The Dickinson press., 1901-01-19
Paul Koch has bought $50 ewes Of I

Paul Koch has bought $50 ewes OF F
A. Little.
Ben Corbin amused the Legislature
fthis week.
Iowa parties arc making inquiry fol
good stock ranches in this vicinity.
Sam Adams is in from the north and
has a sprained ankle which will necessi,
tate the use Of crutches for a few days.
The Modern Woodman of TAYLOR, will
give a grand masquerade ball on Feb.
u. The committee offer prizes and as.
sure all a good time.
Freight Conductor Lynch died of pneu.
monia at Forsyth a few days ago. He
joined the o. R. c. last November and
took an insurance policy for $4,000.
]. E. Phelan is out with a letter in the
Forum. He wants the state institutions
of learning treated we'll and suggests
that the Irvine plant expenditure nigh,
b. investigated.
Representative w. A. Mcclure serves
on the following committees as announced
by Speaker Pollock on Wednesday:
Ways and means, enrolment, insurance,
banking, immigration, apportionment,
mines and mining. counties and county
boundaries, coal lands and mining (chair-
many
The work on the Northern Pacific dixie
west OF Dickinson was completed this
week by w. B. Powers who has had eight
or ten horses and several hands work.
ing on the same for the past month.
The surveyors think that they have the
dixie in proper shape now ard that it
will hold an immense body of water. 1t
is 70 feet thick on the bottom and from
Is to 10 feet on the top, and 5000 yards
of dirt were required in making the need
ed repairs. .
1t is understood that a land deal is
about to be contaminated here whereby
the Little Missouri Horse company will
come into possession Of fourteen town.
ships of Northern Pacific railroad lands.
The company already has large land
holdings twenty-five miles southwest of
Dickinson and their new possessions will
represent l6I,28o additional acres. In
addition to their immense horse business
VIC understand that President H~uidekop-
er intends to enlarge the company's
business in the direction of the cattle in.
dustry.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Greene gave a very
pleasant party Monday evening in honor
of Miss Knight. Progressive pedro was
played. Miss Crowley was awarded the
prize for the greatest number of points
gained by the ladies, Miss Messersmith
taking the second prize. Of the gentle.
men Fred Freeman was awarded first
prize and Oscar Skeen carried away the
second prize. AT a seasonable hour dain-
ty refreshments we're served. The guests
present were:-Mesdames Geo. Dobson,
Fred Freeman Haskin; Misses Knight
Mary and Nellie Crowley, Spears, Messy,
Crowl, Simms, Burnett, Defebach, SEQ
field, Montgomery, Currie, Rudiselle
Messersmith, Klinefelter and Pearl.
Messrs. Fred Freeman, Skeen, Reid,
Harkins, Reed, Phelan, Conroy, Neil
Klinefelter, Tollefson and Frank Dobson
A meeting of the Dickinson opera
house stock holders was held last Satur:
day in the First National bank building.
F. S. Cunningham was elected directo,
to fill the vacancy caused by the removal
of John Davis. The other members are
J. w Currie, Frank Lish, u. S. Little
hales and o. P. liner. The lease of the
building to W. G. Ray expires in a
short time and the matter Of releasing
was left with the directors. For some
reason or other the opera house has moi
proven a paying investment and the men
who put their hard earned dollars into
opera house stock FIVE or six years age
have never received a dividend or a pen
ny OF interest on their investments.
They have called themselves public
benefactors--a thing the public rarely
appreciates-and let it go at that. 1t is
hoped, however, that sometime in the fu'
ture the investment will make a better
showing.