The Dickinson press., 1911-05-06

W. L. Richards ives in Bismarck the
drst Of the Weck.
Mira F. W. Turner has fully recovered
from an attack Of measles.
J. l. McCutchan was down from Bel
field on business Tuesday.
Miss Lila Brown of Mandan visited
Mrs. VIM. Wealhers and other friends
here on Monday.
Miss Harriet Auer wat up from Mott
on Tuesday visiting her brother. John
Auer. and other friends in the city.
Mrs. Julius Hollst Of Gladstone visited
at the Mcclure home a few days the first
of the week.
MI. and Mrs. John C. Keys went down
to Gladstone Wednesday to visit at the
C. c. Turner home.
The Ladies of the Macabees gave a
social dance and luncheon after their
regular work on Wednesday evening.
W. S. Russell. of the Dickinson Fire
& Pressed Brick Co.. was in Bismarck
Valley City and other places east the
first of the week.
Miss Addie King and mother. Mrs. S.
S. King, of Belfeld were in the city
Tuesday making preliminary arrange
ments to prove up on their homesteads
about five miles from Bel6eld.
The Dickinson Rifle Club will hold
its first outdoor match this season with
The Spokane Rifle & Revolver Club on
the 9TH. Both shoot on their home
range and the results are telegraphed.
The home club has an enviable record
now to which they will add further
hOnors before the summer season is
over.
The night of April 3Oth mercury regis
tered at is degrees above zero. 1t was
cold enough to freeze water but so far as
known there was no damage to crops.
Fruit trees were not far enough advanced
to take any injury. It was not quite as
cold the following night, and yet the
temperature was below the freezing
point. Later-It is learned that some
damage done 10 wheat in places.
The N. P. Railway Co. has arranged
for sever acres of land on the Benz.
Webb farm at Richardson, for the pur-
pose of demonstrating crops. It will be
planted to wheat, oats, flax. alfalfa,
corn and winter wheat, and will be
visited each month by a company
official. This is only on of a chain of
farms conducted by this company along
the line.
The Ladies Altar Guild of St. Johns
chruch has finally set Friday evening
May II, for the date of their calico ball.
A fine supper will be served cafeterially
in the Commercial Club room and
splendid music by the Messersmith-
Rowell orchestra will b. enjoyed. Your
presence in an everyday calico dress or
suit is all that is required for a good
time.
The members of the nigh school
athletic association will have the privi-
(eee of enjoying the high school tennis
court through the summer vacation
weeks. The association consists of
most of the high school students and
with Prof. Berg at the head have the
following officers: Louis Palmer, presi-
dent Marjorie Stickney, vice president !;
Anna Hillesheim, corresponding secre-
tary; Robert Hill, recording secretary
and Elizabeth Wilson. treasurer.
VIM. F. Gobius, manager of the
Holland Dakota Landbouw Co. proper
ties at Bel6eld, was in Dickinson for a
short time on Tuesday. He was accom-
panied by Are Co]yn, the company's
soil expert, who has been carefully
watching farming operations for about
two months and who took the North Coast
Limited in the afternoon for Holland.
Mr.. Colyn will return to America in the
fall. The Holland Dakota Landbouw Co.
already has 2. 400 acres of wheat sown,
1, 900 acres of oats, to say nothing of
crops on farms that are rented out and
the %company's experimental farm seed
ings. Land is now being broken for
4, 600 acres of flax.
The members of the Junior class and
a host of their friends were ~joyously par
ticipating in a dance at the armory on
Friday evening, which is an annual