The Dickinson press., 1890-07-12
NEWS IN THE DAKOTAS.
NORTH DAKOTA.

"A daily stage line has been put on be-
tween Park River and Grafton.
At a meeting of the North Dakota
Spear was chosen principal at $1,000 a
year. School opens Sept. 1.
An unusual amount of wool is being
marketed from Steele, that industry
having increased from 1000 to 10, 900
fleeces in a year, with an average Of
seven pounds to the fleece.
The four additional stars. for North
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and
Washington, first appeared legally on
the flag, wherever it t1oated by govern
ment authority, Friday.
j. A. Stevens, of Larimore, has been
appointed supervisor of the Indian
census of North Dakota. MI. Stevens is
an old settler in North Dakota, and was
a member of the last legislature.
At Grand Forks. N. D., TWENTY-FIVE
saloon men closed their places of bust
ness. This means a loss of $222, 900 rev.
enue to the city, which must be made
up by tax payers. A temperance league
has been formed to ward against the
original package traffic.
Lieut.. Rondiez, drill instructor at the
Grand Forks university and a prominent
OF the judges of the drill at the ~conclaye
of knights to be held in Milwaukee next
week. The appointment was made by
Maj. Gen. Carnahan.
Two convicts escaped from the state
p~enltentlary at Bismarck Friday night.
They were trusted prisoners and one of
them was in a position to obtain enough
provisions to last them both for a n
siderable time. 1t is thought that they
are in hiding not far from the city.
Warden Williams offers 500 for the ar
rest of either of the convicts.
The Burleigh county commissioners
have decided to close up the county
poor house. The Bismarck TMb-
une says it has proved an expensive
luxury, is too remotely located from
anywhere, and, with the limited num-
per that require aid in Burleigh county,
this kind of charity can be dispensed on
a more economical plan.
Among the laws that went into opera
ton July | was the II making it a
crime to sell OF give a minor under 16
years OF age any cigar or cigarettes of
any kind or form, except on the written
order of a parent OF guardian, ortobacco
of any form, the penalty for violation
being imprisonment in a county Jail not
more than thirty days or by a fine of not
more than $50, or both such fine and i'm
| prisonment.
Insurance Commissioner Carey has
collected the insurance tax due from the
various companies doing business in
North Dakota. The following is the ap-
%portionment to the various organized
departments in the state: Ardoch, SO. SO;
Bathgate, $29.48; Bismarck, 1904. So;
Casselton, $173.02; Devils Lake, $172. O4;
Ellendale, $57.3e5; Fargo, 1894. 80; Grand
Forks, $$736.05; Grafton, S212.7 II; Fills
boro, $l24:23; Jamestown, $27G.54; Lari-
more, $11.5S; Lisbon, $10S.7 1 Mandan,
S163.42; Mayvflle, $183. 10; Minot, $6g.2 20;
st. Thomas, $685. 8 Wahpeton, $547. AZ.
The Bismarck Tribune says that In
surance Commissioner Carey will have
some valuable suggestions to make to
the next legislature. Among other
things he will urge the enactment Of Il
law making it the duty Of the co1nmis-
sioner to examine the fire departments
in the VARIOUS cities with a view of
cheapening INSURANCE where efficient
fire departments exist. 1t is generally
accepted that in many of the cities hay
ing grst-class fire protection the insur-
ance rates are equal to those in cities of
poorer protection, and doubtless a law
making the commissioner a sort of fire
inspector would result in q saving in in
surance of thousands Of dollars annually.