The Dickinson press., 1912-05-18

several days. t5s
For rent cheap new. good piano.
Apply to- Mrs. Olive Stramrud. No.
23s. End St. W. Il
Bertam Waddell Of North Platte,
Neb.. is the new clerk at the Dickinson
U. S. land Office in place Of John c.
Lyon who recently left for New York.
Theordore Roosevelt swept CALI
fornia at the primaries this week, carry
ing Los Angeles two to one over Taft.
Champ CLARK also won over Woodrow
Wilson.
Miss Pearl Nichols expected to ret
away Friday night for Aberdeen, S. D.,
where she will visit friends a few days
before going on to Iowa to spend the
summer with relatives.
Commissioner Hughes finished his
work in the End district on Wednesday
and started on road work in his own
district the following day. He expected
to have Surveyor. Veieel and Supt. Ed.
Koran with him on Thursday or Friday.
E: c. Cooper. general state agent for
the st. Paul Fire & Marine 1ns. Co.,
was in Dickinson on Tuesday. He went
out to South Heart where it was SUD-
posed thai he was to adjust the Joe
Cheadle fire loss on a dwelling,
Mrs. Ed. Kelley and daughter. Miss
Anna Kelley were guests of Miss
Fannie Pashley last Friday and Satur-
day. The ladies were en- route from
Livingston. Mont. to their home in
Staples. MINI.
About 1. 500 people were present last
Saturday at Glen Ullin for the biz
division rally. Senator L. A. Simpson
spoke and the daily papers say that he
was greeted with greater applause than
was accorded any of the other speakers
and there were q number.
The North Dakota. Independent Tele-
phone Co. is making extensive improve
ments in their exchange at Bel6eld.
Full night as we'll as day service will
be given Dartrons when the new ex-
change is completed about July Isl.
EVERYTHING is to be up-to-date.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Gardner of
Creston. Iowa. who have been visiting
the L. H. Nichols family for a few
weeks, moved this week into the house
recently vacated by the John C. Lyons
family in west Dickinson. They expect
to locate on a farm in this section q
little later.
Mayor Sweet and the city council of
Fargo made public acknowledgment
of the splendid services rendered by
the retiring city auditor. Ernest R.
Orchard. who is a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Orchard. of this city. He has
been a most faithful and conscientious
public official and his services have
been highly appreciated by the people
Of Fargo. A. R. Watkins succeeds him
as auditor.
About 30 ladies were gathered at
the B. H. Crawford home on Thursday
afternoon to be guests of Mrs. Craw-
ford and Mrs. Arthur Paeenkopf. Cards
wa the spirited pasttime and about S
O'Clock a fne luncheon was served on
the small tables, Miss Martaret Stewart
assisting the hostesses in serving. The
rooms were p~rofusely decorated with
bouquets of pink and white carnations
and good cheer reigned supreme. The |
same hostesses are entertaining at q
similar function. the same number of
ladies this Saturday afternoon.
Judge W. C.. Crawford will open court
in Dickinson next Tuesday but will only |
attend to citizenship matters and a few 1
court cases. II happens that district |
court in both Morton and Burleieh coun-
ties convenes at the same time and
there is also a term of federal court on
and many of the Stark county attorneys
have cases at n or more Of the out
side places and seem to prefer that the
jury term here he put over until some
time in the fall. During a political year
it seems to be hard to get cases tried.
The term for Dunn county at Manning
will probably be called the first days
of June. In Billings county the date
agreed upon is July 9th.
Geo. A.. Totten. editor of the Citizen
at Bowman and Carl M. Hjerleid.
cashier Of the State bank at the same
place. were in Dickinson on Wednes-
day. the former on his way to Bismarck
and the latter to Mandan to attend a
meeting Of bankers. They were to re-
turn to Dickinson later in the week,
having left their car in this city. Mr..
Totten is having his troubles. Recently
the court appointed Mi. Scow. a special
prosecuting attorney in Bowman for
the purpose of starting a libel suit
against him in which j. E. Phelan will
be the plaintiff. The brother Of Editor