The Dickinson press., 1916-08-12

Mrs. F. L. Roquette and daughters,
Misses La Verne and Oral, went to
Ollie, Mont, on Thursday evening to
be present at a dance given in their
new store at that place this (Friday)
evening.
States Attorney V. H. Crane, Clerk
of Court l.. H. Hoffman and DR.. F. T.
Rucker were prominent Mott visitors
in Dickinson the fore part of the
week, on business in connection with
the plea of guilty to murder made by
Frank Long, alias Laskowski.
! Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Ray and chill
dren are spending a few weeks in
South Dakota visiting relatives. They
started out in their auto on Satur-
day, but on account of the heavy rain
they had to come back. They de-
parted again on Tuesday.
The four railroad organizations
will hold a meeting Sunday evening
at 8 o'clock in I. O. O. F. hall for
purpose of the eight hours. There
will be a speaker from the east pres
ent at this meeting. The public is in
vited to attend this meeting.
Miss Ruth Butler returned on Sun
day from her three weeks trip. Miss
Butler went to Bismarck for a visit
with friends and from there went to
Carson, for a visit with her uncle, DR..
Leavitt, and at Mott she was the
guest Of Miss Clara Derby. Miss
Butler had a delightful trip.
The members of the Bachelors Club
are hustling their W GRUB" and do
ing their own chambcrmaid work for
a couple of weeks while the house ex-
ecutive force is taking a vacation.
| Almost any time of day a "batch'
can be seen hanging over some pie
counter in the city consuming a lunch,
while dreaming of the good old "club"
cooking. .
John F. Berzel, a brother of George
Berzel of this city, and we'll known
here, is taking part with several dare
devil stunts in a Catholic field day,
which is being held at Lake Avoca
near Butte, Montana, today( Friday.
The first will be an exhibition of his
strength, during which a granite slab
will be broken on his chest with a
sledge hammer. Horseshoes will also
be made on an anvil laid on his chest.
Then he will take a "slide for life'
into the lake on a wire cable.
Mrs. F. D. Cooper and children re-
turned the latter part of last week
from Rushville, Illinois, where they
have been for the past two months,
visiting at the home of Mrs. Cooper's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Hodgson.
It was very var during Mrs
Cooper's stay in Illinois so she did
not enjoy her trip as much as if the
weather had been cool. Mr.. Cooper
went down to Galesburg, Illinois, and
joined his family on their return trip.
"Hiram" Malmgren, for the past
two years the efficient manager of
the dry goods and ready to wear de-
partment in the H. F. Schroeder Co.
store, has accepted a position as man.
ager of a large cooperative store in
Bowman, and will enter upon his
duties the first of next month. The
new position which Mr.. Malmgren as
sumes is a responsible one, as be-
sides, the management of the main
Bowman store, he will do the buying
of goods for a number Of branch
stores. His many Dickinson friends
extend congratulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. L.. Ayers returned
Thursday afternoon from a two
months visit in the New England
states. They attended the annual
session of the National Editorial AS
ISOLATION in New York, from which
place they went to Boston for a few
days and then to Vermont, where they
visited for a month. On their return
they made stops in Chicago and Min
neapolis. After experiencing weeks
of intensely hot weather in the east,
MI. and Mrs. Ayers r enjoying the
cool summer nights of western North
Dakota and are really pleased to be
at home again.