The Dickinson press., 1914-05-02

Miss Anna b. Stein moved to her
homestead rs miles southwest of Bel
field the past week.
Max Hendrick has moved his
household goods from the Press flat,
storing them. temporarily in the
Masonic Temple basement. He is to
have one Of the Hartung houses a
little later.
Miss Elsie Torgerson resigned as
operator with the North Dakota indie
pendent Telephone Co. last Friday.
She has accepted a position at the
LANCE bakery, where she took up her
duties Monday.
Jim Collins, the shot gun expert,
spent a part of the week visiting
with friends. Jim is out for the Of
flee of Commissioner of Railroads.
His friends here hope he will get the
bird.
Miss Meta Meyer and banker
from Sank City, Wis, were in Dick
inson this week and on Thursday left
for Halliday to look at land owned
by the former. They went out in the
Branick al
Among the visitors from Taylor
Wednesday were Mr.. and Mrs. P. F.
Kelly, Louis Baker and Col. Williams.
Attorneys Haney and Mackof Of
Belfeld spent the first part of the
week in the city on legal business.
Misses Virginia Kroteau and Bes-
sic Flynn were initiated into the Mac
cabee order Wednesday night. Fol-
lowing the next regular meeting,
Wednesday, May 9Th, a public dance
will be given in their hall in the Odd
Fellows building to which all are in
vited. -
Frank Banks Of Williston was chat
ting with old friends in. the St.
Charles lobby this week. He is of
the opinion that Attorney u. L. Bur-
dick will roll up a good vote for the
nomination Of governor at the pri-
maries on June 24th. Mr.. Burdick
is now making a school house cam
paign and the farmers are deeply In
teyested in what he has to- cay.
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Flanagan left
Monday afternoon for Sand Point,
Idaho, where they were called by the
serious illness Of Mrs. F~lanagan's
mother. Mrs. Flanagan hopes to be
able to bring her mother back with
her. The little girls, Blanche and
Katherine, are staying with Mrs.
Leonberger during the absence of
their parents.
The Henry Lehman VS.. Coulter
case WAS tried in chambers before
Judge W. c. Crawford the first of
the week. 1t was a foreclosure case
and was decided in favor of plaintiff.
The trial was somewhat lengthy and
some of the Klingman horse deal
evidence entered into the case before
it was finished. Attorney L. A.Simp-
son and Attorney H. F.: Haney ap-
peared for plaintiff, while Attorney
Mackof represented defendant
A pretty seven o'clock dinner
party was given Wednesday evening
at the Sargent home by Mrs. Nc
! Crane in honor of Misses Ruby Will
son and Helen Poor. Miss Wilson
leaves the coming week for Tacoma
and Miss Poor for ST. Paul. The
covers were laid for twelve: The
CdUl6 was pISttAAy uVSOA@SSN, eAAS
center piece being Of pink carnations.
After a delicious six course dinner
the guests enjoyed a very. pleasant
evening. The main entertainment of
the evening was the game of "Medi-
cine" which proved very exciting.
Postmaster J. O. Gray came down
from Medora on Thursday to see
about getting some pipes for use in
piping water into his house. He is
interested with Geo. Burgess in the
artesian well which they put down
a short time ago. A fine flow Of
water was found at a depth Of 305
feet. The Peterson well is 800 feet
and the water is easily forced into
all parts of the house. Paul Lebo
has a flowing well at a depth of
245 feet. It will only be a question
Of a short time until the people Of
Medora all have water piped into
their houses.