The Dickinson press., 1914-03-28
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From The Herald:
|. License was issued Thursday of last
week for the marriage of Mrs. Jackson
and Harmon Swingle. Judge Paxton
performed the ceremony that afternoon
at the home OF Mrs. Jackson.
New cases of measles developing
among the school children, it was de-.
termined not to hold school this week.
1t is hoped that by the beginning of
another week they will be so far re-
covered as TO allow of continuing pro-
vided no new cases occur.
At the township election Tuesday the
following were chosen as township ofic-
ers for the following Year,: j. G..
Rasmussen, supervisor. 3 years G. C.
Blake. justice of the peace j. F. Tes-
ter. treasurer; H.-G. Kinmark, clerk ;
j. fl. Craig, assessor and T. E. john
son, constable.
On petition of about six hundred
voters of the southern part of the county,
the auditor. county judge and clerk of
court, met Wednesday as provided by
law, and redistricted the county as to
commissioners jurisdiction. Twelve
townships were taken from the east end
of the third district and added to the
territory of the second district. This
makes the districts consist of 20, "a
and % respectively, more nearly equal
izing the territorial jurisdiction.
On March the 18th, the Russell Miller
Milling company of Dickinson conducted
q test of the steaming qualities of coal
from the N. D. Nichols mine of Me.
dora, compared with other Ignite coal.
Both tests were oil eight hours duration
I and under as nearly as possible identi-
cal conditions. OF the Lehigh coal 7
tons, 1,720 bis. wat burned, averaging
1, 965 lbs. an hour, evaporating 4.3 lbs.
of water an hour and yielding 58.2 per
cent of refuse. The Medora coal test
was S tons, 1916 lbs. burned averaging
1889 lbs. an hour, evaporating 1888 lbs.
| of water an hour with 50. ST per cent of
refuse. The advantage of the Medora
coal will still further be shown when
it is known that the other coal was
lump and this was slack, an advantage
| that will make this coal demanded by
consumers using it for power. 49,
Wittethe issue of Saturday night after
an existence of thirty days. the Beach
Daily Progress gently passed away. Its
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among those for whom it was designed
to be a long felt want; its brief con-
tinuation did not arouse the conscience
of an erring world and its demise did
in no wise disturb the New York stock
exchange nor the st. Petersburg Bourse-
the following day being Sunday they
had time to study the threatened break
in the security prices. They simply
turned the smoky gasoline flame ont
under the linotype melting pot. wiped
Their, hands on the sable Office towel,
and, az the dying paper softly sang its
little swan song. turned the key in the
street door and went away with the
adm0nition to let her &. I. P.
THE one great cry chat will arise
against the segregation of Slope county
from Billings county is The ereat adj
diti0nal expense to which the neW
county would be placed.-Slope County
News. Oh 60 way Billings county
don't cry anything of the kind. Bill
lings county will mot cry OF all. Bill.
lingS doesn't care whether yous divide
or not. II you want to DO to the expense
of division Or If you q get 1t with
out expense, it is all one to Billings
county. II is not u OK that is gored.
Ifs there ID q majority of che people in
favor Of division Billings county will
offer no organized objection; it is for
you to Get the necessary %tWO-thirds of
the total vote--that's all you will have
20 do. In stating the case TO the voters