The Dickinson press., 1917-10-06
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Switchman Pat Daily was on the
sick list a few days this week and
unable for duty.
Brakeman Palmer has returned
from jamestown where he had been
for several weeks and is again on the
job.
Fred mccarthy, machinist at the
roundhouse, has been unable Tor duty
the past few days on account of ILL
ness.
Switchman A. F. Bingham has re-
turned from Cakes, N. D., where he
spent a week duck hunting and visit
ing with friends.
J. S. sewell, general storekeeper for
the Yellowstone division with head
quarters at Glendive, was ~transacting
company business in this city the fore
part Of the week.
Three cars loaded with sheep left
the rails at DeMores on. Monday and
the wrecking crew was called out to
make repairs. One car was unloaded
and the sheep driven to Medora where
| they were reloaded.
General freight business has. been
on the increase for the past week or
more. The chain gang has been in
creased by one engine. Stock and
fruit shipments are heavy at this
season of the year.
Conductor VIM. Shaub, who will be
remembered by many old time rail-
road men as local freight conductor out
of dickinson several years ago, ran
into Dickinson fro mthe west the fore
part of the week. This is his first
visit to Dickinson since 1913 and he
greeted many old friends about the
city. Since that time he has been
running west out of Glendive on a
passenger run.
Word has been received from Harry
Flanagan, former storekeeper at the
roundhouse and who recently left to
join the ambulance corps in France,
to the effect that he sailed from New
York City one day following his ar
rival there. He did not state when he
expected to land Somewhere in
France" but if the boat succeeds in
lodging the U boats he should be
there within a few days. 1t is prob
able that he will spend some time at
a training camp before going into
actual service on the firing line.
A number of the railroad boys are
seriously considering responding to
the call of T. N. Lantry, former d.
vision superintendent and now superin-
tendent Of transportation with head
quarters in St. Paul. The Russian
Railway Service corps is being organ
lied to be made up Of experienced
railroad men for ali branches of the
service to go to Russia for railroad
work and some very good %opportuni-
ties are offered. Local men are now
awaiting definite information regard
ing the corps and as soon as this is
received a number will sign up for
foreign service.
The Mandan local of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood Of Maintenance Of
N. P. Employees, vas organized
Wednesday evening at a meeting held
in the Mandan Commercial Club
rooms in the presence of about fiji
teen interested members. The organi-
zation comprises the men engaged in
bridge and track work employed by
the Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany. C. E. Crook, general chairman
for the N. P. Railway company, and
H. w. Johnson, grand representative
of the organization with headquarters
in Detroit, were present at the Or
%ganization meeting. The following
officers were elected: Chas: Hagger-
oft, Hebron, president; Ole Dahl.
Huff, vice president; A. B. Hanson,
Mandan, secretary and treasurer. The
officers were installed at the meeting
and the meetings will be held once
each month, the time and place to be
determined later. Mr.. Crook advises
that it is the object Of the brother
hood to have local lodges on every
important division point on the N: P.
There are at present twenty-one SINH
lar organizations. There are forty in
Mandan and vicinity who will be
members of the Mandan local. Mr..
Crook stated that it was the object
of local officers to secure all the track
and bridge men in this locality to be-
come members. Insurance can be Sc
cured in the lodge, but it is more a
brotherhood than an insurance Or
ganization for the purpose of making
conditions better for all concerned in
these particular vacations of railroad
men.-Mandan News.