The Dickinson press., 1917-05-19
LOCAL NEWS

LOCAL NEWS
A. P. Ellian recently filed on a Sec
ton of land south of Miles City,
W. j. Motley, manager of the
Farmers Union Elevator, returned last
Saturday from a several days visit
at Bismarck.
Alfred Skinner of the local post
office force, spent Saturday in Glen
Ullin, conducting an examination for
rural mail carriers.
Mrs. R. R. Doubleday returned the
latter part of last week from Medora,
where she was a guest for several
days at the P. w. Lebo home.
Mrs. B. E. Kennedy and baby re-
turned last Friday from jamestown,
where they spent a week visiting Mrs.
Kennelly's parents, Mr.. and. Mrs. D.
S. Littlehales.
Mrs. Mary Katell is making 'ex-
tensive improvements to her residence
property on Fifth Street West, among
the changes being a new founda-
ton under her house.
o. G. Belsheim has let the contract
for the erection of a seven room
bungalow on the lot which he recently
purchased just south of the Waddell
residence on Second Avenue West.
Alfred O. Nelson, prominent attor-
ney of Dunn Center, who, with his
wife, recently returned from a winter
s%ojourn in California, was visiting
friends in Dickinson Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Erb autoed in
from their Manning ranch last Friday
morning to shop and be on hand for
the operetta, "In India" in which
their daughter, Miss Ruth, took part.
. Mrs. Dan Manning and Miss Cath
crime Coleman entertained seven
guests at a six o'clock dinner on Mon
day evening for Nurse Lillian Hanke,
who left later in the week for a naval
base in the west.
C. G. Kapelowitz and O. j. WITCH,
president and cashier respectively Of
the First State bank at Manning, and
Editor T. Leroy Evans of Halliday
were visitors in the city for several
hours on Saturday.
Ben Taylor, one of the city's mail
carriers, began a two weeks vacation
from his duties the past week, and
left on Monday for points in western
Montana, where he expected to spend
his vacation time.
DR.. F. w. Rumble, accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. P. E. Philip, autoed in
from the Midway vicinity Monday
and visited for several days with Mrs.
P. H. Rumble. Mr.. Philip is foreman
of Mrs. BUNDLES ranch.
D. E. iShipley, state secretary and
treasurer of the Farmers Union Ware
house at Bismarck, was here a few
days the latter part of last week
looking after his farming interests
northeast of the city.
About 16 people went out from the
city to Green river for a jolly picnic
on. Sunday in the J. J. Sweeney, John
A. West, Jr., and P. F. Berringer
cars. The day was ideal and fishing
was a feature of the day.
Harold Dundas, we'll known in this
city, as the family were former Dick
inson residents, greeted old friends as
he passed through on No. 2 on Mon
day, en- route from his home at Fair
view, Mont, to Minneapolis.
Truman and Henry Easton, pros
porous farmers residing IS miles
northwest Of Dickinson, autoed in on
Monday to get supplies. The farmers
out that way have been very busy the
past two weeks making up for the
delay in seeding operations.
County Superintendent Ward and
Field Director Pippin are busily en-
gagged in inspection tours of schools
throughout the county. They, with
County Auditor Hughes, were also
engaged in a%ppraising school land in
the south country recently.
Mrs. Tom Conroy and sister, Miss |
Althea Drenkel of Mandan, arrived in
the city on Tuesday for a visit of a
week with their sister, Mrs. E. N.
Robinson. Both ladies are formerly
of Dickinson. Miss Drenkel has just
graduated from her course in nursing.
P. F. Berringer returned from the
vicinity Of Glendive, Mont, the first
of the week, having gone up to super
wise work on his 800 acre farm. He
shipped a traction engine up recently
and now has men busy night and day
blowing up the entire tract which
will be seeded to fax.
Miss Marie Holland, who has taught
very successfully in the second grade
of the Dickinson public schools the
past few years, goes to Tuttle to
teach the coming year. Miss Holland
declined a reelection here in order
that she might be with her sister,
Mrs. L. Dornacker, wife of Cashier
Dornacker of the First State Bank Of
Tuttle. The assistant cashier, A. F.
Fir, of the bank, was employed for a
time with the J. I. Case Co. at Dick
inson. futile is one of he best towns
on the Pingree-Wilt6n branch Of the
Northern Pacific, and is about twenty
five miles due north of Steele.
Mrs. Jean Crowl and daughter, Mrs.
Reuben Lyon, concluded a series of
four delightful parties on Monday
evening. The first was given on the
afternoon of Saturday, May 9Th, when
a number of elderly ladies were invit-
ed. Two 1 o'clock luncheons followed
last FRIDAY and Saturday. which inst