The Dickinson press., 1909-02-20

Bismarck, last Saturday.
Robert Anderese Of .Marmarth was
in the city the first Of the week.
Theodore Boehlke Of Hebron was a
Dickinson visitor the past week Z
Arthur Clark Of. Gladstone and Miss
Ella Russell Of GRADER attended the
Maccabees' masquerade, ball last Fri
day night.
Miss Fern Kinden Of New England Yves
operated on at the Stein hospital last
Sunday morning. for appendicitis Her
condition is satisfactory.
At a meeting Of the state editors at
Bismarck last week. Senators Simpson.
Leutz. Sharpe and Pierce we're made
honorary members of the association.
At the state press meeting at Bismarck
Friday, M. L. Ayers of the PRESS was
elected treasurer and Wellington Irish Of
the Mott Pioneer Press one of the execu-
tive committee.
Mrs. j. L. Brown re-opened her box
ball alley in her building on First Ave-
nue. West last week. The alley occupies
the room formerly used as the Family
moving picture theatre.
Robert Rudiselle. who has been hav-
ing such a siege with typhoid fever and
complications, is still confined to the
house. He is able to move around
quite lively with the aid of clutches
and is gaining every day.
1t is expected that Judge ". c. Craw-
ford will hold a term of district court
at Schafer, in Mckenzie county, during
April. The calendar will be quite a
heavy n az there are two murder cases
to be tried, several civil cases and a
number of other actions. !,
Mrs. Jerry Palmer underwent a very
serious operation at the Stein hospital on
Monday, for a various complication of
diseases. For a day OF two her condi-
ton was a source of alarm but it was
stated at the hospital on Thursday that
she was 10Y gaining and that she was
improving in a manner very satisfactory
to the family and the doctors.
F. C. Hebron, of Heffron & Baird.
has been absent the past week on an
extensive business and pleasure trip.
He went from here to Valley City and
then to the Twin Cities, taking the Mil
waukee to Lennon and adjacent points
and then back to Dickinson by Terry,
making the complete swing around the
circle. a trip of 1, 500 miles or more.
B. S. Covell of Rainy Butte was in
the city the past week attending to
business matters in connection with the
Rainy Butte Mutual Insurance comp any.
Boulger & Hughes have been moving
their furniture stock, recently purchased
from o. B. Frankenbere, to their new
location in the St. Charles annex this
week and will be all settled and ready
for business by the first of next week.
Those who have fled on homesteads
in this land district the past week in
clude Anton Rech of Gladstone, Ray
Soule of Gorham, Henry Clay Easton
of Minneapolis, Hannah Campbell of
Fayette, Emma Wierson of Manning,
Vincent Vokol of Dickinson. Christian
l. Grotte of Bailey. Charles Lobdell of
Sentinel Butte. Nikolaus Ware of Glad
stone, Christ Becher of R%ichardton. An
dreas N. Madsen of Sidney, Mont. and
Arthur M. Rozell of Medora.
Mrs. L. H. Rudiselle received this
week from Knoxville, Tenn, a paper
containing a short sketch of Robert L.
Jones. the evangelist, and in the same
issue one of Mr.. Jones's sermons was
reproduced. Mr.. Jones spent some time
in this vicinity two years ago and has
many friends in Dickinson. Not many
months ago it was reported that he had
been killed in an accident but it seems
that he is still getting in some good
live work.
The illness of Mrs. W. A. Mcclure
was pronounced to be typhoid fever on
Friday of last week. Her many friends
will be glad to hear that the case is a
mild one but the family is having most
unfortunate siege with the disease.
One daughter, Carol. is convalescing
from a severe attack of the fever and
the second daughter, Grace, was taken
sick with the same disease this week.
Mrs. McClure's sister, Mrs. Julius Hoist
of Gladstone, is assisting in the care
of the sick ones.
What might have been a bad fire was
narrowly averted on the South Side FRI
day of last week. A stove in the cold
storage plant of the Russell Commission
Co. exploded from coal gas, throwing the
flames all over the room. The building
would have burned rapidly as it is filled
with cases, wooden boxes, packing,
etc. The second floor is occupied as