The Dickinson press., 1915-08-21
LOCAL. NEWS

LUCAL NEWS
For Rent-Brick house. Inquire at
John Orchard agency.-adv. S-14-h
Miss Beatrice Lish is again at her
accustomed place in the ~postoffice.
Mrs. Chas. Ferris of Bismarck is
spending two weeks with her parents,
MIR. and Mrs. John MCGOWAN.
MI. and Mrs. Ira Wilson and friends
! came over in their car from the New
England country n day recently.
j. v. lessen has a good start on his
big barn at his farm west of the city.
| It will be SO by 72 feet and will have
a large hay loft.
John A. West, the Gets Piano Co.
salesman for this part Of the state,
was in from the Amidon territory the
first of the week. He was caught out
in a terrible rain out that way last
week.
Barley threshing was started on
Tuesday at the John Marsh farm
northwest of the city. The first three
J loads threshed out 120 bushels. Mr..
Marsh expected about 1900 bushels,
which will be used for feed on the
place.
MI. and Mrs. Frank Ray, Mrs.
Catherine Ray, Mrs. M. Mckinley and
| Miss Margaret Mckinley made up a
Killdeer party which went out in the
Ray car on Monday. Mr.. Ray went.
out IN some business connected with
the Ray & Clark hardware store at
| the new town north
On Tuesday the Dickinson Mercan-
tile Co. opened an employment agency
and within a few hours found labor
ers for Isadore Perkl, Pete Smith and
Mr.. Colgrove. The Mercantile Co.
are giving all the helpful information
they can to farmers, getting nothing
in return other than good will.
Lincoln L. Smith was over the first
of the week from his farm near Wat
ford, in Mckenzie county. He drove
over with a horse and buggy belong
ing to his brother, R. w. Smith, of
the Dickinson experiment station, re-
turning on the railroad via Glendive
to Sidney.
Miss Fannie MCGOWAN goes to
Manning Monday to make necessary
arrangements for her work the COM
ing school year in the Manning school.
Miss McGowman is a graduate of the
Valley City normal and comes recon-
mended as a highly capable person to
take charge of the Manning schools.
A. T. Crowl was a genial host to
over fifty gentlemen friends Wednes-
day evening. The guests were hidden
for 700 o'clock when an elaborate
course dinner was served at thirteen
tables. The house was prettily deco
rated with summer flowers, sweet
peas predominating. Miss Grace
Crowl a assisted by Mrs. A. H.
Deiters, Mrs. McGillivray and Mrs.
Cartwright and Misses Mabel Currie,
Florence Dickinson and Margery
Johnson. After dinner the gentlemen
played cards for several hours and
enjoyed songs by DR.. H. Anderson
and recitations by T. H. Hart, and
did full justice to A. Us good cigars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Scott returned
Tuesday from their trip of some four
months spent in Washington and
California. They occupied Rev. Del
bert Howe's house at Pacific Grove for
a time and visited many points of in
terest on the coast. While Mr.. and
Mrs. Scott were away away their lit
tie daughter stayed with her grand
parents, MI. and Mrs. L. Scott, in
Dickinson, and their son with the
other grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
Larsen, near Taylor. The family ex-
pected to visit in Dickinson and at
Taylor for a few days before going
out to Werner to look after things al
Mr.. SCOTS farm which he rented in
the spring.
, Members of the Simpson overland
; party of 1914 will be especially in.
terested in the following: Postmast
er and Mrs. Don Mckenzie of Grassy
! Butte, in Rhoades township, were
Watford and Schafer visitors Thurs
} day. MI. Mckenzie says that tn,
! people from the south side of tn,
. Little Missouri are greatly indebted
} to w. H. Chaloner, Guy Randall ant
! Dave Warran for assistance in eros
) sing the river. The river has beel
; on the rampage most of the tim
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