The Dickinson press., 1908-08-08

Grapes IS cents per lb. at the Ideal. 1t
The Dickinson experiment station is
ready to commence cutting a fine crop
of wheat.
lanes Wood is getting along we'll, and
hopes to be able to leave the hospital
the coming Tuesday.
FOR RENT-Three rooms, furnished
or unfinished, suitable for light house.
keeping. E. A. Currie. 8-8-2t
Peter H~aagenstad, a homesteader near
Gaylord, was'in Dickinson OF Thursday, |
accompanied by his father, Hans Hagen
stad. These people came to this locality
from Benson county.
Mr.. Slade, general manager of the N.
p, passed through Dickinson Thursday
on Especial train bound west. Mr.. Slade
was accompanied by Mr.. Smith, engineer
in charge of maintenance Of way and
B. o. Johnson, superintendent of the
Yellowstone division.
Speaking of the ball games the Mott
Pioneer Press SAYS: "Puntenney and
Connolly showed themselves an almost
invincible battery. Throughout the two
games the opponents were at all times
very 10th to steal bases for the strong
right arm of Connolly caught anyone who
was mapping"
The Press is in receipt of the quarterly
Dakota. 1t is descriptive of the univer-
The book is handsomely illustrated by
half-tone cuts of the buildings. both in.
side and out, and it also contains many
views of the campus and the country in
the vicinity of the university.
John Cole of Denver, Colo, dry land
expert, visited the Dickinson experiment
station this week and reported that no:
where had he seer better wheat condi-
tons. He thought the oats and barley a
little better at the Nebraska stations.
DR.. H. L. Shontz from the Washington
Office of breeding alkali and drought
resisting plants, accompanied Mr.. Cole.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Current, who came
out from Seattle a month or six weeks
ago to look after the sale of their wool,
returned west Thursday evening. They
have a fine home in Seattle and some
good property in Washington where
they spend the greater part Of their time.
They still have a fine bandof sheep with
w. H. Mack at the old ranch in Billings
county.
/ Another victorious game for Dickinson
took place at the local baseball park
Sunday when the Beach team was closely
defeated by a,score of 3 to z. This was
one of the most interesting games of the
season, a singular feature being a difficult
catch by Captain Sturgeon which ended
the game in favor of the home team. The
Drake team, which is considered one of
the champion teams of North Dakota,
will play the home team IN Saturday
and Sunday afternoons. These promise
to be very interesting games.
The financial report of the clerk of the
Dickinson school district shows the total
amount of warrants issued for the year,
s7o,626, an increase of some over $1,000
over the previous year. This is more
than Offset by s8,21o.2o spent for per-
manent improvements this year, a large
portion of which was used in putting in
a much needed system of water works
in the high school building. One new
school building has been erected at
Taylor butte and repairs were
made on the school house northwest.
Teachers wages amounted to S14,o88.o1
an increase of $1,000 over 1907. During
the year $1,000 worth of bonds were
redeemed, leaving the bond issue $4,000.
The total indebtedness of the district
June go, 1908, including bonds, warrants
outstanding, and interest was $~75,3o4.8o.
The Dickinson schools are. rapidly COM
ing to the front as among the best in the
state and the people of the district feel
that money expended to secure expert
enced teachers and for necessary and
sanitary appliances, is money well
J spent.