The Dickinson press., 1909-05-22

William Nc Carty was in from Mikkel-
son the past week.
A. D. Heaton returned Tuesday from
q business "Trip to Wibaux, Mont.
John P. Junsers of Gladstone was
hansctine business in town Tuesday.
Rev. Fl. Dienam left Tuesday even
ing for Fargo for a short business stay.
Mrs. A. B. Robinson has been
quite seriously i'll this week with
~tonsilitis.
Engineer Joe REGAIN wal called to
Mandan the first of the week on account
of the illness of his father.
Mrs. George Wasgoner and little son
left Wednesday for q few days visit
with relatives in Glen Ullin.
+ Mrs. j. B. Dehlineer does to Fargo
today to represent the guilds of the
Episcopal church at the state con-
Eventi0n.
Judge w. c. Crawford and his steno-
erapher. Richard Bouleer, returned
Saturday evening from holding court at
rMandan the past two weeks.
Charles Hollenbeck. who had been
having a serious time with blood poison
ing in his hand, has nearly recovered
after several weeks of SUFFERING. .
Mr.. and Mrs. H. X. Nichols returned
Tuesday from Saltwater. after seeing
his sister. Miss Dora Nichols, comfort
ably settled at her homestead.
Maurice lacks. formerly proprietor
of the St. Paul store in this city. was
here this week. He is now acting as
travelling salesman for Druck Bros. of
St. Paul.
The 81 cash prize at the Unique FRI
day evening of last week was won by
Joseph Beres and the So order on the
8 ore of T. j. Greene & Co. by Fred
Reiche. -
The annual state iremen's tourna-
ment will be held at Devils. Lake June
IS, 16 and II. 1t is expected that the
Dickinson department will be repre-
sented.
The frame work for the N. C.
Lawrence new story and a half
cottage is nearly up. The style will
be colonial and when completed..it will
be one of the prettiest cottage houses
in the city.
Notices have been posted for the
annual election of the Dickinson school
district which will be held at the armory
June 1 to elect a school director for
three years. The polls will be open
from 2 to S p. m. "
F. D. Hevener, j. C. F. Parker and
o. j. Grace of this city and E. Motters-
head of Richardton received their P.
M. degree in the Columbian Chapter
Tuesday evening and were instructed
in the M. M. degree on Friday even
ing of this week,
T. T%horsteinson of Talyor. who spent
q part of the winter with friends in
Northwood, Grand Forks county. was
in the city this week renewing acquaint-
ances with a number of his old friends.
MI. Thorsteinson has been a resident of
Stark county for about % years.
A gang of 20 or more Italians
completed the work of filling in and
grading the depot park this week and
it will. not be long before the place
has a velvety green lawn with foun-
tains playing, making an attractive
setting for the new depot.
The last of IS acres of corn was sown
at the Brwon Dairy farm last Saturday.
The Drain is up about three inches and
the rains of the last week have worked
wonders with it. Mi. Brown has also
set out three acres of diamond willow
trees this year for fence poste. He
reports that practically all of the trees
he set out in other years are leahnE
out and the winter killed very few.
The site for the Sakakawea monument
has been selected and it will be east
of the capitol at Bismarck. 1t will be
remembered that the Dickinson school
children contributed toward this statue
which will be erected with funds raised
b y the womans clubs and school chill
dren of the state. The statue is to be
a memorial Of the Indian Bird
Woman who guided the Lewis and
Clark expedition to the Pacific coast.
An unusual atmospheric phenomenon
occurred last week when the aurora
borealis OF northern lights were excep-
tionally beautiful. The evening was
sharp and the display was one of
unusual brilliancy. Northern lights
at this season of the year are very rare.
The elements affected the wires at the
telegraph Office here and caused a lot of
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