The Dickinson press., 1909-11-20

Mr.- Pat Mckinley returned Thursday
from q weeks visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Lee Nichols, Of Mandan.
The fall state school apportionment
for Stark county amounts to g, 1856. "a,
which will give the Dickinson district
$722. IS.
At the Eik's meeting Tuesday night
three new candidates were put through
their PAGES and are now full fedeed Elks.
viz: j.. N. Brady. Lehieh. John Boulger
and Charles Wells Of this city. -
Miss Elizabeth Hill. a reader, will
give an entertainment at the Methodist
church Wednesday evening. December
list. at 8 80. under the auspices Of the
Ladies' Aid society and the Epworth
League. Admission IS cents.
December is is the date for the supper
and sale of the Ladies' Aid society of
the Methodist church. Many useful
articles will be on sale and a GOOD
supper awaiting all who come.
General Superintendent. c. L. Nichols
of the N. p. and Division Superinten-
dent B. o. Johnson, passed through the
city in a special Thursday morning on
a tour OF inspection of the road.
A. E. Ireland, local manager of the
Missouri Valley Land Co.. left on Thurs
day for Darlington to attend to some
business matters for a few days. sub
~sequently 10 60 to St. Paul and Mime
apolis.
E. II. Piatt, manager of the Northwest
Abstract Co. of Dunn Co., was in from
Manning this week IN business matters.
Mr.. Piatt and his wife came out from
Chicago five months ago and located at
Manning and they are we'll satisfied with
the development of the country. Mr..
Piatt thinks that a little more snow fell
at Manning than here
Mr.. and Mrs. Presley Switzer of Hors-
will came in on the stage Wednesday
and left Thursday for Farina. Fayette
Co., III. to spend the holidays with rela-
tives. MI. Switzer said they expected to
eat their Thanksgiving turkey in the
Masonic hall dining room. as the people
in his home town Gathered together for
a general Thanksgiving and ate their
dinner together.
Last Saturday afternoon Dr.. G. A..
Perkins had samples of apples at the
institute rooms raised by his father at
Red Wing, MINI. The DOCTORS father
is n Of the foremost apple growers of
his state. and the interesting thing con-
nected with his work is the fact that
when his orchard was started it was not
considered that apples could be grown in
Minnesota any more than people expect
them to be grown in North Dakota now.
Mayor Geo. Frye was out in an
automobile last Saturday during the
snow storm showing a piece of land in
the Sadowsky neisbhorhood. His auto
engine got wet. and finally short
circuited and it became necessary to
get q team to haul the passengers back
to Dickinson. Such are the land mans
trials with ar auto in a snow storm.
The ladies of the Congregational
church met at the parsonage Wednesday
afternoon and oreanized a woman's
Missionary society. The following
officers were elected: President, Mrs. C.
H. Wiley; vice president, Mrs. H. L.
Dickinson; secretary, Mrs. E. P. Lee;
treasurer, Mrs. Duncan Christensen.
The purpose of the society is to study
and stimulate an interest in both Home
aud Foreign Missions. The society will.
meet monthly and the next meeting will
be December 18th. -.
W. L. Roger of Taylor was in Dickin-
son on Wednesday to see about coal.
He and his son, Charles, are handling
native coal at their place and they have
been experiencing difficulty the past ten
days in getting as many cars as they
wanted. This season the farmers have
so much grain to haul that in many
instances they have not attempted to3die
their own coal but instead are placing
orders with Roger & Son for machine
mined coal.