The Dickinson press., 1917-09-15

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Dickinson Cash store.
Some new boxes are being installed
IN the postoffce at Killdeer, and other
changes are being made that will give
more needed room. Mrs. Wills Norred
is postmaster.
. B. A. Edwards and Oliver Hulsebus
have secured a contract on building
about sixty miles of telephone line
Tor the Farmers Telephone company
u OF HALLIDAY. They expect to have
the work COMPLETED before winter.
Although he is alleged to have voted
at the last two elections, Ben Fosesh-
~ OF Beach gave his age, when
charged with failure to register, as 20
years and six months,
Surveyors for the Manning, Man.
dan & Freda railroad are now campel
near Center, Oliver county. AS near
as can be learned no difficult engineer
ing ~ronositions have as yet been en-
countered along the proposed route.
Frank Kilzer,' who has conducted a
general store at Richardton for the
past fifteen years, will move to his
farm near Bentley. He intends erect
ing a fine large residence, 28x36 feet,
which will be strictly modern, equip
ped with electric lights and bath. He
will also erect a large barn.
John T. Charmley is after ex-county
OFFICIALS and others over at Mott with
a sharp stick. The Spotlight alleges
mat suit has been started against r.
u. Beery to recover $645.25. The
same paper intimates that E. E. Enge
mas been overpaid on newspaper &C.
counts aggregating nearly $4,000.
The status of a handcar as a COM
mon carrier was established when
frank Gianini, a Northern Pacific Sec
ZION hand known as Dago Frank, was
assessed a healthy fine and costs for
transporting a case of beer from
Yates, the nearest wet spot across
the line in Montana, to Beach.
Another big stock shipment is
scheduled to leave Killdeer Septem-
Der -. n special stock train will
c Anslst O. about twenty-five cars.
AMONG the shippers are Joe and
Saunders, C. C. Sperber, Bice Bros.
Anton Kupper, r.. J. Schaefer and
others.
81 serious is the grasshopper pest
IN Bowman county. that no winter
wheat or rye will be seeded until late
IN n fall. Ordinarily this work
would be in progress now but the hop
p,ers are so thick the farmers rear
they would eat the grain faster than
IL could be planted. Everything in
tile way OF vegetation has disappeared
l the path of the pests.
The Farmers and Merchants State
Bank, New England's newest banking
institution, opened it's doors for bust
ness last week. R. J. La%uterbach OF
sumner Ia, is president; H. F. Het-
t1g, New England, cashier; Gordon
Gardner and H. A. Borcherding of
New England, assistant cashiers.
MISS Grace Gish will act as BOOK
keeper and stenographer.
Miss Anna Hertz, aged "a, daughter
OF JACOB Hertz, prominent farmer
near Glen Ullin, was fatally injured
when a speeding automobile in which
Sne was a passenger, turned turtle last
sunday. Miss Geiss, another occupant,
was very badly injured and Jacob
EmIer' the driver, sustained injuries
winch necessitated his being placed
under surgical car Henry Hertz, a
brother of the deceased, was also in
inc car. The young lady lived an hour
after being taken to Glen Ullin.
While the crew of Milwaukee freight
Train 62 were at breakfast at a hotel
IN Lennon, the train crawled through
the switch onto the main track and
o a ~leisurely course eastward. It
continued on it's way until it crashed
INTO a west-bound freight, a short dis
tance east of the city, derailing the
latter's engine and. smashing several
box cars A number of cars of gaso-
line were derailed, the tanks punc-
cured, and much of the valuable fluid
lost. No member of the crew was
injured.
Goalbank is the name of a new
railroad station and postofice in Het-
IIlnger county. The town, or station, IS
located at the coal mine four miles
northwest of Regent. The Milwaukee
IS putting IN the necessary side-tracks
and a spur track will connect the coal
NINE with the Cannon Ball branch of
the Milwaukee. The fact that lign11e
coal is getting to be in great demand
and that it is almost impossible to get
eastern and Montana coal at reason
aple prices may have helped to hurry
the connecting up of the coal m1ne
with the railroad. =
Milford A. Felix of Belfield was
brought to Amidon by Sheriff John
son last week under the belief that
ne was within the draft age, and ar
ralgned before the draft board on the
charge of failure to register. Felix
claimed he is IS years of age. and
made affidavit to that effect, despite
the fact that he gave his age AS %
when ne applied for a marriage IL
cense last year, and last spring gave
his age as 20 to the assessor. Further
investigation will undoubtedly be
made.
Mckenzie county claims the record
for exemption claim reasons. Imme-
dlately upon receiving his order to
report for draft examination a young
man of that county was united in
marriage. The marriage ceremony
was performed on August 18th. The
young man appeared at Schafer for
examination on the 18th and was
passed for military service. On the
18th his wife presented him with a
bouncing youngster, and on the 21st
the newly welded man filed affdavits
IN support of a claim for exemption
by. reason of a dependant wife and
child.
Thomas Terry, Mandan road con-
tractor, was awarded the contract the