The Dickinson press., 1904-06-11

Little Arthur Jefferies fell off the
fence Sunday and broke his arm.
Our Sentinel Butte budget was crowd
ed out this week.
The Fort Shaw Indian girl basket ball
team was en- route to st. Louis on We'd
nesday.
Friday evening Co. K, of which the
groom is a member, gave a dance Tor
MI. and Mrs. Tollefson at the opera
house.
Mrs. p. A. Berg and daughter Della
went to Glendive on Tuesday to visit
Mr.. Berg who, as travelling fireman,
makes headquarters there.
The attendance at the Congregational
supper at the opera house Thursday
night was fair, Notwithstanding the rain
during the early part OF the day.
Wm. Suddards, of Justice Bateman &
Co., arrived Friday morning from
Wyoming, and will make headquarters
in Dickinson during the wool season.
The Mandan Mercantile Co. wish to
announce that they have secured the
services of H. B. Doolittle, an expert in
terror house decorator and fnisher; they
can take a limited amount OF this class
of work for the present. Mr.. Doolittle
has for the past five years been with
Mannheimer Bros. of St. Paul doing all
kinds of high grade interior finish, in
Guiding water color work as we'll as pa
per hanging in all of its departments;
his work has no superior anywhere in
the United States. 6-lI.It
The "Old Settlers" picnic will be held
in the Gladstone grove next Thursday
and a large number of people from this
city will likely be in attendance. Those
who do not drive car go down either on
the 7 o'clock freight in the morning or
the 1895 passenger returning at $40 p.
m. The round trip is zoe. Senator
Simpson and Captain Gregory have
been engaged to speak, and it is expect
ed that a good game of ball will be ar
ranged, probably between the Dickinson
high school nine and the Gladstone-T ay-
lor nine. Those who want a pleasant
outing will make it a point to go to Glad
stone on the 10th.
The L. K. Granteer house on Hanna
ford street is nearing completion. The
plans for the modern dwelling we're Sc
lected by Mr.. and Mrs. Granteer after
much careful thought and are certainly
complete in every particular. The house
has eight rooms, in addition to bath,
pantry and numerous closets, a full base
ment in which a heating plant will be in
stalled and store and fuel rooms finished.
The fnishings on the first floor are all
in Georgia pine, and Mr.. Granteer is do
ing every bit Of the work himself rainy
days and nights after he has completed
his labors for other parties. Mr.. and
Mrs. Granteer are among the pioneer
settlers of Dickinson and will take much
comfort in their new home.
The special election to vote on the
proposition of creating and organizing a
county north to be called Roosevelt was
defeated on the 4th by a majority of 80
votes. The people who came from the
north since the election tell US that the
proposition would probably have carried
had it not been for the rain. The farm
ers did not like to cross the Yellowstone
in the rain. The vote by precincts was
as follows: Mckenzie I6 no, Schafer "a
yes and IA no, Banks 70 no, Stroud "a
yes and 81 no, Cartwright IS yes and ~
no. The inspectors, Messrs. Deffekach,
Granteer, Mcbride and Baker, got home
late Thursday night OF this week. They
had to cross the Missouri river in a boat
and had a pretty wet time making the
return trip.