Bright sunshine and a warm wind greeted the county fair

From the Pope County Tribune, Thursday, Sept. 18, 1924

G.O.P.’s Have Hard Luck: B.K. Savre and Anfin Kvam journeyed to the not far away city of Villard very lately to solicit funds for the G.O.P. It is said from good authority at Villard that they met with a cold reception. The Villardites thought that the proper place for the Republicans to go would be to the Tea Pot Dome for the cartwheels to carry the campaign thru. After soliciting for a long time with no results they turned over the job to Postmaster Peterson. What luck Peterson has had we have not learned.

The Glenwood Co-operative Creamery made their first payment for butterfat Saturday, paying 40 cents for first grade and 38 cents for second grade butterfat. This is admittedly a very good price and is several cents above the cash price. The patrons of the creamery are more than pleased and new ones are coming in almost daily.

Bright sunshine and a warm wind greeted the county fair this year although the roads were not in the best of condition. Although the attendance was good it did not come up to former years or account of the lateness of the season. Many farmers were threshing or filling silos and could not get away. The exhibits as usual were large and showed what a great agricultural county we have. The stock exhibit was not perhaps as large as former years but the busy season accounted for this. The only thing that fell down about the fair was the flying circus, which did not do much performing on account of the wind

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From the Glenwood Herald, Thursday, Sept. 25, 1924

Building State Road: A grading crew established their camp the first of this week at the Reese farm three miles east of town at the Chippewa river and will grade the four miles from the county line east to the John Parker farm and then south a mile and half past the Andrew Christianson farm. This is the first stretch in Pope county on the state road laid out from Hancock to connect with the Benson-Starbuck road 12 miles east of here. Stevens county graded the stretch of road in this county from the village east to the county line last year and graveled it. —Hancock Record.

Floyd Olson, Farmer-Labor candidate for governor, spoke at the fair grounds last Tuesday to a large crowd. Mr. Olson came out squarely for public ownership. He stated that we have tried everything in this country and they have all failed. There is only one thing left now to try and that is public ownership. Mr. Olson laid a great deal of stress on the matter of establishing terminal elevators. He discussed this matter at considerable length. When he was asked by a man from the crowd how he would explain results of public ownership in North Dakota, he had nothing to say. The man who asked the question was a fool, otherwise he would not have asked the question, but it was significant that he had no answer to the question.

A pretty wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Math Olson in this city last evening when their daughter Julia was given in marriage to Mr. Elmer O. Julien, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius O. Julien of Murray county. The service was read by Rev. J. Linnevold while the bridal party were gathered under an arch of pink and white streamers in the living room. Relatives and intimate friends of the contracting parties to the number of twenty was present.

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From the Starbuck Times, Friday, Sept. 26, 1924

Since organizing the Minnewaska Clinic the work has increased to such an extent that in order to give the people adequate service it has become necessary to add to its personnel. The clinic and community is extremely fortunate in having a high class young physician locate here in the person of Dr. A.P. Bratrude. Born in St. James, Minn. From a family tree that counts five physicians practicing in this state at the present time. With this addition and assistance the clinic will increase and enlarge its consultation, surgical and laboratory service, covering a wider field more efficiently giving individual scientific attention to the details and personal needs of patients.

Several patrons on Route 1 from the vicinity of New Prairie surprised their mail carrier, Bennie G. Helgeson, at his home last Sunday afternoon. It had been planned for a larger gathering but on account of the rain and bad roads it was not possible for them to get out. The afternoon was very pleasantly spent and a delicious lunch was served. Mr. Helgeson has given the patrons of this route many years of efficient and loyal service, and they wished to show him their esteem and appreciation. He was presented with a purse of money as a memento of the occasion.

A report sent out by the game and fish department of the state shows there were 1,334,868 ducks shot by hunters in 1923, with 2.784 geese and 328,914 chickens, which together with miscellaneous assortment of other game birds makes a grand total of 1,920,735 game birds killed in 1923. In 1922 there were 555,042 partridges killed.