The Dickinson press., 1914-08-01

and will be gone about three weeks.
The annual school election Of the
Green River School district was held
Tuesday. The election resulted as
follows: Director for 8 years, Ira
Hewson; director for 2 years, Henry
Schmidt; director for 1 year, John
Geiger; treasurer, Louis Zradahal;
clerk, D. E. Shipley.
Ray Brannon went to Grand Forks
on Thursday, later to return to
Urban, ILL.,, where he will graduate
from the University next year. Last
week he was with his father, w. P.
Brannon, of this city, on a trip
through the National Park,
C. w. Palmer came in on No. 2
Sunday from the Stein homestead,
where he has been employed for some
time past. Miss Stein and Mother
Stein are now comfortably located
on their homesteads. Miss Stein was
expecting her brother from Mime
sofa Monday. He is thinking of To-
eating near them.
Manager and Mrs. r. S. Davidson
and son, Willis, returned on Friday
from Rochester, Mimi, where Mrs.
Davidson and Willis had been visit
ing for some time past. They were
accompanied by Mr.. Davids6n's
mother, Mrs. M. D. Alverson, Of De
Kalb Junction, N. Y, who met them
in Minneapolis.
MI. and Mrs. w. A. Thornton were
in from their farm near South Heart
Wednesday,. Mr.. Thornton has some
very good crops this year and has
been fortunate in having escaped
damage by hail. They We're accom-
panied by Harold Sprague Of India
ola, Iowa, who is spending the sum-
mer with them.
Fred Hoffer had quite a. serious
time the morning of the storm. He
came near losing his horse by drown
ing. The animal was picketed near
the track and at 8 o'clock was obliged
to swim and later was in II feet of
water. Finally pulling his picket
! pin, the horse was rescued by Dave
Friesen, who led him out.
C. L. Zimmerman, who has been
very seriously i'll at the hospital in
Mandan, was reported much i'm
proved the first of the week. He was
unconscious one day last week but
regained consciousness and recog-
rized callers. DR.. Fisher Of Chicago
a noted specialist, was called to the
bedside of the sick man during the
week.
Mrs. Jerry Bowers and Mrs. Oliver
Whaley entertained a few lady
friends at the Bowers home Friday
evening in honor Of Miss Emma Muir
dock, who is the guest Of her sister
Mrs. John A. Dobson, and Mrs. Ash
who is visiting at the home of her
brother, j. P. Tingle. Five hundred
was the entertainment of the even.
ing. A delicious lunch was served
after many games had been won and
lost.
Prof. c. R. Ball of Washington, D,
c., who has charge of the wheat in
vestigation of the United States, was
in Dickinson this week consulting
with his assistant, ]. Allen Clark. It
was one of Mr.. Balls regular inves-
tigation trips and he was laying out
a route for his new a~ssistan.
Ed. Stone was in Dickinson several
days this week taking treatments Of
DR.. Bailey. Mr.. Stone was injured
in a horse CORRAL.
M. E. Randall and daughters, Hazel
and Alva, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred j.
Graham spent Tuesday night in the
city. They are on their return to
their homes in Glendale, N. d., from
a trip through the Yellowstone Park
They made the trip in a Chalmers
automobile Of this years model, hav-
ing gone out owe the Yellowstone
Trail. They reported good roads till
about ten miles this side Of Medora
when they first reached territory
touched by rain. The roads were moi
lin a bad condition till they came
within ten or twelve miles Of the
city. They continued on their way
east Wednesday morning.