The Dickinson press., 1900-09-22
During Bishop Shanley's visit at Man.

During Bishop Shanley's visit at Man.
dan last week 1870 boys and girls re.
ceived their first communion and l5c
children were confirmed. Father Col.
Inns also informs the PRESS that two new
churches are to be built in the vicinity of
Mandan at once.
United States Senator P. ]. McCumber
will address the citizens of this county
at the Dickinson opera house on the
evening of October 8. Senator Nc
Cumber is a pleasing speaker and will
greatly enlighten the people on the is
sues of the present campaign.
We have on hand three pairs of the
celebrated puncture-proof tires (made by
the Milwaukee Puncture Proof Tire Coz
which we will close out at cost-s7 per
pair or $3.50 each. There is no better
tire made. and it will pay you to buy for
next summers use now. H. A. Davis &
Co. o.22-tf
w. R. Clark came in Thursday from
the ranch where he had been the past
two weeks rounding up a carload of
horses which he is shipping to Iowa.
During the past year MIR. Clark has
shipped 300 horses to eastern markets.
He has worked up a good trade in the
hors: business.
Cattle shipment Sept. 2o-3: A. C. Gil
bert ? cars, Geo. Frye 4, D. b. thinner
man, A, 0. P. liner 3 ID D, Tenny, Jones
4 Tcnny s. J. f. Phelan lo. Sept. 2S-29:
Jefferies Y Richards IL cars, Peter Brown
! Street and l d D, T.. ]. Greene ?, Dan
Manning s, John Fresh ?, John Goodall
i, V. H. Stickney !.
County Treasurer S. NJ. Ferris who was
Theodore Rooscvelt's ranch foreman at
Medora, was away from home this week
and missed Of seeing his old friend and
employee. However, Joe did the honors
for the family; and it must have been a
great treat for him to ride a half day as
the guest of the governor Of the Empire
state and the next vice-president of the
United States.
Col. Peakc was up from Valley City
during the week. when spoken to
about the coal strike and the probabilities
OF a fuel famine in the East, he smiled
and said that the Consolidated Coal Co.,
from their celebrated Lehigh mines.
could supply the whole Northwest with
the best Ignite coal that was ever placed
on the markets. He said also that there
would be no advance in prices.
The Maccabccs give their dance at the
opera house next Friday night. A first
class supper will be served from the
stage. The following committees are in
charge: Arrangement committee, Thos.
Heath, w. L. Benzen, f. B. Long; recep-
ton committee, Rob Neil, +. w. Burnett,
L. A. Chase, ]. A Reilly; floor com.
mittee, Z. B. Long, L. A. Simpson and
Oscar Skeen.
Mandan has been most unfortunate in
its fair dates again this year, The open
ing day, Tuesday, was attended with rain
which continued through the night and
the following day. The exhibits were
even better this year than last, and had
the weather been favorable the fair would
have been a success A large amount of
work, especially by the ladies, had been
done in decorating, collecting and ar
ranging exhibits-all for naught.
Allenberg & Co. cattle sales for the
past week in this locality, are: Jensen
4 Frye, 60 II7I-steers, $3.50; Alex.
Fowler IS So5-heiiers, AS; A. b. Curry
IS 1o44-fecders, 4.3o, "a o32-cows, AS;
Chris Anderson, Williston, ~ Ioo7-feed-
ers, $50, 20 Ioo4.cows, 3.8o;J. S. Birdsall
Gladstone, "a 1l52-feeders, 4.4o; Rick
man & Lewis, Taylor, 26 Io78-fecders,
AIS, IS Hoo-cows, 3.85; Gilbert & Reid,
Sentinel Butte, 10 846-cows, 800.
A new city hall is to be built this fall
Work will be begun in a very few days
The plan is to build a 2-story brick, q
wide by 40 feet long, with basement
This will give the necessary room for the
steam fire engine, hook and le'der truck
and other fire equipments on the frs
floor and a city hall on the second floor
The building will cost about s ,5oo.~zLa
ter. 1t is understood that the ;new cit,
building will be n story, after the plar
of the Electric Light Plant.
The Co. X. members left for their en-
campment grounds Sunday afternoon
the band and many citizens in private
rigs accompanying them. Monday wa!
not a very agreeable day and it rainee
hard Tuesday morning, so that it has no
been all sun with the campers this week
They have a good cook, plenty Of provi
sions and blankets, and are doing som,
good drilling. The townspeople go GU
to see the bows often and in many way
make it pleasant for them and the off
GERS and boys return the compliment by
seeing that their guests are we'll enter
tanned and cared for.