Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-07-22
allowed, I don't know yet what I shall
do. I will not be the one to start it.

do. I will not be the one to start it.
Ed. Sloan: Everything is quiet at the
landing, excepting the mosquitoes. I
never saw SO many, and they so voracioue
as they are this year. I have to wear
gloves to do my work, they are SO thick.
My garden is "out of sight," and vegeta.
ton of all kinds luxuriant. By the way,
it would surprise you if you heard the
number of bushels Of wheat that have
been brought down river this year.
Never before was there anything like 1t,
and although I can't tell you the exac,
amount, it is startling. I tell you.
Although a little late, the tramp
season is in full blast. Seven applica.
tions we're made to one person for as.
sistance yesterday. It is the same old
story, illness, physical disability and
inability to procure work, and the real
cause can be summed up in one word,
laziness. Some of them were noticed
prowling about back streets, and it is
barely possible that they may have
been looking the land over, and
settling upon some house to enter. At
least, it is we'll to be careful at all times
when tramps begin to blossom.
The following are the amounts re-
ceived by the several fire companies in
the state, from the apportionment fund
appropriated by the legislature: Fargo,
$1,093 08; Grand Forks comes next,
getting $847 80; Wahpeton is third in
the liat, receiving 1887 60; next in order
are jamestown, 1921 "a; Bismarck,
1886 SO; Mayville, 1929 OF; Grafton,
1928 Is; Casselton, S215 80; Mandan,
S186 81; Hillsboro, $1S6 26; st. Thomas,
s113 Sc; Larimore, s1O6 81; Lisbon,
$S7 96; Mimic, SIT O3; Glendale, $48 At;
Portland, $41 IS; Milton, s27 Sc; Araoch;
$50 OS.
The educators seem to have had a
very satisfactory conference at Spirit
wood Lake. Several very interesting
lectures have been delivered and enter
tanning features of all descriptions in
troduced. Superintendent Ogden, ex-
Superintendent Clapp, and many other
noted educators we're in attendance.
Frank W. Smith, who lectured each
evening fora week in this city, delivered
his lecture on "Mixed Candies" and the
impression made, as judged from COM
ments, was very favorable. Governor
Burke also was booked for an address,.
to deliver which he went down Thurs
day night.
1t is a shame that the owners of the
Merchants bank block-one of the
finest brick structures in the city
should allow it to go week after week
and month after month without repairs
or attention.. Had it not been one of
the most substantially built BIZ ks in
The city its foundation would have been
ruined long before this. Its owners are
no~n-residents and it is said 80 nu-
merous that no one owner feels his re-
sponsibility. For the credit of Fourth
street it is hoped that some change in
ownership will be effected soon and
that a splendid piece of property COST
ing over $4,000 will not be allowed to
go to ruin for want of proper attention.
Many newspapers in publishing data
regarding weather make it appear that
they are obtained from the "signal Of
or that they are "signal service re-
ports" where in reality they:emanate from
weather bureau which has long been
special branch of the department of
agriculture, and is no longer part of the
signal service. Bearing on this matter,
Chief Fallon has received a letter from
The chief of the weather bureau, in
which he requests that this matter be
brought to the attention of editors and
publishers, that hereafter when such
data are published they may be &C.
credited to the proper department., the
"odouoI Ou1odu, duu uOU 10 uu0 Sl8Qdl
It is queer how the smartest Of men
are deceived once in a while. Now
when one Of Bismarck's shrewdest citi-
zens was approached by a tramp, who
recited a long tale of woe and hunger
and who asked for a quarter, and when.
the business men advanced the requested
sum he had no idea of any deception.
But he watched the tramp who told him
he was going to get a square meal and
he saw him glance into every window on
n side of the street, and finally enter
r "blind pig" He staid in there for
a while and when he came out there was
the odor of two or three square meals on
his breath. It is said that the business
mar will gaze with suspicion on q con-
tribution box hereafter. ..,t O. " q
Time makes great changes. At the
Office of Agent Davidson, could have
been seen yesterday, two time cards,
side by side. One was Of date Septem-
Der 5, 1878, and the other, one of the