The Dickinson press., 1911-08-12

allowing the water to run and nearly
flooding out the family. Supt. Littlehales
was called in at about 4 O'Clock in the
morning to shut off the water.
Miss Genevieve Qubitt of Wisconsin,
is visiting Mrs. A. o. Hickle for a few
weeks. Miss Qubitt taught school near
Mandan last winter and may decied to
take q school the coming year in this To-
cality.
Trainmaster j. H. Johnson has rented
the Fred Thompson fiat on the corner
opposite the Merchants National bank.
1t is central heated and will make Mr..
and Mrs. johnson very comfortable
quarters.
D. C. Wright, one of the commission
ers in McLain county. was in Dickinson
recently to visit at the home of his SON.
in-law. H. S. Curl, of the city bakery.
He had also visited the home of A. S.
Better, another son-in-law at Regent.
Mckenzie county harvest is on and
while a few fields are not worth cutting
most are better than was thought pos
! sible a few weeks ago. the average
being some seven to eight bushels.
Otto Alpert of R%ichardton was trans
acting business in the city the first of
the week. MI. Alpert, who lives about
nine miles south of Richardton, stated
that fax, corn, potatoes and late wheat
were excellent in his vicinity, but that
oats and early wheat were very. poor.
John Prchal. who has been employed
in the Charley Oukrop blacksmith shop.
the last two years, left Monday for
Manning. where he will start a shop of
his own. Mrs. Prchal will join him in a
week or two.
SIN. Moore and son, Fred. were in Mon
day from their farm southeast of Glad
stone. and reported a heavy d%ownpour
of rain in that vicinity Sunday from
ten to two. Mr.. Moore is cutting his
grain for feed.
The druggists, in annual convention
at Grand Forks, last week, put Welton
Mcdonald on the legislative committee
and w. j. Orchard, also of Dickinson,
on both the committee on queries in
pharmacy and committee on trade.
Miss Geneva Jones of Havre, Mont,
is a new telephone operator here.
Mrs. Manchefsky and sons of Marietta.
Wis. who had been visiting Mrs. Ed.
Zimmerman and Mrs. C. H. Aultman of
Gaylord, for six weeks, recently went
to Barlow, N. D., for a visit.
, Anton Schorsch of Webster, Mont.
returned to the city Tuesday and will
l resume his work at the St. Charles.
Mr.. Schorsch has taken up a homestead
so miles south of Wibaux and he and
Mrs. Schorsch have been there the last
three months. Mrs. Schorsch remains
there, taking care of the farm.
L.W. Little of Manning, writes Of the
, fine rain in Dunn county last week
and speaks of his garden which is the
talk of the people out north and prob
ably is as good as any in North Daokta.
DR.. Stickney and others who have seen
Mr.. Llttle's garden say that it is with
out question the best in the country.
( With but two or three exceptions, the
81 cuts used by the Bismarck Tribune in
portraying the city of Dickinson were
loaned for that purpose by the PRESS,
and they represent a very substantial
outlay of cold cash to boost Dickin-
son and vicinity.
Mike Drury, the railroad man, has 100
; acres of flax at his farm nine miles
southwest of the city. that has fine bolls
and gives promise of 10 bushels to the
acre. The land was broken deep and
the seed sown May is. 1t looks as
though Mr.. Drury would realize a good
profit from his farm this season.
One of our exchanges says. THE
big things at Dickinson, as shown in
one of the Bismarck Tribune's popular
pictorial numbers, consist in a number
of fine buildings. the Northern Pacific
dam and Leslie Simpson, who is equal
to a whole row of dams" if neces-
sary. to get things shunting along the
way he wants them"
A c. Beauliau of Portland, Oregon,
spent last Saturday in Dickinson, the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Gotta. Mr..
Beauliau was On his way to New York.
which state he left about q years ago.
He is a neiehbor Of Mrs. Cota's brother
in-law at Portland, and brought two
cases of lovely peaches from her sisters
home.
L. X. Grantier is back from the Little
Missouri where he has been since early
spring. After finishing the Bill McCarty
job he went up the river a little farther
and erected a good house for J. A.
Swingle, one of the old timers of the
country. So far as Mr.. Grantier knows