The Dickinson press., 1911-07-15

uSt ISL. O[S. TethlHn duU OldFk0 Will
jointly use the reception room.
The .~proprietcrs of the Benzie Drug
Co., Messrs. o. r. Meyer and Victor
Chileren. were busy the last Of the week
placing their handsome new oak shelv-
ing in the lessen building. They will
move next week and hope to be settled
by the 10th.
W. r. Veigel, county road super
intendent. vent out Thursday with a
bridge man to look over the various
bridges in the county needing repairs.
The party expected to trave 100 miles
during the day.
The county commissioners, Messrs.
Leltz, Roquette and Hughes, have been
busy all the week with the regular rou-
tine of work, passing bills. checking up
the various county offices, equaiiizne
properly assessments, etc.
Richard Cook and Miss Francis Cook
of Mechanicsville, Iowa. visited their
brother, John Cook, of this city Satur-
day, going on to Sentinel Butte in the
evening. where they will visit for sew
eral weeks with another brother.
Miss Mollie Matheson, who has COM
pleted her course Of training as a nurse
in the Brainerd hospital. arrived in the
city the last of the week. Miss Mathe-
son visited points in Wisconsin. also
Miss Ethel Dodd in Valley City; prior
to her return.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Fitzsimmons
were down from fryburg between trains
Wednesday. They have a grocery store
at the new town and will have charge
of the postoffice which will open almost
any time now, or as soon as the neces-
sary papers return from Washingtons
Two young men, who had been at
Beach taking orders for Rose Hill nur-
sery stock, were in Dickinson on Tues
day. They stated on account of the
poor crops in the Golden Valley they
had to give up that territory. and were
looking for more prospered sections.
From Dickinson they expected TO 60
into the northeastern part of the state.
Miss Mary Connolly of Randolph, Yer
mont, n of the expert type setting ma
chine operators in the Government print
ing Office at Washington, is visiting her
brothers. John M. and Martin j. Con-
molly, publishers of the Herald at New
England. Miss Connolly will also visit
her brother. Thomas, with the Western
Grain Company at Bowman; and Will
lam, another brother out in the Milwau-
kee country.
Mrs. Claude Turner of Gladstone en-
tertained the Pytbian Sisters at her
home Wednesday. The ladies spent
the day in sewing and visiting and all
declared to have had a royal good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner accompanied them
on their return to the city. The follow
ing is the list of ladies who attended:
Mesdames Boxrud, Taylor. DAILY, Leary,
Bremen, Robinson. Bowers and Miss
Dunn. .
Sunday morning, July 9th, Jesse Smith
of the vicinity of Oakdale died of COM
plications of the heart. Deceased was
II years old and had been here about a
year and a half, having a homestead
near Oakdale. L. A. DAVIS & Son pre-
pared the body, which was shipped Mon
day evening to Manson, Iowa. where in
terment was made. Mr.. Smith leaves a
wife and nine children, one of whom
is Clifford Smith. the Manning stage
driver. Mrs. Smith and those of the
children residing here went east with
the body.
A pleasant surprise was given to Miss
Maragret Manley t the Dickinson hos
pital Wednesday evening, it being the
anniversary of her birthday. At seven
o'clock a three course dinner was served
by Mrs. Babcock. after which there were
violin selections by Miss Aultman, ac-
companied by Mrs. Babcock. also a few
vocal solos. Miss Manley was the recip-
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invited were the Misses Belle Rue, Lii
liam Boehlke. Mary Pelissier, Hazel
Aultman, Ruth Littlehales and Mrs. Err
win Muth and DR.. Sarah Smith.
Billy Chaloner has a rare specimen of
a cat that he think Yankee Robinson
will want'for his great circus when he
arrives in the city next Wednesday.
The animal was caught by Billy Chal-
oner and his daughter al Taylor butte
early in March. Settlers out that way
have been complaining for the last
seven years that a wild a was rob-
bling their chicken houses, but they.
were never able to shoot or capture the
cat. Mr.. Chaloner thinks possibly the
cat was left by Walt Taylor when he
went from his claim some II years ago
ond thot tho animal hocamo wild I;v