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equally advantageous, will be passed
by the respective legislatures.

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by the respective legislatures.
Collector of Customs Bookwalter O,
Pembina says the farmers in his sec.
ton are still holding large quantities
Of wheat, only Offering for sale that
which they ara compelled to in order to
provide for pressing necessities The
Red River ELEVATOR company is the
largest purchaser now IN the market.
But little wheat is graded as No. L, and
'his is rated at As cents. Most of the
wheat purchased is graded as No.
straight, and commands 40 to 43 cents
per bushel.
John Risk, a young man who has
been employed in the railroad office at
Jamestown, for the past two months,
las been arrested by Chief of Police Nv
rs Of Danville, ILL.,, upon a requisition
rom the governor of that state, charg.
.ng him with forgery. He bore an ex.
cellent reputation ut Jamestown. He
declares he is entirely innocent of the
crime charged, and appeared perfectly
willing to go with the officer.
The jury in the Magill murder trial,
OF Bismarck, after being out fifty hours,
came into court and stated that they
could not agree and were discharged.
1t is understood that the jury stood
six to six for acquittal and man-slaugh.
ter from the beginning. It is thought
o new trial will hardly be had at this
term of court.
At a meeting of retail lumber dealers
Of North Dakota and Northern Mime
sofa at Fargo, permanent organization
was affected under tie name of the
Northwestern Association of Retail
Lumber Dealers, embracing all the ter
ritory in Dakota and Minnesota north OF
the forty, fifth parallel and west of the
Mississippi river. 1t was decided that
the headquarters of the association shall
be in Fargo, and that the regular annual
meetings shall be held there on the first
Wednesday in February of each year.
The nomination of permanent officers
was assigned to q committee of three,
who reported as follows: President,
w. E. Jones of Valley City; vice presi-
dent, H. H. Butler of Wahpeton; sec
rotary, P. F. Crochet of Fargo. The
board of directors consists of the presi-
lent, vice president and secretary, to-
gether with the following members: O.
@. Sarles, Hillsboro; T.. D. Dustine,
Jamestown; W. J. Hawk, Buffalo; Karl
e. Budd, Sheldon; W. H. White, Far
go, and Mr.. Irvine of Fergus Falls.
MINI.
In the Fargo Argus appears a letter
from Maj. Fleming, now in New Or
leans assisting Alex. Mckenzie in the
arrangement of the Dakota exhibit.
The following is al extract: "We are
having continuous inquiries for Dakota
newspapers and information in regard
to the territory. I wish you would
notify the editors to forward copies
regularly to this department, that we
may have them for exhibition and ex-
animation by the public. It is also
time that the copies asked for in Com
missioner McKenzie's circular he sent
in. Address the commissioner for Dako-
Ia, care of the exposition, New Orleans.
We are yet in q state of chaos here
trying to get our exhibits in shape.
Dakota is located between Kansas and
Nebraska, and they have splendid ex-
hibits, which will push us to compete.
At least $4,000 visitors were in our
space to see u carloads of animals and
birds just received and being unloaded.
Kansas and Nebraska are old stagers
and understand the business, while this
is u first attempt in a national way,
but we are making additions to our
stock every day, and don't you forget
it, We will get there. There is no
question but what Dakota is better ad-
vertisedthan any other state or territory
in the union, and there is a sort of In
spiration in the name. I candidly be-
lieve that a concentrated effort by the
Dakota papers for the next four month,
in connection with the efforts of her
representatives here, will send her 1O0,-
900 souls in the next two years and q
million of money,
Edwin j. Parker of Yankton, who
suffered a broken leg a few weeks ago.,
died from blood poisoning.
A farmer named Lewis, living near
Wheaton, was found dead in his bed
with a quilt stuffed into his mouth and
foulplay is suspected. He has had fire.
quent quarrels with his sons and the
night before all were intoxicated.
Awonderful flow of coal oil was struck
on the Bots Coche creek, near the Mis-
souri, river in Dakota recently. E. A.
Parr was drilling q we'll on his ranch,
and at the depth of 215 feet, after pene-
trating SO feet of sandstone, the drill
was forced out by a strong flow of Pc
troleum, which ran into the creek
and thence into the Missouri. The
flow is of tremendous volume, spouting
high in the air. By some means it be-