The Dickinson press., 1910-01-01

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}Newsy Items Briefly Told for Busy Renders.
W. G. Billyard has sold his interest
in the Bowman County News to his
partner. C. A. McCann.
A two-story rooming house is being
erected at Beach to relieve the contested
condition of the hotels.
Jake Mosset, who did some promis-
cuous shooting on the streets of Hebron,
was fined $40 and costs, and put under
bonds to keep the peace.
It is claimed that two petitions. one
for and n against the road grader
proposition, were stolen from the Bow
man county court house just before the
county commissioners meeting.
The Scranton Register has been pur-
chased by a stock company composed of
citizens Of that village and will be
edited and managed by C. C. Mills.
S. G. Rupert of Almont died suddenly
on the morning of his 61st birthday,
while in the sleigh with his wife and
son, driving to the home of his daush-
ter.
W. fl. Mills of Ashton, S. D.. arrived
at Bowman last week with a car of
emigrant goods. Mr.. Mills is one of
the colony of 81 from Redfield and Ash
ton that filed on Bull creek near the
Cave Hills in October. He is making
arrangements for the remainder of the
colony which will arrive in the spring
with twenty three cars OF goods.
The bridge across the Little Missouri
river for the new cutoff of the N. P.
main line from near Oakes to Forsythe
has at last been located at the Nitcey
ranch building. 1t will be down the
river about one and one-half miles from
the Milwaukee bridge and will be the
greatest railroad bridge in the west.
An N. P. official made the statement
that this structure would stand $50 feet
above the river level and would be
S, GOO feet in length.
Ike Barton, aged about IS, a home
steader living in the Cannon Ball
country near Flasher, was the victim of
assai]ants who attempted murder. The
homesteader was sitting in his shack,
not expecting anything out of the
ordinary to happen, when the shot was
made, the charge of shot penetra tine
the head and making a bad wound,
though the attending physician says the
man will recover.
Bowman County Pioneer-The largest
blowing engine made by the Reeves
company will be operated in Bowman
county the coming season. according 10
Ole Hanson, the local agent. 1t is &C
horsepower an pulls 1e plows. This
rig was recently sold to a man from
Minnesota, and it will be on exhibition
after the first of the year.
One of the strangest operations ever
performed at St. Mary's hospital.
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~year-old boy underwent there. Wallace
Page is the son of MI. and Mrs. Lyman
D. Page of Sentinel Butte. N. D. The
parents, who were both trained nurses
of the Rochester state hospital before
marriage. noticed a lump growing neal
the shoulder of the boy, and at first i,
caused them no uneasiness. Its size
kept increasing. however. until it was
evident that the obstruction, whatever
it was, should be removed. Upon ex-
amimnation it was found that an extra
rib had grown on the boys right side.
just below the shoulder blade. The rit
was articulated IN the breast bone, JUS
as any normal lib is attached but il
was decided to be a detriment to the
boys development, because it was
pressing upon nerve centers and nigh
in time cause paralysis. The operation
vas successful and it will be but a shor
time before Master Page will be able tt
return to his North Dakota home.