Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
On March 28, 1907, Frank Goodrich, Ed Starks and A.J. Ford made business trips to Carrington. Asa Hylton jumped out of a car [railroad or automobile?], sprained his right ankle, and ended up on crutches for over a week.
On March 28 to 30, Mrs. H.R. Campbell held her Easter Millinery Opening.
The March 29, 1907, “Transcript” mentioned the “Hope Dispatch” and the “Minot Optic.”
The Eddy County Board of Health – R.P. Allison, president; W.C. Dresser, vice president; Dr. Charles MacLachlan, supt. – issued orders for the following: All manure, garbage, offal or refuse near any dwelling, business or water supply must be removed immediately. No such material, unless spread out and plowed under, could be within a half mile of any dwelling or public highway, or within a quarter mile of any water supply. Carcasses of domestic animals must be removed and buried at least four feet deep at least a half mile from any dwelling and a quarter mile from any water source or public highway. In New Rockford and Sheyenne all yards, privies and areas around outbuildings, cellars and wells must be cleaned and all manure, garbage, etc., had to be removed and disposed of as described above.
Violators were subject to prosecution with fines up to a hundred dollars or up to thirty days in the county jail.
Over 15 carloads of freight had been unloaded in New Rockford that week.
There were more students in the Phillips Academy Boarding Club than in any previous spring term and more were expected. L.J. Crawford of Sentinel Butte, N.D., had donated around 50 books to the Phillips Academy library.
Andrew Johnson, Jr., E.R. Davidson and A.G. Gardner recently received degrees in the Masonic Lodge; they were accompanied by several Eddy County Masons [location was not mentioned].
Early in the week, B.N. Hegna, traveling representative of the Northwest Lumber Co., was in town checking on that yard’s business. For a couple of days that week, E.F. Volkman of Fessenden was in town checking on the condition of the First National Bank, of which he was a director.
On March 29, J.R. Craig was in on business. E. McLean and Beatrice Henry were down from Sheyenne to visit. State’s Attorney R.P. Allison returned from Bismarck. Phillips Academy student Clara Erickson left for her home in Esmond. H.J. Mitchell went to Jamestown to attend the first meeting of the State Asylum Board; he was elected president. Mrs. Frances Stinehour, the new owner of the Midgets’ Confectionary, went to her old home in Wadena, Minn., closed out her business interests, and packed her belongings for shipment to New Rockford; she returned on April 10. The King’s Daughters met at Mrs. E. Alair’s; Mrs. May Wiltsie made the announcement. That afternoon, the Midway School hosted an entertainment. The following students participated: Ethelyn Davidson, Jessie Davidson, Agnes Doyle, Alice Doyle, Bruce Doyle, Frances Doyle, Joe Doyle, John Doyle, Leonie Doyle, Mote Doyle, Nettie Doyle, Rose Doyle, Percy Getchell, Beth Knable, Harland Knable, Harvey Knable and Lorene Knable.
On March 30, druggist Orley Couch came down with the mumps. H. Arveskaug left for Fessenden to take charge of the hardware department of the Quarve department store. [Arveskaug had come to New Rockford in Jan. 1901 as manager of the Thomas Ose Hardware Store, a position he retained when that business was purchased by Frank Hays in Feb. 1906, but which became superfluous after Earl Adams purchased a half-interest in the business in Nov. 1906.]
Easter Sunday was March 31. At 10:45 a.m., Easter services were held in Brown’s Opera House. At 11 a.m., there was a special revival service in the Baptist Church, with “a distinctly evangelistic service” at 7:30 p.m. At 3 p.m., there was a young people’s meeting with special music. Mr. Heidenberg sang and played the guitar. Miss Della Lapierre visited friends in New Rockford. David Sommerville, the brother of Mrs. J.R. Craig, died in Minneapolis.
The Eddy County Commissioners (Gunvaldson, Dafoe and Dailey) met on April 1 and 2.
On April 1, they looked at the bids for 24 drag scrapers: Austin Western Co., $5.25 each F.O.B., New Rockford; Chamberlain M S Co., $5.10 F.O.B., Minneapolis. They voted to give the bid to Austin Western.
On April 2, they voted to pay the following: $14, J.L. Culley, painting, etc., jail and rooms in basement of the court house; $18.30, Bucklin, Williams & Co., prescriptions and supplies for county poor; $3.85, T.G. Kellington, lignite to court house; $45, Mrs. W.C. Schwoebel, auditor’s clerk, March; $45, Mrs. A.G. Gardner, register of deeds’ clerk, March; $3.95, G.W. Egbert, shaving and haircuts for prisoners; $6, New Rockford Light & Improvement Co., lights for March; $1, G.W. Johnston, burying a dog.
On April 1, Mrs. Bemoc, late of the Mannheimer’s dressmaking department of St. Paul, began work at Inez Gullick’s millinery shop. The New Rockford storeowners agreed to shorten their business day for the benefit of their clerks; they would close at 7:30 p.m. until August 1. James Hackney returned from a meeting of the State Asylum Board at Jamestown. Herman Hallquist came in on business from northwest of town. J.W. Richter came down from Sheyenne on business and to visit; he reported that he and his family had a great time in Kentucky during the winter [they had gone there around Nov. 12, 1906]. Gilbert Bymoen left on a business and pleasure trip to St. Paul. Mrs. Viola Woodward and her grandson Harold Woodward left to spend the summer with her son R.R. “Rock” Woodward and family at Lebanon, Mo.; almost as soon as he arrived, Harold developed both the mumps and the measles. The two returned on November 5. That evening, there was an Easter Dance with music by the Johnson Orchestra, directed by Andrew Johnson
From April 1 to 2, Father L.G. Vandebergh was in Sykeston.
The Eddy County Sunday School Association met from 2 p.m. April 2 until the evening of April 3, with some sessions in the Methodist Church and others in the Congregational Church. Mrs. F.L. Kermott, Mrs. A.H. Johnson and her sister Miss Jet Richter of Sheyenne attended. New Rockford people involved on April 2 were H.M. Clark, who led the devotional exercises; Rev. S.F. Beer, who spoke on “What are the Best Methods and How can We in the Most Efficient Way Meet these Needs.” On April 3, Rev. J.C. Burkholder spoke on “The Teacher in the Closet, the Study and Before the Class,” and Rev. J.R. Beebe spoke on “Our Sunday Schools are in Sore Need of Teachers.
