The Dickinson press., 1911-05-20
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Interesting News from Thirty five Slope
Towns as Cleaned from Exchanges
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Beach and Glendive have high school
baseball teams.
The marriage Of Edgar Mcbride and
Miss Louise Martin, both of Paoli. took
place ct Bowman on May 7th.
A monster new hotel 900 by AIS feet,
will be opened at the Yellowstone
National Park on June 18th.
Last Sunday. May 14th, was observed
as Mothers Day in nearly all the
churches in North Dakota.
Motifs census a year ago gave 3O7.
This year it reaches the $50 mark or
has more than doubled in the year.
At the close of the year ending June
80, 1911. there will be 1870 schools and
departments in Billings county with 145
teachers.
c. Burkhart. j. Burkhart and Henry
Schneider of Antelope left for Maple
Creek. Sask., to take up resi- idence on
their homesteads.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh McCrorie of Bis
marck will leave in June for Scotland,
their native land. where they will spend
the remainder of their days.
j. C. Burns and fami ly of Glen Ullin
have moved to Wibaux where MIR. Burns
has become half owner of the implement
and machinery business of T. S. Lowell.
Theodore Schweitzer has purchased
The Ladies Emporium at Beach from
Mrs. F. M. Heath. Mr.. Schweitzer was
formerly clerk at Roquette Bros. store
in Dickinson.
Several carloads of grain have been
dug out of the debris of the burned ele-
vators at Bowman and has been shipped
to Minneapolis for cleaning. The burned
grain is being used as hog feed.
Senator McCumber has sent word to
the people at Mott that the petition for
consignment of fish for the Cannon
Ball river at that place has been granted
and the shipment would be made in
due time.
Marmarth had a big fire on May nth
which burned almost a whole block, in
Guiding restaurant meat market a
millinery store, shoemaking establish
ment and residence. The loss as
stated in the Marmarth Mail amounted
to 81, 600 partly covered by insurance.
Frederick Schneider, who recently
arrived from Russia with his family, is
contemplating buying two sections of
land near Antelope. This is the party
said to have $26, 900 in cash, when the
immigration agents at New York asked
him how he expected to support his
family.
Evan c. Thomas of Hettinger formerly
U. S. commissioner of public lands at
that place, is now on trial before the
federal court at Aberdeen, S. D.. on
charge of attempted bribery in the sale
Of public lands. 1t is said that he
offered bidders for public lands offered for
sale, money to refrain from bidding that
he might buy the same at a minimum
figure.
Mandan Pioneer-Bids for the sale of
$50, 600 waterworks bonds at 5h per cent
W ere opened on last Saturday evening
at the meeting of the board of city COM
missioners and the bid of the Farmers
and Merchants Bank of this city was
accepted, it being by far the best bid
received. The amount of their bid was
$S3, 500 and accrued interest. The city
commissioners can now get the money
at any time they want it, and they also
have the plans for the proposed plant.
The people Of Beach are proud of their
Methodist church, dedicated on the 18th
of this moAth. The building of this
church was, rather remarkable in some
ways, as it was done in the dead of
winter. Dr. Danfofd and the pastor,
Rev. W. G. Bennett, laid the corner
stone on the first day of December and
then preached in the church on the 9Th
day of February-jus q little over eight
weeks from the date Of beginning, with
the church all plasterel and the furnace
and electric lights in. 1t is finished up
to-date and seated with fine oak pews.
There are three rooms on he ground
floor, besides the auditorium and the
room in the basement for several large
Sunday school rooms.
Since State Humane Officer William
Blake Of jamestown came to Beach and
compelled Miss Claudio Dunley. charge
in the care Of Mrs. Nell Bolton. to return
to her home in Bismarck. the state
papers have given the matter consider
able publicity. The young girl was
only IS years of age. and it seems that
the environments Of her life in This city
were far graver and more serious to the