The Dickinson press., 1917-12-08

MISSOURI. SLOPE NEWS
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mofQer Ii Ve9V III.
f.. J. Onrreg 1T Indiana, a brother
mlaw Of ". A. Carter Of Marmarth,
died at ha home recently.
C. A. Shirp, formerly N. p. agent
At Medora, has resigned to accept q
DoaS6on-a as operates. a. Custer, Mont.
William Hicka and Max Baumsart-
nesSof Taylor arc now in Mandan
Fadking On . m1lion-dollar hotel.
: CauntY Auditor. ]. A. Beery Of Me-
DON. has been sppointed explosive
~licebsing s&ent.for Billings county.
JQhn Ghsea:son iofsEIalEdsy, whose
'h0sda was burned down some time
Rde1B erecting g. now domicile on his
1Esce.
". ". Scott. Of Marmarth has re-
eeived a commission as first lieuten-
ant. he received his training at Fort
Ssdling.
Marmarth is tg. have a home guard
as-seYeral Of !fha business men Of that
tuE1. met last week and 50 expressed
Me1selves~ .
Roy Lee. garage mar at New Leip-
Egf resigned and. is now in Bismarck
tzE1ng to break into the aviation corps
of-1he army.
The Adams County Record, pub
Issued at He4tnger, announces that its
subscription. price will be 81 per year,
beginning January 1.
Workmen at Killdeer are installing
s-heating plant for the water tower
to Insure n~on-freeNng Of the water
during the eodd weather.
Martin and Goodman Knudavig, Ole
Eosa and Martin Sneve, homesteaders
from Montana, are back in Dunn
Center for g. spal.
The long distance telephone ex-
change at Medora has been trans
fe17Rd from the. Red Trail store to the
Tester Mercantile Co.'s store.
The,Rkwe1s stare atSKilldeer awas
the, scene of & small fire last week,
which burned q hole in the floor but
did not damage the stock.
Rev. ). c.. Cooke, Of the Methodist
ehVrch, will reside at Grassy Butte,
from which point he will hold services
mKilldeer. Grassy Butte and adjacent
places.
Starting from an unknown cause
Saturday night fire destroyed much
stock in the Archde novelty store in
Mapdan. The; loss is estimated at
F. E. and. Earl Fuller of Killdeer,
&1Eged with. having stolen several
bus6els Of. oak. we're bound over to
taha. next term Of district court by
Justice Graysou.
I County Agent J. F. Heller of Nor
ton. county Will direct the two-dhys'
farpers institute which will be held
aENew Leipzig. Monday and Tuesday,
Becamber 1911.
jill -H11n1Al meeting of the Missouri
SlqRe & Agricultural, Association was
held in MmdaH last Tuesday and. Of
fcers were elected and plans laid for
the coming. Fair.
John Berry farmer of Burt, while
dearing his disdng machine recently,
fell against the machine, badly LAGER
asng his left foot He will soon be
all right o11ce,more-
William Hunter of Marmarth, who
was serving at. Camp Mills, died re-
eeltly at the camp of double pneu-
mdpia., His brother, Tom, enlisted at
Billings, Mont, a short time agU
Mrs. Anna Vapinek, south Of Man
da4 died Saturday of h~emorrhagA Of
the brain. Born in Bohemia, she Came
.tQ this country twenty years ago.
She leaves a son and a daughter
& Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Williams of
Halliday, who have been in Illinoisl at
te1I4ing the sick bed of the formers
im4eher, have returned with the bod
neHs that the lady is out of danger.
A Government horse inspection
was held at, Hettinger last week9. in
charge of County Agent Ray D. laf-
Gn> About 500 horses were shown.
Sixty-three, were accepted by ;the
Robert Seitz, son of City Auditor
Seitz of Mandan, is now a first lieu
te1ant in the Signal Corps. He has
been in training at the officers train
ing camp at Preside, Cal. He is ex-
pecting a call at any time.
Smoke pouring from the oven of
the stove of Henry j. Ramsey Of Kill
deer recently, caused that gentleman
TO- turn in a fire alarm. When the
firemen arrived they discovered The
trouble to be a burnt-up roast which
had been neglected by the family.
The friends of Lon Annis of Kill
deer may be ~agreeably surprised if
Lon does not lose his sight. Recently
he, fell from a scaffold and an auger
n.-his hand penetrated his right eye.
Aspecialist believes that the eye may
be: saved and. that Lon will soon ;be
able to return home. .-..--
Paul R. Anderson, assistant cashier
Of the First State Bank at New Lefp-
zig, has resigned and is now visiting
his folks in. Minneapolis. Paul is on
the draft list and as he may be called
at any time he.wants to haves aSEttle
time with his folks before he goes
INTO the service.
80. A. Roberts and S. v. Mccarthy
Sut a large number of cattle to-. I'd
northwestern South Dakota5reserYa-
tim. A prairiesfra swept their hold
mgs and sdestr0yedatheir hay. WHILE
dghting the fire Mr.. Roberts was ee-
Ferely burned and is now recupe1Pt-
ing in a hospital at Aberdeen.
The Mott Spotlight and the Mbtt
Eoneer have been consolidated. The
announcement states that the cons4i-
dation was brought about mainly
from the feeling plainly evidenced by
advertisers, subscribers and patrona1n
Tie city and surrounding community"
The Spotlight, which merges into tie
Eoneer; has beens in existence Dix
1ears. sa" 94T.
The street grading. contract Has
hEen finished at. Marmarth and that
tpWn presents quite an improved ap-
rxS~oronoo IN oonooor,onoo Meet oil knf
tie several milessof streets graded tp