The Dickinson press., 1915-02-06


Thursday night.
Harry Bailey arrived from Mis-
soula, Mont, this week and is visiting
with his brother, Ernest Bailey, and
| wife for some time.
Mrs. Otto Breda, who has been
seriously i'll for the past two or three
weeks, was somewhat improved the
latter part Of the week. So
Miss Louis Wall, county superin-
tendent of Dunn county, was in the
city for a few days this week attend
ing to business and visiting friends.
Harold Dundas arrived in the city
he is employed in the Security State
his mother, returning to Montana on
Monday.
Miss Mabel Hogue. arrived home
Sunday to spend several weeks VISIT
ing with her parents, Mr.. ard MRS.
H. A. Hogue. Miss Hogue has heen
teaching in the schools at Ypsilant1, !
N. D., since the opening in September.
Miss Myrtle Homer returned Tues
day from Sentinel Butte, where she
has been visiting for several weeks.
While there she made arrangements |
for the building of her homestead cot |
tage, which she will move into in
April.
Joseph Nechvatal was a business
visitor in the city Tuesday from his
farm four miles west of Lefor. He
farms a quarter section and finds it
| gives him all he wants to do. He
has several hundred bushels of wheat
left to be sold.
T. G. G. Kennedy, agent for the
Harley Davidson motor cycle, arrived
in the city from Mandan Wednesday
afternoon to attend to some business
matters. MIR. Kennedy has already
placed 5 machines this year,, having
left the 5th at Glen Ullin Wednesday
morning.
Mrs. w. A. Mcclure was at home to
a number of friends Tuesday evening.
Five hundred was played at six
tables during the evening. An ele-
CANT lunch was served by the hostess,
assisted by her daughter, Miss Grace,
and Misses Florence Jefferies and
Beth johnson.
John Marty was in the city Wednes-
day from his farm near Lefor. From
1870 acres he received 1900 bushels
of grain, which he marketed at New
England. His farm is the same dis
lance from Gladstone as from New
England, but the roads are much bet
ter to the Hettinger county town.
Mrs. Hughes of Fayette arrived in
the city Thursday afternoon from
Iowa, where she has been visiting for
the past two months. Mrs. Hughes
says that they have been having a
cold winter there and was glad to
get back to North Dakota. She ex-
/ pected to leave on the Fayette stage
Friday morning.
! Mrs. Blanche j: Frye received sad
; news on Wednesday from Elk River.
l Mimi, stating that her mother, Mrs.
Demmick, had dropped dead. Mrs.
= Frye left on No. 2 Thursday for the
east. She had her plans all made for
leaving On Saturday for Elk River to
l be present February 9Th for the 50th
wedding anniversary Of her father
and mother. Mrs. Demmick was
about 70 years of age.
1 Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Knight and two
daughters of Tower City, N. D., were
r in Dickinson on Wednesday, return
/ from a six-weeks' trip in Floriday
and California. Mr.. Knight is an all
round newspaper nan and not enjoy
ing very good healthv took this long
y trip, hoping to find a country where
the climate would agree with him
: and where he could possibly lease a
: small newspaper. He did not find
either health or opportunities that he
wanted and was glad to get back to
North Dakota, where he will relocate
as soon as he finds a suitable place,
Mr.. Knight has two brothers in Elgin'
one is owner of the Times there
A farmer from Iowa has been held
: at the stockyards this week with a
herd of dairy cattle which he was
: shipping to Billings, Mont. He was
unable to 60 farther west as cattle
cannot be shipped in or out of Mon
tana. Although MI. Mammetter, the
{ shipper, came from a district which il
is thought has not been afflicted with
the foot and mouth disease, it was
impossible for him to get across the
line. He sold his stock to Jacob Pet
, erson, who lives south of here. The
. matter has been taken up with the
! state veterinarian. It may be that
+ the stock will have to be held in quar-
, antine for a time before they can be
, moved about in this state.
3 F. L. Roquette, of the F. L. Ro-
l quette Co. of this city, expects to
) leave on Saturday for Chicago and
New York on his semi-annual purch-
asing trip. Llewellyn Roquette, who
has been at the University at Grand
Forks. is to meet~his father en- route
and accompany him to Chicago, where
he is to enter a school for window dis
play, advertising, card writing. After
taking a course of two or three
months in this school, Llewellyn will
be well equipped to look after the
window displays and advertising in
the Roquette Co. store in this city.