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The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28
A NIGHT P. 0. CLERK
CITY IS metropolitan

Dickinson is getting to be distinctively
and now has night clerk
in the postfioce to work the mails of
No. from the east, and No. 4 from the
west, during the week morning hours.
enabling the earliest morning caller to
get his mail.
Postmaster N. C. Lawrence inaugu-
rated the plan this. week, delegating
Delbert Skinner for the night service.
Heretofore the office force had been ex-
pected to report at a. m. for duty and
it often happened that some one was
late and the mails were not usually
worked until nearly 8 O'Clock.
The new plan seems more satisfactory
in every respect. The mail carrier de-
livers the pouches at the postofice i'm
mediately after the arrival of trains,
which gives the night clerk ample time
to change the same before the patrons
call in the morning, providing, of
course. that trains are on time. No. 1
is due about l o'clock in the morning
and it is this train which brings the
heavy night mail.
Patrons who 60 to the postoffice early
will be reminded that a faithful night
clerk has been working while they were
asleep.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28
RIFLE CLUB Defeated BY
WESTERN LEAGUE CHAMPS

The results of last weeks shoot shows
Dickinson defeated by a margin of 10
points. and that by Butte, the last-year
champions of the Western League.
Butte's score of 97O points is the highest
score recorded in the west this year and
sets hard pace for their opponents.
High individual scores were made by
Tisdale of Butte, who scored 1877 second
honors are divided between Wolford of
Dickinson and Keep of St. Paul, with
1876 each.
Pasadena, Butte and St. Paul of the
Western League are still, unbeaten.
Milwaukee. Tacoma. Seattle and Dick
inson have each won two and lost two
matches. 81. Paul stands second high
on last weeks team scores with 967
points to its credit.
The individual scores of the Dickinson
club last week are !: Wolford 1876, Eng
abrecht 1873, Dodd 1o1, Louden 19l, Baird
1S9.e
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28
MARRIES
... I 4TH I WIFE
Joe yassar, Father n. of 1e Children,
Weds Mrs. Helene Beaudoir.
Both Have Fine Homesteads
Near Oakdale, N. D.

Joe Vassar Of Oakdale was in Dickin-
son on Thussday and gave out the in
formation that he was going to Belaeld
in the evening TO marry Mrs. Helene
Beaudoir, who would be his fourth
wife. A Catholic PRIEST had been en-
gagged to perform the ceremony.
The sroom-to-besw wss jubiIant over the
affair. and said that he had 16 living
children and his wife-to-be had three
children. Mr.. Vassar has completed the
necessary residence on his homestead
and in order to get second homestead
for this combined family of 81. Mrs.
Beaudoir, on Thursday. stepped into the
Dickinson T. s., land Office and filed as
the head OF, q household OH 100 acres at
Oakdale.
This is perfectly legitimate and the
only requirement now will be that Mr..
and Mrs Vassar reside thereon and
cultivate the land. Had the lady waited
until after the marriage she could not
have filed. ''''
1t is quite probable that the Joe
Vassar family is the largest in Dunn
county.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28
STATE FARMING CONGRESS-
IN IN D DICKINSON {; X \ On JAN. Ii; 3l-FEB.
Next Tuesday and Wednesday win Most Important Convention
Days Ever Held Western North Dakota State Congress Will
Be Organized Able Speakers VIII Address Meetings Farm E
hibis Will be Shown Everybody viii Profit by Attending

everybody. A social dance will follow
the game. Gne a
s Supt. L. R. waldron will arrange tor
a special talk on flax raising, providing
there is sufficient number desirina to
&et information along these lines.
MD-WMTER FAIR
The business men Of Dickinson arc
taking an aat! .ativ active interest il this Dry
Farming CONGRESS. and ,as evidence Of
this they are Offering a number Of prizes
fU farm produce. The following rules
will govern: -
l. Exhibits must be North Dakota
Grown.
II. Exhibits must have been grown
Of produced no earlier than 1910. and
the crops must have been grown without
irrigation. !
: III: Those exhibiting must accompany
the exhibits.
> w. Exhibits must have merit to re-
.ceive award.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28
Three ARRESTS At TAYLOR
VIM. PARADISE SKIPPED OUT

Sheriff j. A. WEIGH made three arrests
at TAYLOR on Wednesday. The charges
were keeping and maintaining a COM
mon nuisance and the parties brought
to Dickinson were S. L. Price, Henry
Brandt and George Schoenlein.
A state warrant had been issued for
VIM. Paradise, but it is supposed that
he got wind of the matter in some way
and left for parts unknown. A warrant
is out for Dr.. l. M. Cady, but his wife
reported that he was out north and the
papers will be served later. AS he has
drug store in Taylor it is not likely that
he will run away.
Price and Brandt gave bond in the
sum Uf 81, 600 each and returned home.
Schoenlein went to jail.
It is said that the state has long been
watching blind pig operations about
Taylor and this time the evidence Sc
cured Is pretty strong.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28
People OF NEW ENGLAND
NOT PLEASED With SERVICE

The change of mail service from the
old New England Dickinson stage to
the Milwaukee railroad does not seem
to please the general public and con-
siderable fault is being found with
the present service. Mail coming from
the Twin Cities is received anywhere
from two to five days later than the old
stage line would have delivered it, and
it takes mail as long to come from Dick
inson as it did from Chicago before the
change was made.
Postmaster Mckenzie has been keep
ing the department informed as to the
true conditions and urged the daily
stage to be continued for q few months,
at least, until the new road is equipped
to give equally as good service. The
Mott people are up against the same
proposition. They have asked to have
the Richardton- Mott stage continued but
the chances are that these stages are
thing Of the past for New England and
Mott.
At the present time there is no local
mail service en- the Cannon Ball branch
of the Milwaukee. AS yet there are no
mail clerks on this line and all mail
is sent in closed pouches to Mclaughlin,
where it is sorted and sent on. A letter
addressed to Mott or Regent has to 20
down to Mclaughlin one day and then
come back the next day in closed
pouch to the town addressed. The party
receiving the letter has the same trouble
in getting the answer back. Postmaster
Mckenzie has asked that a closed-pouch
service be established between Mott
and New Engand until the regular mail
clerks are put on to handle the work.
If this service is granted it will Ger
tainly help. as it would then be possible
to send letters to the county seat and
get replies the same day.
In time matters will be adjusted so
that we will have good service. but it
takes time, and for few months we
must make the best of it. One thing
that helps out right now is the fact
that all the Milwaukee employees are
very accommodating and willing to help
in every way to give the best service
possible under existing conditions
New England Herald
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28
Old timer J. N. bennett
KILLED accidentally

Word comes from Dickens, Texas, of
the death of j. M. Bennett by accidental
shooting. MIR. Bennett will be we'll
remembered by old timers, as he was
with the Long X outfit in the early
nineties and also had cattle here of his
own.
He has been located at Dickens,
Texas, for some time past and recently
elected county commissioner. on viii ch
board is A S. jackson, formerly of
Dickinson, and 10 whom we are indebted
for newspaper clipping giving details
of the death of MIR. Bennett. 1t says in
part:
while out hunting Tuesday morning
j. M. Bennett was killed by the acciden-
tai discharge Of his rifle. About sunup
he ate breakfast and told his children
at home that he would walk down around
about the deep we'll and see if he could
not kill wolf, and with that intention
he went by the store and got his 30-3O
rifle and started out. No one saw him
after this until his dead body was found
about eleven o'clock.
From all appearances the indications
are that Mr. Bennett, while crossing the
right-of-way along the road, saw some
thing at which to shoot and after work.
ing the breech of the gun he failed to
get shot and neglected to let down the
hammer, and in crossing through the
wire fence his clothes hung on barb
and in trying to loose his clothing with
one hand and with the other holding the
gun it was accidentally discharged. the
load entering the head just back of the
right ear and blowing off the top of his
head.
u. M. Bennett was about So years
old at the time of his deeth. He was
a member of the Knights of Pythias.
Praetorian and Masonic Lodges. Several
years ago he came here and established
the Spur Grain & Coal Company busi-
ness, of which firm he was a member
until his death. There are no better
citizens than was J. M. Bennett. He
was broad gauged, high-minded. gener-
ous, progressive, and his untimely end
ing at this time was a severe shock and
great loss to the entire town and
country
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28
DA!RYMEN R, |! At JAMESTOWN
ON FEBRUARY sTH AND 9TH

At last years meeting of the North
Dakota Dairymen's Association which
was held at jamestown. so much interest
was aroused and the result was SO sue
cessful that the committee at once de-
cided the. meeting should become an
annual event, and that this years meet
ing should far surpass that of any pre-
vi0us year. This years meeting will
be held at jamestown, February 9Th and
9th.
An elaborate program has been
arranged and many of the best speakers
of the state as we'll as many from other
states who are thorouahly versed in every
detail of dairylng. will deliver address
ses. An address of welcome will be
delivered by Mayor Blenwett of James
town. responded to by ". F. Siege Of
Medina. An address by President
Theodore Kahallek Of Kenmare will
follow.
Among the leading speakers are !:
Thomas Shaw of Minnesota; Prof. j. H.
Sheppard of the North Dakota Agricul-
tural College; Prof. c. E. Lee of Madi-
son. Wisconsin; L. D. Frost of New
York City and many other prominent
speakers will give short talks on the
latest methods of producing creamery
and dairy butter.
Il is expected that very large
representation of dairymen and farmers
will be in attendance from all over the
slate as well as from adjoining states.
This year the Northern Pacific has
shown their interest in this movement
by offering as reward to the winners
Of the highest scoring in both dairy and
creamery butter, beautiful solid silver
cup. These cups willbe eneraved show
ing for what purpose they. were
awarded, with the name Of the party to
whom they are awarded The presenta-
tion will follow Immediately after the
scoring contest
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28

DEATH COMES 70 FAMILY
J ELDEST son PASSES rs AWAY

The many friends Of Engineer and
Mrs. John. D. Dobsona we've pained on
January 81 to learn of the death Of their
eldest son, George M Dobson. at the
parental home ON Second Aye. W.
Death resulted from 4 bullet wound in
the head, which the family believes, to
have been accidental. NJ. and Nj,
RQReea and !. their yoqngsst sQn, Je3es-
son. were visiting relatives at Oshkosh.
Wis. where they had been since before
Christmas. George was sleeping at the
home nights and working days for the
Northwestern Laundry Co. in this city.
On Saturday morning last he did not
leave the house as had been his custom.
Little Olive Dobson, cousin. went over
about the middle Of the forenoon to feed
q cat and found the door locked. George
had been in the habit of leaving the door
unlocked 80 that the little girl could enter
the house. She went back and told her
grandmother, Mrs. Lucy Dobson, who
accompanied her to ascertain the
trouble. The keys were on the inside of
the door and they thought that they
could hear eroans. With the assistance
of Mark Sutherland the house was
entered and there they found a horrify-
ing spectacle. George was unconscious
and in dying condition and from out
ward indications it was believed that
he had met with his accident at least
an hour previous. He was taken to the
Stein hospital. where he breathed his
last at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
George Dobson was II years. months
and 1s days of age. He had always
lived in Dickinson except for about
year when he was with his grandparents
in Wisconsin, who became very much
attached to the young man and wante d
him to remain with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dobson were advised of
the awful calamity whichshad befallen
their home and returned Sunday evening
on the midnight train.
Services were held from the home
Tuesday morning, Rev. A. C. Hacke, in
the absence of Rev. j. S. Brayfie]d,
reading the Episcopal service.
W. L. Richards, S. M. Ferris. Geo. A.
Senour, C.. D. Litch. F. w. Turner and
M. L. Ayers acted as pail bearers. The
casket was covered with flowers as a
parting tribute to the life passed to the
great beyond.
Interment was made in, the Dickinson
cemetery.
Sympathy is extended to MIR. and Mrs.
DObson in their sorrow.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28

Address OF Welcome ..................
Mayor r. H. johnson.
Response .......... Pres. J.. H. Worst.
History of the Dry Farming Movement.
Sec'y. J.5T. Burns.
Soil Culture. ........ Dr. w. E.. Taylor.
Varieties of Grain for North Dakota,
Supt. w. r. Porter.
Some Results from the Dickinson Station.
Supt. L. r. Waldron.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 1 80 P. M.
Meeting to effect permanent organi-
zation of the Congress. Election of
officers.
The Relation of The State to the National
Organization, ................... -.
E. S. Delaney, Valley City.
Railroads and the Farmer, ,............
Mr.. Thomas Cooper. St. Paul.
The Farm as Business Proposition,
Supt T. A. Hoverstad.
Results of Dry Farming Methods. ......
Prof. Thomas Shaw.
Practical Talk on Crop Rotation, .......
Prof J. H. Shepperd.
Lignite as Source of Farm Power,
Supt. W. B. Snyder, Hebron.
TUESDAY EVENING :oOP Pm.
Literary Program.
Address, ............ Pres. j. H. Worst.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, 10 100 A. M.
How to Conserve and Retain Moisture in
the Soil. ......... Dr.. w. E. Taylor.
Corn Growing and the Value of the Crop
in Conserving Moisture, ........L..
Mr.. w. C. Palmer.
What the Dry Farming Movement has
Done in Other Districts, ..........
Sec'y. j. T. Burns.
Methods Of Dry Farming as Applied to
North Dakota, :. Supt w. r. Porter.
The Outlook for Hay and Pasture in
North Dakota. /. Supt. L. R. Waldron.
The Scope and Meaning of the Dry Land
Farming Movement, .................
Pres. j. H. Worst,
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 1 80 p. M.
The Development of North Dakota Farm
ing, ......... Col. r. A. Wilkinson.
The Growing of Live Stock in Conjunc-
tion with North Dakota Farming, 80.
Mr.. S. w. Unkenholz, Mandan.
The Value of the Dairy Cow for North
Dakota, 49,. Supt T. A. Hoverstad.
Cooperative Dairying,
As Commissioner R. F. Flint.
Place of Hogs and Sheep on the Farm. :.
Prof. Thomas Shaw.
Preparation of the Seed Bed and Ma
chinery Necessary. Dr.. W.. E. Taylor.
For Tuesday evening the 3 Davey
orchestra will give several selections and
there will be male quartette. The
committee is sure that this part of the
program will be particularly interesting.
For Wednesday evening Manager Fleury
has arranged q basketball game between
Co. X and Co. A Of Bismarck, at the
.armory. It will likely be close game
and should afford lots of amusement fo1
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Sunday, January %. 1880 a.. m.
Morning worship and sermon. HAS a..
m. Sunday school. $50 p. m. Christian
Endeavor meeting. 7:30 p. m. Evening
worship and sermon.
W Wednesday. February /. 7:30 p. m.
Mid-week meeting for prayer and Bible
study.
A. C. HACKE, Minister.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28
Commissioner l. l. LEWIS
CALLED TO HIS REST

L. L. Lewis, one Of the oldest settlers
in the county, succumbod to heart failure
ON Monday at his ranch home near Rock
sprfns, north Of Taylor. Mr.. Lewis was
In apparently good health and his death
was very sudden.
Mr. Lewis was born in Primrose. Wis.,,
about 81 years ago, where he lived until
q young man. Soon after marriage he
moved to Nebraska where he conducted
a farm until his coming to Taylor in
1886. whore be has since resided, taking
q prominent part in the business life of
the town and Of Stark and Dunn
counties, g...,
He was first engaged in the mercan-
tile and lumber business, selling in
1897. to Mcclure & Leutz and taking a
ranch in Dunn county at Rockspring.
Mr.. Lewis has efficiently served as county
commissioner for Dunn county for two
terms. and was at one time assessor in
Stark county. He was a conservative
business man and always made his
word good.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon from his home in Taylor and
his remains were laid at rest in the
Taylor cemetery.
The services at the home were in Nor
wegian. at the Lutheran church in Eng
lish and at the erave in Norwegian.
Rev. Mr.. Larson, the Lutheran pastor
at Taylor, officiated.
Many flowers were placed on the casket
as tribute from loving friends. includ-
ing beautiful offering from the officials
of Dunn county.
The pail bearers were: Milton Bobbt,
j. F. Christen, Erland Paulson, John
Gunwall. John Leask, and Ole Kyseth.
William Lewis. brother. from Horeb,
Wis.,, arrived in time for the funeral.
Mr.. Lewis leaves behind a wife and
five children. Irwin, Bernard, Josephine.
Ada and Lucille. all at home. The
three former having homesteads adjoin-
ing their fathers land. The many
friends of the family in Stark county
will be grieved to learn of this old
timers death.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28
WHERE IS
| JOHN KEYS ?
This is the Question Being Asked
Chicago Police. Left Dickin-
son on November % for
Bristol, Tennessee,

From dispatches in the Twin City
dailies this week it seems that inquiry
is being made of the police III Chicago.
St. Paul. Minneapolis and other cities
as to the Whereabouts Of John'C. Keys,
The manwhp LETT Diciinsonion Novembee
% toF Bristol, Tennsssee, as people hess
thought. His ticket ;wAs purchased vie
Chicago. The trunk was checked to
Brit 9tol and reached destination in due
time. but nothing was heard from Mr..
Keys, other than ,postal capf or: tNo
which it was repeeted parties in Dickin-
son received. ss5t'sF's
John Keys came to Dickinson about
sixyears ago and was made manager of
the fAntsloRe Land & Cattle Co.. having
land holdings some eight or nine miles
south Of this. city. The firm raised cattle
and made. a good deal Of money out Of
the advance in the price Of land. Will
liam Lockwood Of Pipestone. Mimi. was
preaident o., the company and q friend
Of the Keys family, which consists Of
husband. wife and son about u, years Of
age. Last summer. a tract of. land held
in MI. Keys name was sold for some
thing like SIS. 900. Whether or not the
proceeds Of the sale all belonged to Mr..
Keys is not known. ~ 49,
Subsequent to the land sale Mr.. Keys
engaged in the restaurant business.
purchasing first half interest with j.
B. Thompson in the Grill and later as
suming the entire interest. Mr.. Keys
soon tired of this business and sold.
In the meantime Mrs. Keys and son
had returned to Tennessee. They had
spent some time at the Southern home
at previous times. Mr.. Keys remaining
at the ranch home. So far as known.
Mrs. Keys has not heard from her hus-
band since he left Dickinson and she is
said to have asked the police at Chicago
to look into the matter.
John Keys left money in one of the
local banks but no checks or drafts have
ever come in against the account.
People here who knew Mr. Keys pretty
we'll do not seem to think that he has
met with foul play. although admitting
that it is possible. The name of Gussie
Meyer, former restaurant waitress here.
lately reported in St. Paul. has often
been connected with the Keys disap-
pearance. Report has it that she used
to visit the Keys ranch on Antelope
creek, and this, coupled with the de-
parture of both from the city within q
week or two of each other. is enough.
under the circumstances. to cause a fair
sized scandal.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28
PRIZES

The Dickinson Experiment Station
will have an exhibit of grains and
forage crops, with other features of in
terest. The exhibit from the station
will not be entered for competition.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28

Arrangements have been practically
completed for the North Dakota Dry
Farming Congress which meets next
Tuesday and Wednesday at the armory
in this city. The morning sessions
begin at 10 o'clock. All that is desired
now is good weather and an ex-
cellent attendance Of farmers and those
interested in farming. This invitation
Of course, includes the ladies, as their
cooperation will help greatly in the
interest of the meeting.
These two day sessions have been
we'll advertised and those who read at
all have heard about the meetings. It
is not the purpose of the speakers to lay
down hard and fast rules for the guild
ance of farming, but rather to stimu-
late and enthuse.
Agriculture is a noble calling, and ON
the whole, there is none more pleasant
If those participating have an enthusiasm
for their work. But it is difficult to
keep up this enthusiasm when working
alone. and a meeting of this sort should
so dill the husbandman with zest and
ideals that his labors will be liehtened
for the rest of the year.
The program that follows. as far as
the committee. knows, will be carried
out to the letter. All of those whose
names appear will be on hand, ready to
take their assigned places. It is
certainly peculiar farmer that will not
be able to gain some benefit and know
ledge from this varied and interesting
program.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28
CARD OF THANKS

We extend sincere thanks to those who
assisted by loving words and deeds, in
the hour. of our grief III the death of
husband and father
Mrs. L. L. Lewis.
Irwin Lewis.
Bernard Lewis.
Josephine Lewis.
Ada Lewis.
Lucille Lewis.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-28

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will have an exhibit of grains and
forage crops, with other features of in
terest. The exhibit from the station
will not be entered for competition.
!. A. T. CROWL'S SPECIAL PRIZE
= In addition to the above regular
prizes, A. T. Crowl of Dickinson, is
Offering a special prize of Sunshine
washing machine. having a value of
S11.50, for the best general display of
grain. At least, FIVE one-half bushel
samples must be entered for this prize.
One-half bushel each of the following
grains will qualify for the prize
Wheat, oats, barley, flax and corn.
Judging will be done on the purity of
the Grains, on freedom from noxious
seed and on quality, as indicated by
color and weight. This prize is we'll
worth lively competition among the
farmers.
100 LBS. OCCIDENT FLOUR
The Russell-Miller Milling Co. offers
prize of 100 pounds of Occident flour for
the best u bushel of common wheat.
The Russell Miller Milling Co., with it's
700-barrel capacity, is grinding the
Western North Dakota grown wheat, the
finest grade of hard wheat in the world.
and the person winning the pri re will
get something good. The local mill
finds a ready market for its immense
product in Montana and California
cities.
WHAT FARMERS SHOULD REALIZE
The farmers of North Dakota and of ad-
jacent states should realize that the agri-
cultural development of the northwest
is but barely begun. In order to bring
about greater development and greater
prosperity. the farmers must be educated
to practice better systems of farming,
and this Dry Farming Congress will be
one of the agents in this work. This
Congress is slate wide affair, and the
farmers of this state. and of adjacent
states, are urged to attend.
The few successes secured last season
in the drouthy districts by certain men
is good evidence that with better farm
ing methods, over the state as whole,
the injuries could have been largely
prevented. 1t is a matter of dollars
and cents to the farmers. and the farm
erS should make everv reasonable effort
to increase their knowledge in regard
to the methods and results of Dry Farm
ing. Let every farmer and everyone in
terested in farming make strong efforts
to attend this meeting. The money
invested will he reDaid four fold.