Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-14
receiving the good wishes Of all upon

receiving the good wishes Of all upon
his prospective appointment to the
state oil inspectorship. 1t is we'll
known that the governor is well dis
posed toward the newspaper man from
Bath gate, with whom he has fought
shoulder to shoulder in many blood
less campaign in behalf of real simon
pure democracy and probably for that
reason no other candidate for this, the
best plum in the gift of the governor,
has appeared upon the horizon. From
time immemorial Frank has been fight
ing the good fight of the democracy in.
this state and dreaming dreams of his
party's supremacy and the little day
light which has come through the re-
cent election had renewed his youth
and beauty to a remarkable degree
Franks many friends wish him good
luck. Il ~ @
Promoted-E. G. Coils, who for
some time past has been district man
ager Of the Yeomen has been pro-
NOTED to be state manager for the
western half Of North Dakota and has
appointed Chris Hess of this city as
sistant. The Yeomen of North Dako-
ia have been exceedingly fortunate in
the past seven years having neither a
death nor a sick loss to pay, though
they have, Of course had a number of
accidents to pay indemnity on. The
order in this city is in a very prosper
GUS condition and has one of the larg-
est lodges in point of membership in
the state. ..ss.
Saint Valentine-The dancing party
to be given this evening by the pupils
of Prot. Mathern's class at Bakers
hall, will be a great event for the
young people and their expectations
are shared by the parents, as 1T will
be a very unique observance Of the
lever popular and old custom Of ex-
changing valentines. Prof. Mathern
has arranged to give each lady. a
valentine and these in turn are sent to
and exchanged with the young gentle
men, through a corps of mail carriers
from the postofice in the hall. Some
special and pretty figures will be in
troduced in the serpentine ribbon
dance. ,ti j.$5!a. 4slSSs
Hold Convention Here Today--To-
day the Mechanics Mutual Benefit
association meets here, four hundred
notices Of the meeting having been
sent out by the officers, who hope to
have a rousing big attendance. This
association is the outgrowth Of the
association of blacksmiths and in
cludes mechanics Of all kinds. It has
a membership Of about 400 and is
rapidly growing. It is organized for
the primary purpose of better securing
credits to members in business and
wedding out customers who are
VIGOROUSLY afraid Of paying their bills,
and for the general betterment Of the
condition Of the membership.
Two Parties Mesdames Mockler
and Hughes gave two enjoyable dane
ling and card parties this week, thus
pleasantly closing the pre-lenten sea-
son. Monday evening they enter
/ tanned at progressive euchre until ii
III. M, when luncheon was served, fol-
lowed by dancing until 2 a. M. The
prizes we're won by Mrs. S.. M. Pye
land Mr. Miller for progressions and
Mr. Casey for lone hands. Those pres
ent were: Gov. and Mrs. Burke, Sen
ator and Mrs. Pierce. Sen. and Mrs.
Purcell, Rep. and Mrs. Casey, Mr.. and
Mrs. s. M. Pye, Mr.. and Mrs Andrew
Miller. Rep. and Mrs. Johnson, Rep.
and Mrs. Adams, The Misses Thur
berg, Connors, Klebe; Messrs, Norton,
\ Anderson and Johnson.
Tuesday the same program was car
ried out, the prizes being won as fol-
lows: Progressions. Mrs. Roth and Mr..
Norton, lone hand. Mr.. Geiermann.
! The pleasures Of the evening were
divided between dancing and cards
and passed all too soon. Those pres
ent were: Messrs. and Mesdames
/ VesDerman HanIOn Roth NFilla,. Ma
Allister, Laist; Misses Coleman, Han
lion, Ward, McHugh. Turner, Kleebe;
Messrs. r ] Lyons, Geiermann,
Kupi.z. Danbury, o'TIara, Kershaw,
/ Nee usker. Norton Mesdames KNAPP
pen and Richie
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