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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-25
D OK E Y

has deposits amounting to $40, 900.
The. Farmers and Merchants State Bank
also has a capital of $15 00u. ii. ID. Bloss
Is president, G.. u. Larson vice president
and Ear Scea cashier. In its june re-
port, the f. and NJ. had deposits Of a
little more than $4,000.
Diversification Practiced. Z
Dickey has a territory in which wheat
is not alone. The farmers have taken to
raising corn and livestock They diver
sify their crops. They raise cattle ana
sell the cream, and the total of Their
cream shipments is no small mount.
Cream checks going through the Dickev
State Bank totailed 800 per month, anu
checks passing through the arIne ana
Merchants amounted to 1913, maklh Il
total monthly return to the farmers IN
that Immediate vicinity Of 81, 025 every
month.
RI. Il. Mack Is the publisher OF the
DiclSey Reporter. The Reporter has Deen
running for many years, anu Is always
alive when it comes to boosting the In
tcrestS vi the town. Mr.. Mack OWNS rea'
estate in the vicinity also ahd Knows
tlat his confidence IS rot misplaced MNaell
'F+A g. AEiF e. ~ ..
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-25

he places it in Dickey or La MoIre cOun-
IS. For jus. ten years the, Reporter has
been on the job. looking for every OPP
pCrtunity 20 work for anything that
would better the town. and draw SGT
tiers to the county from the outside.
Grain Shipments.
Ninety eight cars, or 135,0O0 bushels
of grain We're shipped out of Dickey las
fall from the two elevators TEe@PoE-
ers Elevator company shipped aboutf2S
cars. Or $1,000 bushels. The Power; iir.1
is the Oldest in the town, beng estab'.
lished in 1899. $. Z. Swanson is the PRES
ent local manager.
The Andrews Grain company was ,es-
tablisked in 1907. This company shipped
out y cars. Hr 100. 900 bushels o. grail
last fall. \. c. Tidgway is tile local man
ager Of the company.
Tho SulZer' Lumber company operate
practically the only yard in the town Of
Dickey. 4. Harvey is the LOCAL manager.
Mr. Harvey has been with The Sal%rr
people for four years. two OF which have
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-25
Ing tie trade of the country and the

ing tie trade Of the country and the
town so ably.
Adam Ebert is blacksmith and wagon
worker. lie has been IN business for hve
years, but has been a blacksmith else
where for ten. He Is an .up.to-date black
smith, a capable n efficient wood and
wagon worker. and q good man to do
ho~rseshoeing, plow and drflf work.
Hare -Four Years. n.c .s7-5,
+. w. Weber, general merchandise, has
been in the business for four years. Keep
Ing a fresh. modern stock and using thr
best methods in dealing with his custo-
mers, ne secured and holds a 0 shara
of tie country-as well as city--trade.
". W. Patton deals in hardware, furnt.
.mc and harness. He also Is the ageit
for pianos. He has been in the business
for 10 years. He Is also Interested in
the Dlckey Grain company.
=. +. Brusseau is the popular tonsor-
ial artist He has been in business In
the town. for only a short time--less thai
q GEAR, but already he is making good
and has established himself in the town
as Il first-rate barber.
The Mack-Clh,nDer implement Gem
.pany has been going for the last ten
years, ever since II. D. Mack, publisher
If the Dickey Reporter and Tart owner
IN this company. started in business in
G,:cliey. There Is nothing in the way OF
machinery that INC Mack-Chalnbers com
rilny does not candle.
Sanitary Meat Market.
8 rho Sanitary Al'at Market g Car
penter, proprietor, has been in business
III his tow for about n year, making
easily u total business Of 5000 per month.
Mr.. Carpenter deals in live stock and
poultry, hides and furs. Z
Dickey is known as the Park City"
TO one who has had the fortune to visit
the town, the appelation is well put, for
close to the banks the beau
tiful James River and half buried in
trees, is an idyllic place in which to
reside.
And the good schools and churches
which Dickey possesses are the great
responsible for the pride of the
of both the town and the i'm
mediate country.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-25

been spent in Dickey. Mr.. SidGway re-
Doris that building has been steadily 90
Ing IN over the Dickey county and tLat
!upibfr has been, H. active de,naHd. .
~ y. Wekcr. oMlieE. of the pool haN,
handles in CONNECTION cigars. contec-
tiontry and soft drinks. He has been IN
tusicss for three years, and has, 4 stock
NOW worth We'll over $1,000
Farmers Elevator.
The Farmers Elevator company ship
ped 10 cars from August on 10 the end
OF asst season, this amounting i'll bush.
eistto the round number of $50. 90" T. NJ.
SCHNEIDER is buyer %.t:d. manager. Ihe
Farmers Elevator company was started
in4I,iciey in 1907
. Sibert aTiesstad and <l'auls L llegStad
comprise the firm of sHsgstud Bros, 3dell
crs III geneial merchandise. The broth
sels have been in business for three
years. Tegstad Brothers are merchants
who know swhat.kind softas stocks to =
to meet the needs of their customers,
and for thi sreason they %shcceed in hold
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-25

one Of the jamestown men who PA; tbs
road through, and the man who owned
the townsite Of Jamestown. Mr.. Taylor
himself came to. North Dakota in 1877,
and says that the first store in Dickey
was built in July, 1886. Within, a very
short time after this, a blacksmith shop
and q residence We're added.
Before the road came through. the
farmers hauled their grain to either
Jamestown Or La Moure, While not rs
far as other pioneers had TO haul their
produce, It wa an Inconvenience. and
both Mr.. Wells and mr.. Dickey knew
when they proposed the road that it Vas
q necessary step in settling the territory.
Was Once Dickey Landing.
Even now the town is not far from
the river, but in the earliest days the
postoffice used to sit on the river bank.
Lumber for building the first buildings
came down the river on q raft. The place
where the lumber was unloaded and
where the postoffice was located was
known as Dickey Landing. That was. the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-25
sx SCOOP.

&80 & ny SCOOP q
Entering jamestown, the main HIe Of
the Northern Pacific shoots in a south,
erly direction for fifty miles, Il spur, IS
La MOure. 1t Is III old Wells * Dickey
line which these men built With their
money and with tlittt 6ftthe people
on the proposed line when the Northern
Pacific 0 declined to put one in. La
ter the Northern Pacific purchased the
line and connected 1t with the branch
out Of fargo to Oaies. The Wells ~
Dickey line was put in in 1885, after the
grade had lain unused for some time.
On that line are perhaps eight or nine
towns. They are all pretty towns and
very close to nature for the Wells Il
Dickey line follows the James River up
to Jamestown. One of these few towns,
located close to the river in the extreme
northern part Of La Mourc ounty Is
the town Of Diciey.
The Hotel Man.
David Taylor, the hotel man, is an old
timer nf this particular part of the coun-
ty and knows IKE q book the history of
the town. Dickey, according to Mr.. ray
lor, was christened after Alfred Dickey,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-25

- ~ EfHI+ Wy
beginning of the town.
Time went on and the town grew. Moro
farmers came in and settled and the
crops reached better condition. Dickey
grew every yeas In 1904 the first bank
was established. The hotel has been in
existence since 1895. Two years after
tfiat-in 1S97-the Hotel Commercial
made its appearance.
The year 1888 saw the appearance OF
the first grain ilathouse just three years
after tile first train steamed down the
fifty miles. from jamestown to La 5Moure,
in October. f
Many Business Places.
at ~the%presert time pickey has Two,
banks, a newspaper, drug stores
Merchandise stores dealing IN hardware,
groceries, dry goods, and all the other
r~ecessaries as well as ~luxuries Of life.
Tile Dickey StateiBank wits establish
ed In 1906. IT is capitalized cat So, ooe,
ana has as orflcersss.sJ. A. May, presi-
dent; Thos. nyvaldfe.,; vice president, and
Fred" AZ May cashier. The Dickey State
RI ~ ~. - ~ sWFpE - ~ h a-A- -@ L4E VI NA4 Ee
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-25

and has shipped over 10: 900 bushels Of
grain. H. ortby Is the general manager.
The Dwight elevator of the Duluth
Elevator company handled last year 30
600 bushels OF grain. Albert NJ. Olson is
the local manager. Tie elevator was
erected in 1880. Mr.. Olson took charge Of
this elevator III 1912, and has become 50
well acquainted with the farmers q the
ineiSnborhood that his elevator gets q
good share or the grain raised
Dwight igsa live little town, with the
!tsfrit1fy tRat makes TIA wyllthy csn-
tSt. t11 ban ta1fH ui,tshfit Mass . AAotns
~ Indication ~ tns ens1dsiaSss ana IN
loyalty a. ~ cittssns.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-12-11
decade" His chest swelled with justi-

decade" His chest swelled with justi-
fable pride.
How: When?' they questioned
He told them of his terse yet COM
prehensive interview at the Waldorf
ten days previous. enjoying their ex-
pressions of smazfipent TO the full
and explaining In detail the difficulties
he had surmounted In securing such
liberal figures from Sir Thomas.
I'VE were ready to take the contract
for f1.30o,0o0. as you will remember.
but by the exercise of some diplomacy
he coughed modestly-"l may say. by
the display of some irmness and In
dependence. / succeeded in securing a
clean profit of 100000 over what we
had expected" He accepted their con-
CALCULATIONS with becoming ditfidence.
OF course his statement created a
sensation, but il was as nothing TO the
sensation that followed upon the re-
ceIpt of a cablegram the next day
which read:
At-wylie, Newark New Jersey.
Terrible mistake somewhere We have
lost. Am coming home today.
Mr.. Jackson Wylie. Sr-. also went
home that day. by carriage. for. after
raving wildly of treachery and ours
ing the name of some English noble
man, unknown TO most of his hearers.
he collapsed. throwing the office into
confusion There were rumors Of an
apoplectic stroke. Some one tele-
phoned for physician. but the presi-
dent of the Atlantic Bridge company
only howled at him when he came.
What bit the old man deepest was
the fact that he could not explain to
his associates: that he could not even
explain to himself as yet He could
make neither heads nor tails of the
affair. for his son was on the high
seas and could not be reached. Even
when that sorrowful young man ar
rived. week after the shock, the IA
Their could gather nothing except the
bare details at first.
1t seemed that the Royal Barrata
bridge commission had met on the
18th day of May for the second time
in its history with Sir Thomas Drum
mond in the chair. In the midst OF an
ultra British solemnity the bids were
opened and read-nine of them, two
Belgian. one German. two French, one
English. one Scottish and two Amerf-
can
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-12-11

| The only proposals that conformed
/ to the specifications in every respect
were the last named. They were per-
/ feet. The Atlantic Bridge company OF
! Newark. n. j.. offered TO do the work
as specified for f1.6O0.OOO. The Pat
| terson Bridge company. through its au-
1 thorized agent Mr.. Henry Hanford,
named a price Of E1.550.OOO. The rest
/ was but matter OF detail.
jackson Wylie the second spread his
hands in gesture Of despair.
And | thought had it cinched all
the time" said he dolefully.
You had il cinched," beloved his
father. You ruined it all! Why in
hi did you send him over here?"
II? Send who?''
THAT man with the boots. That ly-
ing. thieving scoundrel. Sir Thomas
Drumpond, Of course"
The younger wylie's face showed
blank. uncomprehending amazement.
Sir Thomas Drummond was In Lon
don all the time. l saw him daily,
said be.
And then Wylie senior began to see
clearly for the first time He did not
rave. however. He was stunned IL
took him months to taste the full BIT
teruess Of il And even then he might
never have understood the matter thor
oughly had il not been for missive be
received through the mail. Ii was
bill from q London shoe store for
twelve pairs OF boots Of varying styles
made out TO Henry Hanford and
marked Paid"
Mr.. Jackson Wylie. Sr-. noted with
unspeakable chagrin that the last word
was heavily underscored in ink, as il
by another hand.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-12-11
BE A FOE TO FEAR.
II Never Won a Cause or Battle Nor
Built Railroad.

It Never Won a Cause or Battle Nor
Built Railroad.
Was anything ever done by one who
was afrsIidf
Would Columbus have made his dis
covery OF the new world If be had
I been burdened with dark fore6odings?
Would the gospel ever have been
world if the missionary had feared his
mission?
I Would there have been q United
/ States If the signers OF the Declaration
I OF Independence had feared for thei,
lives. Us well they mightl
Would the railroads have crossed tbs
continent and pierred the desert and
would our captains OF industry have
had the courage of their convictions in
building our iudustrieS-the wonder of
the world for size. output and wages"
II they had been timid while riskinsi
millions?
Was battle ever won by 8 general
who feared! Was ever a great cause;
vindicated By one without g strong
heart and undytns hope? Was ever al
prize secured by competitor who did
not enter the race believing be must!
and would VIM
Is snything more contemplate than
cowardice? Is anything more noble
than courage? Is anything more child
ish than fear or anything, sveeter than
confidence in an age OF unrest. unrea-
son. suspicion and dasturbancel
Let Us turn from the dismal swamps
and lift up our eyes 10 the hills Let
hope inspire and courage strengthen
and the battle viii be won.
This is the lesson TO teach the chill
dren in our schools. to tell to the pa
tent toiler ar his work. TO speak % the
anxious business man at his desk. 10
impress upon the preacher in his pull
pit and the counselor in the hall OF leg
islation.
And faint heart never won fair lady.
John A. Sleicher In Leslie's
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the first shipment Of 800 beasts ready in
three months. he said that be could
He sent his brother and other trusty
men to do the buying and set sail in a
vessel he had chartered and fitted up
especially for the purpose He could
not find any saddle to suit him. SO he
invented one and had the saddlers OF
Hamburg make them. He had his
first shipment delivered in three
months. and then the rest Of the thou
sand were furnished. The German
government was so pleased with the
animals. their quality and the speed
Of their delivery that it took another
thousand OF them from him.-Chris-
sian Herald.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-12-11
Haqenbeck Was a Hustler.

Carl Hagenbeck was the most re-
nowned animal collector and dealer in
the world He supplied nearly all the
menageries and ZOOS in three CONT
nents. He kept his animals in large
park at Stollingen. near Hamburg.
During his last years be did not go far
from home and took no risks from
wild animals. In 1905 the German
government asked him II he would
furnish 1000 drcmedaries. provide sad
dies for each and transport them thou
sands of miles from East Africa to
German Southwest Africa and have
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-12-11

What is the amount OF your pro
posal?'
The president Of the Atlantic Bridge
company gasped. This was bolder
than anything he had ever expert
enced. Many times be had Witnessed
public officials like Sir Thomas Drum
mond approach this delicate point, but
never with such matter of fact GER
tainty and lack of moral scruple. Evil
lently, however. this Englishman had
come 10 trade and wanted direct
answer. There was no false pose. no
romance here. But Jackson Wylie. Sr..
was too shrewd a business man TO
name a rock bottom price to begin
with The training of a lifetime
would not permit him to deny him
self a liberal leeway for hedging:
therefore he replied cautiously:
My figures will be approximately
f1.400.000." 1t was his longest speech
thus far.
For what seemed an hour to the
bridge builder Sir Thomas Drummond
gazed at him with cold. hard eye.
then folded his papers, rolled up his
blue prints. placed them in the big
travelling bag and carefully locked it.
When he had finished be flung out
this question suddenly:
Does that include the commission
ers?"
Up to this point Mr.. Jackson Wylie
had spoken mainly in monosyllables.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-12-11
Onion Corn ReredY.

Here is very simple remedy for
corns. but one which is ordinarily most
effective Boil the strong outer skin
NJ an onion until IL is quite tender
and then bind il On 70 the toe with q
linen bandage while still warm. Put
fresh applications on night aud morn
ing for two or three days. when the
corn should detach itself. The scar will
soon Disappear and the corn viii not
return.-Chicago Record 81 eraid
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-12-11
A Dramatic Author.

Like most aetor-managers. Macready
was pestered by would be dramatic
authors. An ambitious young fellow
brought him a FIVE act tragedy one
morning to Drury Lane.
MY piece" modestly explained the
author. lis chef d'oeuyre. l will an
swer for its success. for | have con-
suited the Sanguinary taste OF the pub
lie My tragedy is so tragic that all
the characters are killed OF at the end
Of the third act"
with whom. then" asked the man
ager. do you carry on the action Of
the last two actsT
with the ghosts Of those who died
in the third. "-Cornhill Magazine.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-12-11

Now he quit talking altogether. 1t was
no longer necessary. He merely shook
his head in negation. He was smiling
slightly.
Then | shall ask you to add f200.-
900 to your price," his lordship an
nounced without a quaver. Make
your bid FL 100000 and mail it in time
| for Wednesdays boat | sail on the
same ship. Proposals will be opened
on the 25th. Arrange for an English
indemnity bond for 10 per cent Of your
proposition. Do not communicate in
any manner whatsoever with your son
except to forward the bid to him. He
is not to know of our arrangement
You will meet me in London later. We
will take care of that 100000 out Of
the last 40 per cent of the contract
price. which is payable thirty days aft
er completion, inspection and accept
ance of the bridge. You will not con-
suit your associates upon leaving here
The figures are easy TO remember
FL 100000: Fl, 100000 to you. am
pleased with the facilities your plant
offers for doing the work. ! am conf
dent you can complete the bridge on
time, and | beg leave to wish you
very pleasant-'Good day"
Wylie senior did not really come to
until he had reached the street; even
then he did not know whether he had
come down the elevator or through the
mail chute. OF one thing only was he
certain. he was due to retire in favor
of his son. He guessed he needed
trip through the Holy Land with
guardian and nursing bottle. He
paused on the curb and stamped on
his corn for a second time.
"Oh. I'm an idiotr' he declared saw
agely. II could have gotten f1.600.o00
to start with. but-by CAD. Sir Thomas
is the coolest blooded thing | ever
went against, l can't help but ad-
mire him.
Having shown deplorable lack of
foresight Mr.. Wylie determined to
hindsight. If the profits on the job
were not to be so large as they might
have been. he would at least make
certain of them by obeying instruc-
tons TO the letter. he made out the
bid himself. He mailed it with his
own hand that very afternoon. he
put three blue stamps on the envelope.
although IL required but two. Then
he called up an automobile agency and
ordered a town car his wife had adj
mired He decided that she and the
girls might go TO Paris for the fall
shopping-he might even go with
them. In view of that mornings cpl
sode
For ten days he stood the pressure.
then on the morning of the oath he
called his confreres into the directors
room. that same room In which young /
Hanford had made his talk a number |
of years before. Inasmuch as ii was |
TOO late now for a disclosure to af- /
feet the opening of the bids in London /
he felt absolved from his promise to 4
Sir Thomas.
Gentlemen. ! have the honor to in /
form YOU he began pompously. that
the Barrata bridge Is ours. We have !
the greastest structural steel Job Of the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-12-11
Two Husbands

The foolish husband says. Let Us do
this OF that
TIE wise husband says, shall ws?'
Louisville CourierJournaL
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-12-11
Mo contortionist.

Fat Man Did Won give them good
shine. Rootblack Sure. sir. LOOK for
Yourself Fat Man--I'u take your
word for it-Boston Transcript
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-22
LAD is INJURED.

Paul j. Arnold, ir., is suffering Sc
verely from badly bruised foot which
injury occurred Saturday afternoon on
Minnesota avenue. The lad was deliv-
ering papers, when three boys started
bombardment with clods, with him
as the objective point He ran into
the home of J. S. Garner and remain
ed there for some time. Thinking his
assailants had disbanded he started
on his way, oaly to be beset again
from ambush. He started to climb
upon farmers wagon which was
passing, but was caught by two of the
boys and dragged from the wagon.
The hind wheel passed over his foot.
mashing two Of the toes badly and
otherwise bruising the foot.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-22
new UNION
ORGANIZED

AT meeting yesterday the organiza
tion of union was perfected by the
cleaners, pressers and tailors, working
for stores in the city was perfected r.
H. Webb was chosen as president, d.
E. Nichols, treasurer, and J. S. Tat
man, secretary. A statement was' is
sued by Secretary Tatman, saying
"Comiilencing the first OF January.
1914, there win be a small increase III
the price Of cleaning and pressing your
clothing This was made necessary if
the business of cleaning and pressing
is to live, and we assure the public
that 20 unwarranted charges will be
made, but just living price win be
charged. Lists will be printed and you
can tell what it will cost you to get
your work done, and we promise that
all work done shall be kept up to a
high standard. something that would
be impossible Of price sIashing and
throat cutting should continue in the
business"