Articles of Confederation; on Feb. 13 Miss Sarah Schmidt of Jamestown visited the school; on Feb. 14 Lee Francis Lybarger of Philadelphia spoke to the upper grades and again to the Political Economy class; the previous week, Mr. Goss and Mr. Treffry visited Miss Dora Beer’s room.
After three weeks of pain, John Bailey had gone to Fargo for an appendectomy. William Bucklin was having so much difficulty with his rheumatism that he was almost ready to use a cane. A.J. Larkin had to take time off from handling freight at the depot because of a back injury that required a brace.
Early in the week, Clyde Gillett from Freeborn and Sheyenne barber Henry Miller were in town visiting. During the week, Phillips Academy student Miss Angelina Kelts was visiting her home at Hesper in Benson County; student Albert West was ill at his home in Maddock; and students James Chambers of Sykeston and Harriet Reynolds of Maddock had just returned to school after illnesses. Late in the week, McHenry merchant R.H. Howden was in town; he had started a store in Maxbass.
On Feb. 16, Phillips Academy student Harry Burt went to Fessenden to see his parents. A.J. Larkin went to his old home in Wisconsin for a visit; he returned on Feb. 23 with his wife and children, who had been to Canada to visit a former home. That evening, the Phillips Academy Musical and Literary Society presented the following program: Song; Quotations, Society Members; Reading, Harry Dunham; Recitation, Effie Dafoe; Essay, Lena Breck; Song, Double Mixed Quartette; Story, Charlie Riggle; Newspaper, Paul Burhans and Joe Greitl; Solo, Dora Haas; Recitation, Anna Melberg; Original Story, Hattie Reynolds; Vocal Solo, Charles Griffith; Reading, Frank Fugina; Essay, Jay Mulvey; Instrumental, Gertrude Buck and Blanche Brownell; Comical Stories, Six Society Members; Blind Essay, Pearl Beer; Debate, “Resolved, That education is a greater defense for our nation than a standing army”; Affirmative: Guy Thompson and Walter Stitzel; Negative: Charles Griffith and Albert West [may not have participated due to illness]; Song, Double Male Quartette.
Over the past week, Mr. and Mrs. George Convis of Michigan visited Mr. and Mrs. A.N. Tomlinson.
From Feb. 16 to 18, James Chambers visited his father in Sykeston.
On Feb. 17, John Seckinger was in from eastern Eddy County. G.E. Anderson from southwest of town and D.Y. Stanton came in to visit and do business. Elmer Davidson was in from Bismarck on business matters. Prof. L.J. Aldrich went to Valley City, preached in the Congregational Church on Sunday, and returned to New Rockford on Feb. 19. Phillips Academy students Rolla Hill and Oscar Larson went to Jamestown to see a basketball game; they returned on Feb. 19.
On Sunday, Feb. 18, O.B. Tausen and Dr. C.J. McNamara were up from Barlow to see friends.
On Feb. 19, Mrs. P.J. Lorig fell down her cellar stairs and was confined to her bed the rest of the week. Culp & Perry sold a load of cement blocks to A.G. Steele for his new barber shop building in Barlow. Alice (Mrs. J.R.) Rager’s cousin Miss Morris arrived from Mayville, N.Y., for a visit. Barlow restaurant owner J.S. Miller was in town on business and to visit. Painter John Anderson went to Sheyenne to finish painting the interior of the bank building. Frank T. Busch, the New York Life Insurance agent, went to Fessenden to assist the local agent there. Mrs. Maurice Oliver returned to Oberon after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Burton Hulbert. At 7:30 p.m., Rev. E.W. Burleson conducted Episcopal services in the Methodist Church. That evening, O.E. Couch was given the 1st degree in Masonry.
From Feb. 19 to 23, Frank Layne was in Fargo.
