The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
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On Thursday, May End, q meeting
pose OF organizing the Dunn County
Development League to work with the
Missouri Slope Development League and
other organisations to. boost the Slope
country.
In the Experimentation Geo. L.
Grayson is the Dunn county represen-
tative and is instrumental in getting
the movement started here.
Percy Starke-..o Of Chicago arrived in
Manning last Friday for a few days
visit with Old time friends. Since
leaving Manning last year Percy was
employed in the Windy City, bu is
making a short visit with his brother,
Atty. C. H. Starke in Dickinson.
The two steel bridges on Spring
creek, one at c.. c. Potter's and one
near the hell. went down with the food
last week and were entirely swept
away. Spring creek. Knife river,
Crooked creek and other streams in the
county were the highest since the
heavy June rains in 1906.
Louis Palmer returned last week from
Duluth where he had gone as a witness
in the case against E.A. Towle. men,
ton of whose arrest on q deal with
horses and land was made q few weeks
ago. Towle was bound over to the
next term of court, which will convene
in Duluth some time in May.
On April 9Th at the Manning hotel,
occurred the marriage of Miss Edith
Merrill to Joseph Dardis. Justice G. w.
Morton performing the ceremony in the
presence of Mrs. W. P. Brooks and H.
A. Kaspar. Both bride and groom are
we'll known in Dunn county. both hav-
ing lived in the Oakdale country for
several years past. The bride is the
youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. W.
Merrill and formerly attended school
in Dickinson. Mr.. and Mrs. Dardis ex-
pect to 60 to housekeeping at once on
the groom's farm in the north country.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Dunn County Abstract
company. H. N. Owens was elected
president, M. S. CuskelIy, vice presi-
dent. j. A. Palmer and W. A. earns
were reelected to the former Offices.
that of treasurer and secretary and man
ager, respectively. The company has
made a good showing during the past
year under the management of Mr..
earns. and a liberal dividend on the in
vestment was declared.
At the meeting of the commissioners.
VIM. Connolly, Paul liner and Joseph
Hushka members, it was voted that the
petition for q bridge across Spring
creek at the Pelton place be laid over
until the board can make accurate
measurements. The following for FORE
closure sales were designated: Oakdale.
Halliday. Manning, New Hradec and
Erland Paulson'a.
w. A. earns of Marshall rented his
farm tc his son-in-law. Cole Smith, for
the ensuing year. .
Rumor has it that there are three of
Mrs. C. F. Merry's horses dead out on
the prairie. It is also said that since
the first of April some of the homestead
ers are trying to get ever with the stock
men who have been mean enough to al
low their stock to destroy the farmers
ungathered fax.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Lind, four miles south of Manning,
was the scene. of a very pleasant gath
ering Easter evening. The occasion
was the tenth anniversary of the mar
RAG of MI. and Mrs. Lind and incl
dentally q farewell for Miss Grace
Miller who has just finished q very
successful years school in this district
and who commences q spring term at
Renville this week.