The Dickinson press., 1914-08-08
LOCAL NEWS

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part Of the city, Mrs. McKeever hav-
ing arrived from Beach Sunday.
Fred Alexander, formerly associ-
ated with the Underwood Typewriter
Company, was in the city Monday on
his way to Sentinel Butte, where he
will be associated with "A. L. Martin.
Friends in Dickinson suppose that
Mrs. McGillivray is with relatives in
Michigan. The last letter she wrote
was from Liverpool, England, from
which place she was to sail on July
18th.
Misses Margaret Stewart and Belle
Page left Wednesday afternoon on
their trip through the Yellowstone
Park. They will visit at Hunters Hot
Springs for a few days before re
turning.
MI. and Mrs. George Brandt and
Mrs. Cabel were business visitors in
the city from Fryburg Tuesday. Mr..
Brandt reports the farmers to be well
started cutting their grain around
Fryburg.
Mrs. c. L. Bowen was much i'm
proved this week and was able to be
at her millinery store. Mrs. Bowen
expects to go to the cities next week
to purchase her stock for the fall and
winter trade.
Mrs. G. W. Buckingham, known to
Dickinson people as Miss Otterson,
arrived last Friday from her home at
Harlowtown, Mont, and visited with
Mr.. and Mrs. T. L. Beard until Mon
day when she entered st. Joseph's
hospital for a serious operation. She
is getting along fine.
Miss Margaret Crowl returned to
st. Paul the latter part Of last week
after a months visit with her mother,
Mrs. Jean G.. Crowl, and her sister,
Mrs. Reuben Lyon. Miss Crowl is
superintendent of nurses at the st.
Luke's hospital in st. Paul.
Charles and Edward Merry are To-
Gated and nicely settled on a place
known as the "Sheep Greek Nine
Is miles north of Lennon and 6
miles south of the E. G. Decker home
stead. They expect to combine stock
raising with the coal business.
The smiling face of VIM. Wandrei
has been missed by the customers at
the Parker & Sons meat market the
past few weeks. The quiet life and
the big crops have enticed Bill from
the meat block. He will spend sew
eral weeks helping to harvest North
Dakota's vast fields of grain.
A card, postmarked Fort Wayne,
Indiana, was received the past week
from FIR. J. Smoley. He expected to
leave DOR for Hamburg, Germany,
on the "Vaterland" but late dis
patches say that sailing date Of this
liner has been cancelled; hence. it is
presumed that Fir. Smoley will give
up his European trip.
Hail destroyed 100 acres of grain
for Anton Burda and on 1876 acres
there was a partial loss. He has
state hail insurance. A 40-acre corn
field will likely come on and make a.
partial crop. MI. Burda has been
farmer in Stark county for 26 years
and he has had hail at his place the
past three years but never before.
w. R. Everett and w. A. Mcclure
drove into the southeastern part of
Mckenzie county July 31st to inspect
some land. They made the trip in
the afternoon but owing to difficulty
in crossing streams were late in get
ting home. They saw John Warfeld
and his father, Henry Warfeld, who
nave some good crops. this season.
Frank O. Hellstrom, nominated for
governor on the democratic ticket,
was in Dickinson for a day or two
the past week. Mr.. Hellstrom has a
large acquaintance in this city and
seems to think that his chances for
election in the fall are good. Mr..
lHellstrom was warden of the peni-
tertiary during the Burke admins
tration in which position he gave
good satisfaction.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Auer had as
their guests the first Of the week Mrs.
lAuer, mother Of Mr.. Auer, his broth
er, Hugh, and Mr.. and Mrs. H. F.
Beeman and three children Of Mott.
Mrs. Beeman-is a sister Of Mr.. Auer.
The Beemans are well known here,
Mr.. Beeman having been in the con-
tracing business before going to
Mott. All the guests Of the Auers
came in the Beeman auto from Mott
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Scherffius and
daughter, Dorothy, are back from
Glenwood, MINI. Mrs. Scherffius and
Dorothy have been away for several
weeks, while Mr.. Scherffius spent
only last week east. There was a
large family reunion Of the Thacker
family at Glenwood, where MI. and
Mrs. Thacker, Mrs. Scherffius' par.
ents, reside. All the children and
grandchildren were on hand for the
big event.
/. C. I~verson, a real estate and in
surance man Of Mandan, was in Dick
inson and vicinity the first of the
week making hail insurance adjust
lnents for the Security Co. Of the
Orchard agency. Mr.. Iverson was
formerly in the barber business with
Robert Neil in this city. He has been
doing nicely in his new line Of work.
Tuesday night MI. lverson left for
Beach where he had a cyclone farm:
loss to adjust.
Tohn PoI7+a1. 1.nf111nada Saturday