The Dickinson press., 1899-01-07
DOinqs at MedOra.

The quarterly meeting OF the county
commissioners of Billings usually brings
a considerable number of people to the
county seat, Medora, for business of va
rious kinds. The matter of special inter-
est at the boards meeting this week ap-
peared to be the appointment of sheriff
for the ensuing two years. Wallace
Reid, deceased, it will be remembered,
was elected to the Office last fall without
a dissenting vote in the county. P. J..
Pelissier, the outgoing sheriff, had held
the Office as long as the law would allow,
and as it devolved upon the commission
ers to appoint his successor, there was a
great scramble for the office, no less than
10 or IS candidates. Each of the three
commissioners had a ~favorite man for the
office, and finally, after some eliberation,
a happy compromise was made in the
unanimous choice of ]. w. Follis, the
we'll known TIT man, who has been in
the country since 1883 and knows like a
book every inch of Billings county's vast
area. Mr.. Follis has the reputation of
being a fearless, straightforward man.
Mr.. Follis secured such men as J. A. Fer
rs and R. H. More as %sureties on his
$4,000 bond. He appointed Geo. w.
Myers as his deputy, who is certainly a
good man for the position. is. Snyder
served as deputy sheriff under Mr.. Pelis-
sier and made a good officer.
Ed. S. Foley filed abond of $1,000 with
the county for the faithful performance
of the duties of auditor for term beginning
March I, 1899, his 4th continuous term
in this Office. Ed is a walking ~encyclo-
pedia of information around the Medora
court house-knows everybody in the
county and can refer to any record in his
office without any fuss or trouble. He is
kind and obliging and always attends to
his duties promptly. Treasurer S. M.
Ferris, who succeeds himself, had no diff
Guilty in securing a $4,000 bond. Mr..
Ferris makes a frst-class treasurer and
is SO we'll liked that the people gave him
a unanimous reelection. Norman Lebo
qualified for a third term as county Judge,
which indicates that the people are we'll
satisfied with his services. Mr.. Lebo has
seen many years, but he feels just as
young as any of them. Geo. A.. Pelissier,
brother of Pete, continues in the Office of
clerk of the court. Ellen r. Arnett en-
tiers upon her first term as superintend-
ent of schools. Mrs. Arnett has had a
large experience as teacher and is we'll
qualified to fill the responsible Office for
which she has just qualified. Mrs. Mar
tin, who has held the office two or more
terms, was an efficient officer. 1t was
said that Noble Stith who was elected to
the Office of register of deeds would not
qualify, as under the law a s5,ooo-bond is
required and the fees of the Office for a
term would hardly pay for the revenue
stamps required on the bond. VIM.
Thaw Denniston qualified as states at
torney. Mr.. Denniston has been serving
the county by appointment for some
months past. H.C. Miethe qualified as
commissioner from the grid district and
]. B. Stoddard was reelected chairman.
E. E. Mikkelson is the other member of
the board. Billings county has an excel
lent set of commissioners, all men Of
good character, who try to do the right
thing in every place. The assessors are;
Will Prior, Lewis Arnett and Lloyd Will
hanson. The justices elected to office
are Mich Knott, H. Gilbert, ]. w. Foley
and E. b. Brewster; constables, Ed
Delta, w. Rozell and w. c. Coils. N
o. Chase was elected coroner.
The patrons of the Medora school all
speak highly of Miss Rachel Foley as a
teacher. The parents are very fortunate
in having a resident teacher who can dc
SO much for their children. The school
has had a two weeks vacation and will
reopen next Monday.
Thomas Grozier, as proprietor of the
Metropolitan hotel, mas been having a
good business, and states that he will
make extensive repairs on the building
another season.
ia. Ferris has had a splendid store
business the past year-his best since
the disastrous winter of l886-7-and he
appreciates it. Last season Mr.. Ferris
bought the old "Cow Boy" building and
had it fitted up for a warehouse, where
he keeps his large stock of flour and
feed, purchased before the advance ir
price. 1t is located just across the street
from his store. Mr.. and Mrs. Ferris are
from Grand Lake, New. Brunswick, and
Mrs. Ferris has a strong attachment fol-
the scenes of her old home, but she is in
clined to be satisfied with her present
home SO long as they can be fairly pros
porous in business.