The Dickinson press., 1917-02-03
LOCAL NEWS

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The w. c. T. u. will meet next
Tuesday afternoon, February 9Th,
with Mrs. Wilson Eyer.
Llewellyn Roquette spent several
days the first of the week visiting
the Roquette store at Ollie, Mont.
T. J. Prideaux of 16 miles north
city last Friday. He is n Of the
vile country.
Mrs. B. E. Noark, one of the dill
gent workers in the local district Of
the w. c. T. u, placed 1000 temper
ance blotters in the schools during
the past week.
w. L. Richards, who has been at
Mineral Springs, Texas, the past two
weeks, visiting relatives and contract
ing for spring delivery of cattle for
his ranches in the western part Of
North Dakota, is expected home the
coming week.
Mat Baycr, of the firm of Bayer &
Lob Of Gladstone, spent Tuesday in
Dickinson attending to business mat
ters. His partner, John A. Lob, re-
turned the first of the week from
Fargo, where he had been for the
Grain Growers convention.
Roy Rounds of Mott came here on
Saturday and will for the rest of the
school year, make his home with his
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. B. E.
Noark. He is a Junior in high school,
the greater educational opportunities
here being the main reason for his
coming here.
D. D. Sullivan, optical specialist of
Fargo, will visit Dickinson personally,
Friday, February 10th. All persons
having defective eye-sight or who
need their glasses changed or re-
newed will please call at the hotel
and have their eyes examined. Office
at st. Charles hotel.-adv. 2-3-2t
Miss Maysie Dinsdale, daughter of
Street Commissioner ard Mrs. C. M.
Dinsdale of Dickinson, is now one of
the successful kindergarten teachers
of Boston, and is n of a group of
young ladies who rent a furnished
house on Ncwburry Street, in the aris-
t%ocratic Back Bay district of the city.
These ladies, mostly teachers and
students, have as their chaperone,
Mrs. Jessie Dewey of Montpelier,
Vermont, a former resident of Dickin-
son and for several years with the
Press force.
The 1 o'clock luncheon which the
Women's Federated Club of the city
enjoyed at the st. Charles hotel last
Saturday was graced by some thirty
five ladies. It was a very successful
gathering for the club. The usual
business session ensued. Seven new
members joined, and a great many are
becoming interested. Mesdames F. L.
Roquette, A. D. Heaton and Thos.
Nottingham compose the committee to
arrange for the next Federation
dance. Mrs. w. F. Burnett's paper on
"oPints in Judging Fabrics" which
was extraordinarily good, was read by
Mrs. H. Anderson, as the former was
unable to be present. Mrs. A. C,
Hosfield is in charge of the next lun-
cheon, which is usually held the last
Saturday in the month, and is open to
all ladies of the city, who are inter
ested and care to come. The charge
is IS cents per plate. All who plan
on coming to the next luncheon
kindly notify Mrs. Hosfield before
hand so that the necessary number OF
plates may be arranged for.
Dispatcher F. A. Hickman of Glen
dive was a guest in Dickinson last
Friday night. He was making a four
day trip over the Yellowstone Divis-
ion of the Northern Pacific and was
glad to be in Dickinson for a little
while. 1t is now nearly twenty years
since the Hickman family removed tc
Glendive. They came here from I'LL.
nois in 1885 and for many years
owned the dwelling just north Of the
Walter Sterland home. Their eldest
daughter, Miss Ida, is an operator and
has a station on the main line of the
Northern Pacific fifteen miles west OF
Glendive. She lives at home, going
out in the morning and back in the
evening. Speaking of the improve
ments at Glendive, Mr.. Hickman said
that everyone there was pleased with
the natural gas supply which was
piped into the city late in the fall
1t is used for both cooking and heat.
ing at his home and the bill for De.
cember was only about SIT. In the
spring the gas will be extended to all
parts of the city. The supply ap.
pears to be unlimited.