The Dickinson press., 1911-05-13
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Oedcu WILL Celebrate Tue rOuItu VI
July.
Saturday, May 10. is market day in
Bismarck.
A new Catholic church will be erected
IA miles south of Glen Ullin.
R. B. Thompson and Miss Ella Halven
OF Beach were recently married.
The Milwaukee towns are interested
in the game of tennis this spring.
H. E. Skruge of Fessenden, N. D., is
the new b%ookkeeper at the Taylor State
bank.
II. N. Hem of Mosston. Mimi, will
be the new principal of the Taylor
schools next term.
Atty. H.. L. Broderick has been ap-
pointed court stenographer for Judge
Nuchols of Mandan.
County Judge johnson of Morton
county was married to Miss Elsie West
erman at Minneapolis.
Edward Gilbert, son of Mrs. H. Gilbert
of Beach, was married last week 10 Miss
Lillian Currier of Sentinel Butte.
Rev. J. L. Countermine, Congreea-
tional pastor at Glen Ullin, has accepted
a call to a church at Lusk, Wyoming.
Ed. Garbush of Rhame has the con-
tract for the Mound-Badland mail route,
also carrying parcels, freight and pas
sengers.
j. S. Leary and his moving picture
shows are attracting large crowds in the
towns all along the line, where he shows
once or twice a week.
Alma Nelson, aged 20 years, died at
G%ascoyne as a result of infantile
paralysis when a year old. She had
been an invalid all her life.
A fire at Mandan last week consumed
two residences owned by M. E. Nuttine
of St. Paul and VIM. E. Coils of New
Jersey. making an estimate loss. of
IS, 500.
The State Bankers Association will
be held in Fargo soon, when Mayor
Lowell will deliver an address of well
come. Cashier L. F. Crawford of
Sentinel Butte is down for the response.
Chas. A. johnson, living on a claim
20 miles south of Richardton, has not
been or seen or heard tell of for some
time past and as he had been acting
strangely it is feared he has committed
suicide.
Edwin G. Coleman has been appointed
register of the Lennon land district,
instead of judge C. c. Carpenter,
resigned, and S. W. Huntington has
received his appointment as receiver of
the same land office.
The first city election held recently at
New Salem. as a hard fought contest for
the position of mayor and aldermen.
Chas. Peterson received the majority of
votes for mayor and candidates for
aldermen tied votes on many instances.
Within a hair breadth of being
cremated in the flames that totally de-
stroyed their dwelling, was the expert
ence of Arnst Lindahl, his wife and
seven children, at their homestead near
Haley recently. The fire started in the
night from an overheated stove. 80.
Merlin Shumway was badly scalded
from a boiler explosion willie firing an
engine on the .Gunwall farm north of
Taylor. His brother, Frank, engineer,
escaped injury. and only the crown
sheets and feed minor parts of the ma
chine were destroyed.
A murder much similar to that which
startled Billings a short time ago occurred
in Miles City last week. when the body
of Jane Wood, a lady of about 80 years
of age. was found at her little cottage
about a block south from the Northern
Pacific station, with her throat cut. No
trace of the knife or weapon used was
found.
The Columbia and Badeley elevators
of Bowman were destroyed by fire last
week, each worth about S., 600 and con-
tanning about 1S. 900 bushels of wheat
and flax each. Both were insured and
belonged to the Western Lumber & Grain
Co. of which C. J. Phelan is the man
ager. Mr.. Phelan gave the volunteer
fire department a check for 500 in ap-
probation of their work. On. the same
night two stores were burglarized there
and three suspects are under arrest.
After ten days of wrangling oves.the
names on the respective petitions
Governor Burke on Tuesday threw out all
the petitions now in his hands for the
establishment Of either Fort Yates OF
Selfridge as the county seat of Sioux
county. Each side was given until May
Is to file new petitions. Three days
additional will be granted to check up
the names with the governor and at the