The Dickinson press., 1909-03-27
8elfield

II. q. Bird was In Dickinson Tuesday.
Supt L. RAIDER of Dickinson was in
town Tuesday.
W. W. Beebe made a business trip
to Dickinson Wednesday.
Alex Gilmore made q business trip to
Dickinson the first of the week.
Frank Leonard has been confined to
the house the greater part of the week
on account of illness.
Miss Tillie Knutson. who is staying
with relatives in Beach. made a short
visit in town last week.
Three immigrant ears were unloaded
at this station the past week and many
more are booked for the coming month.
Ludwig Lerfald. Neree Du Val and
Moses Baker were in Dickinson last
Saturday. MI. Baker offered proof on
his homestead and Messrs. Lerfald and
Du Val were his witnesses.
J. N. Nelson finished work at the
Sharman restaurant this week and has
gone out to his homestead. He intends
to put in so acres of crops and is going
to do farming in the right way.
The new building on main street
just south of Lerfa aid Brothers meat
market is rapidly nearing completion
and Mrs. Flemming expects to open up
her millinery parlor in a few days.
The Belaed school is closed on account
of the d%iphtheria scare. There is only
one case in town but there had been
several exposures and it was deemed
best to close the school for a period of
two weeks.
Mrs. Cha rles E. Morris received a
telegram from Livingston. Mont, the
first of the week stating that Mr.. Morris
was very seriously ill in that city. She
was ready to 60 to him Tuesday when
she received a second message to the
effect that he was much better.
Martin Brotten of Anoka, MIMI,
arrived a few days ago and is the guest
of his brother-in-law, John Lerfald. Mr..
tBrotten likes Belfeld and may decide to
e establish himself in the photograph
business in this town. His family is
still in Anoka.
j. l.. McCutchan made a business
trip to Dickinson the first of the week.
Villa. the four-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. E. Dyer, has been ser
io''sly ill the past week. suffering with
a severe case of diphtheria. She has
passed the danger point and seems to
be on the road to recovery.
Julius Lerfald has hauled out lumber
and has commenced work on q fine res
idence which will cost about ST, 600.
He is going to set out a grove of trees
and will have n of the prettiest farm
ZONES in this part of the country. His
homestead is nine miles southeast of
town. Mr.. Lerfald expects to break
about 100 acres this spring and will be
a busy farmer this year. ,
The case of Howard Molm VS. j. H.
Wiech. county sheriff, was heard in
Justice J. A. Eslick's court last Thurs
day. The action was brought by Mr..
Molm to recover a wagon that was sold
by the sheriff to satisfy a mortgage. A
jury was called but failed to agree on a
verdict and the chances are that the case
will 60 to the district court. F. C.
Heffron was attorney for the defendant
and H. H. Fitzsimmons was counselor
for the plaintiff.
Quite a number of Belfeld people who
are anxious to take advantage of some
of the plays and dances in Dickinson
have been disappointed because of the
train service. No. 2 gets into Dickin-
son at just the right hour for such enter
tainments and if it were not for the fact
that a new schedule is soon to 20 into
effect q strong petition would have been
presented to the N. p. officials on this
division to have No. 2 stop on such
special occasions.
Misses Pearl and Gladys Sharman
returned Monday from a visit at the
home of their uncle, W. T. Sharman.
A number of the young men met in
the bank building Monday evening for
the purpose of organizing a band. The
proposition met with favor and officers
were elected as follows: R. C. Davis,
president; ]. o. Milsten. secretary and
treasurer W. w. Beebe. manager and
musical director. Seven young men
have already become members and the
organization will be completed as soon
as possible. There is plenty of good
material in sight and there is no reason
why Belield can't have a good band.
GOOD COUGH MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN
The season for coughs and colds is