The Dickinson press., 1913-07-19
LOCAL NEWS

LOCAL NEWS
Jake Kipp and family had a startling
experience at their home at the North
Dakota Pressed Brick Co. works east
of the city one night recently when q,
bolt OF lightning tore down the Chin
ney and darted- across the room in
which they were sleeping. Fortunate
ly no one was injured. Mr.. kipp is
foreman at the brick plant.
George Bear, n of the workmen in
the water works crew now at work in
the new sewer district of the city,
states that he was a resident Of this
country for a time about IS years ago.
His uncle. Charles Bear, was engaged
at the time in the stock business near
the Kildeer mountains. George Bear
just filed on q homestead in the vicin-
ity of Rhame.
According to the dispatches from
Washington, W.. A. Beck, a former
resident of the city, becomes a bank
director. The report says:-The comp
troller of the currency is in receipt of
an application for a charter for the
First National bank of Baker, Montana,
with a capital stock of SIS. 600. The
incorporators named in the application
are L. E. Baker, l. A. Cunning, F. F.
Beasley, ]. L. Bristow and WA. Beck.
E. L. Scoield was sending his old
friends in Dickinson this week cards
and description. of his California Dry
ing Rock for printing offies. 1t seems
that Mr.. Scofeld has patented this de-
vice which he is now Offering to the
trade. 1t looks like q good thing and
the PRESS hopes that the owner realizes
we'll from his invention. Those inter-
ested a address. Scofeld's Print Shop
1924, F. St., San Diego. Californis,
and get a description card and a
GOOD likeness Of E. L. thrown in.
According to the Dunn County News
q former resident of Dickinson Yves
recently q visitor at the county seat of
the county north. The News says =
IN. E. Chase, n of the old time resi-
dents of the county, wal in town Tues
day from his farm twenty miles east.
Mr.. Chase was one Of the early set-
tiers on Knife river and engaged in
stock raising and later started farming
operations. This is his second visit to
Manning since the county wal organ
lied and he notes a great many
changes, especially the growth and de-
velopment' of the town :"
Fred Holtz and E. Shilsted, two Mott
farmers. were in Dickinson on Monday
en- route north. Mr.. Shilsted had been
"a resident Of the Mott country about
nine years. He had sold out everything
but his horses, sent his family to east
ern South Dakota and expected 10 bring
up there after visiting his sister. Mise
Shilsted. near Quinion and closing out
q few head of horses. These gentlemen
stated that the crops were very lieht
in some Of the country though which
they had travelled. The Black butte
country and the farms this side gave
promise of an average crop.
The crops at the Fisher farms on
Green river were never better. The
season has been ideal and it has not
been necessary to 8 the inieatine
plant at all. Mr.. Fisher says the alfalfa
that he thought had been winter killed
came on and dives promise Of q aood
crop. He drilled wheat in on q part Of
the alfalfa ground and now he hardly
knows whether to cut for hay or seed.
MI. Fisher set an acre and a half to
trees in the spring on the river bottom
and he expects to be successful in eet-
ting n of the prizes offered BY the
business men of Dickinson for the best
1000 trees grown in 1918.
Hettinger County Herald Ike Al
lison OF Bentley and Miss Minnie Arne-
son, who has been at the "A. =. Rose
nome in this village for the past
month. were united in marriage il
Dickinson on July 5th. by County judge
FRED Maser. This was the first wedding
to take place in Dickinson since the
new law went into effect which re-
qulres that each Of the contracting par
ties have to undergo a physical exam
nation before they are allowed Is be
married. Both young people were per-
fect specimens Of health and the mar
|rlaee was performed in the presence Of
2 lew friends and the happy couple re-:
turned lfle to New England the same night.