The Dickinson press., 1908-11-07

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country.
James Soules left Sunday night for
Terre Haute. Ind, being called there to
look after his interest in. q suit which
was booked for hearing early in the
month.
The ladies of st: Johns Altar guild. of
the Episcopal church. served an election
lunch at the Gordon Dodd confectionery
store in the First National bank block
Tuesday noon, with q good patronage.
Mr.. and MI. c. O. Hubbell and family
left Tuesday for a months visit with
relatives in Hastine and Lanesboro,
MINI. During MI. Hubbell's absence.N N.
D. Richey will act 4 ticket agent in the
local N. P. Office.
Joe LaClair was over town Tuesday
for a short time. He is still weak from
his terrible accident, but says that he is
gaining slowly and hopes to be able to
accept some easy position with the rail-
road after a few months.
The Dickinson Fire & Pressed Brick
Co. loaded the It'll car the past week o
special facing brick for a Seattle build
ing. The local firm has been given the
contract for 800, 600 brick for the Missouri
Valley Milling Co. mill at this place.
MI. and Mrs. j, j. -Tomamichel of
Sentinel Butte have followed the ex-
ample of another pioneer family of Bill
lings county, the j.. A. Ferris family
of Medora, and have moved to Sidney,
Montana. They have been residents of
Sentinel Butte for a long time and
shipped their goods to their new home
last week.
After the regular basket ball practice
Monday evening the members of Co. X
and their friends held an informal smoke
talk in one of the rooms of the armory.
There was a good crowd in attendance
and many were called upon to give brief
speeches. dealing mainly with the
political issues and prospects. 1t was
a typical might before gathering and
all present spent an enjoyable couple Of
hours.
For the present Contractor Asa Gar diner
carries, the mail daily between Dickin-
son and New England, which is a great
convenience to the people. Postmaster
Lawrence received a special permit from
Washington for this work and it will be
carried on as long as the weather is good
and the passenger traffic continues as
great as a present MI. Gardner, Of
course, does not get pay from the govern
ment for but three trips a week since
the first Of de month.
The bowling alley run by, Boulger &
Hughes III The basement 81 the kim
hotel was out Of commission Monday
evening and part Of Tuesday while it
was being redressed. and shellaced.
Although the alley has been open only
two q three weeks it has been heavily
partonized all the time and has been
doing q big business. Some excellent
bowlers are being developed and the
prospects are that it will be possible to-
haye the city Represented by a fast:
team.
G. w. Turner, a h0nesteader two.
miles north Of South Heart wa arrested
the past week BY Deputy Geo. Brown
and taken to Dickinson. Before Judge
van der Las on Monday his hearing
was set for the 9th. MI. Turner has.
been in the country several years. and
it seems that he fenced his homestead,
as he had a right to- do. and settlers who
wanted to cross the land cut the wire
and went through. The charge in the
complaint is that the defendant threat
ened to shoot people who cut the wire
and drove onto his land.
The cave-in at the big city well last
week Tuesday has delayed work for
almost ten days end the prospects are
that it will Be y . longer before the
work is back at the point where it was
before the accident The men employed
on the job have been laying the pipes
Co that solne time has been saved in
this way. The work Of repairing the
cave-in proved to.be. more difficult than.
first thought. III brick work on the
well has been relaid but 9 considerable
Quantity 81 dirtsand brick fell into the
well part whichIwill take several days
to remove. L has also been necessary
% erect number . props 10 hold the.
wall together. When the work il once
completed and the water left in the well,
all the difficulties will g overcome.
The shooting GALLERY which has been.
located on Barnes street nuexts the lessen.
block. all the summer, was removed last
week y winter quarters