The Dickinson press., 1915-09-18

Fryburg Is TO have q IN neW
school building so states the Pioneer.
Mrs. H. j. Blanchard and daugh-
ter, Marion, returned Monday from a
several weeks visit at Colby, Wis.
Miss Elizabeth BARLEY of Beach,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Bart
ley, is attending school at Jamestown.
POTATOES Nice Potatoes deliv-
cred for SOC per bushel; s bushels or
more at 45c. Call Jacob Helm, Phone
II R.-adv. 9-18-6p
George McCloskey of Sentinel Butte
has leased an elevator in Beach. Mrs.
McCloskey and children will remain
at the ranch north for some time yet.
F. D. Morford was giving the Con-
gregational Sunday School children of
Hebron his annual "treat" Thursday
afternoon.
Lewis F. Crawford, president of
the board of Regents, was a passeng-
er last Friday en- route to Fargo to
attend an institute meeting.
Mrs. B. E. Noark and Mrs. D. E.
Christensen probably leave the COM
ing week for Darlington to be present
at the state meeting of the w. C. T.
U.
Assistant Postmaster and Mrs.
VIM. Lenneville expected to leave
Thursday for a week or ten days. va
cation to be spent at the Belden ranch
near Gorhan.
Miss Euleta Crosthwaite of Mandan
has entered the Chicago Technical
School of Music and Art. This young
lady is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Crosthwaite, former residents of
Dickinson.
There were 4 degrees of frost at
the Dickinson experiment station Sun
day night and 2 degrees the follow
ing night. This freeze, while not a
hard one, finished the corn and most
of the garden stuff.
Sentinel Butte Republican:-Mrs
A. L. Martin and son, Lyle, are in
Minneapolis this week, where they
will attend the Minnesota State Fair,
and before returning Lyle will be
operated on for the removal of ton
sils and adenoids.
Rev. A. C. Hacke and John Orchard
will leave the coming week for the
annual state conference of Congrega-
tional churches at New Rockford.
MI. Orchard has been elected a men,
Der of the board of directors from the
Missouri River conference.
B. w. Aylor of Grandin, a breeder
of Short-horn cattle and Duroc jersey
hogs, was a business visitor in Senti-
mel Butte recently. Mr.. Aylor spent
a little time in Dickinson and seemed
much pleased with conditions in this
| part of the state.
Sentinel Butte Experimentation
ney L. A. Simpson came up from
Dickinson on Wednesday evening and
on Thursday he and Mr.. Martin
went out north to look at a section
of crop that they own together. It
is needless to say that both gentle
men are highly pleased with it.
E. P. Lee was elected local delegate
to the special session of the Missouri
River conference of Congregational
churches at Hebron Wednesday. Rev.
| A. G. Hacke went down for this meet
ing, which was called for the exami-
nation and ordination of a new min
lister at Hebron.
The first P. E. O. meeting of the
fall occurred at the Lillibridge home
Tuesday evening. The roll call was
responded to by the duties of Ofic-
ers and Members and the evenings
program was a parliamentary drill by
| Miss Hillesheim and a trio of songs
by Mrs. A. P. Nachtwey. Light re-
program.
Saturday,, Sunday and Monday
were rainy days, a total of "a inches
falling during the three days. A
half inch of moisture fell the first "a
hours of the period. Generally speak
ing the farmers were not pleased to
see the rain at this season as it de-
layed threshing operations for sew
eral days. Very few had their grain
stacked. However, the weather
cleared IN Tuesday and the indica-
lions are 10Y good for the usual
spell of fine fall weather.
Jacob Helm, a truck gardener of
Dickinson, has been cultivating ten
acres the past season. He had a
large acreage of corn but the frost
the first of the week practically de-
stroyed the crop. However, his
potato crop of four acres is excep-
tionally fine and will probably give
him a yield of 600 bushels. Mr..
Helm bought his seed from the Dick
inson experiment station and has
nothing but clean potatoes for sale.
He is booking orders now and those
interested can call him at IT R.
z. A. Baird of Danville, ILL.,, came
in Monday afternoon, being en- route
to Belfe1d, south of which city he
has 800 acres of fine grain to look
after. Mr.. Baird stated that the corn
crop was good in his state but the ex-
cessive rains had caused the grain in
the shock to sprout and in this way
the farmers of his locality were hav-
ing their discouragements. The rain
which this locality was getting on
Sunday and Monday seemed quite
general throughout the Northwest as