The Dickinson press., 1911-03-11

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Manager B. H. Crawford of the Man
dan Mercantile Co.. attended the meet
ing of the Billings county commissioners
at Medora on Monday. The commits
sioners left in the evening for Marmarth
to view some proposed roads.
Geo. B. Hamilton and Elmer Ashbaker
were in from Oakdale. last Saturday, to
attend to business matters and while
here they each purchased q load Of oats
at 40 cents per dbushel. Mr.. Hamilton
will crop about ITO acres this year.
Charles Nagan sold his interest in the
Star restaurant to his partner, Frank
Ola, and expected 10 leave this week for
Canada to look up homestead chances a
little. He did not expect to take his
wife nutii after he had found a location
that suited him.
DR.. H. A. Davis-lef Wednesday for
Fitz William, N. H., where he will
visit for a couple of weeks with his
mother. whom he has not seen for eight
years. He will also visit. yarmouth
College in New Hampshire, where he
has not been since his graduation from
the medical department.
Judge W. c. Crawford will open court
next Monday for. the purpose of trying
several cases that we're carried over
from the last terms of district court in
Billings and Stark counties. The
Pelissier- Wiech contest case from this
county and the johnson land case from
Billings county are the principal. ones
The Dickinson U. S. land Office has
been granted a contest clerk by the
government. Oscar Gibbs from the Lem
mon office was expected the last of this
week. Work has been piling up since
the Lennon territory was restored and
the force has been unable to anything
like keep up.
Operations were commenced this week
for the new lessen building on the old
Messersmith corner. The building is
being raised by C. A. Tear, preparatory
to moving it into the street west while
the new structure is being erected. Otto
Chamberlain will be ready next week to
start excavating.
Bismarck Tribune: Among the arri-
walls in the city from Dickinson Tuesday
was Pete j.. Pelissier, who came down
TO the state capital on a business trip.
HE is contesting the recen, vote for
sheriff for which Office he, was candidate,
and is expecting a favorable decision as
a result of the recount. @i@
J. w. and Brooks Goodall returned on
Monday from a several weeks visit in
Oregon and Washington. They spent
some time with their father in Eugene,
Oregon, also visited their birthplace.
Seattle. and sisters and brothers at
Spokane and Portlend. j. w. Goodail
went out later in the week to his home
at Goodall near the Fort Berthold Reser-
walton.
The Benzie Drug Co. are commencing
to move to their temporary quarters in
the Frankenbere building IN Sims street,
and expect to. open in the new place by
the 18th. AS previously stated. this
tEdrug firm will have a:permanent home
insthe new Jessen building which place
should be ready for occupancy about July
Ia. As"soon as the Benzie people get Out
of the present building the Ffeemans
and Henry Roberts will move in, tie
property belonging to Mrs. Margaret
Freeman. Levy Bros. in the oldSco-
field store on Sims street, are to occupy
tthe store-now used by the Freemans.
Mrs. John G. Keys and little son
arrived from Bristol. Tennessee, Oh
Wednesday. They were accompanied
by J. B:fBarlow Of Ripon. Wis, who il
now president of the Antelope Land &
Cattle Company. They came to straigh-
item up affairs as to money and property
There bstl6neifhs to John G. Keys. who q
mysteriolsly disappeared after leaving
Dickinson early last tall. and WHOSE
whereabouts are as yet unknown to :his
wife or to friends in Dickinson. Mrs.
Keys will visit here for a short time.
Ibutswill likely return to her old home ii
Bristol. where her parents live. Nj.
Barlow will also transact business ii
connection with his company, before
returning.