The Dickinson press., 1909-06-12

Matt schmitz Is assisting temporarily
In the u. S. land Office.
Mrs NJ. Goodale was able to leave the
hospital this week after the effects Of
an operation.
J. N. Watson. the horse sales mana
Der, was operated on at the Stein Tues
day. His condition 10 satisfactory.
Llewellyn RoQuette accompanied
Victor Christensen to the H. c. Christ
ensen ranch the past week to remain
until about the Fourth.
Twin daughters were bornsto Nj. and
M r.. Orn,anzo Brown Wednesday, maxi
ing a Roosevelt, Family Of eleven living
children. @.
Mrs. C. B. Hanson underwent an opera
tion for appendicitis Sunday from which
she is making rapid recovery.
Mrs. Minnie Klinefelter underwent an
operation Thursday with successful
results.
c. H. Merry of St. Paul has been a
visitor in the city this week. looking
after business interests.
Mrs. w. F. Burnett left Thursday for
Hamline, MIMI, for a visit with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. C.. H. Merry.
Mrs. Jessie Wood underwent an opera
tion for appendicitis at the hospital
Thursday. She is recovering very
nicely.
Otto Hennings expects tt take a vaca-
ton from his duties in the First National
bank. leaving TODAY for his home in
Beverly. Iowa.
James Soules, Roy Butler and James
Kittleson drove to New England Friday
to attend a dance that evening, opening
the office of Soules & Buffers new
lumber yard there.
John Lish has finished his second year
studies at St. Thomas college in St.
Paul and is enjoying a visit with rela-
tives in Sioux Falls. S. D. He expects
to arrive home the first of next week.
Mrs. Ira Wilson and daughter Fern
left Friday for Cedar Falls. Ia. for a
visit with relatives. They will be
joined by MIR. Wilson who has been
in Iowa on business trip and will 60
to D%ennison, Iowa, for a reunion of Mr..
Wilson'S family.
Frank Wanner "a taken suddenly ill
Sunday and was removed to the Stein
hospital where on Monday an operation
for appendicitis was performed. He is
recovering satisfactorily. FL. Rabsteinek
and M. L. Mcbride were valuable assis-
tants during the excitement of MI.
MANNERS sudden illness.
Edward Dorm Of Sentinel Butte, who
was operated on at the hospital a month
or more ago for appendicitis. died early
Sunday morning. Complications and
other troubles resulted in his death.
The body was prepared for shipment by
Boulger & Hughes and was taken to
Hortonville, Wis. Sunday on No. 4
by his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas
Dorm, who were with him the last week
of his illness. The young man was
only II years old and had been out here
a short time only. but was we'll liked
BY all who knew him and a favorite
among the nurses at the hospital.
Albert Langdon. an employee of
Walton & Davis. has an interesting and
valuable family relic which has been
on exhibition. this week in Boulger &
Hughes window. It is a commission for
commissary of Subsistence Of Volunteers
with rank of Captain issued to his
grandfather, John P. Langdon on July 1,
1864, by Abraham Lincoln. 1t bears
the original autograph of Lincoln and
his Secretary of War Stanton. Mr..
Langdon has been offered quite a sum
for the order by a relic house but will
not sell it as he prizes it beyond none
tary value for its family associations.
An interesting contest case was heard
at the land Office Thursday. Webb
Haskins of Edton was ~contestine the
claim of Charles Swanson of Goodhue.
MIMI, for nwA section 6-133-94 near
Edton. He claimed that no residence
had been established before Swanson
became a government mail clerk and
that the improvements had not been
kept up since then. Haskins was repre-
sented by Hebron & Baird and his
witnesses were Hans Nelson and Man
ley Haskins. Swanson had H. A.
BurReson for al attorney and Tom and
Harry Precise, John Bradshaw and Hans
Mardin were his witnesses. All parties
were from near Edton.
The chances are that yours truly, thu
undersigned, will have to leave Dickin.
son in a few days and start on his wa,
to the southwest land where we will
meet bye and bye in January when the