The Dickinson press., 1914-01-31
LOCAL NEWS

lOCAL NEWS
Conductor w. II. Brown had a stock
train out Of Dickinson on Sunday even
ing.
F. D. Hevener went to st. Paul on No.
2 Sunday. He was expected home
Wednesday afternoon.
Salesman Wanted to look after our
interest In Stark and adjacent counties.
Salary or Commission. Address The
Victor Oil Company. Cleveland. Ohio.
adv. 10
!. Arthur Parker and Lee Stuck went
to Tom Lefor's south Of Gladstone on
Wednesday to accept beef cattle which
Parker & Sons had contracted early in
the month.
SIS reward-for return Of two small
puppies. They have strap collars with
rings on lost in Ash coulee neighbor-
hood. J.. ". Molloy, Dickinson, N. D.
adv. It
Charles Nolan. proprietor Of. the Kihm.
was a business visitor in Bismarck the
first of the week. He went down to see
about getting a stock brand and came
away we'll satisfied.
The r. E. O. was entertained Tuesday
evening at the home of Mrs. Guy Hunter.
Miss Anna Hillesheim had charge of
the entertainment. The mex meeting,
February 10th, will be at the r. D.
Hevener home.
Attorney T. F. Murtha returned the
first of. the week from Breckenridge.
Mimi. where he attended the funeral
of his hall brother, John WEIGH. De-
ceased was So years of age and had
been in poor health for eight or ten
years.
Louie Kostelecky was in Dickinson
Monday. He has completed marketing
last years crop and is actively engaged
in making preparations for the spring
sowing. He intends putting in some .;
The new seed wheat-Marquis wheat
which is being introduced in North
Dakota. *
On January oath the price Of. wheat
advanced to 75c per bushel, the highest
point reached at Dickinson in many
months. Flax was 81. 80 pei. bushel on
this date. Grain is not coming in very
fast at this time of the year and still
there is upwards of a carload marketed
in Dickinson some days. !
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Res,,weY, leave
the first of the week. 1or the Twin Cities
and Chicago: where Mrs. Bowen will
buy millinery for the vallancey store in
Dickinson. They. will also visit in
Iowa before returning home. Miss
Myrtle Homer will have charge of the
store during the absence of Mrs. Bowen.
A pleasant social was held al the
| Commercial Club rooms Saturday after
noon under the auspices of the Mothers
Club. An admission of Csc was
charged, the proceeds of which will be
used by the club to pay fur a set of
books for the library. Mrs. DR.. Bailey,
president of the society, gave an inter-
esting talk during the afternoon. ex-
planning the object of the club.
On the / 4th the Dickinson Rifle Club
was matched with the list Wisconsin
Old Guard and won by II points. The
individual record of the Dickinson men
is as follows: Erdahl 1919. Engbrecht
1913, Lee 1877, Maercklein 1876 and Zim-
norman 1914. According to the official
bulletin sent out BY the War Department
at Washington, Dickinson stands 3rd
among the IA gun clubs reported in the
u. S.
Albert E. Birch was in Dickinson last
Friday night for the basketball game.
He was formerly a member of the Co.
X team and was glad Of a chance to SEE
the high school boys play. MIR. and
Mrs. Birch have been with her parents,
MI. and Mrs Martin Gilbertson, in the
vicinity of Gladstone for some weeks.
They are. likely to return to Tacoma
very suon when Mr.. Birch will resume
his duties with the Northern Pacific ii
the railroad yards at that place.
The Knights of Columbus will give
their annual ball at the Elks' hal
Monday evening, February End. H. e.
Reichert, S. L. Carroll and E. j. Hughes
have charge of the affair and are max.
ing preparations to- receive a large
gathering Of the Knights and theil
friends. The local council has always
given pleasant and enjoyable affairs but
this promises to Guido all the previous
dances. The Dickinson Orchestra will
furnish the music. Supper will be
served in the grill room of the Elk
home. S.
Mr.. and Mrs.. James Birch left Tues.
day for an extended trip through The
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