The Dickinson press., 1917-02-10
; CAB, CABIN AND CUSHION

On Monday evening, February 10Th,
occurs the tenth annual ball given by
Pyramid Lodge No. ITO, B. Of r. T.,
in the Elks hall. This promises to be
one Of the best social events Of the
season and the high ball will be given
for q clear track and a good time
throughout the evening. The COM
mittee in charge has secured the
Lyric orchestra to furnish the music
for the dance and has made other
necessary arrangements to insure all
who attend a good time.
The o~ficers-elect Of the B. of r. T.
for the ensuing year are: President,
James Flynn; vice president, p. F.
Fox; fnancier, w. Simmer; secretary,
III. r. Conlion. The officers also COM
pose the financial board. After seven
years Of faithful service, P. DAILY sre-
tired as president of the organize
ton. Regular meetings of the order
are held at the /. 90. f. hall on. the
frstsSunday Of the month at2 o'clock
in the afternoon and the third Thurs
day Of the month at 8 o'clock in the
evening.
Trainmaster Sloan has been promot-
ed to division superintendent at Pasco,
and Lewis Martin takes over the po-
sition Of trainmaster Of the Yellow
stone division. Mr.. Martin has head
quarters at Glendive and hasAbeen in
the freight service as conductor for
many years.
The railroad boys are again able
to breathe a little easier as traffic has
about resumed its normal, schedule
since the recent storm. For several
days all available crews were on duty
many hours at "a stretch in an effort
to get the tracks clear Of snow over
the entire division, and to get~the
passenger trains through. Pat DAILY
says that it was by far thesworst
storm that he has experienced in
twelve years, and he has been rail
reading for twenty years. No reights
were moved for several days but now
that the track is open the usualstraf-
west will likely be quite heavy until
the rush of business, dueEto the snow
blocade, is over.
Geo. Enstrom, engineer on the
Yellowstone division, has been pro-
NOTED to the position Of travelling
engineer. i
A large crew Of workmen is en-
gagged in removing the rubbish and
old building material from the siteTof
the old diving Of the round house,
The walls have been torn down and
the thousands Of old brick b~atssare
being loaded onto cars and removed
to the dumping grounds. The removal
Of this obstruction gives a straight
walk across the yards from FIRST
Avenue on the north side to Broad
way on the South Side. Other mi
proyements about the yards are also
carpenfefs are putting the nisil lii III
touches to the new wing of, the
round house erected on the site of
the portion which was. destroyed by
fire some few weeks ago. The work
has necessarily been slow on account
of@so much cold weather but the
lbuildings is. now entirely enclosed.
THE heavy doors leading from the
turntable into the. stalls have been
iplaced in position, allowing the use
lof a few o the new stalls. "lh
"a small temporary building is bel
ing erected OPPOSITE the depot i'll
(which will be acknowledgements and
Iequipmentsof The. new block system
which wifi Be put into operation dur:
ling the year Work will start on the
entire system as soonlsas weather CON-
ditions WilI#permit.
The Cab, Cabin and Cushion column
will be devoted to the railroad boys
Lin all departments operating in and
out Of the city. 1.-THE "call boy
falls to get you, "sign up your news
or&~infOranation at&thet Office of any of
the departments. 5%