The Dickinson press., 1911-07-15
LOCAL NEWS

lUCAl NEWS
For special cement work see VIM. !.
Noggle. Walks for the yard, basement
and special we'll curbing. 7.1s-tf
For exchanse-my three thousand
dollar equity in 100 acres of land
for town residence close in. Box 1913.
Tsp.
Andrew Aason is rapidly recovering
from an attack of typhoid fever and
will be able to leave the Stein in a few
days.
Mrs. H. G. Bathmer and child of
Butte. Montana. arrived in the city
Tuesday and will make their home here.
Mr.. Bathmer is employed on the N. P.
Mrs. W.. P. Brooks left the Stein hos
pital Sunday and went to her sisters
home. Mrs. C. B. Hanson. to visit a
short time before returning to her home
in Manning.
Those not supplied with automobile
license applications can get them at the
PRESS Office. The blanks are free and
the law requires that every automobile
owner have a license. lisp
The Sunday school and choir men,
bers of St. Johns Episcopal church
spent a very pleasant day picnicing at
Green river on July 9th. The rarty
found good shade and boating.
Fred and Wallace Bingham and
James Valet of Beach. were in Dickin-
son on Thursday, driving to Brinsmade,
in the Devils Lake country. They ex-
pected to be on the road about a week
and plan to return to their homesteads
near Beach in the fall.
Mrs. Jennie Bailey and Mrs. Ella
Soule drove in from Bailey Thursday
and Friday and are spend ing two or
three days in the city, shopping and
having dental work done. They say
flax is very good out their way and that
oats and wheat will probably be about
a half crop if rain comes soon.
]. Edmund Hill. of the Bismarck Tri-
bune. is here for several days, writing
up the city. There is no expense con
nected with this save a nominal charge
where special cuts are made. the Tri-
bune's only object being to secure sub
scribers in this section. The Tribune,
an evening paper now. arrives in the
city on No. 7. the same day of publica-
ton. twelve hours ahead of any other
evening daily.
George and Jim Hamilton, George
Tear, Pat Harrington, Frank Gear, Hans
Elkin and A. A. Djnsdale returned OF
Tuesday from shearine northwest of
Glendive. Mr.. 'Dinsdale stopped over
for a day at Sentinel Butte. The shear
ers say that they have had a good sea-
son, and the wool has been selling a.
round tic and 18c. Crops look good in
eastern Montana and they were quite
surprised to find that grain would not
make a full crop in western North Da-
k0ta. The Hamiltons and one or two
others went north Wednesday morning
the Oakdale stage.
This week an injunction was served
the members of the school board of
the Green river school district and
county officials restraining them from
transacting any business as a board or
apportionin9 any Of the school funds for
the aforesaid Green river district. The
order is returnable on July "a when
Judge Crawford will hear motions in
the action. People living in the town
ship north of Dickinson are seeking to
cut off the territory from the Dickinson
district and to create therefrom Green
river district. The law, as the Dickin-
son board understands, says that one
third of the legal voters within the dis
trict must petition before territory can
be segregated. If this is a correct in
depreciation of the law. and the state
department says it is, then it is under
stood that the petition which was pre-
sented to the county board is short fully
100 names.
The Marie Hughes recital July E wat
attended and the young pianist
enthusiastically received. Miss Hughes
played wonderfully well when she visited
here two years ago and her friends were
to note the remarkable proRress
she has since made. She is a natural
showing unusual technique.
Chopin s difficult ''Ballade'' was exceed
ingly we'll rendered and Scrabine's "Noc-
for the left hand alone was es-
pecially we'll rendered, showing remark
able left hand development. Miss
Hughes was ably assisted by Mrs. J. L.
Hughes, Mrs. Idella Hahn and Welland
Orchard, vocalists. and Mrs. Christine
Messersmith. violinist. All are popular
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