The Dickinson press., 1913-01-18
LOCAL NEWS

acting business in Dickinson on Thurs
day. Z.
F. A. Little was in Tuesday nigh
from Fayette for the Commandery do
inGs.
The little son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert
Dehlinger underwent a minor operation
at the local hospital on Thursday.
A. S. McDonough returned the first Of
the week TO Emerson after completing
his work in connection with the bank.
rupt Levy Bros. stock sale.
Christ Eggers still has l.. 900 bushels Of
grain to market. The roads are a little
hard for hauling and he looks for sled
ding a little later.
Mr.. and Ms. John Leask went to Me-
dora on Tuesday evening to act as wit.
nesses for Miss Selma Severing, VIII q
formerly resided in Dickinson.
Mrs. Wills Norred came in from their
Spring creek ranch on Tuesday in the
Robert Wilcox auto and expected her
husband in the following day. Mrs.
Norred goes to western Montana to visit
for a few weeks.
in the First National bank of Mar
marth. He had his Canadian invest
ments at the time and it has proved a
very good thing for him in a financial
way. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith both like the
! climate at Strathcona.
Miss Prouty. p. E. O. inspector. was
visiting the local lodge Saturday. the
meeting being held in the evening at
the home of Mrs. M. L. Ayers. The
next meeting will be on January 18th
at the home of Mrs. e. A. Lillibridge.
Miss Nora Jarvis was called from
Beach Tuesday by the sudden illness of
her sister, Mrs. Arthur Clark. Mrs.
Clark was much better on Thursday.
Mrs. E. M. Jarvis also came up from
Gladstone Tuesday to take care of her
daughter. .
j. A. Meyer, a New England real es-
tate man, came in from the south in
his auto on Thursday. G. A. Graeber
came along and went from Dickinson to
Miles City. where he is opening an
office. Mrs. Graeber and two children
are visiting at their old home in Iowa.
The basketball game Friday night
between the high school team of Bis
marck and the local highs will be a
good one. Our boys were defeated at
Bismarck a few weeks ago in a fast
game but think they can show the
others defeat this time.
Mrs. Fred Leonberger has taken
charge of the Lehigh school, going
down from her home every morning and
returning on No. 7 in the evening. Miss
Margaret Mckinley gave up her school
work there last week to manage house.
hold affairs at home during her moth
er's absence.
Auditor j.. l.. Hughes was in Belfeld
the first of the week on a school land
loan appraisal matters. The county
has two applications in for the state
board to consider at it's meeting on
January 30th. The fund is not large
and applications are already in for
more leans than will be available.
Louis Tobias returned the past week
from three weeks in the east. He Wis
tied his brothers in Canada. wealthy
Montreal merchants, and bought a large
stock of tobacco in Chicago. MIR. To-
bias will greatly increase the output
of his cigar business within a short
time. He finds his goods in demand
all over this part of the state.
During the past week the passenger
train service has been a little off, but
it has not been on account of any par
ticular trouble in North Dakota. The
cold on Saturday and Sunday naturally
made the trains a little behind time,
but the great obstacle was in the Cas-
cades, where % feet of snow ives re-
ported. .
Foreman D. S. Littlehales has been
promoted to master mechanic of the
Dakota division of the N. P. with head
quarters at Jamestow n. Mr.. Littlehales
was roundhouse foreman at Dickinson
for many years and has been holding
a similar position at Mandan for some
time. He is n of the Oldest men in
the service of the road and is deserving
of the promotion.
Miss Florence Bradshaw arrived in
Dickinson the first of the week from
spending some time with her brother,
John Bradshaw, near Regent. Miss
Bradshaw Is of Bonaparte. Iowa, and
an elocutionist. She is forming a class
here and has already quite a number OF
pupils enrolled. She gave a recital be-
fore the high school on Wednesday
which was very much enjoyed.