The Dickinson press., 1912-07-20

Mr.. and MRS. r. r. Kelly were lay
lor visitors in the city last Saturday.
Miss Frances Stone came down from
Sentinel Butte Wednesday to visit with
Dorothy Ayers for several days.
Mrs. D. J. Price and Mrs. H. N.
Owens were Manning ladies who were
shopping in the city last Saturday.
C. c. Mueller of eastern Oregon. has
been in the territory this week as the
representative of foreign loan com-
pany.
r. P. Gress, Dr.. A. J. Faber, Adam
Weller and Joseph Garecht autoed up
from Richardton on Wednesday. attend
ing to business matters in the city.
Harold Farrand, son of Rev. and Mrs.
F. H. Farrand. expected to 60 out to
the 8. F.. Manning ranch this week.
where he will assist Mr.. Manning for
several weeks.
Harry Annear was in the frst of the
week. from Manning with his wool
which weighed out nearly 8 900 pounds.
P. H. Rumble took the clip for his
Philadelphia house.
A little frost was reported in some of
the low places Sunday night but so far
as known there was no damage to grain.
The government gauge at the Dickinson
experiment station recorded at "a de-
grees.
H. X. Nichols and W. A. Mosher of
Belfield are now members of the Benev-
olent and Protective Order of Elks, hav-
ing joined the ranks on Tuesday wen
ing at the regular meeting of the local
lodge.
Reports came to Dickinson this week
that E.. j. Scharf did not lose much
after all by hail in his large grain
fields in Dunn county. The half Sec
ton that he has in with C. H. Wiley
west of the city is all right too.
fl. A. Lillibridge of Occur d'Alene,
Idaho, was visiting his brother, E. A.
Lillibridge, in Dickinson one day the
past week. He has /, 200 acres of land
near Calgary and was on his way to
Toronto, s.. D., to look after business
matters.
S. S. Singer, who is the owner of a
big department store in Great Falls,
Mont, where over 60 clerks are employ
ed. visited his brother. Harry Singer,
of Schwartz & Singer. in this city. the
!, first of the week. The visiting brother
was on his way to New York to buy
foods for his store.
C.. C. Creswell said Wednesday that
the rain storm at his ranch in the Bad
Lands OF the 18th carried away one of
his watering tanks and did other dam
age. On the 18th Mr.. Creswell was in
Bowman and he learned there that the
hail had cut down quite a strip of
grain a little south of the Milwaukee
road.
!, A special council meeting was held
on Wednesday to authorize the adverti-
zine for bids for the new cluster lights
or white Way" system. There has
been an unavoidable delay in getting
this lighting system under construction
but when the bids are opened work will
be started right away. The ordinance
, for bonding the city for $40. 900 was also
read at the meeting Wednesday even
ing.
Chairman Fred W. Turner made his
report Wednesday night at the CONNER
cial Club meeting on the lunch and en-
tertainment furnished the farmers the
day of the Better Farming Train visit.
1t showed a balance of $64 on hand and
was very pleasing to the members. The
surplus was turned over to the club
treasurer. The good roads workers ar
ranged for volunteer service sufficient to
man W autos for the north on Friday.
q 1t was planned to send one crew along
, The Manning road and another toward
p New Hradec. These volunteer crews
4 will be sent out from time to time in
all directions from this city during the
coming few weeks. and it is confidently
OVAAOvS0 eAAoS AAAuNA SOON III lCSuAl
from such services. W. L. Richards
took one crew out in his auto and j. v.
lessen was to 60 out with the secone
crew.
E. H. Pierce. assistant state dair.
commissioner, was in Dickinson OF
Wednesday on his way to Bismarck. HI
had been out at the Anton Tanberl
farm to look after the silo construction
at that place and came in with W. j
Mozeley, at whose place he had previ
ously superintendent the making of a 100
ton silo. The same forms are in use a
the Tanberg place and are in good shap'
for other parties to use a little later
The thinking farmers of the state arr
just waking up, to the fact that a sill
is the very thing most needed on al
most every farm. and a great man,
loro ho;nd conotr,rfod <h;o eoooon (,