The Dickinson press., 1907-11-16

q business visitor in the city this week.
Everybody welcome to the great sale
at the st. Paul clothing store. o-I6.tf
For rent-two nicely furnished rooms
for gentlemen. Address H.. care of
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The finest line of horse blankets in
the city and at prices that will please
you at H. X. Folscroft's. Io.Io.tf
The Northwestern Building Co., Dick.
inson, does general contracting. Have
them figure on your job. LIFT
Ladies are getting interested in the
game OF Box Ball at Mrs. ]. L. Browns.
They are always welcome. Io.5.tf
The ladies Of the Epworth League Of
the Methodist church and a number OF
invited friends will hold a hard-time
social at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Wi
son Eyer Tuesday evening, November
10Th.
Perry Larson and Calvin Livingston
were in from Hettinger the first Of the
week.
J. M. Watson and L. H. Dow left
Sunday for a weeks business trip to the
Twin Cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rock are the
proud parents Of a I2-pound son, born
Saturday, November g.
Charles E. Ward, who teaches in
school No. ID of the Medora district was
in the city last Saturday. Mr.. Ward,
like many other country teachers. il
homesteading. He likes the country
and sees great possibilities in its de-
velopment.
M. A. Scherfius and H. R. Folscroa
returned Tuesday from a few days'
hunting trip in the Bad Lands. They
saw but very few deer and were unable
TO capture any. 1t is reported that VIM.
McCarty got one and Schuyler Lebo
brought down two the first of the week
An extraordinary engagement is that
OF THE Show Girl" which comes to the
opera house on Wednesday, Dec. 4. 1t
is n OF the big productions presented
b,y a company about double the size Of
the average musical comedy ~organiza-
ton. "The Show Girl" requires a big
cast and a big chorus, and Manager
John p. Goring has supplied both.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Morgan and
daughter left Monday night for Miles
City, where they will spend a few DAYS
before going to Idaho and Washington
Tor the winter. MI. Morgan has closed
out his stock interests here and is look.
ing for a new location. If he does not
find What he wants he will likely return
to Dickinson where the family has
many friends.
William Mccarthy left Tuesday for
his home in Missoula, Mont, after a
short visit with his brothers, Fred and
Vincent Mccarthy. His father, John
Mccarthy, who accompanied him from
Brainerd, MIMI, remained until Thurs.
day afternoon when he left for Missosla,
accompanied by Fred and Vincent.
Fred has been employed as machinist
in the round house for the past few
wears and Vincent has been firing on
this division. Both have resigned their
positions here and expect to locate
permanently in Missoula. Mrs. Fred
Mccarthy will remain here for the pres.
ent.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Blakely returned
Wednesday night from a ten days visit
with friends and relatives in the country
south. They took a trip along the MIL
waukee and Mr.. Blakely was greatly
surprised in the many changes and i'm
provements made during the past year.
At Scranton the Consolidated Coal Co.'s
mining operations are hustling right
along and many changes have been
made in the strip of territory near the
mines. Nh. Blakely went as far east as
Hettinger, where he found over $50
buildings already erected and all kinds
Of building going on. At the present
time there are four lumber yards in the
town but most of the lumber is moved
as soon as it arrives. Messrs. Vines &
Parson, the hotel men, are busy putting
up a two story hotel, 24x4o feet, with an
ell 2ox36 feet and a shed 2ox4o feet
They have IS regular boarders and
average nearly that number of tran.
sients. There are two smaller hotels
equally as busy. At the L F ranch,
Albert Left has quite a force at work on
the coal mine. During the first ten days
this month, this mine put out 5000 worth
OF coal at s. per load. The farmers 70,
miles around find this a very favorable
point to obtain fuel. C.. w. Stiles has
opened up a mine on his farm neal
Saltwater and as yet it is impossible tc
supply the demand for coal in this
locality. 1t wosld be a difficult task to
find a large number of vacant quarter
sections in Hettinger, Adams and Bow
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