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The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
ROBINSON SELLS STOCK
OF SENTINEL BUTTE BANK

Harve Robinson last week sold his
stock and all interest in the Interstate
Bank of Billings county to Sentinel
Butte parties. Mr.. Robinson has been
identified with the bank as stockholder
since its organization, and in the past
three years has been actively engaged
and has given his personal time to the
institution. holding the Office of presi-
dent, and while he had many friends
when he went there who were glad 10
welcome him. he has hundreds more
who regret his leaving the institution.
He says that he has formulated no def
mite plan for the future but does not
expect to leave Sentinel Butte.
Regarding The change, in the officer,
Vice President A. LMartin and Cashier
L. F. Crawford state that nothing def
mite has been done and it is not yet
known who will become president of
the concern.
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17

IT will be but short time now before
the Northern Pacific commences its ex--
tensive water service improvements at
Dickinson which are to cost $43. 600
The plans have already passed the en-
sineering department and the authority
to start operations is expected very soon.
After considering the Green river pro-
position for water. the Northern Pacific
came to the conclusion that it was best
to reconstruct their reservoir mile west
of Dickinson. put in centrifugal pumps.
and replace the old 6-inch water main
leading to the city with a 1O-inch
pipe. In this way the company will be
able to put 1. 500. 600 gallons of water
into the city every "a hours. At the
present time 500. 900 gallons per day is
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
PROMINENT CONTRACTOR
VISITS CITY BRIEFLY

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Peter Sims. the millionaire contractor
and member OF the firm Of Porter. Sims
of St Paul, arrived in Dickinson Fri
day in his special car, having with him
his son. Chester Sims. and q party of
N. P. surveyors and St. Paul and Man
dan men. They brought two automo-
biles with them which were speedily
unloaded and all except Mr.. Sims left
for New England. An account Of their
trip appears elsewhere.
Mr.. Sims remained in his car during
most Of his stay here, being very deeply
engafed in business matters. In the
evening he was a guest Of Banker A.
Hilliard at dinner. The two became ac-
quainted at Daytona where they have
winter, cottages near each, other.
/ Z MI. Sims aiso received "a visit from
Mrs. Margaret Robarts and >. c. Flynn,
two old timers who knew him in
the early days. Nj. Sims ran a freight
ing line to the Black Hills and Mrs.
Roberts was pioneer settler in the Bad
Lands. Mr.. Flynn used to drive one Of
the teams They had q pleasant time
recalling the old days.
The special car left on No. 4. Satur-
day, picking up the rest Of the party
and the autos at Richardton.
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
IRRIGATION MEET
At SPOKANE, WASH.

We are in receipt of copy of very
attractive folder. handsomely printed
in colors. from the general passenger
department of the Northern Pacific
railway at St. Paul exploiting the seven
teenth National Irrigation congress. to
be held in Spokane, August Ola, 1902
The cover, in colors, is reproduction
of a photograph depicting the effects
of irrigation in one of the many fertile
valleys of the northwest, which the
Northern Pacific traverses. Half tones
from photographs, literally sprinkled
throughout the publication, show the
benefits of irrigation. and it is sufic-
lent to examine these pictures. without
perusing the text to form a good idea of
what irrigation means in the arid sec
ti0n of the country.
The city of Spokane is pleasingly il
lustrated and described and conven-
lent list of hotels and lodging houses
in that city is included. A map of the
territory adjacent to Spokane is shown,
together with map of the entire Nor
thern Pacific system and its relation to
the sections in which irrigation projects
are either in active operation or con-
templated. The /. excellent facilities
afforded by the Northern Pacific for
reaching Spokane are fittingly described,
and q roster of representatives, through
whom train accommodations can be Sc
cured. Is shown.
Copies Of the folder may be obtained
without charge, by addressing A. M.
Cleland, General Passenger Agent, Nor
thern Pacific railway. St. PauL
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
LYON ELEVATOR IS
MOVED TO new SITE

The big Lyon elevator has been moved
and the task Of changing its location
from the rear of the Mandan Mercantile
office to a point southeast of the George
Heaton lumber yards, occupied fully a
week. The building was moved by the
Northern Pacific railroad and about %
men were employed on the job.
No serious difficulties were met with
and the power used was an engine.
The new cement foundations were put
in by the Dickinson Cement Works. It
will be some little time before the work
on the elevator will be completed as a
number of improvements are to be made.
A steel pit is being put in to replace
the old corrugated iron one. Electric
motor power will be used instead of
gasoline L.. a,.
The -four storehouse will be moved to
point near the elevator and this will
make the last Of the CHANGES in this
plant caused by the strengthening o. fhe
N. P. lire. The old cement foundations
will have to be pulled out and the boiler
house torn down. One change more re-
mains before the N. P. can start work
on its tracks. the cutting off of the rear
end of the electri c light plant engine
room which will be done as soon as the
boilers in the new power house can be
used. t
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17

ample. The water will be pumped
from Heart rivel into the reservoir at
times when the stream is clear. thus
avoiding the trouble that the company
has had in the past of using muddy
water pumped direct from the river.
I This will give the railroad company
an unlimited supply of water and it
will also be of great advantage to Dick
inson in the event of fire anywhere on
Willard street. In this particular it
may be mentioned here that the North
ern Pacific recently installed a water
car in this city which carries IL, 600
gallons of water and can be attached to
either the day or night switch engine
and used very successfully in any part
of the railroad yards for putting out fire.
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
.Flnf STRAWBERRIES
GROWN IN COUNTRY

There are people who do not think
strawberries can be successfully grown
in Western North Dakota but if they
had an opportunity Of visiting the
Dominick Vranna farm eight miles
northwest Of Dickinson they would have
cause for changing their minds. Mr..
Vranna is picking berries from plot
about Is feet square that are the equal
in every part Of the famous Hood River
fruit. He picks every other day and
has all that he can use for his own
table and in addition furnishes guam
titles Of the large, luscious berries to
relatives end neiehbors. Mr. Vranna
is setting new plants and expects to
have nearly an acre IN vines for another
year. He says that It is not q difficult
matter to care for strawberries He
covers, the vines well with straw in the
fall and does not remove the covering
too early in the spring. III
Dominick Vranna is not only q good
fruit gardner but he il also q successful
.dairyman, poultry and grain grower.
He realizes $50 per month from the sale
Of cream and the poultry sale receipts
are no small item. His hens and chick
ems number 800. He has 100 acres Of
crops, including generous supply Of
corn and smillet for the dairy cows.
A short time ago this prosperous
young farmer and his father-in-law.
Anton Blrda, purchased three quarter
sections Of land In the neishborhood.
paying there Tor SO per acre. They
/ each had several hundred acres of land
before this purch base but they wanted %
3eet possession of 4 Scoal mine On the
propsrty and consid idefed that The land
was cheap al the price.
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
REPORTS OF the Year
:
FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT I

At meeting Of the directors of the
Dickinson school district Tuesday even
ing the reports of the clerk for the year
were made showing the financial con-
dition of the district, etc. Some of the
points are of interest to the public.
The sum of $3.50. 80 was expended in
the payment of school houses and
81. $40. 81 in permanent Improvements.
The teachers were paid SIC. 119. "a. The
total amout of warrants issued during
the year for all purposes was So, 615. 7S,
representing the cost of running the
schools in this district last year. The
total Indebtedness is $25. 321.46, g
decrease of $73.44.
The clerks report shows q total of !
schools. in the district. There are two
school libraries, having $500 volumes
of which $50 were added during the yeal
at cost Of $407.04. All the schools
are, provided with Webster's diction-
1ffiies Two schools observed Arbof dav.
There are $50 planted trees on all the
school grounds in the district and all Of
these are around the high school here.
The total valuation of the school prop
erty in the district is $4,000. There
were % female and 2 male teachers
employed. The average salary per month
of the high school teachers is SOS and
of the grade teachers $67.47.
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
DICKINSON !! s CREAMERY Z!
.1as .sss ms SUCCESSFUL YEAR

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The annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the Dickinson Creamery Co. was held
at the court house Monday. The cream
cry has been in operation about year
and the business has been a success.
The expenses Of the year were large,
including the building and machinery.
but next year these will be eliminated.
A large amount of cream has been re-
ceived during the year and the amount
is increasing all the time.
The following were elected directors !:
A. O. Brown, Chris Egeers. S. D.
Gregg. Dominick Vranna w. ]. Pelton,
Guy Dickinson and Mr.. Obritzgeybritch:
Mr.. Brown was made president; Mr..
.Greeg, vice president; Mr.. Pelton.
treasurer and MI. Dickinson secretary
and manager.
The financial report of the years busi-
ness follows:
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
THE ORIGINAL NELSON
...'. FAMILY ! WITH CIRCUS

The original Nelson family, one Of
the. features with the Sells-Floto shows
consolidated. commence where other
acrobats leave of. They do feats which
can hardly be described BY LANGUAGE
and % be appreciated must be seen when
the big circus comes. sss',, ~
The act 10 creating q sensation every
where No other show has an act 81
this kind. No other circus will be
sec here during the season with SINH
Lar act. Il can Be seen only with the
great Sells Floto Show Consoli olidated at
Dickinson July -.
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
FIGHTING FOR NAME
In Interview at Boston Dan
Russell Says Money Doesn't
Count-Hearing to Prove
II. Identity Held Thursday.

The eastern papers are making con-
siderable out of the fight of Dan Russell
for his share Of the family estate and
almost every day have long stories
about the developments of the case. The
following are clippings from the Boston
Post of July 4: @
Daniel Blake Russell. with the sup
port of friends and old schoolmates will
on July is endeavor to establish his
identity to the satisfaction of the Pro-
bate Court of Middlesex county, thereby
to claim share of his fathers estate.
Actio has been filed which will cause
William Russell to face the North Da-
kotan who states he is brother and who
returns after an absence of over 20 year.
The local Russells dispute the claim.
Il came east. said Daniel Russell,
who has fair sized ranch in North
Dakota, first of all, because l thought
that the old trouble was all FORGOTTEN.
and that would be received by my
brother with at least the hospitality to
which have been accustomed in the
west.
'' But the kind of reception given me
aroused all the aegressiveness in me.
I will force Will to acknowledge our
kinship now, not so much on account
of the money-hang the money! I'm
fighting now for the right to the name
of Russell. I'm fighting because the
attitude of my brother insinuates that
am crook and an 'imposter-fghting
for my reputation and I'll win.'
THE square jaw of the ranchman
jutted forth just enough to show that he
was determined with the spirit that has
enabled him to succeed in his lonely
fight for existence in new country.
William Russell, who from the first
refused to acknowledge the identity of
the ranchman from North Dokota, said
yesterday that nobody was keeping him
from seeing the visitor. 7 have seen all
I want of him. That's all. He's an
imposter, he repeated.
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
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WILL HOLD FORTY
Z HovR pEvo1IoHs

The services Of forty hours devotion
will be held at 81. Patrick 3 church COM
mencing next week Thursday morning
and continue until Sunday. with serv-
Ices mornings. afternoons and evenings.
Fl. Dignam has secured the services
Of Pew. Fl. Reardon. ! professor in ST,
Paul's seminary He 10 q remarkably
fine speaker and it will be worth while
to hear him. The seEmons will be special
features Of the devoti0ns and will be
very strong. The choir has also been
practising special music for tie. ser-
vices.
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
REPORT L: Of BUSINESS /
ron MONTH OF JUNE

The following business was transacted
at the Dickinson U. s. land Office dur
ing the month Of June. The month was
unusual in that desert land, homestead,
reservoir and coal declaratory statement
entries were all made. The reservoir
Is the only common one.
COMMITTED homesteads IA
Desert land entry ....i.. ...... 4
Original homestead entries !. .... {. 165
Final S ". proofs /. !. !. !. 7. is
Railroad selections !. 4. !. /. s.
Homestead declaratory statement. /
Reservoir declarstory astatemment.
Coal declaratofy statement J. ]. 4. . 4.
Total receipts ~. {. . /. h. s., 216. .76
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
INSPECT
COUNTRY
Parties of Contractors and Survey
ors From N.P.visit New Eng
land, Mott and Bad Lands:
Refuse to Talk About Trip.

Il. u
During the past week there has been
considerable activity in the railroad
line in the vicinity of New England.
Last Friday afternoon party of six N.
P. officials went out from Dickinson in
autos. They stopped only few minutes
in New England and then went south
to the Cedar. returning that evening to
spend the night at McKenzie's hotel.
The party consisted of Chief Engineer
W. L. Darling. Chief Contractor Chester
Simms, Andrew Porter and Daniel
Taylor of St. Paul and George S. Mckay
and P. E. Than of Mandan.
On Saturday morning the officials were
out early and spent some little time
going over the old survey just south of
the river, where it is quite likely the
N. P. will locate its townsite. After
going over this ground pretty thoroughly
they left for Mott and from there went
on to Richardton to catch No. and
return east. The officials were all very
pleasant men and seemed very anxious
to learn as much as possible about the
progress being :.ade by the Milwaukee
but they had happy faculty of being
able to avoid questions and after their
visit nobody seemed any wiser. The
fact that they were here is about all
that can be said; however, this seems
to be sufficient to denote that the N. P.
may make the Milwaukee hurry to reach
New England first.
P. E. Than. locating engineer, re-
turned to New England from Richardton
Saturday evening with bunch of suvey
ors and left Sunday in teams for the
Bad Lands. Mr.. Than is the man that
has charge of all the N. P. survey work
in this vicinity the past year and the
officials seem satisfied to trust every
thing to his Judgment. He has been
putting in the past week with his crew
in the Bad Lands. .-.
The Milwaukee people are not sleeping
and things are moving rapidly in their
camps, As yet no ground has been
broken west of Mott but a big grading
camp is to be established al the Will
helm ranch about IL miles east of New
England. Crews are already putting
the camp in shape and the dirt will be
flying in a few days
Division Townsite Agent T. o. Rams
land and Mr.. Wallace. a surveying
engineer, arrived Tuesday and have COM
menced the work of plating the town
site. It is not known how much of the
townsite will be plated but Mr.. Rams
land stated that they would have every
thing ready for lot sale this fall.
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
BOYS all WELL
Camp Burke at Devils Lake Salts
factory Encampment Not
i Hard on Men-Wind Inter-
feres With Rifle Contest.

Company X left Dickinson Sunday
eyenine on No. & for tie annual encarnp-
ment; held "a, the Devils Lake military
aounda The company met at; the ar1nory
il the mozninsj and made the prepara-
tions for the journey. A special tourist
leepins car was side tracked near the
depot and the soldiers went to the car
about 8 o'cleck. No. was late and it
was about 80 q. m. before the train
pulled out. so there was no crowd at the
depot to give them a send-off.
Devils Lake was not reached until
about 8 O'Clock Monday night. At Man
dan and Bismarck other cars were sdded
to the train and when jamestown was
reached a special train was made up.
Camp Burke, Devils Lake. N. D.
We got into camp late Monday even
ing, pitched tents and had mess little
after nine. This year we escaped the
usual long tramp of seven or eight
miles and only hiked three miles, which
we made in heavy marching order
without resting. The ground was
damp, eliminating the dust which the
boys dread. The hay which we filled our
ticks with was damp but we never take
cold or rheumatism from such sources
when camping out.
Our camp is located on a bluff. over
looking part of the lake and we are near
enough to water so we cap keep as clean
as.we like. No reports for sick call.
We are all in good fighting trim.
Monday night mosquitoes stole my
cigarette makines and were on top of
the tent at S :0O a. m. smoking.
The Commissary department is weak
in places There doesn't seem to be
help enough in the regiment whom they
can get hold of TO keep the stuff to-
gether, but Quartermaster Davis knows
the ropes and takes care of KS interests
as well as anybody could.
TUESDAY P. M.
Regular routine is the PROGRAM at
.s. Continued on page 81 ,.
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
GROWIne' !:
!. IlDUs !! ] y : R1 /
Dickinson Cement Works |. ks Filling
Many c Contracts Using Sand y
Ffoml l!.':; Green 4 !: !, River Super per- I
ior to the BismarckSand. I

Ths Diekinson Cement Works. d
recently estabtished manufacturing con
cern q the city. is developing through
its proprietors, Mcclellan and sisfried.
business that is increasing every day.
The cement products can hardly be-
made fast enough;to fiji the local ORDERS.
At the preent time % men are em-,
ployed but the number often runs to
80 and over. Of these. six are employed
at the factory which is just east Of
Walton & Davis: Four are experts.
When needed for rush. orders, night
force of six skilled laborers is put on.
These men shape the blocks and are
called hampers. They pound the cement
mixture into moulds until the right
degree of hardness is reached.
Mcclellan & Sigfried have many i'm
portant local contracts. They are fur
nishing and laying the tile in the city
side walks and the city street crossing.
Two men are kept making tiles to keep
up with the demand. The company
made all the tiles for the new library
floors and they are ready to lay. These
are Of a much superior quality. Nc
Clellan & Sigfried will also make the
tile flooring for the new high school. In
fact, they have the contract for all the
cement work in the building. The
foundations of the Lyon elevator were
recently completed BY the firm.
1t is surprising the great variety of
products which may be made from cem-
ent: building blocks, cistern brick.
ornamental piazza brick for posts. ETC.,
tiles Of all qualities and colors. In fact,
Mr.. Mcclellan says he can build, q
whole house out Of cement. even to the
shingles ON the roof, which will be fire
proof, sanitary and more comfortable
than q house Of any other material. It
is cool In summer and warm ina winter.
In fact. it is tie home Of the future.
The, firm has = 4 four hoess power por-
table mixer on the way which will help
TO increase the output. 80
Special mention should be made Of the
SAND used. In the past it has been
claimed that the Bismarck sand is the
only bank in this vicinity Of high
enough quality for use in making the
facing. However an inexhaustible
supply of an even better. grade has
been found at Green river and this the
company uses. The business is one
with biz prospects ahead and short
time will no doubt see large industry
to help advertize the name of Dickinson.
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
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DIX / 0 0, 3 8 2 2 3 IA II
NE. q q q o O 1 II IL

The Rirls and their band were the
attraction Monday and the curious who
went out to see if girls really could play
ball found they couldn't. No special
comment on the game is necessary.
The Stars with s girls and men let
aboutI every ball slip through their
hands. ] In the second inning the Dick
'inson players took turns at sending the
ball out BY ths, fence and in making
home runs, Kostelecky, Gilyer and
RAIDER all went the four bases in this
inning and Davis got to, third.
Ii the sixth Hennie Of the Stars sent
q peach over the. fence. This seemed to
liven them up Tor they made two .runs
in chat inning. The pitching Of Maude
Nelson was feature. .s5ssf.
The summary: NJ "A
st q 81 rs s u Isl 81 r. H
Ok A s. 10 / 8 80 o O. IA IA
Stars o o o % o. q % % O 5
Struck out BY Davis s. by Miss Neilson
Z. Umpire, Smith. @
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
Mp. TO EXPEND BIG
SUM ON WATER WORKS

for Expenditure of $4,000
p Reservoir and Water System Here Have Approval of Eng
neerng Department-WorkE Expected Begin Soon-Green
River Project Not Feasible Will Furnish Supply of
7 100000 Gallons Daily, Three Times Amount Needed
The Dickinson press., 1909-07-17
WINS BOTH @
GAMES ly SAME SCORE

Dickinson ran away with both ball
games this week. On Sunday New Eng
land was the victim. The visitors never
scored until near the close of the game
when one lone run was made while on
the other hand Dickinson sent IA men
over the plate. The Bloomer Girls Mon
day met almost as bad fate, making
only two luns, both in the sixth inning.
The local team scored IA again. Both
games were interesting, especially the
one Monday. and drew big crowds.
The New England game was disap-
pointment, for every one thought they
would make some sort of showing. hav-
ing defeated Mott several times. If
Mott can't beat the team New England
sent to Dickinson it won't be necessary
to arrange any local games with Mott.
Sundays exhibition was bad enough.
New England's pitcher was wilder than
a hawk. allowing ten bases on balls.
Connolly. the star man from the Cannon
Ball, couldn't do thing behind the
plate with such fierce pitching. The
team as whole was very poor but the
pitching largely lost the game. Pete
Fox assisted the visitors at RIGHT field.
Dickinson played counting game. II
couldn't help it and every man sent the
ball wherever he chose. All the mem
bers were, able to score one or more
runs. Even Mcbride crossed the plate
twice. Howell pitched good game and
struck out 8 men,, The New England
players objected to the decisions Of
Nixon, the umpire. and Smith finished
the game in that capacity. The ap-
preaching storm stopped the game at
the end Of the 8th innina.
The summary: @
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DIX / o o,a3 8 2 2 3 IA II
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-08
c. p. r. TRAINS ARE
RUNNING LATE.

NkNCufVEM Isl CIan. SLY
4. F@Trafnn on the g. y. 81 from.
the east afH runniaE exactly e Haf
late ewing 20 severe weather lu she
tenaffs thla morning fruM Wfrnfs
HeM say fIAf while tNe weather
tMHFe moderated fn tNw Afternoon.
fNe fhrrunr~taf registering us hes
lngN sefe. another cold wave swept
HuWu az night and fho stres3s
asFe ABSOLUTELY deserted ufth she
neFeart az as beiow zero.
Edmonton dispatches SAY she
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-08

with the gathering u the leels.
lasivp representatives oi Washlne
ton "a Seattle prior 20 the opening
Of The state legislature az olympia
next week the official States of The
Two houses arr being framed up
The withdrawal ot Senator r. A..
hutchinson. at spokane, from the
race leaves Senator a. 5. Ruth
All easy winner in tae race .or pres
iaent PRO tenn. of che senate Mf
Ruth IS also 20 assume the chair
manshlp az the appropriations com
nailiee
Senator raulhamMs 0f Pierce.
Il an the slate as chairman oi the
rnilraad committee, while VIII