The Dickinson press., 1911-12-30

for the day. Sunday school will be
held at the usual hour.
Messrs. Forsythe, McGreGor, Gala
CHER and Near of Billings county were
in Bismarck on Wednesday in attend
ance at the meeting of the Missouri
Slope Development League.
Suits for the Macca bee masquerade
dance can be had at the j. V. Jessen
store. Prizes will be given for the best
waltzer, best dressed lady and GENTLE
man and the most comical person.
On account of the severity Of the
weather the party was not given at The
Brown Dairy farm Thursday evening.
When it gets warmer, perhaps about
January 4, the invitation will be ex-
tended again.
Twenty lady friends attended a
pleasant farewell party Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Will Car
roll, given for her mother. Mrs. T. 3.
McDonough. Two souvenir spoons and
fine shawl were presented the guest of
honor.
/ Pete Roth, foreman of the Little Mis-
souri, Horse Co. about the time the fl
T barns were erected at Gladstone, was
visiting in Bismarck this week. Mr..
Roth is now cashier of the Farmers
and Merchants state bank at New
Salem.
The past week has been busy one
for the knights Templars, degrees hav-
ing been conferred upon c. S. Lee, J..
A. Tollefson. Arthur Dinsmore and Her.
bert Anderson. W. W. Beebe. assistant
postmaster at Bel6eld. is expected down
for work Saturday night.
The coldest weather of the season was
recorded for the night of December %.
when mercury at the government gauge
dropped to 20 degrees below zero.
A little snow fell on Thursday and the
wind of the day was from the south
east. making it very disagfeeable
out of doors.
The demonstration in the Unique
window of the Medora Coal Co. product
the past week has been quite interest
ing. A miniature locomotive hauling
cars of loaded coal has been operating
on little circular track. 1t represents
Medora as busy place with its side
tracks and coal interests.
Miss Olive Arnett arrived Tuesday
from Billings and is the guest of Miss
Florence Jefferies until Monday. On
Thursday evening George Gotta entertain
ed a company of girls and boys in her
honor and Saturday evening James
Soules will be host at dinner party of
twelve. complimentary to her.
Early Thursday morning an extra
freight train left the rails at the west
approach of the Missouri River bridge
and in consequence was tied up for
three hours. The wrecker was imme-
diately sent to the place. No one was
injured and little damage was done
except to couple of trucks on the
freight cars.
Bismarck Tribune: Assistant Attorney
General F. C. Heffron of Dickinson was
in the city Thursday morning conferring
with his colleagues about the work in
hand. Recently he made number OF
raids in the county across the river and
when he is seen among the people of
any place where sightless pigs flourish.
the denizens of the pens take flight.
Joe Reilly writes from Fresno, Cali
fornia, telling of meeting William
Pangman. Some years ago these boys
were working as brakemen on the N.
P. at Dickinson. going from here to
Spokane. Mr.. Paneman finally went
to Alaska and Joe Reilly to the South.
ern Pacific in California. Mr.. Pangman
tells of meeting Gordon Dodd in San
francisco.
On Monday evening members of Co.
X and invited guests had an unusually
pleasant smoker in the Commercial
Club rooms. Capt. T. A. Tollefson,
Sergts. F. J. Flury. A. D. Davis. o. B.
Jahr and Roy Dodd had charge of the
entertainment, which consisted ol
cards, music and luncheon. and de.
serve much credit for the success ol
this annual aft a il The luncheon was
served to order.
The fixtures of the old Crowley drug
store were moved to the South Side this
week and the remaining stock to the
basement of the Masonic building. j.
j. Mccarthy has carpenters engaged for
placing his moving picture show fix
. lures and thinks that he can open abou,
the 10th of January. His brother. Vim
} cent McCarty, an expert picture show
operator. arrived Christmas night from
MissUn1a and will .he aasoci atod here