The Dickinson press., 1914-04-04

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al the first Of the week and visited
at the q. L. Dickinson home for sew
eral days.
The Eastern Star will give a mas
querade dance sometime during the
corning two weeks.
Operator and Mrs. C. A. Balsley
are keeping house on Second Avenue
West.
Little Esther, daughter Of MI. and
Mrs. Ed. LenneviIle was on the sick
list this week.
Mrs. T. J. Upper Of Rock Rapids,
Iowa, arrived in the city on Wednes-
day to visit at the w. S. Lampson
home.
John Lob is building on the III
Dickinson place and will be ready
soon to move his family out from
town.
The dance at the A. n. Pelton home
at Pittsburg was largely attended,
many Dickinson people going out. A
good time is reported.
N. B. Wilkinson, representing the
Northwestern Nursery Co. of Valley
City, has been in the city the past
week taking orders. The firm makes
a speciality Of upland grown stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. oChas. Martin and
two children left for Portland, Ore
gon, Friday. Mr.. Martin is interest
ed in a meat market near Portland.
He is one of the Martin boys who
ranched in the Kildeer mountain
country for a good many years.
Word came to the city this week
that Mrs. c. E. Gordon was quite ill
at her home in Long Beach and if
her condition did not improve at
once, her sister, Mrs. Anna Lenne-
vile, was going to her from Forest
Grove.
Nels Christensen, who has been
reading law in Minneapolis and at
tending school the past winter, came
home Thursday and in the evening
was initiated into the Eastern Star.
He expected to go out to his home
stead on the Little Missouri river on
Friday. Robert Wilcox had planned
to take him out in his auto.
Mrs. E. K. Jenkins and Mrs. H. N.
Owens came in Wednesday. from
Manning. Mrs. Jenkins came in to
meet Clela and Ruth Lovland, of
Woonsocket, 8. D., who were on their
way to Manning to make their home
with their grandmother, Mrs. G. w.
Wilson.
Henry RAIDER of Napoleon, this
state, was visiting Judge and Mrs.
Fred Maser for several days this
week. The gentlemen were school
mates together in Germany and it is
years since they had seen each
other. They had a grand time this
week talking over boyhood expert
ences.
:. J. A. McGrgeor left the first of the
week for the cities to consult a spec
ialist. He had not been feeling as
good as he thought he should for a
week OF ten days and decided to lose
no time in seeing a specialist. Mrs.
McGregor was in the city the first of
the week to see her husband before
he went east. qtesssgs
Otto Thress Of the law firm Of Mill
er & Thress was in Dickinson on Wed
nesday to look after a csae before
Judge Crawford in which the Secur-
ity State bank of New England was
interested. Mr.. Thress came up in
the auto livery, as he said he did not
care to run his car while the roads
were SO muddy .
The new Clip Jones well-drilling
machine was taken to the Robert Will
cox ranch on the Little Missouri river
this week. Two wells are to be sunk,
and Mr.. Wilcox thinks he can get
flowing water at a depth of 45O feet.
He expects the other ranchers along
the river will want to get wells sunk.
The casing pipes for the Wilcox place
were sent out by one of the Carroll
teams on Thursday. .
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. McDonough and
daughter Mayme arrived in Dickinson
the first Of the week from Columbus,
Montana. It is five years since
down to receive treatment in St.. JOS
Foreman McDonough was with the
Northern Pacific at Dickinson. He
is now with the same company 40
miles from Billings, but he likes
this city and it is among the posi-
bilities that he will return here. Mr..
McDonough finds many substantial
improvements which have been made
during his absence.