The Dickinson press., 1916-02-12

Sheriff Harry A. Kaspar was a
Dickinson business visitor from
Manning the latter part Of last week.
Agnes Sorel face powder will not
injure the most delicate. skin-four
shades in so cent packages at
Greene's.-adv.
Mrs. Joseph Nechvatal of four
miles northwest of Lefor and Peter
TOMS of eight miles north of New
England drove in for supplies
Wednesday, returning to their re-
spective homes the following day.
We are informed that St. Theresa
College, where Miss Margaret Berry
is attending school this year, is also
affiliated with the Minnesota u, in
fact has had that honor for some
time.
Anton Burda is getting about four
dozen eggs per day from his hens.
He has a stove in the hen house
which is fired once each day during
the coolest weather. MI. Burda is
milking twelve. COWS at the present
time, which is about his average num-
Der at all seasons of the year.
D. w. Friesen is recovering nicely
at his home from the injury h. sus-
tanned recently. It was expected that
the cast would be removed from the
bones between his left ankle and
knee the middle of the week and
that in about two weeks he would be
able to use that foot.
The people of St. Patrick's parish
are working hard on the play "Faugh
A Ballagh" which they will give in
the opera house on St. Patrick's day.
These people have put on very sue
cessful home talent plays on this date
before and it is beginning to be
anticipated as an annual event.
Miss Rose Hornstra, who was at
tending high school here and staying
at the H. H. Hafstrom home, was
obliged to return to her home on the
Booky farm near Gladstone last Sat-
urday on account of a sudden de-
velopment of goitre, which will prob
ably call for an operation in the near
future.
Register of Deeds and Mrs. John
Leask entertained at a Scotch party
at their home on First Ave. East,
Friday evening, eight guests being in
vited. The evening was spent in
singing Scotch songs and Mr.. Leask
delighted the guests with some of
his noted flute solos. Mrs. Leask was
assisted by her daughter, Miss Jessie,
and by Misses Minnie Angliss and
Mayme McDonough.
Friends in the city have re-
ceived news from the Robert Wilcox
ranch on the Little Missouri, out
north, stating that the snow every
where had drifted as high as the
fences and that all hands were busy
gathering in stock, several of the men
suffering with frozen noses as a re-
suit. Fred Robinson, formerly of
Dickinson, is caring for the younger
generation of cattle in camp and says
he is busy trying to keep from freez-
ing to death. I
John O%chsenfeldt, who teaches in
the Lefor country, is in for the
teachers examination this week and
will visit his father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. Ochsenfeldt, southwest of
the city before returning to his school.
Henry Ochsenfeldt is one of the
happy Stark county farmers who still
has a large amount of wheat to
market. He expects to sell $1,000
worth of grain the last Of March or
early in April.
Joe Cuskelly, who is spending the
winter with his family in Dickinson,
had a letter recently from his
brother, William, at the ranch eight
miles north Of Killdeer, in which he
stated that their cattle were in fine
! shape. These ranchers always feed
considerable hay during the hard
winter months, as a result Of which
they always have good beef stock at
all seasons Of the year. They COM
menced feeding their stock the first
Of January this season. Joe and
William Cuskelly have four sections
Of land, three sections belonging to
the Dickinson gentleman personally.
Last fall, it will be remembered, they
increased their holdings by the
purchase Of the. Barney Corey land,
and Miss Margery Cuskelly, daughter
LOT Joe, also has a homestead within
the Cuskelly fence enclosure.