The Dickinson press., 1912-11-16
LOCAL NEWS

As OAAo s OOAOSSS OIL uO"u
from Bel6eld Monday to do some, shop
ping.
Valentine Koch. clerk of court elect,
was filling in as the third mail carrier
this week.
Miss Ethel Dodd was called to Sen
tinel Butte Tuesday to Gaze for Mrs. r.
L. Barnett. who was ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. C yne of Clad
stone were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. C.
E. Eldred the first of the week.
Mrs. James Drury came up from Man.
dan this week to visit for about a
month at the M. Drury home here.
Miss Elsie Toreerson. night operator
at the local exchange. spent Tuesday
with her mother. Mrs. E. Toreerson, at
Taylor.
Stewart Cummings is constructing a
second sceptic tank at Mott. The first
one erected a year or two ago. did not
turn out we'll it appears.
The Mott Spotlight mar tells of being
lost on the prairie in the October 18th
storm and how the party found shell
ter at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Clark ear Gladstone, Max Hendrick
of Dickinson was in the party. The
auto was abandoned.
Alex Gilmore was down from Belield
on Tuesday. This year Mr.. Gilmore had
1000 bushels of wheat, getting an aver
age yield of about 20 bushels. A part
of his flax is under SNOW but he hopes
to be able to take care of the crop in
some way very oon
Mrs. Farrell Reilly expected to get
away the latter part of the week for
Minneapolis where she will spend the
winter. She intended going some weeks
ago but remained to be with Mrs. M.
Mckinley during her illness. Mrs. Nc
Ginley is much improved although con-
fined to her room.
The county commissioners finished
the regular work on Monday and as MIR.
Hughes vas disqualified to sit as a
member of the c%anvassing board, he
returned to Belield in the evening.
The next meeting of the board will be
the 23rd of December.
December nth is the date set for the
annual dance of the local ..Elks. II will
be n of the big social events of the
season and will be held in the armory.
Attorney P. j. Cain, Commissioner
Frank Roquette and DR.. F.. J. Hauser
are the committee of general arrange
ments.
This week the Heaton Lumber Co.
workmen hoisted the last of the i'm
mense iron Orders for the roof of the
Elk building. The roof was boarded in
and the brick work is now completed.
Contractor Nichols is happy again. 1t
looked for a little while as though he
was not going to have nice weather for
inclosing the structure.
Frank H. Gibbs. one of the ~colonists
at New England the spring of 1877,
writes from WATERFOWL. N. Y, that he
enjoys reading the PRESS, noting the
doines of old timers of the good ..old
pioneer days of Western North Dakota.
The Gibbs family lived just east of New
England for several years. later moving
to Dickinson.
The plate glass was placed for the
store rooms of the Walton block this
week. The windows on the southeast
corner has the largest plate glass of any
store in the city and Contractor M. t..
Auner breathed easier otter the glass
had been safely placed. The Walton &
Davis Co. will have the interior ready
for the plasterers within a short time.
Night Bageaeeman and Mrs. W. C.
Owen expect to leave Sunday for an ex-
tended visit with friends in the Twin
Cities, at Mrs. Owens old home in
Leon. Iowa. and with MI. Owens folks
in Melrose. Iowa, also with relatives
in Nebraska. During their absence.
Mrs. Owens mother, Mrs. W. N. Price
of Beldeld. will have charge of the
household.
1t is reported that Geo. P. Hopkins,
the mail carrier. who thought he could
drive overland with his wife and five
i, children to the eastern states. finally
gave up the attempt and sold his ::outfl
for what he could get and boarded the
train. Most people believed that Mr..
Hopkins was starting off on a wild
goose chase and he appeared to be one
of those fellows who would neve1
ask the advice Of any one.
Supt. P. S. Berg returned Saturda,
from assisting in the dedication exer.
cises of the new high school at Bis
marck. practical Education was thu
subject of Mr.. Bere's address and State
, Supt. E. J.. Taylor and Judge A. A.
Bruce were the other principal speakers
Jemes Foley had a poem specially