The Dickinson press., 1916-03-11
LOCAL NEWS

DR.. w. H. Long made a trip to Bel
field Tuesday evening.
DR.. J. w. Bowen spent last Satur-
day in Beach professionally.
C. E. M%ortenson of New England
was a Dickinson business visitor on
Thursday.
Herbert Toole and Lloyd Grub ex-
pected to leave the later part of this
week to help root for our basketball
boys at Fargo.
Roy Scharf and Edward Roberts
went out to the E. J. Scharf farm
Friday morning. Mrs. Hugh Roberts
and Bertram Scharf expected to leave
for the same place on Saturday to be
there for the big auction sale on Mon
day.
r. W. Smith, of the Dickinson u. S.
experiment station, left Tuesday to
spend two weeks at the Agricultural
college at Fargo to work with a
representative from the Hettinger
station, and Prof. Ladd on wheat
milling tests.
Express Agent Asher informs the
Press that there was a $4,000 increase
in the business of the Dickinson
press office the past year e 1914,
despite the big growth of the parcel
post business. AS a consequence Mr..
Asher has received a substantial in
crease in salary.
Several Hollander families arrived
in Dickinson Thursday direct from the
Old Country, and will make their
homes on the big Holland farm les
South Heart. These people state that,
the food situation is at a most criti-
cal point in their part of Europe on
account of the war.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Doubleday of
this city were east bound passengers
Wednesday, Mrs. Doubleday stopping
off at Mandan to visit at the home of
r. R. Lutz and her husband going or
to Flasher for a visit at the DR..
Shortridge home. They expect to be
absent from the city about ten days.
"The Escape" one of the greatest
photoplays Of the day, will be shown
at the Bijou theatre on Friday and
Saturday, March 10th and 18th. This
is Grifith's second masterpiece and
ranks very favorably with ."The Birth
of a Nation" No children under IL
years of age will be admitted to this
play unless accompanied by their
parents. Don't get married until you
see "The Escape"
, H. w. Dahrling is moving his
Wardrobe dry cleaning parlors and
clothing agency to the room in the
Simpson building, recently vacated by
+ the Joe Heiser plumbing shop. His
, new location is right across the street
\ from the J. C. F. Parker & Sons
! grocery store and meat market. The
room has been completely redecorateo
and rewired, and will provide a most
cozy home for the Wardrobe.
: Eggs for Hatching-From my prize
winning Single Comb White Leghorns
6 1.-The bred-to-lay kind. Won first
= second, fourth and fifth pullet anc
first cock and first cockerel at Mis-.
a, souri, Slope poultry show in Dickin.
y son. Have limited supply of eggs, st
order now and be assured of getting
this good stock. Price-$1.5O for Is
$40 0for so, and $500 for 1OO.-J. w
Sturgeon, 2O2 Third Ave. East, Dick
y inson.-adv. 3-11-4
: John Orchard expects to leave to
morrow Saturday morning fol
Fargo to be present at the decisive
game of the state basketball tourna
= ment Saturday night. On Monday HI
will attend the State Federation O.
Insurance gathering and the follow
ing day the first annual meeting O.
the National Parks Highway associa
ton, of which he is secretary. Presi
dent F. w. Turner will leave Sunda.
to also take in both meetings ant
stay over for the Jefferson Highwa.
meeting on Wednesday.