The Dickinson press., 1912-12-21
Local New.

L. W. Little of Manning expected to
start for the Twin Cities the last of
the week to spend the holidays.
Mrs. L. I. French of Belaeld was in
Dickinson on Monday in the Seventh
Day Adventist missionary work.
Charles Erbstoesser. a thrifty farmer
from Richardton. was attending to
business matters in Dickinson on Tues
day.
John Orchard, agent for the United
States & Guaranty Co.. was one of
the early ones to hand out 1913 calen-
dars this season.
On account Of the Treinmen's ball on
Wednesday evening the Commercial
Club meeting was postponed until the
evening of January first.
Mr.. nd Mrs. Joe Regan arrived last
Friday from their honeymoon trip on
the Pacific coast and have rooms in
the Chas. E. Hughes residence for the
present.
Joseph Rid. Jr., has sold 1000
bushels of grain and is holding about
as much more for better prices which
he looks for before another crop is
matured.
Bishop Mann was the quest of Post
master and Mrs. N. C. Lawrence dur
ing his stay in the city the first Of the
week. He left Monday night for his
home in Fargo.
Ignatz Muth is busy marketing his
grain from IA miles south. He has
two and three teams on the road nearly
every day and it will take him some
time to finish.
Mrs. C. o. Deaon arrived last week
from Mandan. and will make her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Kehr and
little grandson, Edward Kehr. Mrs.
Kehr is pianist at the Unique theatre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Boettscher and
children came in from New England by
auto on Monday arriving just in time
to get No. 3 for Missoula, Mont. near
which place they expect to make their
home.
Glen Casady marketed his grain from
the machine and during the winter
while the work on his farm just south
of the city is light. he will be engaged
in teaming-delivering coal from the Da-
kota Fuel Co. mine portion of the
time.
A. E. Haas from four miles north of
Zenith. was transacting business in
Dickinson on Tuesday. Mr.. Mas has
Just finished threshine for the season.
He had good seasons work. In his
own place he threshed 3, 900 bushels of
wheat and 800 bushels of flax.
Frank C. Kuntz. one of the brick
masons in the Charles Bake crew, re-
ports good seasons. work the past
season. He expects a few weeks more
work and then there is not likely to be
much doing in his line until spring.
The outlook for another season~is very
good.
Henry Fritz was down from Belfield
last Saturday to look after some collec-
tions. His farm northeast of the city is
rented by John Geiger. Mr.. Fritz
farmed about so acres this year and
got /. 400 bushels of Grain but he de-
pends more upon cattle and horses for
making living.
Cornelius Thomas. one of the big
farmers in the Daelum territory, was in
the city the first of the week on busi-
ness. Mr.. Thomas had over IL. 900
bushels of grain this year. $500 Of it
being wheat. Some of his wheat went
81 bushels to the acre and fax IA BUSH
els, Mr.. Thomas has section of good
land nine miles south of South Heart.
the town where he markets his crop.
Miss Mary c. Murn. who teaches
school at South Heart and lives with
the W. j. Kennedy family, was in
Dickinson Saturday and Sunday, visit
ing her aunt, Miss Mary Murn. Miss
Murn is a daughter of the late Pau
Murn. who was roadmaster on this di.
vision in the early days and the fam
lily now have their home in Minnesota.
She will spend the holiday season witt
her uncle, Roadmaster Pat Murn oi
Glendive.
Bowman Pioneer: T.. F.. Roberts o.
Cottonwood Grove ranch, was in towr
one day this week with load of wheat
He has been q resident Of this part o.
Billings county for the past thirty year
or more and this is the first time he ha
hauled q load of wheat to town to sell
He has always fed the grain to stock,
but this year he thought he weuld se'
how It felt to haul wheat to town ant
take home load Of -four. T. F. say
It felt all right. all but the price he 60
for the wheat.
n B, O. Kindley is busy hauling hi