The Dickinson press., 1914-09-19
NEWS

IMrS. SmlCn and young SON,
Clarence William, left for their new
home in Beach on Thursday. Mrs.
John Berringer accompanied them
and will spend several days visiting
with her daughter.
DR.. and Mrs. c. M. Barker re-
turned the early part Of the week
from the Christensen ranch, where
they have been enjoying a ten days
outing. Miss Emma Christensen ac-
companied them in and will spend
several days in the city,
John Jeferies and Llewellyn Ro-
quette left Sunday morning for their
respective schools, John going to
Fargo to- attend the Agricultural coll
lege and Llewcllyn going on to
Grand Forks, where he commences
his second year at the University.
Frank Clark, John Englbrecht, M.
A. Scherffius and Frank Ray were
out hunting in the Green river
country last Sunday. Though they
did not see many chickens they Sc
cured a large number of. ducks. The
territory, where they were, was the
section which was hit SO hard by
hail the past season. gss
Alfred Gaffner was in Dickinson
the first of the week booking cattle
shipments as per dates given else
where in the PRESS. He is shipping
about a month later this year than a
year ago and believes that his beef
cattle will be in the best possible con-
dition on October 9Th, the time set
for loading at Dickinson.
Mayor ALI. White and g. C. Mead
left Tuesday morning at 5 o'clock for.
the Cannon Ball river country. They
were going to get, breakfast atNew
England, where Mr.. Mead leftshis:
saddle horse when he came in last
week and then 60 out to the White
ranch where the owner expected to.
spend the day looking over his herd
Of cattle. Mr.. Mead was on his way.
to the Edwin Johnson ranch south
west of Midway.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Robinson left
on Wednesday for Madison; Mime
| scta, to visit his relatives. He has a
leave Of absence of two months from
the freight department Of the p.
in this city and after visiting few
weeks east will accompany his wife
to the home of her parents, MI. and
Mrs. F. ID. Wilson, in Tacoma, Wash.
Ed. Ohlfs takes Mr.. Robinson place
at the freight office.
Miss Florence Baird, secretary of
the Generalization Abstract Co. of
Dickinson, returned the past week
from her vacation of over. a month
spent in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Miss Edna Tollefson, who had been in
charge of the books in the abstract
office during Miss Baird's absence,
went across the hall in the First
National bank building to the Max
Hendrick loan office to accept of a
position as bookkeeper and stenog-
rapher, which had been waiting for
her some weeks.
Ben VOLTA was in Dickinson on the
18th to get the fast afternoon train
for Onalaska, Wis, where he will
| spend the winter with his family.
| Mr.. VOLTA has a large farm at Dag
lum which he has rented for another
two years to his brother, Helmer
VOLTA, and he had planned on moving
his family to Dickinson from Wiscon-
sin, but he was unable to get a house
in the city and so gave up the idea
POSTMASTER J.. O. Daglum came in;
with Mr.. VOLTA and remained over in.
the city until Saturday to look after
business matters.
J. C. F. Parker and son, Arthur,
! and R. N. Buckley made a long auto
trip recently into the Trotters
country north of Sentinel Butte and
Beach. They went out to look at Ito
head Of cattle at the Floyd Powell
place which includes the big pasture.
owned by 2. T. Messersmith and Z.
A. Simpson. Eugene Powell. and two.
other brothers are also in this north.
country, each having homesteads and
doing a little farming. The fathersis
in the Pacific coast country. For
many years the Powells were stock
growers in the Cedar creek country.
Mrs. Dan Schlangen and daughters,
Minnie, Hazel and Thelma, and sons,
Ralph and Dannie, were in Dickinson
on Tuesday en- route to Ohio and
Indiana to spend two months with
relatives and friends. For some OF
the children this will be their first
visit east. They were to stop off q
few days at Linton, this state, on
their way down. Homer Schlangen
is looking after the cattle and horses
at Fayette while the rest of the
family are away on their visit. Mrs.
l~Schlangen does not expect. TO snip
much stock this year as the most OF
her cattle are either cows or too
young togo to market. Next year
She will probably-hav q nc beef
shipment.
The new Paige car for Frank Viii
lows Of Antelope was brought in last
Friday night by Leavitt Butler and
his uncle, Horace Pearce, who came
in from the Twin Cities via Aberdeen
and Lennon. They drove across 70
4 Springvale Farm and came on to
dickinson with MI. Willows on Sat
urday morning. MI. Willows turned
his old Ford in toward the purchase
price Of the 5-passenger Paige and
feels well pleased withAthe deal. He
left for home Saturday afternoon,
taking Mrs. B. Lepper tothe farm
for a visit. The drivers Of the car
out from the cities were three days
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