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Local News Mr. and Mrs. Begs left Monday for the west. E. A. Nissen was over from Alexander to spend Sunday. Mrs. Roy Collins and one of the girls are ill with the flu. Grandma Vanderhoof is back to Fairview to spend the summer. Mrs. Herman Servin is visiting friends at Watford City this week. Claud Runyun went to Velva to get his car which he will drive back. W. B. Chappel went to Fromberg, driving through, Saturday to visit his family. Mrs. Sam Sluiter of Richey is spending a few days in town and having some dental work done. Bill Varner, prominent rancher south of Cartwright, transacted business in Fairview Thursday, this week. Wm. E. Birmingham, national bank receiver, spent Monday at Alexander in connection with the affairs of the closed First National bank there. Al Sluiter has received word from Mr. Brunner, the cheese factory man, that he will arrive here between the 1st and 10th of June with his factory equipment. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Javnager and children will leave in their car the first of the week for Casper, Wyoming, for a visit at the homes of two brothers of Mrs. J.'s. It is reported that Paul C. C. Wagner, county agricultural agent of McKenzie county, has resigned that position to go with the Agricultural Credit Corporation, immediately effective. Mrs. Walter Bosshard of Van Hook, N. D., visited at the Lemieux and Elmer Bosshard homes from Saturday until Wednesday, when she left for Cliamala, Wash., where Mr. Bosshard preceded her with an emigrant car. Mrs. W. A. Leo and Mrs. Davis were in town from their farm homes near Girard last week. Mrs. Leo said Mr. Leo is busy putting in his crops. She attended to some property matters and they drove home the following day. John McCollins resigned his job with the Farmers State Bank and has entered upon a position with the North Dakota closed bank department. He left last week for Devils Lake, where his work is centered. There are over thirty closed banks in that jurisdiction and John has complete charge of one department with a staff of seven subordinates. Mrs. Jack Kaufman and children left Saturday for Pelican Rapids, Minn., where Mr. Kaufman is and the family will reside this summer. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Richardson took them to Williston to take the train from there, and themselves drove back by way of Alexander, where they visited at the Hyde home, coming home Monday accompanied by Neil Hyde, who came over to attend the baccalaureate services. Miss Louise Seims and P. W. Lacy were married at Watford last week. Both are well known here, the bride being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Seims, former residents here living at Watford City. Mr. Lacy represents the International Harvester Co. in this territory and has been making his headquarters at Watford. Mr. and Mrs. Lacy will live in Fairview this summer. The News joins their friends in extending congratulations. Mrs. C. D. Kempfert will leave for the twin cities next week for a visit with relatives and friends. Ben Sluiter has been on the sick list the past two weeks. He is about and says he is feeling much better at this writing. The Bridge club met at the L. E. Newlon home Wednesday evening. A delightful dinner was served by the hostess and the usual bridge session followed. Bert Frankl is this week at Billings attending a meeting of druggists. He drove his car through and was accompanied from Sidney by Jim Turner, druggist there. Mrs. Oscar Johnson returned from Minneapolis Tuesday, after a two months' visit with her sister, resident there. She reports the unemployment situation in the twin cities critical. Wages are lower than they have been in years and there is no demand for labor. Arrangements are being made by Secretary Van Quackenbush of the Commercial club to bring Max Morgan of the Fairmount Creamery here for a lecture and to display several reels of dairy pictures. Mr. Morgan is famous in dairying circles. He was for several years on the expert staff of the North Dakota A. C. at Fargo. The date he will be here will be announced as soon as definite arrangements are completed. Dr. and Mrs. Reisland were here the first of the week, the doctor filling his professional dates. They came from Fargo where he attended a ceremonial session of El Zagel Temple on May 17. Imperial Potentate Conrad H. Dyckman was in attendance on his official visit. He has visited 96 Shrines officially and honored signally the El Zagel shrine at Fargo by inviting the Chanters of the temple to participate in the ceremonies of the Imperial Conclave to be held in Kansas City in June. Fifty-four candidates were initiated into the mysteries of El Zagel during the session. Farmers are warned against letting their cattle eat too much green alfalfa now. Alfalfa bloat has taken a number of cattle in the valley already and will take more unless precautions are taken by cattle owners. John Mohrherr lost a valuable milch cow and a steer the first of the week. He said that had he reached them in time he could have saved them by puncturing their stomachs. It is necessary to know how to do it and Mr. Mohrherr knows how. Cattle owners who do not should inform themselves and Mr. Mohrherr would be glad to tell them how to insert a knife so as to save their cattle when alfalfa bloat gets them. A critter so taken dies quickly in great agony. Virgil Evans is back from Seattle where he spent several weeks. H. T. Nelson, assistant to Wm. E. Birmingham, national bank receiver, went to Billings last week to take some Masonic work in the higher degrees. John Helm tells the News that the sugar beets are coming out of the ground nicely and he looks forward to a good average yield in this section of the valley. Mr. Helm voices the opinion that conditions in this section are going to change for the better perceptibly with the crop promise looming up favorably and says we should all be glad we are here and not some place where the reverse order is imminent.
