The Dickinson press., 1908-11-28
New ENGLAND

New England
MI. and Mrs. O. L DeSart were over
from DeSart this week..
Asa Gardner sent 400 bushels of
wheat and oats to Bowman this week.
Henry Bolhman and Martin Stein
brecher were in the Bad Lands last week
for fence posts.
James Matthews carried Mrs. Matthews
and her mother to Dickinson Saturday.
Mrs. Matthews went to Bismarck with
her sister for a visit and her mother
returned to her home in Zenith.
W. c. Rev., who recently passed a
civil service examination for railroad
mail clerk, has received several offers
for positions on the N. P. He expects
to take up the work in about two weeks.
Miss Vina Nordby has finished work
at the w. C. Mckenzie hotel and went
the first of the week to her brothers
homestead east of town. Her place as
waitress has been taken by Miss Emma
Erickson.
Nick Wampach has taken his brother,
Gregory, into partnership with him and
with the recent. addition to his shop has
plenty of room and a good workman to
do carriage work in connection with the
regular blacksmith business.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Ries, who had been suffering with
erysipelas. died at the hospital in Dick
inson Sunday afternoon. The child had
suffered from the disease for some little
time. Mr.. and Mrs Ries have the SYM
pathy of many friends.
The second creamery meeting is to be
held on Saturday. and those who have
been canvassine to find out the number
of farmers who will take hold of the
proposition will make their reports. All
who are interested should attend this
meeting.
Sid DeSart and his sister. Miss Live,
were over from Rainy Butte the first of
the week. Sid recently proved up on
100 acres southwest of the Rainy Butte
and he expects to leave. next week for
Washington. where he will, loQk. for a
good timber claim, 40
New England merchants have been
paying from S to 8 cents more per BUSH
Ell for oats than is being paid in Dickin-
son this fall. while on the Milwaukee
the competition at the elevators has kept
flour down to s.. 90. When you figure
the cost of freishtins you can't do any
better than to trade with the New Eng
land merchants.
The family of Simon Carlson are hav-
ing their share of sorrows. Last week
Mabel. the 10-year-old daughter, died
after a short illness with typhoid fever,
and on Sunday afternoon at the hospital
in Dickinson. occurred the death of an
other daughter, Adelaide, aged Is years.
Mr.. Carlson himself is confined to his
bed with the same malady. H. Thomp-
son Lackness and Simon Carlson brought
the body of the last victim of the dis
ease from Dickinson on Monday and
the funeral was held on Tuesday. .
In justice court before John Van Berg
en- last Saturday the case of John Car
stems. charged with assault, vas taken
up. c. o. Proper was the comp planning
witness. From the testimony it was
shown that Mr. Proper had taken up
several horses that had been using his
claim as a feeding ground. The owner
Of the horses and others did not like
this and went out to Mr.. Proper's place
to register their protests. This did not
meet with Mr.. Proper's approval and
the words led to a fistic encounter at
New England the following day. Proper
got two black eyes, a broken nose and
several other bruises and had the salts
faction of seeing Carstens pay a fine
of $40 with costs. The trouble is all
over now and they are as good friends
as ever.
Monday morning as Mrs. Carl Nerby
was unpacking q trunk, she laid q pack