The Dickinson press., 1907-08-17

an Trip west.
w. S. Campbell left last night for a
business trip to St. Paul.
William Dickinson returned the first
oil the week from the cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Tomamichel have
returned to Billings county from Texas,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Eyer and child
leave today for a weeks visit in Glen.
dive.
Mrs. f. ]. Hughes returned Tuesday
from a few weeks visit with relatives in
Fargo.
William O'Connor and T. o. Rams.
land were business visitors in the CITY
Thursday.
Henry Kits of Bel6eld made proof on
Friday with Alex. Monty and G. Coulson
as witnesses.
The Stark county financial statement
published this week makes good reading
for the taxpayers.
Miss Cornelia Allen left this week for
Fargo, where she will take a course at
the business college.
Mandan boasts of u automobiles.
Dickinson has over 40 autos and our
people think nothing of it.
Fred Mccarthy is unable to work and
is suffering as the result Of a foreign
substance in one of his eyes.
Mrs. VIM. Gardner returned recently
from a visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Merrifeld, in the Bad Lands.
John Talbot and Barbara Petrie. both,
OF Hebron, were married Sunday,
August II. Rev. O.. T. Just officiating.
Just beginning to think about it?
Come in and look them over. SWEETEST
line of suits for fall. THE HUB.
Insure your crops against hail in the
Northwestern Fire & Marine Insurance
Go. Everett Real Estate & Loan Co.,
Agents. 8-1o.tf
Anton Burda, a prosperous farmer
four miles northwest of Dickinson, is
expected home this week from a visit in !
the Old Country.
Mrs. A. A. Harleman left Thursday |
night for TAYLOR to assist in the care Of
her mother, Mrs. L. Scott, who has been
i'll for the past week.
Messrs. A. D. Davis. Henry Brown
and Oscar Randberg have been down to
the ranch west of New England this
week to bring in a small bunch of horses.
Albert lander, residing nineteen
miles southeast, has fine oats, flax and
wheat. The oats will be cut this week
and wheat not more than a week later
The Milwaukee people have promised
to have steel laid as far west as Lem
mon in six weeks. Mail at the present |
time is received three times a week via |
Richardton and Mott.
Mrs. Welton Mcdonald was seriously |
ill the first of the week but was much |
better at the time of going t o press.
Her mother, Mrs. John Orchard, arrived /
from Fargo on Thursday.
L. A. Klein of Bismarck has taken a !
position as head clerk in Frank Lish's |
hardware store. Mr.. Klein is a thorough
hardware man, having worked for the
Wolbert Hardware Co. and other lead |
ing hardware firms of the state.
Miss Minnie Siverts was operated on |
for appendicitis last Saturday. She is |
getting along we'll and should be able
to return to Taylor the coming week. +
The patient is in charge of Drs. Davis
and Bowen and is being cared for at the
Stein hospital.
c. o. Proper, president of the school
board of District No. 10, Hettinger
county, was in the city this week on
business connected with the erection of
school houses in his district. M. !.
Horn, clerk of said district, was also in
Dickinson at the same time.
Bids for school house additions in the
Dickinson district were opened on
Wednesday and Charles H. Defoe was
awarded both contracts. His bid for the
addition to school house No. : was $2o8
and for No. 6. s32o. Work is to be COM
pleted as early in September aspossible.
The Dickinson school board has en-
gagged Henry Ochsenfeld as %janitor of
the high school building at a salary of
$50 per month for the school months and
$40 for vacation months. Jake Bartel
has been engaged at $40 per month for
the South Side. No janitor is required
in vacation on the South Side.
County Treasurer John Riessbeck is
putting in two alleys of the American
Box Bowling make in the store formerly
occupied by Mrs. ]. L. Brown. These
alleys differ from the regular ten pins,
in, that only five numbered-pins
are used and the bowler sets his own
pins by means OF a lever.
Miss Mary van der Las entertained a
party OF twelve young people at her
home Wednesday evening. The time
passed very pleasantly with cards and a
social hour. Dainty refreshments were
served, followed by several piano solos,
beautifully rendered by Miss Lula
Rowell. At q late hour the guests left
for their homes, having spent a delight
full evening.
Miss Agatha Fruh finished work this
week in the ]. c. Cartwright store and
left Friday.for a few weeks visit at her
home in Minnesota. She will return in
a short time to establish her residence
on a homestead in the country south.
Miss Bertha Thompson, who proved up
on a valuable homestead located five
miles north of Hettinger, has succeeded
Miss Fruh as clerk in the Cartwright
store.
Last Friday afternoon Jacob Bernauer
and his son, Frank, homesteaders about
ID miles southwest, lost their lives by as.
phyxiation, while at work digging a we'll
on a homestead. The son, a man %
years old, went down into the we'll
first and falling from the bucket was
overcome by the gas. The father in