The Dickinson press., 1917-04-28

SCllOUl CllIcI tClIl1ucuk ISkU Ill I1lC Icy
Tor Auditorium last week.
At a recent meeting of the Bowman
Commercial Club $135 was raised fol
the relief Of Belgian children.
Farmers of North Lennon met last
Saturday and Organized the NORTH
Lennon Trainers Loan Association.
Board of county commissioners Of
Bowman county recently let the con-
tract for the new Jail and sheriH's
residence.
Selfridge citizens held a meeting re.
Gently to discuss the best route fol
the proposed new road from Selfridge
to Fort Yates. ~.
Plans and specifications for a water
works system for the village OF
Rhame are being prepared by en-
gineers of. Baker, Mont.
William Young left Hettinger last
week for the Black Hills, where he
will spend a short time before de-
parting for Florida to make his
home.
William Sanderson of Bison and
Miss Leonore Scarborough of Strool
mere united in marriage last Wed
nesday at the Methodist parsonage
in Hettinger.
Fred Theil of Judson incurred an
injury of the knee and was painfully
bruised last week, when a horse which
he was riding fell, throwing him
heavily to the ground.
w. S. jenkins of Bowman received
a message last week informing him
that his mother had passed away at
Chippewa Falls, Wis. He left i'm
mediately for that city.
Willie Owen, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. N. Owen Of Shields, was taken to
the Mayo hospital at Rochester, MIMI,
last week for medical treatment.
The lad is threatened with blindness.
C. W. Herstein of New England
left the first of the week for Kan
sas , called there owing to the ser
ious illness of his brother, Fred
Herstein.
A telephone meeting was held last
Saturday in the court house at Bow
man, at which the chairman an
nounced that SO subscribers had been
signed up for the new line.
Berger Green, former farmer and
billiard hall proprietor of Watford
City, died in a Minneapolis hospital
last week. Remains were sent to
Hillsboro, the home of his sister, for
burial.
J. E. Meyer, teacher of the inter-
mediate department of the Center
school, is the first recruit for Uncle
Sam from Oliver county, having gone
to Bismarck last week to enlist In the
navy.
William Larson and wife have re-
turned to Oliver county from Winona,
Mimi, where they have been for a
number of years. They will reside at
the Larson homestead southwest OF
Center.
Henry J. F. Truelsen, farmer resid-
ing north of Belfeld, has purchased
a male and a female yearling Hol-
stein from the famous Stevenson
stock farm in Wisconsin, paying for
the animals the sum of 1886.
Thomas, two-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. David B. Robinson, living a
mile west of Bessie, passed away last
week as result of being terribly
burned a few days before, when he
fell against a stove in the home.
W. B. Stricken has arrived in
Taylor from Knanzburg, S. D.; and
will take up duties of bookkeepe1
and assistant cashier in the First
National Bank, vice w. H. Noes
resigned.
Senior class of the Reeder high
school presented a three-act comedy
before a crowded house in that
town last week, and the play was
a success, both financially and art
istically.
At a recent meeting in Hettinger
decision was reached to extend all
aid possible to the campaign for in
creased cultivation of city lots, and
fifty men volunteered to do guard
duty at the mill and elevator there
Omer w. Sheets and Miss Thora
Erickson were married at the home OF
the b~ridegroom's parents near Bow
man last week. The ring ceremony
was performed by the Rev. C. c. Ben
son Of the Bowman Methodist church
Mrs. Jesse Scott died in her home.
eighteen miles south of Bowman, last
Sunday, at the age of sc years
Cause of death was heart disease
Funeral was held Wednesday and
burial was in the Bowman cemetery.
At a meeting of the Community
League in Bowman last Monday, &C.
ton was taken with the view of hav-
ing the Milwaukee railway bridge the
main street crossing, which is consid-
cred to be dangerous to life and limb
in it's present condition. +
H. B. Pardee, who has been prin-
cipal of the Glen Ullin schools since
the beginning of the school year
handed in his resignation last week
to take effect at once and departed
for Page. Miss Hess has accepted
the principalship. r
Mrs. D. v. Thorpe passed away
last Thursday at the farm home
northwest Of Killdeer, after a shor'
illness. She was in her 57th year
and had resided in the Slope coun-
try for the past eight years. She
is survived by the widower, one
son and two brothers.
A Belfeld pioneer of "a years resi-
dence passed away last week, wher
Mrs. Chris Abrahamson answered tn
call of death in the home in her 85tt
voar Decedent had been ill for some