The Dickinson press., 1906-12-15

garb to replace that destroyed BY the
storms of winter, so mortal shall put on
immortality, and that which was of earth
shall be transformed and become eternal.
crest on, rest on, in peaceful rest;
Eternal life God gave.
Here mortals yet unborn will stand,
Beside his lowly grave.
While time its record keep,
But ~Sovereigns true guard we'll the spot,
Where the faithful Woodman sleep s."
Attorney Mcbride was in Bismarck
Thursday.
A son was born to MIR. and Mrs. Paul
liner, at Taylor, on the 9th.
D. A. Voran of the Mandan Mercantile
Co. went east this week to spend the
holidays.
The calendars being distributed by
the Consolidated Coal Co. are very hand
some. The picture scene is a young
Indian brave. racing for life r the
plains, with a group of ponies stolen
from the enemies of his tribe.
The American Bank Protection Co..
is supplying the Merchants National
Bank with electric steel vault Innings.
A little later the company will give a
demonstration to show the people how
this electric system works. 1t is sup
posed to be absolutely burglar proof.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Patterson OF Seim
arrived in the city the first OF the week
and will remain for some time with their
daughter, Mrs. F%arrirgton. Mr.. Patter.
son, father of c. A. Patterson, the EN-
mons county newspaper man, is the
founder of the new paper at Seim.
Charles Gunkel came in from his sons
ranch Thursday and was attending to
business in the city Friday before return
ing to his home in Arthur, N. d. Mr..
Gunkel has had large experience in
exclusive wheat farming in the Valley
and, with others, finds that diversified
crops must be the hope of the future in
that section of excessive moisture.
John Keith, the steam filter who fell
from a moving train this week at Zenith,
i%njuring his head severely and breaking
one Of the bones Of his thumb, is doing
nicely at the Dickinson hospital. John
Smith and M. c. Mannas, railroad men,
who are being treated for pneumonia a,
the same hospital, will return to their
work o Miss Laura Mockellar, one
Of the hospital nurses, has been i'll the
past week with a cold.
On December 8, Bernhard Fritze
died OF pneumonia at the home of his
son, Henry Eritze. in South Dickinson
at the advanced age of 70 years. Ser
vices were held from the Lutheran
church Monday morning, Rev. o. T,
Just officiating. Deceased came to
America from Germany 66 years age
and about 20 years ago took a home.
stead four miles northeast OF Dickinson,
He lived a quiet lite and was well
thought of by those who knew him. Ar
only daughter, Mrs. L.. J. Peterson and he
husband, from Oelwein, Iowa, we're here
for the funeral.
The controversy over the county sea
of the new county Of Mckenzie ha'
reached the supreme court, upon al
order to show cause why a peremptor,
writ of mandamus should not issue Il
compel the commissioners of McKenzi,
county to canvass the vote at the las
election and declare Schafer to be tn,
new county seat. The case is that o
the state of North Dakota ex rel Charles
Schaeter and B. Demick vs.. Franz
Banks, Andrew Noble and J. H. Shaw
as commissioners of Mckenzie county
The order to show cause is made return
able before the court on December ~.