The Dickinson press., 1915-12-04
LOCAL NEWS

LOCAL NEWS
Victor Pehrssnn of Medora was q
Wednesday visitor in the city. /
John Haskins of Beach entered the
hospital Wednesday for treatments.
Miss Alva Kyseth of Taylor visited
owe Saturday with her aunt, Mrs.
Roy Henderson.
Mrs. J. Dorsey and children of this
city visited friends in Taylor the lat
ter part of last week.
For Sale-A perfectly new violin at
reasonable price. Mrs. O. ]. Luithe.
adv. 12-4-tf
Mrs. Clifford Smith and baby of
Beach, who were visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Berringer, re-
turned the middle Of the week.
Miss Elvira and Ted johnson of
Taylor were up Monday to get dental
work done and visit with their sister,
Miss Anna, who is employed at the
Mandan Mercantile Co.
W. R. Veigel, supervising engineer
at Medora, writes that bridge work
in progressing, though rather slowly.
He expects all concrete work to be
completed by December 20.
H. C. Christensen and son, Nels,
were expected in from the Christen-
sen ranch out north this week. In
case the river was frozen they in
tended to make the trip in their new
fve-passenger Hupmobile.
MI. and Mrs. M. M. Cone of James,
town were up to spend Thanksgiving
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L..
Eyer. Mr.. Cone made a short bust
ness trip to Manning and they re-
turned to their home Wednesday.
Mrs. F. E. Daniels of Wibaux, who
had an operation in St. Joseph's hos
pital, expected to return home the
last of the week. Bernie Hoffman al
so of Wibaux planned on leaving the
hospital this week.
} Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Bennett expect
to remain in Dickinson for the
winter and will probably take charge
of the Oscar Ranberg home a little
later while the owners made a visit
in the east.
M. M. Burnett and Judge Walter
Sterland went to Amidon on Wednes-
day in the Burnett car. Mr.. Sterland
had juvenile court work Is miles
southwest of Amidon where a woman,
the head of a family, had been re-
ported as being very unsanitary in
her home.
The ladies of St. Johns Episcopal
church will hold their bazaar and food
{ sale at the armory Tuesday, Decem-
f Der 7, beginning at a o'clock in the
afternoon. There will be an abund"
ance of fancy articles suitable for
Christmas gifts and a large supply of
: good things to cat. 1t will be a fine
place to spend a few hours.
! A decision of considerable import
ance a handed down recently in the
! suit against the Dolwig estate, John
Dolwig and four sisters being made
defendants by Mrs. Theresa Fischer,
= widow of the late Mr.. Dolwig. The
plaintiff sought to recover $1,000 in
= cash. a house and lot in South Dick
inson and q. third interest in 48C
y acres Of farm land valued at $3E
: per acre. 1t vas shown that the
woman had made a marriage settle
ment which the court held to be good
. 1t was a hard fought case in which
h Murtha & Sturgeon represented the
Dolwig estate.
Sheriff Geo. ]. Brown had an in
teresting experience at Wausau, Wis.
S last week where he went to get
e Andrew Bacon, a young fellow who
jumped a board bill of $24 at Bel
n field. Bacon and his attorney started
in to make a great talk but they
f found out very soon that the Stark
county sheriff had been around the
world a little and their bluffs could
t not be worked on him. There was
really some question about requisi-
-. ton and when Andrew Bacon pro-
posed to pay the board bill, together
with expenses, Sheriff Brown ac-
g copied the offer. This will be good
enough for the Belfeld party and
Bacon will likely pay his hotel bills
in the future.
F. j. FURY and AL. Kronschnable
have leased the Dickinson opera house
n n of H. L. Reichret, taking possession
on the first. They are wide awake
young men and are planning on Civ
ing their patrons the very best
+ service possible. The Concerdine
service is one of the new features
which will be given the public every
Monday evening, the circuit includ-
: ing Grand Forks, Fargo, Dickinson
and Billings. Prices have been re-
duced to 25c, SOC and 75c, or within
the reach of all. The new managers
will be out for all the high class
attractions they can get for Dickin-
son. Mr.. FURY will continue as
telegraph operator for the Northern
Pacific Co. in this city, while Al.
Kronschnable will continue with the
North Dakota Independent Telephone
Co. here. Both these young men are
popular and their many friends will
be glad to see them prosper in their
new venture.
Three important lawsuits that were
for trial at the approaching term of
Mary I. Neil died, and at the time
terest in the quarter section of land
upon which the Pittsburg mine is
located. A. G. McGillivray, since de-
ceased. owned the other half interest.