Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-12-12
Nubs of News From Slaughter.

NuDS OF News from
SLAUGHTER, N. D, Dec. 6-[Special]-
MI. Amund Thor is plastering the new
house for for Mr.. Gust. Anderson, and be-
fore Christmas he will have his W
finished and rugged up in good shape.
Mr.. Axel II. Olson bought a fine broncho
a short time ago.
Mr.. Andrew Thor filed on a quar,er sec.
ton last Monday. MIR. Thor is a young
prospective farmer, and we wish him pros
prrity. NJ 1t spring he intends to pat up
a good new house after his Uturn from
Wisconsin, where he intends to spend the
winter.
Messrs. Ole Olson and Oscar w. Ecklund
each took a claim of government land on
the goth of November.
MI. George II. Beal, the proprietor of the
coal mine, has been quite i'll with rheuma-
tism for the past five weeks.
A new coal mine has been opend on the
north bank of Grass lake. This would be
a good place to locate a city, where the
Ignite could be dug up anywhere and the
beautiful lake close by where the people
could take a pleasant sail whenever they
wanted to do so.
Mr.. Peter Englin was a caller at Back
mans last Sunday.
Town Treasurer John A. Lind drove to
the capital the other day with a load of
No. ! hard wheat.
The farmers are busy getting in their
winters fuel. Coal is sold at the Casino
mine at 81 per ton. About 300 tons have
been taken out of that mine this fall.
Three men can take out about twenty
tons a day or more.
Chairman William Asplund went to the
capital last Monday by the stage to pur-
chase his groceries for the coming winter.
Mr.. Charley E. Peterson was the must
clan for Assessor Robert Weber's wedding
in Painted Woods. Robert gave a good
example to the bachelors, and it is said
several will sOOn follow.
ings, Mimi, to stay over winter. He will
come back in the spring to attend to his
business at Slaughter.
Rev. NJ. Spangberg had a grand banquet
on Thanksgiving dav, all his neighbors
being present. Rev. %Spangberg is a popu-
lar MAR man ,a and q has ssa good int influences sInnc+or Soma
time ago to stay with her brother on the
Mcbride farm. Miss Englin will be
missed very much by her many friends at
Slaughter.
Mr.. William Asplund went to Bismarck
the other day to file OH a tree clam in Sec
ton 4, Ecklund township. This is the
the claims are being taken up very fast.
The whole township averaged between
fifteen and twenty bushels Of wheat to the
acre. Tho farmers Of Grass Lake and
Ecklund townships have great faith in the
future of this section, and intend to do all
they can to improve and get this region
settled.
Thu forrorc orn prottv ua)l off opd rot
| along nicely. All they want now is a rail-
road so they can sell their grain here or
| ship it to some other place along the North
ern Pacific, or further east or south if
| wanted. And here is coal mines worth
thousands of dollars if there was some way
of shipping it. 1t also would be a great
benefit to farmers in South Dakota and
other places if a railroad was built out here
TO the great coal deposits. The coal vein
on section 81 is seven feet thick. On Sec
ton 8-142.N the vein is twelve feet and on
section 22-142.8 o the vein is between seven
and eight feet with only about that much
dirt on top. Why should these coal mines
the best quality Of coal-remain un
opened? There are hundreds and thOus-
ands in need of cheap and good coal! Our
statesmen and the public spirited men of
Bismarck should aid US in the development
of these mines. 1t requires capital tor its
full development and transportation.
Mrs. Ole Anderson has been quite Ill
with a sore throat.
Mr.. Jacob Kilian lost a young steer a
Mr.. Ole BjOrklund is the name of a per-
son who went to Washington a year ago.
A few weeks ago his family returned and
soon he will also come back to Burlei1h
county. That's the way it goes with the
people who go out west. After they have
spent their money they are glad to come
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n stay where you are and you will never
regret it. A man that wants to work can
make a good living in North Dakota.
This last week has been quite cold and
some o has fallen.
Tie town clerk, John E. Backman, has
been confined to his room with a sore neck
for a couple of days.
The people at Slaughtur are wondering
why government land that is not proved
VI on Is advertised for sale for tax. They
say they will have this mystery solved and
something done with it (f anything can
be none). A few of the farmers had both
er last year, and now they want a stop to
Our people are anxious to know how it
goes with the commissioner case-if the
man whom they worked hard for to get
elected will come in again or not. Mr.
Ecklund is known to be a straight. honest
man and an ardent republican, and our
| pcOplo WOulu Ike W Stc Ullu III hS Guilty
commissioner from the third district of
Burleigh county. We have no doubt but
the men now so called county commission
ers are good, honest men, but when a good
man was elected by the people he ought to
serve his term out. #Es4T
The farmers at Menoken and Steele are
buying their coal at Slaughter. They say
the Slaughter coal Is better than any other
coal, and not half as high priced as along
the Northern Pacific railroad. x. w
The Contest Case.
The taking Of testimony, with Judge
Tibblls as referee, in the Hare-Ward con
test case is now in progress. Joseph Hare
contests the election of VIM. Oscar Ware
to a seat in the lower house in the coming
Legislative session, and alleges wholesale
bribery and fraudulent doings on the par