The Dickinson press., 1912-08-03

John Vossbeck and his daughter, Miss
Elsie, spent Sunday in Richardton. Wis
iting friends.
Otto Miller, who has been assisting
his brother, Fl. X. Nichols, for the past
several months, left the first of tn e
week for the Twin Cities and Fargo.
Frank Zimmerman and his guest,
Robert Rockwell. left Sunday for the
Zimmerman-Heisler ranch near Cart
wright, going to Sidney by train then
driving to the ranch.
Mrs. W. F. Burnett was expecting her
sister, Mrs. Eugene Decker, known to
her old friends here as Miss Alice
Merry, and baby this week to make her
a few days. visit.
Editor E. X. Jenkins and H. C. Has
per autoed in from Manning on Wednes-
day Mr.. Kasper is the gentleman who
received the nomination for sheriff on
the republican ticket.
Mrs. ]. W. Swope returned Wednes-
day from Philadelphia, where she re-
NAMED to visit at her old home for sew
eral weeks after her tour of the south
ern and eastern states with Mr.. Swope.
W. R. Clark of Lennon was in Dick
inson a few days the first of the week.
MIR. Clark is buying cattle. and was in
around Gladstone for a few days. He
has a new two-passenger Ford and gets
over the country very easily.
According to the Billings County Her
aid the people living down the river
from Medora will harvest the best crop
this year they have ever had. Among
the bigger farmers on the river are the
Young brothers and George Gardner.
Miss Clara Williams, one of the
noted soprano singers of Minneapolis,
accompanied the Crowl family on their
return auto trip this week and will be
a guest of Misses Alcott and Currie at
their farm south of the city for some
time.
DR.. L. c. Smith was in from his farm
near Snow for a few days this week.
The doctor has nearly 400 acres in
wheat, fax and oats this year that
promises a big yield. He IS getting
some hay up now and will be all ready
for harvest in a few weeks.
Miss Nellie Dinsdale returned last
Thursday by stage from her visit at the
Christensen ranch neal Oakdale. Miss
es Ethel Dodd and Jennie freeman re-
main for some time longer with Miss
Christensen on the ranch. Miss Dins-
dale has charge of the books for the
Beard Auto Co.
f. S. Peterson came down from Terry,
Montana, to accept mason work on the
Elk building. Mrs. Peterson and two
children are living on the homestead
out e Mary. They have a COW and
horse and r getting along very nicely.
The family formerly resided in this city.
L. H. Nichols was called to Denver
on Monday where his father was very
ill. The elder Mr.. Nichols visited his
son here for several months going to
Denver about a year ago. He has had
two previous strokes of paralysis and
Mr.. Nichols hardly expected to find him
alive when he reached his bedside.
Not all Of the people in Dickinson
know that they can enjoy a nice motor
boat ride Oh the Heart river at this
place. The boat and its operator.
Leavitt Butler, will be at the N. P.
dam all afternoons. evenings and Sun
days and for twenty-five cents. anybody
can enjoy q ride o. the water. The
river, is navigable for the boat as far as
the west brick plant, q distance Of
about q mile. and the river is unusual
ly high this season. The boat which is
owned by McDonough and Ryder, is the
drst motor boat ever used on the river
here and as far as known the only one
between Mandan and Glendive.
Mrs. w. p. Owens and children, also
her sister. Miss Gladys Allen, were on
their way to Manning the first of the
week from Rochester, MIMI. where they
were with Mr.. Owen who is in the
Mayo Bros. hospital. Mrs. Owens was
called to Manning OF business and ex-
poets to return to Rochester in a few
days. MI. Owens has been undergoing
very rigid examinations and is improv-
ing somewhat under a careful diet and
the doctors expect to operate on him
soon. His case is something of a puz-
zle to his physicians.