The Dickinson press., 1909-06-12
LOCAL NEWS

spending TWO weeks Win koldtAVeo IL
Elk River, MINI.
Mrs. K. A. Kalmen of Miles City. en-
route to ST. Paul. spent Thursday in the
city the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. l. P.
Bremen.
P. c. Anderson Of Mikkelson was in
Dickinson Wednesday. Mr.. Anderson
returned a short time ago from spending
the winter in Oregon.
Charles J. Brand of the department
of agriculture has been with manager
o. J. Grace at the Dickinson expert
ment station the past week.
Judge W. C. Crawford leaves next
Monday for Stanton. the county seat
of Mercer county. where he will hold
district court sessions for q week or
more.
F. W. Smith of Jamestown was in
Dickinson the first of the week. looking
up the prospects for another clothing
store. He looked at the F~rankenberg
place and will decide one way or the
other soon.
Miss Hanson. who has been trimming
for Miss R. M. Runck, the milliner, this
season, expects to return to her home
in Chicago the first of the week. She
will be with Miss Runck for the fall
season.
The first two weeks of June have been
cloudy and rainy most of the time.
The precipitation the past week has
been 80 inches. 1t has been unusually
good grass and wheat weather, and the
farmers are iubilant.
Misses Florence and Ellen Walton
return Saturday from St. GATHERINGS
college, St. Paul. Miss Mary Mckinley
returns mex week from her studies at
the same school and Andy Mckinley
from St. Thomas school.
A novel sign was erected this week
on the west side of F. M. Smiths con-
fectionery store. 1t consists of a num-
Der of advertisements of local firms
painted on glass and the whole framed
in wood. 1t is lighted at night from
electric lights hung in front Of the sign:
The Northern Pacific has published a
supplement to their freight tariffs put
ting into effect a Is cent minimum
freight rate to all parts of the state in
stead of the 100 pound minimum which
has heretofore been in force. For points
outside of the state the minimum is
still 100 lbs.
The members of the auxiliary to the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
called at the home of Mrs. j. j.
Sweeney. a sister member, and left with
her a beautiful set of linen. The even
ing was pleasantly spent in card play
ing and the ladies served dainty refresh
ments before the gathering broke up.
A little leak in n of the pipes that
connect with the main in front of the
First National bank to furnish water
for the electric light plant caused no
small amount of difficult work and cost
the city quite a little sum of money.
Supt. Littlehales had a very hard time
this week to find men who would work
in the ditch that filled with water as fast
as it was dug out.
H. c. Christensen returned yesterday
from Fargo where he had been serving
as petit juror in the federal court. He
will remain in the city for a few days
to accompany his daughter, Emma, and
son, Fred. to the ranch. The two
latter return next Wednesday from
Marietta. Ohio, where they have been
attending school.
The Dickinson Heating & Plumbing
company has been awarded the contract
for changing the p%enitentiary heating
system to the vacuum system and also
to furnish new valves for the old system.
The total amount of the contract is
So. ST.. so, which was the lowest of
several bids. This is the third big COLI
tract this company has been awarded
this spring.
D. Kohn. who has been the tailor fol-
lessen Bros. at the Hub for two months
or more. coming here from New York.
will open a tailor shop of his own in
the small building north of the Cart.
wright store. formerly used by Mr.. Cart.
wright az a storehouse. Repairs ART
being made on the store, and it will
be ready for occupancy about July 1.
Miss Clara Thacker left Wednesday fol
G]enwood. Mimi. to visit her parent,
for a couple of weeks before going t
v %ancouver, B. c., to spend the summer
with her brother. who is a partner il
the firm of Thacker & Thornton, rea
estate dealers. Miss Thacker will b,
accompanied by Miss Thornton. who il
10 spend the summer with her brother
the other partner in the firm. AS
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