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Ti|t Two 1000 MAIN STREET Buford News Letter Rena Miller was on the sick list Friday. O. J. Morken autoed to Williston Thursday. Mrs. O. J. Morken was a Williston visitor Friday. Harry Crop was over from the Southside Thursday. Chas. Carlisle was a business visi tor here Wednesday. The Ritter boys ate dinner with Mrs. N. M. Owings Friday. William Holloway autoed down from Williston Tuesday. Harry Crop was a passenger to ~WIllifcton Friday night. Newell Allen enrolled in the Eighth -grade at school Monday. John Warren was up from the :Sioux Crossing Tuesday. The Ryan girls were shopping in town Tuesday afternoon. M. H. Holloway was in from Mar ley the first of the week. Miss Frances Shatswell visited with the Corbett girls Sunday. George Gressley was transacting business in town Monday. fid Darr and children were in from the Sioux Crossing Thursday. Arnold Bell, of Marley, was a busi ness visitor here Wednesday. Ovida Beisel spent the day Satur day with Miss Nettie Le Roy. Miss Nellie Dishon came home from Williston the last of the week. Donald Kerr was looking after some business affairs here Saturday. Harry Shatswell called at the H. D. Scott home Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Kline spent .Sunday with Mrs. Kline's parents. 3Mrs. Boyd Kline visited with Miss "Myrtle Winn Tuesday afternoon. Miss Carrie B. Rogers spent Friday evening with Mrs. A .E. Twichel. Mrs. E. Newmann spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. James Beisel. Rev. and Mrs. W. Allen were calling on friends in town Friday morning. Mrs. N. M. Owings called at the /Jiome of Mrs. A. E. Twichel Friday. Miss Ila Shirley called at the home xf Mrs. G. W. Ritter Wednesday even ing. F. M. Huston, of Trenton, visited in town between trains Saturday morn ing. "Mrs. William Dishon called at the home of Mrs. A. E. Twichel Friday evening. Mrs. Genevieve Conn called at the C. M. Smithwick home Tuesday af ternoon. William and Eli Renville were ab sent from school Wednesday and Thursday. George Ritter spent Thursday and Friday at the Dieter farm doing re pair work. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Le Roy call fed at the John Akers' home Monday .afternoon. Mrs. F. M. Shatswell and children •spent Monday evening at the H. D. JScott home. •Mrs. C. M. Smithwick and daugh ters were visiting with Mrs. Hutchin son Sunday. Mrs. Charles Brun and son Omer ate dinner Monday with Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Brown. Mrs. Warren Holloway and Master Sidney spent the day Wednesday with Mrs. Boyd Kline. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Holloway spent Thursday evening with J. S. Catey and family. Mr. and Mrs. William Baker were down from the Hill Top vicinity on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Charles Le Roy and son El mer spent Thursday afternoon with Miss Nettie Le Roy. Mrs. Bert Gressley and children spent the day Monday at the home of Mr. Gressley's parents. Russell Dishon, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. O. Deal autoed out to the Snell home Sunday. In Rural Williams County Mrs. George Reams and George, Jr. of Mondak, spent the day Sunday with Mrs. N. M. Owings. Messrs. Russel Dishon and Lee Mc Nary were unloading lumber for the Buford Mercantile Friday. Mrs. C. M. Smithwick and children spent Thursday night and Friday at the home of Frank Rogers. Mrs. W. C. Allen and son Walter visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs G. L. Welsh Sunday evening. Messrs. Russel Dishon, Harold Ca tey, Lee and John McNary made a tnp to Mondak Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. O. Deal, of Trenton, were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Twichel Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brun moved into the house recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Darr last Tuesday. The little Misses Geneva Brown, Verla Conn and Iris Beisle visited in the primary room at school Friday. The Misses Etta Noteboom and Car rie Rogers were guests at dinner Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Morken. Miss Skidmore returned to Mondak Friday afternoon after a pleasant visit of several days with Mrs. M. E. Taylor. Mrs. John Martin from McKenzie county visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Shatswell Thursday and Friday. Mrs. N. M. Owings and Miss Ila Shirley spent Friday evening at the home of the Misses Noteboom and Rogers. The Misses Myrtle Catey and Edna Coulter returned to Williston Monday evening after a few days visit at the Catey home. George Southard accompanied by Messrs. Wm. Dishon, Russell Dishon, O. T. Ryan and T. D. Brown autoed to Williston Friday evening. Miss Myrtle Winn left Thursday for Williston where she will spend some time visiting friends. From there she will go to Fairview, Mont. The wedding of Miss Cecil Vaughn to a Mr. Miller occurred last Satur day. The happy couple are now making their home at Moccasin, Mon tana. It is reported that the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. Deal, near Trenton, was entirely destroyed by fire which start ed in the chimney Friday evening. The loss is said to be partly covered by insurance. Elmer Rogers died Wednesday morning at the home of his sister Mrs. C. M. Smithwick. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon at 2 p. m., in the Congregational church, Rev. Chas. Shaff, of Williston, assisted by Rev. W. Scott Stranahan conducting the services. Interment in the Hillside Cemetery. The sympathy of the en tire community goes out to the be reaved relatives. TRUAX Jim Blocker was in Epping the other day. Mr. Iver Grothe spent Easter with his relatives at Minot. Rev. Stueland will preach in River view next Sunday at 4 P. M. Theodora Green in busy putting in the crop on his homestead. Mrs. M. Bean accompanied by Gladys called on Mrs. Adams Thurs day. Loyd Wilkinson went to Ross per bicycle the other day to spend a few days with his mother. Charles Hoving and Habel and Harry were in town last Saturday and were caught in the rain going home. Miss Ida Korsmo is back on her claim and will stay forever in a good country when at last I've found it, she says. Mrs. T. Bradburry has been se riously ill but is now able to be up and around again. Dr. Wheelock at tended her. Mr. Burns, Barney Hole and Mrs Hurawitch went to Williston to at tend to some land office business the forepart of the week. Arthur Danz is probably the only farmer in this vicinity who can say with a straight face, I have finished seeding, and not blush at all. Mr. and! Mrs. Rasmus Severson, the Grothe Brothers, and Barney A few weeks ago Miss McGowan left at once for Minot to visit her sister and then proceed to her home in Virginia from whence she'll re turn in due time and—well—you know she has a claim. Mr. Pete Karp took the longest train in the world going east the other day and he wouldn't tell where it would stop. He was continually talking something about the 17th of Ireland or Norway or what? Mr. C. C. Hopkins moved his threshing rig and cook car to Gil bert Jorgenson's ranch and thresh ed out all his stacks and also Alfred and Charley Hoving's. Grain turned out good and wheat loads are again general on the road to town. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Johnson enter tained at a dinner party on Easter day the following: Mr. and Mrs. Amsberry, tiflle Blaine and Miss Vera, Mr. and Mrs. Hole, Misses Dora and Juda Rosenwold, Messrs. Antonson, A. Hedin, and Ole John son. Miss Inga Bjornlie, sister fy Mrs. John Jorgenson arrived from Nor way a few days ago safe and sound. She claims the journey was all a pleasure trip ana it took only four teen days from the time sne left Christiania until she landed in Wheelock. Joe Gamache thought the bron choes w*era geMingi Slow, out of fashion, etc., so he Dought an auto mobile and went right into a mud hole and stayed there until a rescue party arrived on the scene with four bronchoes and pulled him out, and that saved Joe this time. Almost a carload of spink, spank, new top buggies has arrived in this neighborhood. Leonard Bean is the happy owner of one. Arthur John son is the jolly possessor on one and Jule Bean is the proud holder of another, and all these young men firmly believe that these vehicles are much safer and handier all around than these puffing, rattling, oil smelling monsters, squeeking along the road, shooting stars and every thing else, when we just like to be quiet about it and we can have both arms free if we like! they all chimed out. And didn't I tell you so, said Hans. WEST GLADYS Torvold Johnson called at the J. Seven home Monday evening. Rev. and Mrs. Sourentson visited at the Fred Johnson home Tuesday. John Haagenson was a Sunday call er at the Hjalmer Anderson home. Roger Marion filed on forty acres of land, adjoining his father's place. Torvold Johnson was in Bonetraill Sunday ,with a prospect of buying hay. Mrs. J. E. Marion accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Rossknecht to Williston on Monday. Mr. J. E. Marion and sons Roger and Julius visited at the Wm. Lang berg home Sunday. Miss Helen Sorme attended teach ers' examinations, held at Williston Thursday and Friday. Rev. Father O'Neil of Williston held mass at tha Gladys Catholic church Wednesday morning. Fred Johnson moved out to Mrs. Karen Olson's place, where he is do ing Mrs. Olson's plowing and seeding. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Koepke and Mrs. L. C. Reep and son, and the Misses Emma Koepke and Helen Lowe motored to Williston Wednes day afternoon. Mrs. G. W. Rossknecht is suffering with blood poison in her thumb, caus ed by a slight scratch. Mr. Ross knecht drove to Williston with her Monday to have her hand attended to. PHERRIN R. D. Shaw spent Sunday at L. C. Hart's. Miss Ruth Penman spent Sunday at Mr. W. S. Hanna's. Mrs. Wilson Smeltzer entertained the H. H. Club very pleasantly on Thursday afternoon. MV. and Mrs. John Wagenmann and daughter Edna spent Sunday evening at Ryeson's. Rev. Harriss delivered a very in 30UVW NO&NTIIM Our store will be the mecca for the crowds that are coming to town Saturday, May 27—Booster Market Day. WITH THE CROWD MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HEADQUARTERS SPECIAL BARGAINS Bargains That Will Linger Long in Your Memory Hutchinson's 5-10-25c Store WILLISTON'S FASTEST GROWING STORE Hole wtih families spent Sunday af ternoon with Mr. and Mrs. J. Jor genson. Miss Catherine Magher succeeded Miss McGowan in the Riverview 'school and is successfully continu ing the work, where her predecessor left off when she resigned. YOU BOOSTER MARKET DAY teresting seirmon Mother's Day at the Palmer schoolhouse. The Spring Brook school and the Spring Hill school gave a splendid program "Mother's Day." Mr. and Mrs. Gunder Ball, Miss Ada Page and Mr. Fred Page of Gladys visited Sunday with their sister Mrs. Walter Amor. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Siewert enter tained for Sunday dinner, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Wingate, and Mr. and Mrs. Schoregge of Williston. Misses Gladys and Bertha Fred erick visited their sister Mrs. E. C. Hanna Saturday. They spent Sun day with their parents near Spring Brook. Mrs. E. W. Jeffrey and Mrs. Fred Alpaugh went (Co Aberdeen, South Dakota, the first of the week being called there by the death of their brother-in-law. Mrs. Dennos Clark of Indianapolis visited a few days with her aunt Mrs. John Wagenman, then contin ued her journey to Alexander, to join her huBband at that town, also to visit her relatives in that vicinity. MISSOURI RIDGE Mrs. S. M. Clark is reported on the sick list this week. Miss Berdie Clark spent Monday night with Miss Mary Wagenman. G. Imobersteg and Mrs. Sarah Jones were guests at the A. C. Wagenman home Sunday. Mrs. R. T. Wicks who has been se riously ill for the past two weeks is reported better at this time. Charley Clark went over to Els worth last week to visit a few days with his brother Will and family. Miss Newton of the Agriculture College will give a lecture on poultry at the school house Friday, May 19th, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The Ladies Aid will meet Wednes day afternoon, May 24th. with Mrs. C. A. Wicks. All members are re quested to try and be present. Albert Blankenship lost his hat in the high wind last Tuesday evening when last seen it was traveling at the rate of about sixty miles per hour. The plaster is complete on Oscar Albrach's house and the carpenters expect to have the house all complet ed by the end of the week. Then it will be up to Oscar to cage the bird. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Harington, Bart and Virgil Blankenship were out look ing for some of their horses Sunday that have strayed away but they fail ed to find them. Bart went out again Monday and found the one he and Virgil were after. Chester Logan was looking over the Missouri Ridge line of the Farmers Northwestern Telephone Company last week. He was putting on light ning arresters on the poles and new batteries in the phones which im proved the service very much. EDEN VALLEY Mr. Willis McCoy took dinner at Jack Adams Sunday. The Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Kratzer last Thursday. Mr. W. W. Keltner purchased a Maxwell car last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Rigdon McCoy took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Frank Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Abram Miller and family were out car riding Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Marsh were call ers at Mr. and Mrs. Will Marshes on Sunday. Mr. Abram Miller and wife and Mrs. Ben Frank autoed to Williston Monday afternoon. A very pleasant rain passed through this section Saturday night and Sunday forenoon. Mr. O. A. Myers and family and Mr. Stanley Keltner were callers at I. M. Kauffman's Sunday. Mrs. Lungron and neice and nep hew and Algot Peterson spent Satur day night at Ben Frank's. The contractor from Minneapolis is putting in the Painted Wood bridge now. The bridge men are boarding with Mr. Ben Frank's. The Eden Valley school closed Fri day for a vacation. A picnic dinner ana program were the order of the day. All reported a fine time. Miss Bessie Lipscomb and Walter spent Thursday night with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Keltner and family. They are on their way to Missouri to lay their mother to rest. She died May 9th at Mr. Swank's home near Froid, Montana. They have the neighbor's sympathy. AT Mury'i Quality Store We offer some real Bargains for Saturday, May 27th. CPIPP the person buying the largest bill of groceries for cash on this day will receive 50 lbs. Flour Free. Oat Meal—Booster day, pkg 22c Matches—Booster Day, pkg. 22c Coffee—No. 5 Sontus, Booster Day, lb 22c Early June Peas, Booster Day 10c 7 bars Lenox Soap, Booster Day 25c SEEDS Rape Seed, Booster Day, lb 12 l-2c Long Yellow Dent Corn, Booster Day, bu $5.25 This corn is 10 days earlier than Northwestern Dent. 1 lb. WHITE HOUSE COFFEE FREE Persons guessing nearest number lbs. of Coffee in our window will receive 1 lb. White House FREE—COST NOTHING TO GUESS Correct number lbs. will be given in next week's papers, also persona guessing nearest number of lbs. What to Expect of Your Bank That it be safe that it be prompt, accurate, courteous and decisive in its dealing with you that it be genuinely interested in your plans and able to advise you wisely in regard to them that it have every modern banking facility. The Williams County State Bank meets all these requirements. Williams County State Bank Thursday, May IS. IMA. 1000 WILLISTON, N. D. Keeping Busy Since people have learned how much Willard Service means towards good start ing and lighting, we haven't much time for loafing. WILLISTON ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO. Free inipmction of any buttery at any time The Big Booster's Day