The Dickinson press., 1907-01-26

"edtneTS.
Geo. A. Hughes writes his brother
Frank in Glendive an interesting letter
from Jacksonville, Fla.
Crosby Richards entertains about
twenty friends at his home Friday
evening January IS at a dancing party
Elmer Sankey was in town the first of
the week on business and left Thurs
day with lumber and freight for Haley.
c. Gray Of Haley was in the city this
week and started on the return trip
Thursday with freight for Currie & Co.
K. A. Kalmen, of the Northw estern
Building company, returned yesterday
from a several days business stay in
Minneapolis.
Theo. Schwitzer OF Mankato, Mime
sofa, a cousin of Mrs. w. r. Everett,
has taken a position as dry goods clerk
with Roquette Bros.
The LaBarre Brothers Minstrels we're
greeted with a good audience at the
opera house, Wednesday evening. The
acrobatic stunts were especially good.
MI. and Mrs. A. c. McGillivray left
on the 21st for Pacific Beach, San
Diego, California. MI. McG,llivray has
just recovered from anattack of grippe.
The ladies OF the Altar Guild of St.
Johns church are issuing invitations for
a masquerade ball to be held at the
opera house OF the evening OF February
9Th.
The next regular meeting OF the Dick
inson Commercial club will be held at
the club rooms, Thursday evening,
January 81. Executive officers are re-
quested to be present.
]. w. Bunten and H. A. jackson,
homesteaders south of Beach, were in
Dickinson on Tuesday and Wednesday.
They were going to take advantage Of
the Hansborugh resolution.
The New England stage went south
with ten passengers Monday morning on
schedule time. The driver. James Ell
liott, has a covered sled, prairie sahoon-
e. style, and since the deep SNOW came
four horses are used.
The Dickinson Real Estate & Alb
stract C%o.recently increased its capital
stock to $4,000. Only $4,000 in stock,
however. has been issued. and the pro-
ceeds Of the additional issue, held by
the old stockholders, has been invested
in real estate.
In Masonic hall Thursday evening,
three candidates. E. A. Lillibridge,
George M. Frye and D. M. Benzie were
instructed in the M. E. M. degree of
Columbian chapter No. II. At a meet
ing to be held in Masonic hall Friday
evening February I, the same candi-
dates will receive the Royal Arch de-
gree.
c. A. Broberg came in from Rainy
Butte this week to take advantage of
the three months leave of absence
allowed homesteaders. Mr.. Broberg dc.
sires to get employment in: this vicinity
for the absence period and the money
which he is able to earn in this way will
be used in carrying on the claim i'm
provements next spring.
Tuesday evening. the P. E. o. society
met at the home of Mrs. E. A. Lilli-
bridge and were very pleasantly enter
tanned. Mrs. M. H. Linsley read the
paper of the evening. 1.-THE Indian OF
Fact and Fiction was the subject and
the paper proved very interesting.
After a social hour the members left
for the opera house and attended the
masquerade ball given by the Ladies of
the Maccabces.
There was a good attendance at the
meeting of Company X at the opera
house Thursday. The company men,
bership was increased by nine new men.
Marcus Johnson, Charles Mitchell, w.
o. Mitchell. Robert Lyle, F. ]. Fury,
O. B. Jahr, L. H. Luttrell, D. D. Mars
and Arthur Davis, the newly enlisted
members. The company now has a
total enlistment of thirty-seven members.
The next regular meeting will be held
Monday evening January %.
The condition of Martin Stecklar,
who has been suffering with a fractured
skull, for the past two weeks as the re.
suit of a blow from a billiard cue, was