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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY! 10,1018 & mf Enters’ Hospital i j j Mrs.: George Cordén of; 16th stréet hasventered the Bismarck gnorpital for treatment. Guests From Wilton. Mr. ‘and Mra; John A. Soderlund of Wilton are guests for the week at the A. W. Snow home, on 16th street. To Met With Mre ‘Packard The Current Events club will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. F. B. Packard,’ instead of with Mrs. J. G. Moore.- Members are kindly asked to take notice of this his change. To See Sick Brother Miss Alice Gilbertson, stenographer in the offices, of the North Dakota su- Fi preme court, has been called to Camp Dodge by the illness of her brother, be who is in training there, and who is ' suffering from a serious attack of pneumonia, i Masque | “Carnival The Capital employees are going to give a private'masque carnival tcmor- row night at the roller rink. Invita- tions have been issued by all of the capitol employees to their friends. O'Connor's full orchestra will furnish the music, and a large attendance is anticipated.’ A jolly time is eagerly looked forward to by all. Dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Marquis Members of the P. B, O. Sistaerhood will hold an ‘anniversary dinner to- night at the home of Mrs. C. L. Young. ‘his function also will be in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Marquis, who leave soon vw make their home in Minneapolis. It is the custom of the Sisterhood ‘to give a dinner each year on the a\ni- versary of the Society. .Mrs. R.. N. Kirk is chairman. of the committee. — ; ——— |PERSONAL NOTES | Janice .S. Kellogg of Mandan, was H visiting friends in Bismarck yester- day, “Walter Boyd; who has been confined at a local hospital with pneumonia, is reported to be better. Mrs. .Mary Grady, who has been ill at St. Alexius hospital is reported to be progressing nicely. ‘Mr, and Mrs..F. 1 street, who have been visiting in the|.@ east, have returned to the city. E.'S. Neal, of Garrison, formerly of the State Department of Agriculture, has been in the city for a few days on business and visiting friends. G. B. Whitlock, a well known travel- ing salesman who made his_head-|' quarters for some 'time in Bismarck has resigned his present position and will leavesoon' for’ Marshall, Ill., where he ‘will:make his future: home. Qwewwcwewewew ec weecweeeen meee we cence eee een eoee=. CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE Some way everything good or bad’ comes to me out of.a clear sky. No one had heard from*Mary and Max for ages and yesterday who Mary; they have come over from Italy. for a long stay. T:immediately started’ over to see them; Mary is a beautiful woman, ) much more, beautiful than she promis- ed to be when she was a girl. “Happiness is tife best cosmetic in the world, Margie,” she sald. “You velemoer. that while you have been over. here part of the time ill, I have been in glorious Italy with Max who really. seems to have copied from the Tcallans the way of making love to retfection.” “Do the Italians make love. perfect- ly??'T asked. Mary was silent for a moment while % tender smile played about her lips. y think,” she said, “If I had not mar- vied Max, Margie, I would have want- ed' to marry an Italian. The Italian mah is. always the lover of his wife when ‘he is with her. Why, I have a f-iend in Florence who is 13 years. older. than her husband. and yet. I never saw such devotion in my life. Before I came away I was at their home just as-he was leaving for a week away from home. “I envy you,” he said to me most sineerely, “because tomorrow you will be with my wife.” America. would say that,” even if he thought it, do you Margie?” jo, dear,” I answered, who. is apt to be quite demonstrative to Mollié, would never have said that.” That evening we were all over to Feliene’s waiting for Mary and Max and T told them the litle story. “] should say, not,” said Dick em- y| SOCIETY || . Conklin, of 4th}. }inson public land office, should call me up from the hotel but}: “J don’t believe there is a man in| phatically. < “A woman would think a < man’ was a blooming ass that would talk that way to her after they had been married four or five years.” 4 fore marriage,” snoke ' n Edie, who was with us, “Good Rf ny ar wives.” ; fd Jam ‘stoutly, “I don’t ‘believe there. is"a man here that has not-isaid>-semething quite ‘as: assinine, if you cal it that, to some woman not his wife, then - why’ shoyldhe not keon up the, ‘camouflaging after mar- »? said “Dick. would riot be too’ iitich effort for fie me,”..continued Jim. “I'think there fr ! altogether too much taking things for granted inthis world. We do-not tell penne often enough we love them.” Great heavens, Jim!”. exclaimed ‘Dit. “Who-is she? Tote her dut!? “Oh, shut up, Dick,” sald Jim. “You kfinow I will never get any gif! to fall in“love. with me, but’ all the same, I v one of the ie ae utes lie, Margie; or eliene dese! the Ieee, one can se et aw T pive.vou fair. come going to Latiglestet for ga Bg OP totes each and ‘them if any one of _ Return to Belfield Attorney and Mrs. H. £. Haney re- turned last night to their home at Bel- field following a brief visit with friends in Bismarck, where Mr. Haney also had business before the supreme court. ‘Red Cross Carnival A Red Cross Carnival is to be given by the Blue Bird Class of the Presby- terian Sunday School in the chapel of the church a week from tonight. It is to be in the nature of a stunt party. Naturally all the school child- ren will be especially interested, but it is urgently desired that the parents also attend, as it fs intended to be a rec’ social gathering. The receipts are to be used for ma- terials for work of the Red Cross be- {ing done by the Ladies Aid of the church. ; No. sdmission fee is to be charged, but there is to be a-fish pond, and other “stunts” for which small charg- es wil be made. Also a light lunch will be served by the Red. Cross, for which charge will be made, RETURN TO GARRISON Mrs. Fred Gehner and danghter An- na have returned to, Garrison. Mrs. Gehner was called to Bismarck by the |@eath of her grandmother, Mrs. Mary | Tulley. CLUB MEETS The Monday Club met yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. M. H. Jewel. Roll call was responded to by |W patriotaic quotations. An interesting, paper on ‘National Sports was given} by Mrs. F. H. Dobler. Mrs. W. E. Lahr gave an interesting paper on Argentine. The regular book review was given by Mrs. Williams. PREPAREDNESS FOR PEACE A meeting of the Mother's Club was held this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Dutton on First street. Mem- bers responded to the roll call by Cur-! rent Events. There was an interest- ing discussion on Preparedness fo Peace. Those who entertained with Mrs, Dutton were Mrs. Harry Wood mansee and Mrs, William Harris. FROM WEST END Attorneys Murtha, Casey and Bur- nett of- Dickinson, Haney of Belfield, Swihart of Medora and Gallagher of Beach gave the west end of the state the a good legal representation at state house yesterday. FROM DICKINSON J. H. Brodie, Dickinson lignite man, and Ed Hughes, receiver of*the Dick- were Bis marck visitors Monday. Colds Cause Headache and Grip LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tab- Jets remove the cause. Thefe is only one “Bromo Quinine.” E. W. GROVE’S | Signature on box. 30c. you chaps make the slightest defec- tion.” We all laughed, but little book, I think Jim was more than half ‘in earn- ;est.. What a splendid husband he would make, and yet he seems fated ‘to live alone. ‘It is all so strange, little book, I: could not help thinking about it. It was not so many years ago that Mary was dead in love with Jack and Jack ‘was telling me he could not live with- out her, Now Jack was dead and ap- parently forgotten, and Mary and Max were perfectly happy. Truly, as I told you, there is no place in one’s heart that cannot be filled by someone else, if it happends to be left vacant a little while. Mail Orders _Prompily _ Filled LOT NO. | i Coats—Values to $16.50; sale. 6.00.2... ‘Lot No. | Special $6.75 HEADS CLASS FOR “REJUVENATION” N MRS HENRY T RAINEY: ‘So great is the’ government's need. for typists and other ‘office. workers that a vocational “réjuvenation” class has been opened in ‘Washington by the Women's Co-operative Council where former office workers may go. and “brush up” on work at which they have become “rusty.” Mrs; Henry T. Rainey, wife of Congresman Rainey of Mlinois is chairman of the Voca- tional guidance work, | MANDAN NEWS. [ ws. | A Co rca BEE ESS ‘might have burned down. the fire alarm was turned :in, ‘Every- body interested to know where the' fire was rushed to the telephone. “Where's the. fire?” “Dakota Hotel,” advised central, Over 200 people: swarmed around the place only to sce’a mattress: burn-, ing. The fire department. was on the! job and went to all the trouble only to be advised they could not turn on the water. Somebody has to pay the fire department: The proprietor of. the Dakota hotel is out a perfectly good mattress and had it not been for his own prompt action his’ hostelry The ques: tion ig: Who set the mattress on fire in the girls’ room at the Dakota ho- tel yesterday morning? WON’T ACCEPT WARRANT. Because. he does not believe it. is permissible ‘County. Treasurer Wim, Furness refused recently to accept a check for $76,000 from a representa- tive of the Northern Pacific Railway company as part payment of. their; iyi« taxes. ‘Mr. ‘Furness so construes the law to mean that under no condi- tion will it be legal to give a receipt for a part payment of tax money. The Northern Pacitic Railway company be- lieve they are‘unfairly and unjustly, taxed and have ‘refused to pay the, 1917 tax of $114,000 as their personal taxes in Morton county, The matters will be settled at a hearing before Judge Amidon at Far- go on ‘March 4 to determine whether: or not the company is unjustly as- sessed. County Treasurer Furness and County Auditor ee Nichols will attend the ‘ hearing.. Subpoenaes’ were served on theiwo Morton coun-| ty officials to. appear at the hearing; at Fargo as witnesses. S. J. Nagle was: named: chairman: of the Repudlican Central committee for Morton county at a meeting held at the court house on Saturday after- noon. Only a few of the staunch re- publicans were present. Yesterday afternoon about 100 la- START WORK, Rip. rap work will 9e started Mon- day along the Missouri river by Con- tractor Florance MecAuiliff. of the river for a distance of 45:0 feet opposite the Northern Pacific. reser- voir will be rip rapped. Mr. McAulift ‘has his crew working in Cannon Ball vicinity but today advised that they will he through there by the end ofj the week. MATTRESS ON FIRE. What set the mattress on fire in the, girls’ room of the Dakota hot2l yes- erday morning? now. “3ING! mouey on Wallpaper. Buy at home and see what you get, and get what you We are willing to lose all profit in order to clean up £00 our our old stock, and give room ing. Remember the date, Feb The bank | tea will be donated to the Red Cross. Noboly seems to} ters yesterday afternoon. Yesterday avout nine o'clock | BING!! We Have Declared ar On Wallpaper 254_DISCOUNT —23% w Beginning MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18th, and continu- ing until March 1st, we will give you an oppor’ tunity to save Odds and ends will sell at your own price. dies were served tea and wafers at the home of iMrs. J, P. Hess, The money obtained from the sale of the iMrs. Hess was assisted by Mrs. W. J. Mackin and Mrs. F, W. MeKendry. The Child's Conservation league was, also eniertained at the Hess home. yes.erday afternoon. PERSONALS. Chas. Schrothe of Raleigh, was in Mandan yesterday on business. G. A. Kuch of New Salem, was in Mandan looking after business mat; Attorney W. H. Stutsman went to ¥ BANG}!!! for the new stock, now arriv- Carson yesterday afternoon to atte’ to legal business matters. (Miss Elsie Stark went to Hebron ;yesterday afternoon t deliver a lec ture on food conservation. - Mr..and ‘Mrs, T, A. Cummins lef yesterday for Los Angeles for a sev éral weeks’ pleasure trip. Mr. and (Mrs. B.-A. Ripley vane daughter have gone to Los Angele for a few weeks. Mesdames J. P. Schafer and R. 1 (Mackin are entertaining a few ladies at the Schafer home this afternoon. Special for this week only: Linseed ofl, per gal... Pure white lead, per lb. Best mixed paint, per gal. 4 Best barn paint, $1.00 per gal, and up- wards, Alabastine, the best wall coating, 60c a package. Call and see: E. L. FAUNCE, Fourth st. 4 TUT IMM MO ruary 18th to Mareh 1st. Chris Engen oe HAGGART BLOCK Bismarck OHNSON’S Popular Priced Store ‘Bismarck’s Fastest Growing Store Big Dress & Coat Sale For Wednesday Only ~ Coats! Coats! — |. We have'to make room for our new spring goods so here it goes. ae LOT NO. 2 Coats~Values to $47.50, sale $8.50 Serge Dresses at Real Snaps Lot No. 2 Special $14.48 Wednesday North Dakota No Charges No approvals No Refunds $9.98 Lot No. 3 Special $18.50 We have only « a few of Cotton and Wool Blankets, left 1 to o be placed on fi Nee in daily. finest workmanship. ples. bleached. An o gain price, at y : Here Are Some | Real Bargains or This Week’ Buying SIX VERY UNUSUAL BAR- GAINS From Our Suit Dept. re ANOTHER ASSORTMENT OF BEAUTIFUL —— THESE DOLLAR WORTHMOR WAISTS These are always wonderful values at $1.00 and featured in this store as $1.00 bargains. This lot has become slight- ly shopworn and consists largely of an assortment of sam: before present high prices: SAMMIES TO BE PROTECTED FROM PRICE BOOSTERS Generals Issue Orders Making Profiteering at American ’ Expense Crime Paris, Feb. 19.—The generals com- manding the various districts in France where American troops are stationed have received instructions to take immediate and vigorous action against profiteering and price-raising and to prosecute under the anti-specu- lation law of April, 1916, any one sus- pected of increasing prices of com- modities to the new comers. Further to protect the Americans it is ordered that each municipality TTT On sale, especially only during this week. ‘They are on items of every day need, actually worth considerably more than our regular selling price- prove to be “real” money savers upon investigation. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF GORGES CREPE BLOUSES All sizes, White, Pink, Maize and Lavender. Excellent workmanship, in values from $7.50 to $10.00. Excep- tional values. Rae siesta ie BLOUSES Tub Silks, Crepe de Chines, etc. These must be disposed of to make room for our spring arrivals which are coming The values are $4.50 and $5.00, and of the Another exceptional value. peel Deel ine et THIS SKIRT PRICE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF Dark Blue ‘and Black Serge Skirts, in assorted sizes and styles. Many of them are samples, otherwise the price would not be possible. pS ee eae ONE LOT TOILLE DU NORD GINGHAMS Splendid assortmnet with good variety of patterns. These ginghams now sell for-35c with higher prices unquestioned. nN AN UNUSUAL SPECIAL OF LINEN TOWELING Stevens all linen crash and other brands purchased long Mostly 18-inch widths un- oeeorinty to supply, your needs at a bar- .. W.. LUCAS. post publicly in Wrench and English the normal price list of all ordinary food commodites so that the Ameri- ... cans will know what they may expect to have to pay and thus be able to prov tect/ themselves against extortion. This action follows the general tendency of prices to shoot skyward everywhere Americans are stationed, which has the double effect that Am- ericans must pay too much and that prices are so high that the French cannot afford to meet’ them. Ameri. can officials in several cases have themselves stepped in and by agree- ment with the French have estblished maximum prices for certain food- stuffs, The American contingents are now so widely scattered throughout France that uniform protective action has been deemed necessary. ' HAS BAD COLD Attorney Ed. S, Allen has been con- fined to his rooms by a severe cold. They will C_ ecial $5.98 eee Special $3.29 Special 69c Sages ‘2.98 Special 20c yd. Special «22 yd.