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The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
THE PRISONERS
MAKE ATTEMPT
TO BREAK JAIL
PLOT OF PRISONERS TO BREAK
JAIL NIPPED IN THE
BUD.
Wooden Keys, Fashioned From
Wagon Wheel Spoke, Found in
Prisoners Bunk.

A we'll laid plot by some of the
prisoners in the county Jail to gain
their freedom, was nipped in the
bud during the week. Word reached
Deputy Sheriff Hoist that w. H.
Nevills, ex-policeman and ex-peniten-
tiary guard, in Jail on the charge of
box car robbery, was making wooden
keys and other implements to be used
in Jail breaking. An immediate
search was made, and in Nevill's bunk
in the cage were found two keys,
fashioned from hardwood wagon
wheel spoke, a pair of pliers and a
makeshift saw fashioned from a por-
ton of his cot. Although Nevills has
been confined to a cage during his
stay in Jail, he had undoubtedly been
the moving spirit in a Jail breaking
attempt. Some of the other prisoners
evidently were assistants to Nevills
in the deal. It seems that in bringing
up coal to the Jail one Of the prison
ers had hidden a discarded spoke
under the coal, and this was later
smuggled to Nevills. q
Additional guards have now been
placed at the Jail and all future ef-
forts to break out will be without
avail.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
HORSE RIDES So MILES
ON ICE CAKE IN RIVER

Owing to the rapidly rising water
in the Yellowstone river in Montana,
80 head of horses were caught on a
semi-island by the flood, and all per-
ished with the exception Of one, which
in some unaccountable manner
climbed onto cake Of ice, on which
he floated for two days and two
nights, until finally rescued at Glen
dive, after journey over the turbu-
lent Yellowstone for 35 miles. The
horse was watched by people on shore
during the greater part Of. the journey
but was past all aid until the block
Of ice was whirled onto the flooded
flats at Glendive. Several pictures
were taken Of the unusual river pas
senger while passing underneath the
big bridge at Glendive. The animal
stood up during the entire journey
and seemed to brace its legs each time
the ice cake was Jared by striking
against other ice blocks.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
Makes Big !: FORTUNE RI! IN
FEW YEARS At FARM NC

A land sale of considerable i'm
portance was closed in Dickinson this
week, when Joseph Giel, resident on
the South Side, disposed of his farm
of five quarter sections, II miles
southwest of Dickinson, to John Matz
and sons, J. w. and George, the con-
sideration being $4,000, or $35 per
acre. Mr.. Matz and family came
from Russia only two or three years
ago, and rented the farm at that
time from Mr.. Giel. In two years
they cleared enough money to make
a substantial cash payment on the
deal that went through this week.
Mr.. Giel came to this country just
Is years ago without a cent in his
pocket. By diligent work and careful
attention to farming, he now has a
substantial bank account in addition
to the sale price Of the land. Four
years ago he retired from active farm
labor and together with his wife es-
tablished their residence in Dickinson.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
JURORS DRAWN FOR THE
MARCH TERM OF COURT

Following is the list of Jurors Sc
lected to act at the coming term of
the district court of Stark county,
which convenes on Tuesday, March
7th. The court cases will be tried
first, and as a consequence the jury
lwiElsnot shaveEto report until March
2Oth. There will be naturalization
hearing at this term Of court:
Chas. Erbstoesser, John Thompson,
Plus Kopp, S. A. Durgin, Frank
Windmiller, Lars Arne, Jacob Walery,
Emanuel Kindsvogel, A. F. Benz,
Peter Brown, B. J. Eide, w. J. Sell
man, Christ Anderson, Phillip Stoltz,
C. C. Turner, E. M. Eagen, VIM. Mot
tershead, Albert Perchal, Frank
Petrick, Nick Schank, Carl Hamann,
Dan Weigum, H. E. Skauge, John
Reiner, sr., Alf. Indergaard, Paul
Lehman, o. M. Martin, Max Marco
vitz, w. J. Elliot, Caspar Gress, M.
Brunelle, Harry Boehm, Winner Coul-
son, R. J. Fleck, John Engel, Jr..
Alex Muth.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
WILD RUMORS CURRENT

All sorts of wild rumors are circu-
lated to the effect that horses and
cattle have died by the hundreds dur
ing the extremely cold weather of
January. The Press has traced many
of these reports down, and have
found them to be largely "pipe
dreams" True, a few weak calves
in many herds have died, but we
have yet to hear from an authentic
source of any wholesale deaths as
have been reported upon several oc-
casions. This week report came
that couple of hundred dead horses
had been found on one section of
land northwest Of Killdeer. We in
vestigated the report thoroughly, but
could find no confirmation Of the
statement.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
THE CHAUTAUQUA
DATES FOR THIS
CITY ARE NAMED
SESSIONS TO CONTINUE FOR
FIVE DAYS-JUNE 1927.
PLAN TO ATTEND.
An exceptionally High Class Program
Being Arranged For the
Summer Assembly.

The Third Annual Vawter Chau-
tauqua will be held in Dickinson for
five days in June, beginning on June
23rd. Many new attractions have
been booked for the Chautauqua this
year and it promises to be better
than ever and winner in every
way.
There will be five musical organi-
cations, one for each day. These will
be varied in character and are de-
signed to meet the requirements of
the people at all grades of musical
understanding. The big number is
the Military Concert Band, and pres
sing this hard for popular favor will
be Our Old Home Singers.
The Christine Giles Company and
Mr.. Ralph Bingham will furnish mus
ic and fun for one day. The Bohan-
mans and The Savranoffs complete
the splendid list.
A Big Band
The Military Concert Band is
brought in response to strong de-
mand for big band music. 1t is said
to be by far the peoples favorite.
The Old Home Singers, as one might
suppose, will sing the songs Of heart
and home; songs that are held dear
in the memories of all. Their
splendid musical numbers will be
bound together by cleverly designed
sketch that adds wonderfully to the
effects.
The Parnells are man and wife in
the classiest and cleverest of musical,
literary and makeup skits and fan
cies. The Savranoffs are musical
Russians, who display great versa
tility and present some novel and in
teresting instruments, including the
Balalaika.
The last day comes the Christine
Giles Company, and the closing ses-
sion will be a real joy night. This
special thriller will be led by Ralph
Bingham himself, who for years has
been given exclusive control of the
Joy Night festivities of the Inter-
national Lyceum Association. 1t will
be a scream.
Celebrated Orators
Yutaka Minakuchi, a celebrated
Japanese scholar and orator, will de-
liver an address. This is the same
Japanese who so distinguished him
self as an orator in the "Men and
Religion Forward Movement" and
other speaking tours. Hon. B. F..
Mcdonald of Ohio; Stewart I. Long
and j. Fred Clarke, all standard
Chautauqua orators, are also booked
to appear. The fourth afternoon lee
ture will be announced later.
AS a big entertainment feature we
are to have Ducrot, the magician.
Mr.. Hedges places Ducrot in the
front rank as an exponent of modern
magic and says that his tricks are
both mystifying and interesting, the
delight of the children and of grown
ups as we'll.
A children's specialist will have
charge of the juvenile work forenoons
and this will be given special atten-
tion in an effort to surpass all similar
efforts among the children in the
past.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
ANNUAL MASONIC BANQUET
PROVES BRILLIANT AFFAIR

More than 25O Masons, their ladies
and Eastern Stars gathered at the
Masonic temple Tuesday evening for
their annual banquet and anniversary
celebration. Tuesday was the sixth
anniversary of the completion and
dedication of the Masonic temple in
Dickinson, the finest Masonic home,
with one exception, in the state.
A sumptuous course banquet was
served under the catership of Ed.
Fisher of the Royal Lunch. Every
adjunct that makes for an elaborate
dinner was served, and, as a conse-
quence the banquet was thoroughly en-
joyed by the large assemblage.
At the conclusion of the banquet a
short program of music and speeches
was rendered. Several beautiful Sc
lections were favored the audience by
a quartet, composed of Miss Ivy
Conant, soprano; Miss Margaret
Stewart, contralto; J.. V. Jessen,
tenor, and w. J. Orchard, bass. They
sang without accompaniment and the
beautifully blended harmony was the
source of many compliments by all
present. Addresses were made by w.
B. Dickson, U. S. land office register,
and F. w. Turner. Mr.. Dickson COM
plimented the lodge upon it's beauti-
full home and upon the fact that the
anniversary of it's dedication fell up
on the same date as that of the an
niversary of the birth of George
Washington, one of the first great
Masons of the United States. Mr.;
Turner gave a short, comprehensive
history of the local lodge, recounting
happenings Of the past 26 years. He
told of the first humble lodge quart
ers back in 1898, then of each sue
cessive quarter until the present mag
niicent home, completed five years
ago. Mr.. Turner was prominent
member of the building committee
which brought to a successful con-
clusion the erection of the present
magnificent temple.
George Senour presided as toast.
master in most efficient manner.
At the close of the program, the
banquet tables were cleared away
and dancing indulged in until the
early morning hours. The Lyric
orchestra furnished splendid music
for the occasion.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
CLUB IS ORGANIZED TO
BOOST NORMAL SCHOOL

The mass meeting held at the Elks'
auditorium Friday evening was lar
gely attended, practically every bust
ness and professional man of the
city being present. The object of the
gathering was to devise ways and
means whereby the Slope country's
urgent need of a normal school could
be placed before the people, and to
set forth the desirability of having
this school located in Dickinson.
Mayor White presided over the meet
ing and called upon the following
men for short talks: Attorney Leslie
A. Simpson, Supt. P. S. Berg of the
Dickinson schools, Representative H.
J. Blanchard, Rev. R. H. Craig and
Attorney T. D. Casey. Each of these
men gave strong reasons why the
school should be located here, and
advised the forming Of a boosters
club to further the work. Mayor
White, the presiding officer of the
meeting, was chosen to name an ini-
tial committee, to be composed of Is
men and 10 women, which would
formulate the first working plans.
This committee was named yesterday
and is as follows:
Mayor Alf. White, Judge w. C,
Crawford, Rev. A. C. Hacke, Rev
John Dignam, DR.. G. A. Perkins, Dr.
N. L. Gartley, Atty. L. A. Simpson
Ernest L. Peterson, G. S. Barnes
John Nadolski, Val. Koch, J. v
Jessen, H. F. Schroeder, F. W.
Turner and o. Schwartz.
Mesdames Alice Hunter, VIM. Len
neville, L. H. Rudiselle, M. l.. Nc
Bride, James Soules, John Huth-
macher, M. L. Ayers, C. N. Barker
R. H. johnson and Miss A. Hillesheim
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
WILL BUILD ADDITION

J. c. F. Parker is planning the ex-
tension of his building on First Ave.
West, back to the alley, an addition
of 81 feet to the present building.
The present building is occupied by
the Star restaurant, and it is ex-
pected that several rooms in the
new addition will be used by the
restaurant people for living room
purposes. A portion Of the new ad-
dition will undoubtedly be used by
Mr.. Parker as warehouse, in which
to store overflow goods from his
meat market and grocery store build
ing. The contemplated addition will
add greatly to the appearance and
value of Mr.. Parker's First Avenue
property, besides increasing the rental
revenue.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
LOCAL Man GETS BIG
AUTOMOBILE CONTRACT

S. w. Brodhead, who has been the
Dickinson distributor for the Empire
automobile for some time past, re-
Gently closed contract with the
Briscoe Motor Co. of Jackson, Mich,
for the distribution of these popular
cars in the southern half of North
Dakota. Mr.. Brodhead will establish
distributing points at Fargo and Dick
inson, and every Briscoe car sold in
the southern half Of the state will
go through his hands. He expects his
first shipment of Briscoe cars for his
Dickinson warehouse about March
10th. He will handle all three Bris-
coe models, selling at $585, $3.50 and
$3.50. Mr.. Brodhead's contract is
big one and from now on he will be
a pretty busy man experimenting the
establishment of sub-agencies and
distributing cars.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
LYRIC THEATRE TO SHOW
FAMOUS TRIANGLE FILMS

Beginning on Monday next, Febru-
ary 28th, and every Monday and Fri
day thereafter, the Lyric theatre will
show the much talked of ''Triangle"
films. These films are meeting with
much success in all of the large
cities Of the United States and are
regarded to be among the very best
produced. The management of the
Lyric is making every effort to
please the patrons Of that popular
show house, and as a consequence de-
cided upon going to the expense of
securing the "Triangle" films for two
feature nights each week. The price
of admission has been reduced to S
and 10 cents, any show.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
FIGURES SHOW
DICKINSON HAS
5,766 PEOPLE
NEW DIRECTORY SHOWS RE-
MARKABLE POPULATION IN
|. CREASE FOR CITY.
Figures Based on Most Conservative
I Estimate By Man Well Qualified
To Judge.

The city of Dickinson has popula-
ton Of 5,766 people according to Geo
p. Keiter, manager of the Keiter Di.
rectory Co., who has just completed
his enumeration and compilation OF
names for the new 1916 city and
county directory. His estimate is ex.
tremely conservative, as he has only
multiplied the directory names by
two and three-fourths, while other di.
rectory people generally multiply by
three.
There is not a vacant dwelling
house in the city at this time, anc
scores of applications for houses tt
rent are on the waiting lists of the
rental agents. The city is growing
by leaps and bounds-and it is sub.
stantial growth. There has been nc
boom; just a steady advance all ths
time. New business enterprises are
being established almost every weel
and prosperity reigns in every line
Dickinson is truly the metropolis oil
the Slope country.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
MANY DICKINSON PEOPLE
ATTEND HEBRON WEDDING

Sunday morning number of Dick
inson residents Joined by some Bel
field people, went down to Hebron to
attend the wedding of Miss Anna Hal
perm of Hebron to Chas. Rosen of
Bismarck. The bride is a sister of
Miss Esther Halpern who attended
school here some time ago. Over 200
guests were present, those going
down from Dickinson being Mr.. and
Mrs. o. Schwartz, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Singer and family, Miss
Cecilia Edelberg, and Louis Tobias.
The parties from Belfeld were: Mr..
and Mrs. Max. Schwartz and family,
Atty. H. A. Mackoff and Louis Abra-
movitz. Most of the above returned
the following morning.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
STONE HURLED THROUGH
WINDOW At MRS. FISHER

Some miscreant hurled stone
through a window of the Mrs. Clar-
ence Fisher house on First Avenue
East, and as a result Mrs. Fisher
suffered cash on the head from fly
ing glass. Boarders, who were at
the table in an adjoining room, heard
the noise and rushed in to see what
was the matter. They found Mrs
Fisher in an almost unconscious state
E EasslJ badly frightened. It will be re.
membered that Mrs. Fisher was
knocked down by a hold-up artist q
few weeks ago and it was thought fo1
time that this was a similar at
tack. The police came to the con.
clusion, however, that it was prob.
ably the work of some mischief maker
who only desired to frighten Mrs
Fisher.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
Dickinson Capitalist Buys Largest
Horse Raising Ranch in the World

Ed. R. Partridge, a wealthy Dickin-
son rancher, who still retains an ex-
tensive horse ranch north of this city,
came back the past week from
Nevada, where he recently purchased
from Rankin & Gorham, also former
Dickinson ranchers, the largest horse
ranch in the world. This ranch is
known as the Double Square" and
covers territory of about 13O miles
square, or about 10000 sections
grand total Of over ten millions of
acres. The range extends into three
states, Nevada, Idaho and Oregon.
Of course the land is mostly leased
range, but in the deal is included
some 5000 head Of horses. The mag
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26

ANOTHER STAY GRANTED
BROWN OF R|CHARDTON

Another stay Of execution for
thirty days has been granted in the
John Brown case, pending the re-
quest for a new trial. Attorney T.
F. Murtha of Dickinson, who defend
ed Brown at his trial in Mandan,
wherein he was accused of shooting
at his son, is making a strong fight
for Browns freedom. Brown is now
under a sentence of three years in
the state penitentiary, imposed by
Judge Hanley Of Minot after the jury
found Brown guilty of assault with
a dangerous weapon. Brown, it will
be remembered, is a farmer near
Richardton, and family troubles last
December lead to the alleged shoot
ing at his son, Nick.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26

nitude of the ranch can be better
realized when one learns that it
takes seven months Of continual work
to make the roundup.
The purchase price has not been
stated, but local parties are of the
opinion that it is around the half
million dollar mark. Anyway, it is
"some" ranch, and the fact that it
has been handled twice to date by
Dickinson capitalist ranchers demon
strates that lot of money must have
been made by these parties in North
Dakota, before they invested in the
Double Square" ranch. Mr.. Par
fridge still retains his ranch here, on
which are some 700 head of horses.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
FOUR BOX CAR THIEVES
PLEAD GUILTY TO CRIME

Four of the men implicated in the
robbery Of freight cars, arrested last
week, plead guilty to the charges
against them this week before Justice
A. P. Folsom, and will receive their
sentences before Judge w. C. Craw-
ford as soon as he returns from Mott
Those who plead guilty are: John
O'Connor, Pat Peters, Wilbur Skude
and Newton Hough. w. H. Nevills,
leader of the gang, refused to plead
guilty, and will undoubtedly stand
trial. It is alleged that Nevills is a
seasoned criminal and that he will un-
doubtedly give the authorities all the
trouble he can before they land him
in the penitentiary.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
STAR MAIL ROUTE IS
ESTABLISHED TO LEFOF

A star postal service has been es-
tablished by the postal department
from Lefor to Gladstone, leaving
Lefor daily, except Sunday at I
o'clock p. M, and arriving at Glad
stone at 5 o'clock, four hours later.
The service will leave Gladstone at
8 o'clock each morning, except Sun
day, and arrive in Lefor at noon.
This service will greatly facilitate
the delivery of mail to this hustling
little inland village. Lefor is rapidly
becoming an important trading center
and it will not be long until the rail-
roads will have to take notice of il
and eventually furnish railway facili.
ties.
The Dickinson press., 1916-02-26
AMUSING MISTAKE

Il The editor Of one Of the Killdeer
papers mis-read a news item from
Elmgrove, which stated that there
was ''new arrival" at the Walter
George home, and made it appear
that it was bouncing baby. The
fact Of the matter was that the "new
arrival" was Mrs. George, Walter be-
ing married only a few weeks ago.
Well, the Killdeer editor had to do
Some explaining. III ri
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The Detroit times., 1916-07-22

lane has adopted the policy OK all
seats % cent" Vttn a continuous per
..rWarce from 20 II o'clock
NILES
TIE record tr~Rking vaudeville
musical comedy production. The
Nineteenth Hole headed by sam
curtis the popular character come
dian. and hts 10 "Golanx Girls viii
head the bin In the Miles theatrr
The Detroit times., 1916-07-22
DRURY LANE.

The new Drury Lane theatsr. on
Wood ward ave. near Grand circus
park viii have for it's opening week
Bit selects ~ az feature photoptays
difficult 10 keel IN rang or soolecIs
and quality. saturday. The Gates o.
Divorce" a three reel drama with
Gertrude Mccoy as the star. will be
presented ard will be followed by
CRANE Wilbur in a drama of love, in
irigue and divorce, entitled, The
Foors CAM and n comedy Hired
ard Fired" sunday. william 4.
Brady will present an elaborate I'VE
part feature detective drama what
Happened In %. with Frances Nell
son as is principal: Monday. Myrtle
Gonzales will appear In rve part
production. The secret OF the
swamp and animated weekly pic
tures showing the worlds latest
events. will De on the bill: Tuesday.
n splash u Local Color" with Mar
Fuller at her best; thrilling out
docr drama Of the western plains
FOR the Love OF a Girl. and sidney
Drew in q .ide-splitting comedy. His
FIRST Tooth" viii be offered: Wed
nesdAy there viii be triple bill
'-sybyrs Scenario. in three parts. BY
Mans Law" in two parts. and The
day. Dorothy Davenport Will appear
in The Marx OF Cain" and the mu-
fuAl weekly Will snow for the hrst
time in Detroit; the latest hspP.n-
petrova. famous emotional actress
will appear on Friday in an elsbor-
ate production, The Eternal Cues
tion' and there will be a selected
comedy: Saturday. Lizette Thor. In
a Eve part drama entitled Out OF the
RAINBOW" vivian Rich. in Pastures
Green" and roaring comedy. The
Hero OF E-Z Ranch" will make up
the program. A. each performance
an elaborate program will be given
on the new SIC. 0g0.0 90 Wurlitzsr pipe
organ. The MANAGEMENT OF tho Drury
The Detroit times., 1916-07-22
Fl IN THE LOCAL PL AYHOUSES sssssss

OF clever singing and dancing girls
the book Of the piece was written
- VIII H. Hough and contains
fright breezy lines and funny com
piications Three complete sets OF
ton. Another feature of Importance
VIII be the Great Waldo. master ma
glSian and iil9slonist. and company
81 wonder workers. IN series OF
my stifNink experiments in magic and
p~rplcNtnA illusions. Other good acts
include Orphee. musical genius. who
presents novel electrical musical
production, the Holman brothers.
sensational horizontal bar experts
Nash and Evans. skating comedians
and Alma Grace. dainty comedienne.
For the screen program which pre-
cedcs the vaudeville every afternoon
from IL 30 10 2,So o'clock, hrst run
feature photodrams new comedies
and the latest SeliE Tribune week
lies VIII be projected
The Detroit times., 1916-07-22
oRPHEt VI

ORPHEt
Lottie Williams and Co. in SLANG
piaylet dealing with life on the EAST
side of New York. Will top biu ~
excellence In the Orpheum theAtsr.
next week. Miss Williams Is an act
ress OF tried ability. and her teHic-
ton OF a waitress in = tough metro
politan restaurant Is said 70 be true
to life. The play has 20 DO Win Two
orphan girls. one OF whom rises Tia
life while the other Is a 'hlck and =
"prune piler" as she calls herself.
Sherman. Van and Hymsn. ratns-
kellar trio, provide the second Tea.
ture while the added attraction VIII
consist OF Miss Hamlet, 2 must, al
travesty on the play ~ tAmlet
which was 10 have headlincd an or
pheum bill two weeks aso. Sh~r nAn
Van and HyURu are boys who play
pianos sing and dance, and they VII
bring with them score 81 new an
Hamlet" Is more than usually 'l4'-
crate for vaudeville. The costumes