The Dickinson press., 1912-08-10

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City Auditor z. e. Hill returned from
Fargo on Monday evening.
Commissioner W. H. Hanson of Bill
lings county was transacting business
in Dickinson on Tuesday.
Miss Stella Boulger returned Sunday
from her months vacation spent with
relatives and friends in Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Sutherland re-
turned Saturday night from their pleas
ure trip of some months on the Pacific
coast.
Misses Mareery Cuskelly and Mary
Mozeley took the stage for Oakdale on
Monday, where they will visit Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. S. Cuskelly for several days.
Commissioner Frank Roquette is busy
cutting the timothy on the 100 acre
farm formerly known as the Craig place.
The first IL acres cut made him 19
loads of hay.
Some of the hail losses reported to the
John Orchard agency the first of the
week from west of New England were
the following: W. L. Bowers. John. Car
roll. W. S. Gallop. P. Blum, L. M.
French and Ed. Banmann.
A special meeting of the Commercial
Club is called by Pres. Richards for
Wednesday evening, August 14th, to
meet the members Of the Belfeld Com
mercial Club in conference.
Carl Kono. the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Kono, came up from Glad
stone this week, where he has been
spending the school vacation at the
home of his uncle, J. S. Birdsall.
Mrs. c. H. Wiley and daughter, Miss
Myra, were assisting Col. j. H. Field
entertain the choir of the Methodist
church on Thursday evening of this
week. A delightful little musicale was
enjoyed and refreshments served to the
guests
Deane Wiley returned Tuesday from a
few weeks visit with friends at Penn
bina. Grand Forks and al Detroit Lake.
Mr.. Wiley reports big crop destruc-
ton from hail in the vicinity of Penn
bina. Deane is now assisting his father
at the farm near South Heart.
The Shoe Bar Percheron Horse Co. of
Schafer is in legal controversy with
j. M. Watson of Medora over the pur-
chase of some horses. AS the PRESS
understands the case comes up in dis
trict court IN Mckenzie county. T. F.
Murtha of this city has been retained
by the plaintiffs.
Delegate T. F. Murtha left Saturday
for Colorado Springs. He arrived over
land from Schafer just in time to get
the regular through train west. He will
likely be absent from the city for two
weeks. probably returning via Twin
Cities. In the meantime Mrs Murtha
is visiting in Minneapolis.
Patrick Mckinley has decided not to
60 to Mandan after all and will give
the Gem hotel in Dickinson his careful
attention as in the past. Dickinson is
good place and Mr.. Mckinley has q
we'll established hotel trade here which
is much better than going to another
place to build up new business.
Joe Kasper was in the first of the
week from Fayette. The Kaspers were
former residents of Dickinson and Joe
noted good many changes in the city.
oe, Otto and Frank Kasper all have
homesteads in the same section and
their father lives on land adjoining.
They all farm little. Otto and Frank
having in good fields of wheat. this
season. Joe gives the most of his at
tention to horse growing, and one Of
the principal objects of his trip this
week was to see about the new law Civ
ing homesteaders a chance to secure
100 acres Of roughSland but he found
that the Dickinson U. S. land office had
not yet received full instructions as to
the method Of taking such additional
land.
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