The Dickinson press., 1917-05-19
LEFOR NEWS ITEMS.

spent Sunday at Lefor with relatives.
Frank F. Lefor Of Dickinson was.
a recent visitor here, coming out to
take part in the big railroad rally.
Adam Meininger of St. Paul is Wis
iting at the Klingler home. He in
Etends to stay here during the summer.
Miss Neville recently went to
Jamestown to spend a few days with
her sister, Mrs. L. M. Koop. Mr..
Koop is the proprietor of the big L..
M. Koop store.
Geo. Dorner's lew house was COM
pleted last week. Hepsel Bros. were
the carpenters.
Cashier Nick A. Lefor went to Dick
inson on Tuesday of last week to be
present at the Dickinson Loyalty Day
exercises. While in Dickinson Mr..
Lefor had some dental work done.
Peter Berberish Of St. Paul stopped,
over at Lefor and visited at the home
of Adam A. Lefor for a few days this
week. Mr.. Berberish was up from St.
Paul on business on the Indian reser-
walton.
The telephone exchange changed
hands last week. John Barnijai
moved into. town and has taken the
managership of the phone in the place
of Mr.. Gleissinger.
Adam A.. Lefor took Mrs. Chas.
Stein of this place to st. Joseph's
hospital at Dickinson in his car last
Saturday. Mrs. Stein has been on the
sick list for about two weeks, and re-
NAMED at the hospital for treatment.
Miss Neville, Prof. Wing and CASH
Ter Lefor autoed to R%ichardton in Mr..
Lefor's Odds Eight last Sunday. They
attended the services at st. Mary's
Abbey in the morning. In the after
noon the party paid a visit TO Col.
H: B. Gilk and later took part in the
patriotic parade and exercises.
Adam A: Lefor, president Of the
Dickinson-Lefor Farmers Construc-
ton Company, together with the
newly appointed railroad committee,
Nick Reiner, Peter Wegesser, Geo.
New Leipzig on Tuesday to transact
posed railroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Schneider are
here from Chicago spending the sum-
Schneider. joseph Schneider and
family are also here from Chicago.
Mr.. Schneider is working on the
John Schneider farm and the family
have rented a house in town where
they will spend the summer.
Plans and specifications for the Adie
hotel were received by Adam A. Lefor
last week. Work will be, commenced
as soon as contractors can be found
to put it UP. The building will be a
three story structure with basement,
modern and up to-date in every way.
Building will be equipped with pool
room, etc.
The Lefor country has lost a good
friend and booster in the departure of
IC. C. Wylie for his home near Pitts
burgh, Pa. Mr.. Wylie had charge
during the past term Of a school in
the Garden district. He has signed a
contract for the R%ichardton town
school for next year. Mr.. Wylie is
a member of the "Big Four" of Lefor.
A social entertainment and dance
was given Sunday evening in the
Lefor hall by the Kaiserin Elizabeth
Verein. All kinds of good things, in
Guiding ice cream, were served during
the evening. Music was furnished by
the Lefor brass band. The proceeds
of the entertainment will be used to-
wards paying for the ladies' new club
hall.
A big Loyalty Day celebration a
held in Lefor two Sundays ago. A
large number of farmers from the
lcountry nearby turned out to show
their loyalty to their country in the
present crisis. Practically every place
in town was decorated with the stars
and stripes. Resolutions were adopt
ed and telegraphed to Hon. John
Burke, U. S.. treasurer, to be presented
to President Wilson.
Adam A. Lefor, Geo. B. Schuyler,
engineer and surveyor Of the D. l..
L. Ry., and Prin. A.. E. J. Wing re-
Gently went down to New Leipzig by
auto and returned the following day.
The plans in the beginning were to
run the line to Mott and the survey
was made to that place. Now that
the southern terminal is to be at New
Leipzig instead of at Mott, a new sur
vey will have to be made from a
poina several miles southeast of here
into New Leipzig. The party covered
this territory very carefully for the
purpose of getting a general lay of
the country. As the roads were very
bad at that time, they report of hav-
ing had several mishaps, twice having
to be hauled out Of mud holes by
farmers with horses, of breaking the
gas pipe and having to repair it at a
farmers blacksmith shop, and finally
of running out Of gasoline after dark,
over two miles from the nearest farm
house. Fourteen hours were spent on
the road down.
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