The Dickinson press., 1909-03-06
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Interesting News From Thirty-fve
Slope Iowns.a as Cleaned From
Exchanges-N ewsy Items
Briefly Toldfor Busy Readers.
The Scandinavian Brotherhood which
has q strong branch in Glendive is fast
growing in the state of Montana. 10
A new postofice Is to be opened at
Riverside at G. Lampson's place in the
near future with MI. Lampson as post
master. o.
The merchants ofsLemmon have agreed
after March 1, to deliver no more. goods
free Of charge and willcut out their free
deliveries. @
Quite extensive repairs are being made
on the Hamilton ranch in the Standing
Rock reservation, including new barns,
| sheds, corrals and fences. .
H. H. Brenzier has resigned as the
postmaster of Brenzier and unless. a
successor can be found the postofice
will be discontinued.
The young men of Med6ra have formed
a club, the C. W. A., with Edgar Nc
Gregor as president Lawrence McGregor.'
vice president; Arnold Ferris. treasurer
and Dick Stevens. secretary.
The. president has sent to the senate
the nomination, Of Walter E.; William
son as the postmaster of Wibau. He
has been holding the position for sew
eral months.
The Bowman band has reorganized
with, Bill Peterson as manager and
Obert Olson as secretary. New instru-
ments have been ordered and the band
plans to give a series of concerts this
summer, if they can get the proper sup
port.
1t has been figured out that the 30
cigar stores in Lennon do an aggregate
business of $50 a day or SIS, $50 a year.
This is the same as 273, $50 cigars a
year which would employ four men all
the time to make. This would make a
good industry for the place.
Miles City is to have a wholesale
fruit and produce house. A stock COM
pany has been formed and $40. 900 sub
scribed. partly by Miles City merchants.
A site has been secured and work will
be commenced on the warehouse at
once. This is the city's first real whole
sale house.
There will be thousands of acres of
land under cultivation this year in
Adams, Hettinger and Bowman coun-
ties where there were only hundreds last
year. Every steam pillow that could be
secured was in. use all last summer and
it is said that the soil in these coun-
ties is in excellent condition this spring.
The central committee of Billings
county met at Medora recently with the
chairmen of quite a good many of the
precincts present. Pres. Harvey Robinson
presided. The purpose was the endorse
ment of a candidate for the Beach post
Office. Editor j. v. Brinton of Beach
is a candidate. The meeting took nc
definite action.
Robert Moore has been arrested in
Glendive on a charge of setting three re-
cent mysterious fires in that city. He
is the assistant at the city water works
pump house and one of his duties is t
steam up the pump when there is a fire.
He was seer coming out of one of thu
buildings that was burned about the time
the blaze was discovered. .
J. A. Mitchell, captain of the compan,
of national guard in Glendive, wal
removed from Office last week and placed
under arrest. The nature of the charges
are not known in that city but they arr
said to be serious. First Lieutenant j
H. Misklmen has been placed in. com
mand of the company. A court martha
will probably be held April 18th.
Eugene Randel and John A. Jaeger
foremen of the Seven Cakes ranch
were arrested last week. charged witt
having been the men who held up JOIN
Neyhas and his mother. at their rancl
near Burkey a couple of weeks ago
There was no evidence against then
and at a hearing at Beach on Thursda!
of last week they were discharged.
Lennon is to have a museum. Don
Paul has purchased a building in viii 81
he will store a collection of wild animal.
and other %curiosities which he owns
Trees will be set out and an artificial
lake installed. 1t has been stated tina
Roosevelt will favor it with a specimen
from his South African hunting trip.
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