The Dickinson press., 1909-07-03

Ills 1du0et 10 II OF tQe DIGEST contract
ers In Chicago.
w. r Holgate has been at Munich.
this state, for q vacation, and On his re-
turn to the University the coming
week will have charge of the publicity
department there.
The park grounds at the depot were
seeded with lawn grass just before the
heavy rains. 1t is the intention of the
N. P. to fence the grounds at once.
W. L. Richards delivered his second
consignment Of Arizona cattle last
Saturday to Miles City parties. The
shipment contained rs cars, or $50
cattle.
Agent Geo. W. Kilmer has H. C. Poor
as wool clerk this year. Two truck men
are also on duty for the wool season. Up
to Tuesday three cars of wool had been
shipped to Boston and one to Phila-
delphia.
The new library building was rooted
over last week. making it possible to
get a general idea of how the building
will look when completed. The work
On the interior will be rushed rapidly
and completed on time-August.
Monday was called a hot day in Dick
inson but mercury only registered at 80
at the Dickinson experiment station
where the government records are kept.
At Hebron it is reported that one or two
horses died from over heat. Probably
the animals had been driven too hard.
John Goodall was hurrying home the
loot nf tho suook and uk4<nA that h
would not be able to attend the Elk
doines at Los Angeles. His son, John,
fell with his horse the past week and
received injuries to his ankle and leg
which will lay him up for some. thus
get away.
Engineer and Mrs. C. D. Litch, Miss
Cola and Maynard started Wednesday
afternoon for Tacoma and Seattle for an
extended visit. The family will spend
some time at Steilaeoom, IL miles out
from Tacoma, where Mr.. Litch's mother
resides. She will be remembered by old
Dickinson residents as keeping house
for her son here for a time before he
was married.
Manager O. J.. Grace started cutting
bronze grass at the experiment station
on Tuesday. He reports that crops are
advanced about the same as a year ago.
He considers that there is more moisture
in the ground now than a year ago and
in this respect crops are in better shape
for maturing should there be little or nc
more rain during the growing period
Mr.. and Mrs. H. ". Tice of New York,
| stopped off Wednesday, to visit MI. and
Mrs. F M. Smith for q day. Mi: Tice
I attended school with Mr.. Smith in New
York and prior to two years ago; when
his health broke down, was a prosper
GUS cattle raiser at Twodot. Mont. Mr..
! and Mrs. Tice will visit their old Mont
ana home and then 20 to Seattle for the
fair.
Dr.. E. NJ. Vittum, the retiring presi-
dent of Fargo college. vas greatly
honored by the, trustees of Fargo college.
Wednesday night when he was the guest
| of honor at a banquet, following which
he was presented with a solid gold
watch and fob, suitably engraved. Dr.:
| Vittum and his sister are now touring
Yellowstone and will later 20 to Sand
witch, N. H., the old family home.
P. H. Rumble loaded his wool q,
Dickinson last Saturday for Justice,
Bateman & Co. of Philadelphia. On
Monday he was at Marmarth to attend
to the loading of some more wool fol
the same firm. MI. Rumble says that his
feeces only averaged 81 lbs, this sea.
son. Light wool seems to be the gen.
eral complaint for 1909. The price i.
all right.
C. v. Hopper, a civil engineer from
New York, arrived in Dickinson OF
Wednesday en- route tt Gorham to visi
his mother and sister, who have beer
homesteading in Billings county tn
past year. Mr.. Hopper spent his vaca
tion during 1901 and 1902 at the Massue
& Simpson ranch and is therefore vel
acquainted with many of the people gu
northwest. Austin Mead, foreman a
the M S ranch, is his uncle.
w. L. Richards made a fine run owe
the rough roads to Oakdale Tuesda,
afternoon with Supt. Roberts of tn
Standing Rock agency. The trip wa
made in three hours, after the arriva
Of No. 8, and they intended to retur1
during the evening, but owing to tn
heavy rain 1t was found necessary t
tie up for the night this side of Mix
Johnson's. It was 70 wet the followin
day that the machine. could not b
operated with safety and MI. Johnso
was engaged to take the party in wit
his team.
C. j. Anderson left Friday even
ing for Minneapolis. From there b
will 90 to Los Angeles, San Diego, Cal.
and Mexico. where he will look aft
his land holdings in the Tamarind
plantation in which 80 many Dickinso
people have become interested throua
Mr.. Anderson's efforts during his tw
months stay in the city. Mr.. Ande
son is a land man in whom Dickinso
people have confidence, as is shown /
the way they have bought lands in Il
Mexican tract. Mr.. Anderson has al.
represented the Empire Real Estate G
in their local land dealings, and q
who have had business with him spes
highly of him az q friend and as
business man.