The Dickinson press., 1909-03-06

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Jacob Ritz. one of the old residents
of New Salem, died February IL. aged
II years.
It is reported that the Schafer pigs.
the, blind ones, have all taken to the
woods.
Haynes intends to organize a baseball
team this season. Carl Christie is be-
hind the movement.
The Ellsworth Mercantile Co. opened
for business at Ellsworth last week with
Emil Marcott as MANAGER.
The ice went out of Tongue river,
commencing February 1S. several days
earlier than last year. The Yellowstone
is still frozen over.
The second annual ball of the Hetting-
er fire department, February 22. was a
great success, probably the biggest social
affair ever in the town.
Hebron has a lawyer in the person of
G. R.. Bernard Of Anamoose. N, D..
who will move. there with his family
about the middle, Of April.
Bids are out for the new mail route
from Daelum to the new postofice at
Schollsmade and on to Rainy Butte The
new service will be from South Heart,
three times q week.
Two new mail routes out of Rhame
have been Advertised. One to Austin,
IS miles south, where mail has pre-
viously been carried from Marmarth and
the other to Mound, IL miles north.
The Elks' Booster is the name of a
paper which the Miles City Elks are
publishing to boom the state convention
which meets there in August. 1t is an
original sheet and will be issued MONTH
ly:: 80; -.
Halliday now has two stage lines.
The new route from Halliday to Marshall
is running and the old route from Taylor
via R%ockspring is still in operation as
no orders have been received d%iscontinu.
ing it. !
The Congregational churches at
Hettinger, Reeder and Bowman were
dedicated on Sunday with elaborate
programs with many visiting distin-
guished clereymen, including Rev. E.
M. Vittum, Rev. E. H. Shickney, Rev.
c. j. Powell and Rev. E. E. Smith.
Bison people are evidently not super-
stitious of the number ''13." They
sent 10 teams to Hettinger for lumber
last week, in charge of 10 drivers. The
town is located in section IS, also range
IS. and they won the county seat by IS
votes.
The Haynes coal men want a spur
track to their mine and at a meeting
last week it developed that there were
1000 acres of coal fields within IN
miles of Haynes. Approximately $780,
600 has been spent at the mines and
from so to 100 cars a week could be
ASSURED. The road will be asked to build
a spur track.
The body of an unknown suicide was
found n mile east of Marmarth Feb
ruary rs. 1t was a man about IS years
of age, heavy build, black hair. About
$50 was found on the body and also a
gold watch but no other marks of iden-
LITIGATION. He had shot himself through
the right temple with a 81 calibre
revolver.
County Supt. C. L. Melby began
teaching on Monday in the new school
house in the Smith district No. Is in
Dunn county. The building is an ex-
%ceptionally fine one. well equipped and
furnished. The contractors were Par
meter and Son. The. board includes ].
W. Stimson, president; George Metcalt
and W. E. Smith.
Next Monday will be a big day at
Manning for at that time Judge w. c.
Crawford will open the first term of
court in the county to hear naturaliza
ton cases. The county commissioners
will be in session then, six final home
steads are to be made before u. S. Com
missioner R. D. Lytle and Justice R.
W.: Easton has a couple of cases
docketed.
The home of Mrs. H. B. Forensworth
at Flasher was recently DESTROYED by
fire and she was so badly burned as tt
make recovery doubtful. Her son had
started a fire in the stove and went out
leaving his mother in bed. In a few
minutes he discovered that the house
was on fire and rushed in to find hi.
mother on the bed unconscious, he
clothes all ablaze. After a heroic strug'
gle he was able to escape with her from
the building but not until the woman
body, head and arms had been burned