The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04

CAB, CABIN AND CUSHION. .
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. CAB, CABIN AND CUSHION. .
90
Yardmaster G. L. Dalton left on
No. 4 Wednesday for his old home in
Iowa for a short vacation trip and
will return with his son, who has been
visiting his grandparents during the
summer vacation.
Conductor L. E. Esse is spending
a weeks vacation at Miles City,:
Mrs. r. H. Crandall, wife Of Night
Yardmaster Crandall, left last week
accompanied h. her daughter, for q
visit with relatives in Detroit, Mich.
They expect to return in about one
month. ~
An Italian with an unpronounce-
able name met with an accident in
the local yards Saturday. He was
taking a quiet snooze in the shade Of
q box a. and when a switch engine
moved the "a a portion Of his right
hand became tangled up with the car
wheel. One finger was amputated
and three other fingers were badly
smashed. He was given immediate
medical attention and later taken to
the railroad hospital at Glendive.
The tourist season il now In full
swing and through passenger trains
are all heavily loaded. Almost every
day double-headers are required for
Nos. 2 and 8 to pull the long string
of heavy Pullmans.
Coast passenger trains have been
delayed on several different occasions
during the past week due to washo1ts
east and west on connecting lines.
A. P. Woods, inspector for the
Western Weighing & Inspection COM
pany, was testing the big scales in
the local yards this week.
Work on the new signal system is
being rushed 10 completion as Eapid-
ly as possible. The rev which has
been stationed at this point since
early spring has almost completed
it's work to Glendiwe, the crew at
that point meeting them With the
work part way. There are torty-two
different gangs employed on the wor
betweencs,Mandan and Livingston.
The signaa System will be put into
use some time this fall.
L. n. Rudiselle, manager OF n N.
P. telegraph office, is expected home
today 1FI1day) fK0m Seattle, Wash,
where he has been for the past two
weeks in company with Mrs. >Rudi-
,selle at the bedside of their daughter,
Mrs. Herbert Haughton. w. j. Ser
Wis, who has been acting manager
during Mr.. ,Rudiselle's absence, will
spend his vacation in Montana, .leav-
~ Mr. and Mrs. W. J. .servis and Mr..
and Mrs. A. J.. Steinbruck expect
to leave the latter part of this week
for a vacation trip Of a week or more
which they will spend somewhere in
Montana" in pursuit of speckled trout
and other varieties of the fnny tribe.
They will be joined at Glendive by
Engineer Downing and wife land En-
gineer Ernstrom and wife.
A letter from former superinten-
dent T. b. Lantry, vas received by
the local committee this week. Mr.:
Iantry expressed his appreciation Of
the high honor paid him by the en-
ployees of the Yellowstone division
in presenting him with the beautiful
watch, mention of which was made
in this column last week. Mr.. Lam
try was a true friend of all the en-
ployees of the division and his fine
letter to the local committee gives
rone the idea that the friendly feeling
WAS mutual.
Fifteen or twenty twin city firms
have been -stung recently by bogus
Northern Pacific pay checks. AS a
result .Supt. G. H. -Racdbus Of the
Yellowstone asks publication OF the
following telegram, which is address
ed to all agents: Unknown parties
have printed "a large number Of Nor,
them Pacific monthly pay checks and
have made out and ,cashed fifteen or
twenty in the twin cities. J. II. Hen
sens signature is printed instead OF
being written. Under line Of back OF
the check where it is to be. signed and
words printed signature 9of .payee,
you will find signature is spelled Cd
"Sic instead OF Sig" Notify all
banks and merchants in your town
not to cash checks as described above
and see that parties presenting Nor
identified: Also notify police officers
persons presenting forged checks and
James Birch, q boilermaker at the
roundhouse, was stricken with paraly-
sis while engaged in his duties Wed.
nesday morning. A physician was at
once -samnznonad and he was removed
to his -homes in the ambulance, and i
thought to be in q very serious con;
<dftion. Mr.. Birch has 'shaen employed
at the reundhouse here for more than
twenty years and his fellow workmen
hope 10 see him able TO he back or
the job very SOON
In order to increase the n. P. water
supply at Hebron n dredging OUTFIT
Is at work in the Little Knife Eivel
at that place. The hinge machine
brings up a yard and a half OF creek
bottom each minute and a quarter
A new dam is being put in and viii,
tho .iac,c.'eec capacity:the amount o.
water held in reserve wall he about
three times as much as perviea1sly.
The strike Of switchmen Belonging
to the Brotherhood OF RailoEad 9
men and involving more than 2,5Ot
men ia fhe Chicago switching district
was called of Monday. The settle
ment followed q series of conference!
between representatives Of tn switch
e and the nineteen. railroads.
3 men and the nineteen railroads IN
volved.
Crews are stationed all along tn
N. P. taking an inventory. OF tn
roads property. This includes road
beds, rails, ties, spikes, right Of way
and in fact everything that goes t.
make up the road, except roliint
stock. Following close behind tn
N. P. the government is sending GU
crews to take an inventory OF the sys