The Dickinson press., 1909-02-27

"A new postoffice has recently beer
opened at Bessie, IS miles northeast o.
Bowman, with Mr.. Gilbertson as post.
master. The mail is received from
Bowman three times a week.
A party of N. P. surveyors arrived a
Wibeau last week from Mandan anc
have established a camp at Preston.
They expect to make a survey to Mile.
City.
William Snyder, the driver of the
Camp Crook stage, was lost in the recent
snow storm and compelled to spend the
night on the prairie. He had one passen-
ger.
A plan is on foot in Dunn county to
organize 1884 into a township. This
is the most d nsely populated township
in the county and would be the first
Organized.
The survey of the proposed incorporated
village of Scranton was completed last
week Tuesday and incorporation proceed
ing are in the hands of the commits
sioners for action.
Adam Straitmatter of Glen Ullin was
arrested last week, charged with violat-
ing the prohibitory law and at a hearing
Thursday was bound wei in ST, 500
bonds,
A lodge of Odd Fellows was instituted
at Scranton February IL, with W. A.
Shaw, Noble Grand; Thos.. Zerkle, vice
grand; John Trawer. secretary and A..
j. Gray, treasurer.
A jury trial was demanded in the
case of John Sutton of Schafer, charged
with assault and battery on the person
of Miss Lizzie Veeder. After being out
for over IS hours. the jury reported a
disagreement and the case wat dismissed.
The, total receipts of the village of
Beach from the time of organizing,
September 9, 1907, to December 81, 1908,
were $6S7. 20. The expenditures have
been. SO, 1872. 38. making a total indebted.
LcSS VI %, UOf. OF.
The Lennon Commercial club has
elected H. H. Aldrich, president; E. F.
Barrett, secretary and H. H. Aldricb,
L. F. Hartman, Logan Berry. F. F.
Williams and II. H. Doherty. directors.
1t was the first annual meeting.
Commissioners Davis and Lennon OF
Perkins county find hat their first Off
cial meeting was not legal. They met
at Lennon. Mandamus proceedings
have been issued to COMPEL them to
meet at Bison.
The Farmers Elevator Co. will erect
an elevator at Flasher as soon as work
begins on the new railroad. On March
20 a meeting will be held to organize a
permanent company with a capital
stock of $40. 900.
The Miles!City Remington Rifle club
was organized last week with 46
members. 1.-The Remington Arms Co.
has presented them with a trap and 500
clay birds. ID. S::'Hill is the president
and C. F. Hedges the secretary.
A Beach family evidently does not
believe in the ill-omen of number
thirteen. A daughter was born to Mr..
and Mrs. O.. M. Olson February 10,
their 18th child.
About 80 New Salem business men
held a meeting February 10 to discuss
the proposed electric light plant. An
engineer has been engaged to submit
figures on the cost and committees ap-
pointed to look up a suitable site, etc.
The ST. Matthews mems club of GleI-
dive now has a membership of 118.
When $3.50 more has been issued in
membership tickets, a building will
be rented and apparatus purchased. The
annual expense of maintenance will be
about ST, 200.
The Lennon state bank has changed
hands. The new stock holders are C.. J..
Dousman, who will be president and
L. W. Dousman, who will be the vice
president. Guy R. Schmalle is cashier.
The new president was a travelling
auditor of the Milwaukee.
A plan is on foot at Hettinger for
some of the most prominent business
men to form a company for the purpose
of purchasing blooded dairy stock and
furnishing them to the farmers, to
promote the growth of the county from a
dairy standpoint.
A lodge of Masons has been organized
at Bowman with a membership of Is.
1t is the first Blue lodge on the Milwau-
kee west of the Missouri. E P. Totten
is w. M. F. R. Paige, secretary; c. E.
Dawson, treasurer; r. F. Haywood,
senior warden : T. B. Torkelson. junior
warden.
Tu,o Pillin6s cO,,ntv homostoadors