The Dickinson press., 1908-07-11

i Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. X. Hassie on
July 4th, a son.
j Miss Masie Dinsdale is visiting in
Mandan this week.
DR.. L. c. Smith returned Thursday
from a trip to Canada.
Miss Fern Kindern was in the past
week from Rainy butte.
Mr.. Olmsted of Sand Greek was Wis.
itor in the city the past week.
A. H. Arnett and w. L. Richards were
at Standing Rock this week.
Miss Mabel McHugh of Chicago is
visiting Miss Grace Montague.
/ Mrs. F. w. Gress went to Taylor on
Thursday to visit for few days.
Mrs: ]. o. Grey and her two daughters
were down from Medora this week.
M. A. Scherfius returned Monday al
ter business trip to the Twin Cities.
Olaf Holemoe has been visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Joe Messersmith, this
week.
Mrs.. Burk, Buckley. of the. T Cross
ranch has been visiting with Mrs. d. F.
Olmsted.
Miss Margaret Currie was in from her
claim this week on Tuesday. Miss Cur
rie and Miss Alcott were visitors in Glad.
stone.
Mrs. Ella Fox and daughter, Miss
Hazel, left on Thursday for visit in
Hayward, Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. harrington from Glen
Ullin came to Dickinson to see the Wild
West show Wednesday.
Lee Scherffius left Thursday for Miles
City, where he intends to engage in the
jewelry business.
The Misses Alice and Sadie McNulty,
who had been visiting with Mrs. Nc
Clure this week, returned to their home
in Perham, MINI.
Mrs. ]. A. Haskin, was visiting her
mother, Mrs. Lucy Dobson, this week.
Mr.. Haskin passed through the city on
a business trip west.
Clarence Campbell, who has been
working at Wilton for some time, is
spending his vacation with his parents,
Judge and Mrs. ]. G. Campbell.
H. Curliss was getting funds in Dick
inson this week. Mr.. Curliss sold his
wool in Bowman at 1870. He sold a
little too early. Mr.. Curliss said it was
reported that the ]. E. Cobb clipp sold
at l9c.
The work on the septic tank which is
being built by Soules & Butler has been
slower the last few days because Of a
ledge which has been very hard
and could only be taken out by dyna-
mite.
Among the window decorations for
the Fourth those of M. A. Scherhius and
Frank Lish are exceptionally good. Mr..
Scherfius has locomotive constructed
entirely of cut glass articles, while Mr..
Lish has battleship built entirely OF
articles found in the hardware store.
w. L. Garter and A. E. Kocher, of the
department at Washington, were in Dick
inson this week making arrangements
for thorough soil survey Of the western
half Of North Dakota. There will be
about IL men in the field connected
with this work. Maps and full reports
will be published by the government in
due time.
The Novi Hradec Mercantile Co. will
be ready for business in a few days.
The individual members of the firm are
Joseph Wokal, Wencel Kostelecky and
Edward Kasal. They are completing
their store this week and will receive a
general stock of goods within few days.
The store is located IL miles northwest
of Dickinson at the town of Now
Hradec, where is also located church.
school house, hall and a butcher shop
operated by Wenzel Zimbrick.
At the grand lodge meeting of the
Masons held in Fargo last week Grand
High Priest John Riessbeck was pre-
sented with handsome badge by the
grand chapter R. A. M. of North Dakota
The badge is work of art and very
neat souvenir, costing about s75 1t is a
special design with the seal of North
Dakota, the state motto and many little
emblems of the order artistically
arranged. 1t has the date when North
Dakota was admitted as state and the
date, 19o7-8, representing Mr.. Riessbeck's
term of office of grand high priest.
w. R. Veigel returned last week from
his surveying work at the new town of
Connolly in Dunn county. The new
townsite, consisting of 100 acres donated
by Thos. Bailey) is located about 7 miles
east of Manning on a bench of the Knife
river, 20 feet above the river bottom, an
ideal place for a town. 1t has been