The Dickinson press., 1909-03-27

who came out from Illinois for q visit,
Mrs. Schmidt remained in Dickinson
for a time as their l9-months-old child
was sick. d" 20
At a township meeting held here Tues
day, the electors voted a tax Of even
mills for the road and bridge fund.
The pound will be discontinued. Bill
boards are to be erected near the Gard
ner's hall, the Boettcher school house
and on Sam Noes quarter for the post
ing of all township notices. There were
20 votes cast. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing wear:
Supervisor. e years. Henry Bolenhotf, 20
votes; clerk. N. J.. Connolly, q votes;
treasurer. M. E. Holt Is votes aeses-
sor. W. s. Van BERGEN. ii votes, Paul
Schmidt, II votes road overseee. Paul
Boettcher Is votes. Guy Griswold s votes;
Dis. No. 2, N. E. Nelson ~ votes;
constable. Herman Boettcher. "a votes.
He bought the REIMBURSEMENT Of Fred
Stefan Of Dickinson. He plans to. farm
some this spring.
Anthony Goyke. who has a homestead
near Desart. returned here Monday from
Perham. Mimi. where he had been
spending the winter with relatives. He
will fire Eli Boeder's breaking engine
the coming season. He said that they
had quite a hard winter down. below.
The board Of supervisors met at the
Herald Office on Tuesday and the new
officers were swern in. A petition for
q new road to be laid out on section
lines from Mrs. E. G.. Rice's place past
Paul Schmidt's was read and the
new road will be laid Out. Another
new road in the eastern part of the
township was also laid out. Our people
voted a road tax of seven mills and a
good many improvements will be made
on roads this summer.
Chas. Precise held an auction sale of
his machinery and horses at his farm
zeal Alden on Tuesday and the sales
amounted to about So, 600. Asa and
Gordon Gardner and w. T. Loomis vent
down from here to attend the sale. E.
J. Strang was auctioneer.
About IS of the neighbors and friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Mccoy gathered
with them at the home of c. N. Bayman
last Saturday night and helped them
celebrate the 18th anniversary of their
wedding. AS a token of their esteem
the friends presented the Elder with
ST. in money and other presents.
Gordon Gardner and Earl Burkhalter
went to Hettinger Saturday with the
old New England Dickinson stage which
will be used on the stage line from
Buffalo to Hettineer, S. D. The stage
wagon is q large and numbering affair
and saw good service at the time of
the rush for land here q few years ago.
Because H. Thompson Lackness' horses
bothered his neighbor's hay stack, his
neigbbor gave them a broad side load
of buckshot on Sunday morning. Two
of the horses are in bad shape and one
may die. For this kind neiehborly act,
some n may 60 to the pen" as it is
understood that Lackness will push the
R. A. Lyon and Attorney Roy Baird
made a very hard trip through New Eng
land the first of the week. They left
Dickinson about 10 O'Clock Monday
night after the Co. X. meeting, when
Mr.. Baird was elected to fill the place
of the late Frank M. Baker as second
lieutenant. They drove through New
England and to Alden that night and
returned to Dickinson the next night.
Fred Hendry carried Church J.. Clark
to Dickinson Saturday, where he was tt
be operated on Sunday for appendicitis.
Mr.. Hendry made application to make
final Communication proof on his home /
stead a few miles east of town. G. F.
Clark accompanied his son to Dickinson
anud will remain in the city for some
1;ft1o time