The Dickinson press., 1915-11-13
NEWS

LOCAL NEWS
Miss Carleton returned Monday
from her state library session at
Grand Forks. She reports q profit
able session.
The N. P. officials were in Killdeer
last week and among the names are
noted John M. Rapilje, general man.
ager, and D. S. Littlehales, master
mechanic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Dahlke and
children of Taylor were in Dickin-
son for dental work. They came up
in their new Dodge auto and in this
way lost very little time on the road.
During the past week Ticket Agent
Boice has been selling a good many
fares to harvest laborers, who have
been returning east, many of them
going to Duluth and Superior to en-
ter the lumber camps for the winter. |
H.. ]. Riesland, the eye sight
specialist, who has come here regu-
larly for many years and who grinds
all the most difficult glasses, will be
at the St. Charles hotel November
10, 20 and 81. See him if you are
in need of the services of a specialist
of ability and experience edv. 11-13-1t
Watford Guide:-Senator L. A.
Simpson and Alfred Gaffner of Dick
inson and Mrs. w. N. Crist, Lester,
Irving and Archie Crist Of Mary were
in town for a short time yesterday
morning. They had been in Schafer
since Monday, completing arrange
ments for the division Of the Crist
estate in Rhoades township. Attor-
neys Simpson and Converse are the
lawyers for the estate. 1t will be
remembered that Mr.. Crist was &C.
c~identally killed in Chicago about
three years ago.
j. c. Erb started work this week
on a barn 80 feet long by 38 feet
wide at his large farm ranch in
Dunn county. He has just completed
one of the best farm houses in the
county and when the barn is COM
pleted he will have about the best i'm.
proved place in the western part of
taking a trip to California early the
coming year, perhaps the last of JAN
uary.
W. K. lander, who has a farm
east of the city, does not claim as
large a yield per acre as some but
his grain was all of a fine quality
and he had a total of over 5000
bushels. He has not marketed any
thing but the flax so far. The durum
wheat on this farm averaged rs
bushels to the acre, bluestem %,
barley IS. Mr.. lander has found time
to do a lot of fall blowing and is we'll
satisfied with the results of the seas
on.
Mr.. Gorham of Rockford, ILL.,, as
~sistant general agent of the American
Insurance Co. of N. j., was in Dick
inson on Tuesday, inspecting the
Americans local agency with John
Orchard. Mr.. Gorham is much
pleased with western North Dakota
= and especially with Dickinson: and thu
country tributary. He was alst
y pleased with the fire insurance bust
ness which his company has received
tt. through the local agency.
H. G. Hamilton was in Tuesday an,
Imarketed $24 worth of chickens. H
n Hives about 26 miles northwest o
Hutchinson and stated that on the wa,
,tF&A JIG od" a SIcot uCoi VI gam o.i'
al En- shock. 1t was his opinion that tn
lie unthreshed grain would amount t
,is about IS per cent of the total croI
Mr.. Hamilton has not threshed bu
. his grain is stacked and he can g
X ahead with the job whenever the ma
~ chine gets along.
I'd Frank Covington returned Tuesda'
nd morning from Canada, where he ha
been since last spring. He is gla
to be back in the United States an
I'M for all that he knows now will white
in Dickinson. He states that tn
crops are good in Canada this veal
as On the day he left, November :
re wheat was quoted at 78c per bushe
OF or about 10c lower than the price a
lie Dickinson, Mr.. Covington is one 0
the range riders of western Nortl
90 Dakota, having spent last winter il
charge of a cattle herd near Morris
ct town, S. D.
at Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hydu fror
southwest of Gladstone came to Dick
Sc inson on Wednesday with a load o
Id wheat which they were exchanging
for flour at the Dickinson Roller Mil
# Co. Mr.. Hydu is one of Starl
~ county's prosperous farmers, having
raised $500 bushels of wheat from
"a los acres this year; 1000 bushels O.
~ oats, getting an average yield OF 81
70 bushels to the acre. He summer fall
lowed so acres the past eason anc
has backset IS acres, making 49,
acres that will be ready as soon al