The Dickinson press., 1915-03-13

George Mischief was in Wednesday
from the north with a load of wheat
which he marketed at $1.36 per BUSH
ell.
After having his leg put in a cast
the first Of the week John Britt re-
turned home to Medora Tuesday even
ing.
Carl E. Tallmadge, a real estate
MAJ Of New England, was in Dickin-
son on the 4th, returning from Coop
erstown, where he had been called
by the death of an old friend.
Leo. H. Payne was in Monday from
north Of Gladstone to make five year
homestead proof at the Dickinson U.
S. land office. His witnesses were
VIM. Reiche and Sebastian LESS.
John Auhr returned the middle of
the week from Killdeer, where he
has been working with the Walton &
Davis Co.'s force Of carpenters on
the Norred hotel, which is now near
ing completion. .
Mrs. H. N. Owens came in from
Manning and took the train, to
Rochester on Sunday to join her hus-
band. It was understood that an oper-
alton upon one of his kidneys was to
be made the middle of this week.
This week the Mandan Mercantile
Co. was awarded the contract for
erecting the new house for the Dick
inson Golf Club. If the weather re-
mains favorable, work will be started
within a few days and rushed to an
early completion.
The Dakota National bank was fin
ishing a fine job of floor thing in the
Foster & Funk barber shop this week.
This gives the shop under the bank
quite a metropolitan appearance. The
Heaton Lumber Co. and Noggle Bros.
were doing the work.
w. O. Smith, who lives four miles
south of the city, plans on putting
60 acres into corn. He will also put
some 8 acres into alfalfa. From his
half acre patch last summer he Sc
cured over 100 pounds of Grimm al
falfa seed. In addition to these two
best farm crops, he will seed about
400 acres of grain, mainly wheat.
Joe Heiser made a handsome dis
play window this week at his plumb
ing and heating office in what was
formerly knows as the Messersmith
building. Mr.. Heiser has a nice sup
ply of plumbing fixtures on hand as
his window indicates.
Schuyler Lebo was down from his
ranch south of Medora the fore part
of the week. He says that all his
stock is in good shape and that he is
just starting in to feed the cows and
calves. They have plenty of snow
but not so much but that stock can
rustic in good shape.
Caspar Virag, who has been in the
merchant tailor business in this city
for several years, has gone to Beach,
where he will continue in the same
line. The family will remain here for
the present. Peter Geiser and Steve
Fritz, who bought him out, will con-
tinue the business the same as in the
past. They will remain in the same
quarters, just west of the Dickinson
Mercantile Co.
L. Tobias, who employs a force of
half a dozen men in the manufacture
of cigars on the second floor Of the
Thompson building, expects to take
his goods out in a Ford auto the COM
ing season. He has a large cigar
trade in the new towns on the branch
line north and the auto will make it
possible for the Dickinson cigar man
to cover a large territory without be-
ing away from his shop very long at
a time.
F. H. Hart furnished instrumental
music and gave two recitations at the
Brotherhood meeting Monday even
ing. They were good, a were the
violin selections by Frederick lessen.
R. L. Kennedy read extracts from an
! eminent authority on military and
naval defences Of our country. This
brought out interesting talks from A.
J. Osborn, F. H. Hart, T. H. Pugh,
Harlan Reed, Donald Owen, A. C.
Hacke and others. At the close of the
interesting session, MI. Hart played
"T~ipperary," a number joining in the
song.
Taylor Reporter:-J. H. Caldwell,
the prominent south Of town farmer
and stockman, went to Chicago Sun
day for a visit with his aged mother,
who recently passed her 92nd mile
stone. While in the Windy City MIR.
Caldwell will endeavor to purchase a
Few nedQ OF Iull DlOOueu SuOfClOTIl
CO. lie with W., oh to EZocx his ranch.
Farmers and stockmen generally real
ize the advantages and results OBJ
tanned from pure bred strains of cat
tie and in the upkeep of his herd Mr..
Caldwell is following out the lessons
learned from years of experience.
Matt Regeth, the Libby Butte mer-
chant, was in Dickinson on Wednes-
| day with a 3-horse wagon load of
wheat which he marketed at $1.34.
The market went off &c in the after
noon and the Dunn county man was
too late in to catch the morning fig
ures. Mr.. Regeth is the man who lost
his 8-year-old son by accidental
| shooting. It was an awful blow to
the parents. Miss Rosa Regeth, eld-
| est DAUGHTER. and well known in Dick