The Dickinson press., 1917-07-21
NEWS
L. A. Davis made q business trip to
Belfield on Tuesday of this week.

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returned from Mandan, where he
spent a short time.
Mrs. Don Hughes left on Monday
for a visit of about a month with her
parents, who reside in an inland town
out of Miles City, Mont.
Miss Lillian Mcleod of % miles
north of Belfeld, is a guest at the w.
H. Fisher home for about a month,
and is also receiving treatments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Kemble, resid-
ing about 20 miles northeast of Dick
inson, are the parents of a fine son,
born at Dickinson On Monday, July 16.
F. M. Grubb has rented the brick
garage at the rear of the Mrs.
Teresa Clark residence, and is having
it remodeled into a convenient carpen-
ter shop.
Mrs. Clinton Davis is enjoying a
visit from her brother, Harry Furt-
ney of Valley City, who arrived on
Wednesday evening to spend his va
cation here.
! A physician had to be summoned on
Wednesday evening to attend to little
Jack, son of MI. and Mrs. A. R. Fos-
sum, who fell on a piece of glass and
sustained a bad cut in the palm of his
hand.
N. J. Steffens, Belfield elevator man,
returned from the cities on Tuesday
and made a short visit in Dickinson.
Mr.. Steffens' mission east was to pur-
chase machinery for the new elevator
which he is erecting at South Heart.
Hon. H. J. Blanchard, who spent
several days in the Cities on legal
business, returned on Sunday. States
Attorney H. A. Burgeson, who went
down with him, continued to Iowa
points to visit relatives.
Cleon Auner left on No. 4 Thursday
morning for Fargo to meet his grand
mother, Mrs. Annie Auner of Chicago,
who will arrive in Dickinson this
(Friday) afternoon, to spend about a
month with her son, M. L. Auner and
family.
Mike Brandt of Lehigh was in the
city on Thursday to take No. 2 for
his old home at Sheboygon, Mich. Re-
turning, he expected to be accom-
panied by his sister, who will keep
house for the family during the winter
months.
Victor Maser, assistant cashier at
the Dakota National Bank, is expected
home from his vacation trip on Mon
day. Most of his time was spent in
Fargo, where he had his eyes treated.
He also visited at Mayville for several
days.
Harry, Joe, Otto and Frank Kaspar
} were in the city this week from their
ranch northwest of Fayette with a
bunch of seventeen head of horses
which were put up at the horse sale
Wednesday. They were unable to Sc
cure satisfactory prices for their herd
and drove them back to the ranch fol
lowing the sale.
Mrs. Anie Bartell of Chicago and
her niece, Miss Hattie Bauer of JEFF
ferson, Wis, were expected to arrive
in the city on Thursday night to
spend the remainder of the summc,
as guests at the John P. Berringc1
home on Fifth Avenue West. Mrs
Bartell is a sister of Mrs. Berringer
George Meinhardt, a farmer resid-
ing about ~ miles south of Belfield
was in the city on Thursday. Mr.
Meinhardt states that a good many
farmers in his locality r beginning
to summer fallow. He expects his
wheat, of which he has about 125
acres, to yield around six bushels to
the acre.
DIR. F. M. Gilbreath, who took a ten
DAYS vacation from his work and Ell
loved a little jaunt to Billings, Den
yer, Omaha and Minneapolis, returned
on Tuesday. DR.. Gilbreath states that
travelling at this time is not very en
joyable on account of the intense heat
the thermometer in the ears register
ing 116 degrees most of the trip.
The Young Ladies Sodality Of ST.
Patrick's church gave a very pretty
ice cream social on the church lawn on
Tuesday evening, with Miss Catherine
Mckinley as chairman of the COM
mittee on arrangements. Japanese
lanterns were hung from the trees and
small tables dotted the entire lawn
The net proceeds from the event.
S13.75, was placed in the Red Cross
fund.
AS a result of playing with blasting
powder, Willard, oldest son of Mr.,
and Mrs. w. H. Fisher, is wearing his
right arm bandaged to the elbow. A
number of boys were preparing for a
miniature explosion, and Willard, not
aware of immediate danger, held a
quantity of the powder in his hand
As the explosive went off, he involun-
tairly jerked his hand back, throwing
the burning powder rel his body.
causing severe burns. He is rapidly
recovering.
Mrs. Glen Gardner of Sentinel
Butte, who is a guest at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Davis, has received word from her
brother-in-law, Will Gardner, who is
} at the naval training school at
Great Lakes, ILL.,, a short distance
from Chicago, that the boys have
packed their equipment and were
ready to leave, awaiting orders, their
destination not being divulged. Sew
eral Dickinson boys, including MAJ
Beres and Jack Field, are numbered
in this unit.
, i, Suffering intensely from hot water
! scalds, little t~wo-year-old Vera
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Braden, ranchers near Quinion, is ~
ing in a critical condition at St
Joseph's hospital, having been
brought here on Tuesday. The acct
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