The Dickinson press., 1910-04-02
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} Interesting News from Thirty.fve Slope
Towns as Cleaned from Exchanges
Newsy1tems Briefly Told for Busy Readers.

Interesting News from Thirty.fve Slope (
$Towns as Cleaned from ~Exchanges-$
$NewsyItems Briefly Told for Busy Readers. 5
Henry Van VeshelS of Mott succumbed
to Brishts disease on March 20. HI
was A years old and unmarried.
Tom Rush won the disc harrow at the
Farmers Institute held at Wibaux.
Louie Fong, a Wibaux restaurant man,
has given a contract to the Kalmen
Construction Co. for the erection Of q
26x45. two-story brick building.
John Linton was killed by a train a,
Yates. No relatives are found.
On May 18th there will be q sale Of
town lots on the Stipek townsite near
Glendive. The sale will take place at
Glendive and already is creating en-
thusiam.
The Glen Ullin Fire Department gave
an Easter ball On Monday, the 18th.
On March 20. c. E. Mahan and Mis-.
Christina johnson of Bowman were
married.
MI. and Mrs. John Reichenbecher sold
their residence in Bowman to A. E.
Sander, and left for Carlsbad. Canada.
to take up land.
The body. of Ole Vekin, who was
drowned in Grand River near Haley.
was found near the C. 7. Crowl farm.
A half section of land near Scranton
was sold at $32 per acre to a Minnesota
man.
Ernest Byers and Miss Emily Peterson
of Beach e recently married.
J. A. Eslick of Belfeld is building an
addition on his hotel. which will con-
sist of IL rooms. an Office and Il writ
ing -room.
j. j. Meyers, a workman in a rail-
road camp north of Mandan, died as a
result of a fall from a horse.
Newspapers are commencing to talk
baseball,
Lochner's Concert Orchestra of Man
dan, well-known in Dickinson, left
this week for a months trip in the
northeastern part of the state.
The Voss Auto Co. of Mandan have
secured lots and in a short time will
build a handsome new brick and con-
crete garage.
The City National bank building Of
Bismarck is completed.
A 500 passenger train was wrecked
last week just one mile from Bismarck.
A broken wheel on the smoker caused
the whole train 10 tip over and roll into
the ditch. About thirty persons were
injured but not seriously.
The first battalion of the 18th reei.
ment arrived from the Philippines a,
Fort Lincoln at Bismarck. The detach,
ment of the 28th regiment that. had
been doing duty at Fort Lincoln re.
! turned to Fort Smelling.
The Missouri river reached it's highest
point for ten years at Scha1er last
week. Ice gorges caused the water tt
fill the valley and considerable damage
is reported.
j. P. Rodgers of St Paul purchased
a tract of 10, 900 acres of land neal
Glendive, paying $12 per acre.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Croteau of Mandan,
well known in Dickinson, have left TO
a tour in California and other Coas
countries.
Dunn County News: w. R. Veige
came out from Dickinson and com
menced surveying for six additiona
blocks to the Manning townsite. Tw'
blocks are located north of the presen
blocks and four south. A block wa
also laid out for a site for a ,schoo
house.. VIM. Dawes assisted Mr.. Veige
in the work and later they went nortl
to run some lines on the reservation.
Mandan Pioneer: The Mandan Elec
trio Co. succeeded after much hard wor
in connecting up its temporary line t
Bismarck on Tuesday of last week. afte
its line had been out of commission
nine days. Nearly every pole in tn
lowlands had'-been carried away b.
the ice and Manager Skeels and hi
force of men worked fourteen hours
day, most of the time in water up t
their knees with mud ankle deep. settin
new poles. The expense to the compan
will run over 81. 600. for the rebuildin
of this line which will be abandoned i
about three weeks when the new powe
plant is in working order. The peopl
of Mandan were glad to put away tn
candles and lamps that have been doin
service for over a week.