The Dickinson press., 1912-11-09
LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. e. H. Silvernail of
Taylor spent Wednesday in the city.
ROLAND Brien returned Wednesday
from marketing beef cattle in Chicago.
His steers sold al SITS per cwt.
Eugene Greene. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. j. Greene. is back again from his
trip to California and other coast states.
The election board in Roosevelt pre-
cinct, just outside the village limits
of Taylor made a record Tuesday night
and had their Is votes all counted at
8 20 in the evening. The members of
the board were M. M. Bobb. H. E.
Skauge, Adam Gabe and Pom McGraw.
Mrs. Jefferies..was entertaining Misses
Emma Christensen. Jennie freeman
and Nellie Dinsdale, also Walter Ray
at dinner on Monday in honor of the
birthday anniversary of her son, VIM.
Jefferies. Nm left the next morning
for the ranch in the country north.
Supt. F. L. Watkins was in Dickin-
son on Thursday from Bismarck. MI.
Watkins is the county officer who is
carrying the keys to the Elk hall at the
capital city. He secured four loads OF
beer and liquor. books. etc.. from the
ball last Saturday. night and locked the
place up. d.
Miss Hazel Fox has taken the posi-
ton as %bookkeeper at the F. L. Ro-
quette store. resiening as teacher in
the Stults school. Mr.. Suits was in
the city Thursday looking for a teacher
to take charge of the school which is
a quarter of a mile from his home and
five miles from the city.
The Ladies of the Maccabees were
royalty entertaining their friends on
Wednesday evening at the Odd Fellows
hall. Dancing was the feature of the
evening and a delicious luncheon was
served to the guests. A good crowd
was in attendance.
j. P. Galyen was down from Belield
on Wednesday. The early returns in
dictated his election to the Office of clerk
of court, but later in the day he con-
ceded that Valentine Koch had. won the
election. MIR. Galyen made a clean
campaign and has a good deal of salts
faction in the fact that he received 81
votes in his home precinct, Fertile VAL
ley, as against the combined vote of IA
for his opponents. In Belfeld he re-
ceived IS votes against % for his op-
ponents.
The election returns were furnished
Dickinson people in good shape in the
St. Charles annex. Manager Norton of
the Western Union installed instruments
in the room formerly used al a tailor
shop where the messages were received
and bulletined in the large store room
formerly occupied by Boulaer & Hughes.
Vic Chelgren, secretary of the demo-
cratic central committee. had charge of
the affair 80 far as securing funds was
concerned.
Anton Anderson was down from
Bel6eld on Thursday to bid on 40 acres
of land from the sale of isolated tracts
at the U. S. land Office. Mr.. Anderson
is guardian for Mrs. Gus Anderson and
it was for her that he purchased the
40 acres adjoining her farm. Mr.. An
derson had a good crop this year get
ting 80 bushels per acre from 121 acres.
Mr.. Anderson is just four miles from
Bel6eld and was in the stock business
in previous years. !.
Fred Wilson came in from the west
the first of the week. and expected to
leave with his family the latterpart of
the week for their future home in Ia
coma. Wash. Mr.. Wilson has been
with the N. P. railway company at Ia
coma since leaving Dickinson several
weeks ago and will make his permanent
home there. Fred Wilson had been a
resident of Dickinson for almost %
years and the family leave many
friends behind in their removal to the
coast country.
Patrons of the Dickinson postofice.
who have lock boxes were pleased on
Sunday to find that they could get their
mail the same as week days. The
closing or erdor the on-placing of mail
In boxes the past month or six weeks.
has not been popular. There are a4good
many travelling men and Others who
reside in or make their headquarters in
the city. who often get around too late
Saturday night to get mail and when
they were unable to get it on Sunday
they were often greatly inconvenience.
The Epworth League of the Metho-
dist church held its regular monthly
business meeting and social at the G.
A. Anderson home Tuesday evening.
The following members have been
taken in during the past three months
Miss Fannie Farrand. Mrs. Robert Stein.