The Dickinson press., 1917-07-28


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Engineer B. E. Noark is enjoying a
vacation for a few weeks on the west
ern coast.
Brakeman Howe returned on No.
3 Tuesday from E~stherville, Ia, where
he had been visiting relatives for the
past ten days.
C. D. Hitch, the veteran engineer, is
again at the throttle of a switch en-
CINE after a vacation of several
months.
Engineer w. T. Nickel was COM
PEELED to take a forced vacation the
past week on account of blood poison
in his left hand.
Master Mechanic w. E. Dunkerly
came in on. No. 2 Wednesday after
noon and remained over night looking
after railroad matters.
Bridge Foreman A. Hanson and
crew of men are making some repairs
to the coal docks in the local yards.
They came down from Glendive the
fore part Of the week. +
Alvin Vredenberg, who has been
employed on the road between Glen
dive and Forsyth, is now located here
and will work between Glendive and
Dickinson.
The crew of women employed
in the local roundhouse and yards now
numbers nine, including the lady
storekeeper. A number have donned
~overalls and appear to enjoy their m
ployment.
Conductor Meredith left on No. 4
Thursday morning for a short trip
to the Twin Cities. When he returns
he will be accompanied by Mrs. Mere
dith and son, who have been visiting
in the cities for a few weeks.
Considerable stock is moving over
the division at the present time, a
large number of stockmen west MAX
ing early shipment of their herds. In
some localities the scarcity of feed is
responsible for early shipment.
The selective draft took eighteen
firemen and shopmen and eleven
brakemen and switchmen, according
to figures available at the present
time. A. L. Patzer was the only one
of the engineers drafted in what will
probably be the first call.
The boys (and girls) in the round
house, shops and yards have been
standing the extreme hot weather
during the past week very we'll, &C.
cording to Foreman P. Kelley. All
are on the JOB every day, the night
crews having decidedly the advantage
as far as the weather is concerned.
N. P. officials have compiled figures
which show that $4,000 employees of
the company were drawn in the selec-
tive army draft. Figuring the gov
ernment's usual exemption allowance
$50 per cent? this will make $4,000
men drawn into the service, provided
they I not exempted from service
on account Of their employment.
T. w. Cooper, formerly operator at
South Heart, and R. B. Pitney, recent
ly from Moose Jaw, Canada, are re-
cent employees in the telegraph Of
flee, the former holding down the first
trick and the latter the second "Col-
onel" Steitz is wire chief of the third
trick in place Of F. J. FURY, who re-
Gently resigned to accept the commits
sion of first lieutenant in Dickinson's
Machine Gun company.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. Rudiselle left
last week for Seattle, WASH, to be
ct the bedside Of their daughter, Mrs.
Herbert Haughton, who underwent a
serious operation. She is recovering
as well as could be expected at the
present time and Mr.. and Mrs. Rudi-
selle expect to start home within a
week. w. J. Servis is acting man
ager of the N, P. telegraph office dur
ing the absence Of Manager Rudiselle
Due to the lumber and other inter.
ests on the western coasts being tied
up recently on account of labor
troubles, traffic over the N. P. has
been light the past week compared
to previous weeks during the sum
mer. Passenger traffic, however, is
heavy at this vacation season, the
coast trains using double headers on
several different occasions. Local Of
ficials look for a much heavier freight
business. on through freight during
the next few weeks. =,
Two new call boys are being broken
in this week, Monte McCutchan and
Wellington Clark, who take the
places of Fred Eyer and Lloyd Grub
Eyer is a member of the Machine
Gun company and Grub is substitute
ing at Best's store for his brother,
Frank, who is also a member Of the
machine Gun company. Atwood Eyer
lis the new night a clerk and takes
the position Of Harry Peterson, who
also joined the Machine Gun com
pany. eg,,. a. ..,..ar
Foreman P. Kelley received a letter
recently from Harry Flanagan, former
storekeeper at the roundhouse, in
which he stated that he expected to
sail from New York on July 21st for
Somewhere in France" Harry en-
listed in the ambulance corps some
time ago and by this time is out on
the "briny deep" bound for the
scene of action in the great struggle
The railroad boys expect to hear from
him as soon as he lands and learns
how to ask for a cigarette in French
A special train of two coaches and
a caboose passed over the division
Wednesday with J. N. Hill, a. promi-
nent official Of the Burlington, who is
travelling on some important mission
west. The run from Mandan was
made in 2 hours fiat, the special leav-