The Dickinson press., 1917-09-08
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The Grassy Butte telephone line is
now completed and most of the farm
ers connected up.
Dan W. Hall of Halliday left last
week for Bismarck and will become a
member Of the medical corys.
Postmaster Kempshall of Taylor re-
turned last week from his vacation
trip east. He reports an enjoyable
time.
Walter Beebe and AL. Davis of Bel
field expect to leave o O. for northern
Alberta and British Columbia on a
winters hunting trip.
Seibert Snyder of Killdeer will go
to the Fayette country soon, where he
wi!l teach school the coming term.
Seibert graduated from the Dickinson
high school with the class of 1917.
Erland Paulson senjoyed a visit
from his brother and family of Cali
|fornia the past week. Mr.. Paulson is
a prosperous farmer residing on Knife
river.
Owing to non-arrival of some of the
furnituer and the settling upon a
principal not subject to draft, the
Ki1ldeer school will not open until
September II.
Mike Powers, proprietor of the
Powers Clothing House of Killdeer,
departed ON Thursday last to volun-
'tcer in the regular army. His brother
from Beach vii have charge of, the
store.
Raphael Kopp, for nearly two years
a clerk in Reed Bros. store at Kill
deer, has resigned his position. and
will leave for Halliday soon, where he
has accepted a position in the Palmer
Bros. store. "
Is Guy Carlson, formerly residing
south of Halliday, and Miriam H.
Sather, near Dodge, were married at
the brides home on August %. The
couple will make their home on the
groom's farm near Dunn Center.
Raymond Pof returned to Killdeer
last week and resumed work in the
Northwestern State aBnk. Mr.. Poff
has been attending a commercial COL
lege in Fargo since leaving Killdeer
last April.
Henry Paasch was appointed diree-
tor OF the Fryburg school board to
succeed Frank Davis, who became a
member of the new Rocky Ridge
school district when it was segregated
from the Fryburg, district.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merton Hall of Bel
field will move to Medora, where Mr..
Hall has accepted a position with the
Tester Mercantile Co. Mr.. Hall has
been in the employ of w. H. Hardy
of Belfield for the past three years.
The work on the English Lutheran
church building at Killdeer had to be
suspended on account of the door and
window frames not being there on
time. AS soon as they arrive the first
floor will be completed.
Mrs. C. O. Brunsoman and son re-
turned to Belfeld on Wednesday last
after an absence of nine weeks. Mrs.
Brunsoman underwent three opera
tons at Rochester during her absence
which fully restored her good health.
Mrs. M. j.. Connolly of Amidon,
formerly Of New England, has re-
ceIved news that her brother, Donald
Rice, who has been located at Fortress
Monroe the past summer, has re-
ceived his commission as a second
and is expecting to be sent
France in the very near future.
George w. Conn, owner of the H I'll
ranch, recently added to his land hold
ings by the purchasing of the G. FL
.iese4 and Charles futile farms, max
ing him now the owne rof over 1000
acres Of Slope county soil. MI. Conn
has only lived in Slope county q few
months but during that short time he
has, displayed great faith in the fu-
of this country. He has already
getting stock for his land
and has 175 head of cattle grazing
rs well as 80 horses. He. has plenty
fine grass and farm land and will
BUY considerable more stock until he
mas all that his land will furnish feed
sor. Before MI. Conn came much Of
MS land lay idle and so he is not only
1oing a good thing for himself butt
lelping materially to develop Slope1
county.