The Dickinson press., 1904-08-20

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No. 4.
Miss Anna REILLY, who recently return
ed from two weeks visit with Miss
Dora Berry OF Taylor, went home to
Lehigh on Wednesday. Miss REILLY
has engaged to teach the school at
Lehigh this fall.
Few of the democratic delegates for
the convention on Aug. II have been re-
ported. In the grid ward VIM. Walton
and J. H: Field were ELECTED; Pleasant
Vallcy-Micheal Hogan, E. Novak, o. f.
Foote, Gee. E. Rand and Joe Novak.
Postmaster Thompson expects to move
into the new quarters, one door north, in
a few days. The bank vault is to be
extended across the rear of the old post
Office and when this is done the room
will be fitted up for Miss Ida Mckenzie.
Landlord kim had his ticket bought
and was all ready to leave for Portland
and other points Of interest on Monday,
when he was suddenly taken i'll and was
confined to his home for several days.
He was able to get out on Thursday and
left for the springs in Montana.
We voice the sentiment OF all our
customers when we say we handle the
best ice cream in the city,. 1t is first
class, always, and speaks for itself after
you have tasted it once. We will serve
it the same as before at the new location
in the old postofice stand. The Ideal.
S-2o-3t
The Eagles have elected the following
officers: c. S. Johnson, w. Prest.; An
| drew Walsh, w. v. Prest.; l.. p. Manlev,
P. w. Prest.; Johnnie Currie, w. c.; F.
J.. Easton, Sec'y; Thos. Geppert, l. G.;
NJ. Beres, O. G.; o. T. Shell, Martin
Schiller and H. A. Davis, trustees; H.
A. Davis, physician; Claud Miller, con-
ductor.
Missoula Journal: The Journal OF last
appointment of Ira w. Terry OF Missoula
promoted to the district from Bozeman
to Dickinson, N. D., with headquarters
in Billings. He succeeds c. Emmerich,
one of the best known and competent
| claim agents of the Northern Pacific.
Attorney H. c. Berry authorizes the
PRESS to say that the report that he
had been engaged as principal Of the
Taylor school is a mistake. He WAS
teaching last winter, but since opening
his law Office in Dickinson a short time
ago business has been coming in much
better than he expected and he could
not afford to give up his law practice for
the best school in Stark or any other
county in the state.
The bids for the new St. Patrick chuech
edifce were opened and awarded at the
residence of Rev. !. Dignam on Tuesday
evening. There were two bids, namely,
the Mandan Mercantile Co. for SI1,l5l.lS,
and A. Walsh and Charles Bake for
S%Io,I5o.oo. The lowest bid was accepted
and work will be begun as soon as the
| contract can be executed. This hand
some chuch is to be erected on Cross
street, one block below the high school
building, and is to be completed not
later than February list, 1905.
An instance came to light this week
showing that some children who hang
around the postofice do not do it for any
little girl took a bunch of KEYS that were
| spoke to a party. When he returned to
his box his keys were not there. The
| girl wanted to get some money and had
resorted to this act of theft. The post
office authorities will probably be asked
to look after this girl and those of her
kind who meddle with keys that happen
to be left in the postoffice.
! Hoyt's "a Texas Steer" comes to
Dickinson Saturday night, August 20.
This comedy, which has probably met
with greater success than any American
play, is now in its fifteenth season, and
is said to be playing to crowded houses
everywhere. The cast is large and well
| balanced, and includes such we'll known
people as Will H. Bray, who will be seen
in the part he originated, the minister
to Dahomey"; John l.. Weber will play
maverick Brander"; the charming SOU
brettc and ingenue, May Stockton, will
appear as "Bossy", the famous "Texas
Steer Quartette" and 20 others.
The government has appropriated $780,
600 for making tests of various kinds OF
coal for b%riquettes and North Dakota lig-
mite will be given a thorough trial. Prof.
Babcock Of the University Of North
Dakota, is now in the western part of
the state selecting the coal that will be
used for the test and the product OF sew
eral mines of the state will be tried by
the government experts. These tests
are expected to be of untold value to
the Ignite industry OF the state and the
result Of the tests will be watched with
much interest by those who believe the
Ignite business in the state is destined
to reach large proportions.
The state papers are having a great
deal to say about Jolly Boy, a horse
formerly owed by Van Eeghen at Me.
dora, and are trying to make out that it
was a horse which President Roosevelt
rode one fall while in the Bad Lands. S.
M. Ferris, who was Mr.. Roosevelt's fore
man at the time and who still resides at
Medora, says that it is all a mistake. He
knows the horse and says it is possible
that Mr.. Roosevelt rode the horse, as he
did a great many others, but as for using
the Jolly Boy horse for any length Of
time he did not. The newspapers have
this particular horse Carting triplets
around the streets OF Lisbon, and they
say that the mother of the infants is a
friend of Andrew Laughlin, ex.state
commissioner of agriculture, who is a
cousin Of L. M. Bixby who knew the
President when he lived at Medora.
What next?
E. F. Chandler, state irrigation en-
gineer, has been making headquarters
at Dickinson the past few weeks. He
got in the past week from a two weeks
trip on the Cannon Ball river and is now
working on the Knife river. Later Mr..
Chandler will make Investigations on
the Green and Heart rivers. While
North Dakota has millions to her credit
at Washington to be expended for irri-
CATION improvements, it is a fact that
there is no official information which
warrants the government in going ahead
with such Improvements in the state.
Engineer Chandler finds many feasible
plans for irrigation and as soon as these
ment at Washington, the government
will be ready to authorize large expendi-
lures of money for these purposes in
Western North Dakota. Engineer J. A.
French of the Reclamation service, is
at the present time working on the Little
Missouri river in Billings and Bowman
| cnuntiea He has q force of eiuht or