Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-07-07
Falconer and the cid"

1alcO0er ana the "f1O.'
Manager Falconer of the base ball
club has become famous as a musician
as we'll as a base ball manager, and all
because of his Fort Yates trip. As an
evidence of the demand for his talents
in the musical line, the following letter
from G. Weigel & Co., of Hebron, under
date of June %, is published. Hebron
will celebrate the glorious Fourth, and
as they want music. they have written as
follows:
WM. FALcoSER. Dear Sir: Please wire,
come up and play for us (the tid.) OH the
4th, and If so. what your price is? II you
can bring other pieces, such as bass VOL
and horn, just wire what you can bring,
and amount YOU want-all together. For
instance--'Violin. bass. horn. thirty dol.
lars We are after good music. and you
were spoken of very f%avorably by some of
the eXcursionists to Standing Rock lately.
Mr.. Falconer is an innocent of ability
in the sid" line as the democratic party
of harmony-but there's nothing like
fame-in any line.
OF Much Benefit to Crops.
The heavens opened after the latest
approved fashion, at about ten o'clock
Thursday night, and from that time un.
til ten o'clock yesterday morning, there
was a general downpour Of the much
needed element. It was not a violent
rain storm, lasting but a brief time, as is
customary, but a good, steady, soaking
rain. Trees, grasses and particularly
fields OF grain absorbed it greedily and
looked fresher and greener as a result.
The rain came at a time when parti-
c~ularily needed, and is a godsend to the
farmers and their crops. The general
condition Of the crops in Burleigh
county now is good, and there is much
encouragement at the prospects. While
some fields are pretty badly yellowed by
the hot winds, and while others will be
light in patches, as a general rule the
crop condition furnishes no cause for
complaint and has taken or a new lease
of life
About an inch and a quarter OF rain
fell, and it was we'll distributed.
End of Fiscal Year.
Friday vas the end of the month,
quarter and fiscal year, and as a conse-
quence the government Offices were
busy, in preparing the three classes of
reports. At the land Office clerks were
unusually busy, and lengthy reports and
tedious documents were in course of
preparation for forwarding to the gen.
eral land Office at Washington. The
past year has been one of the busiest in
the local Office since the boom times of
1883.84, and the acreage entered and
proved up on has been exceptionally
large. For the month of June Just
closed, there we're 131 proofs, homestead
and timber culture, and seventy-one
homestead entries. This represents an
acreage Of 11,4O357 filed upon, and an
acreage Of 2o,5s1.79 proved upon. Uncle
Sans land in this district seems eagerly
sought, and yet he has plenty left for all
Corners.
At the weather bureau office, too, the
officials were busy preparing reports.
The scope of usefulness of this depart
ment in the etate has been greatly in.
creased during the fiscal year just
closed, and its area of observations much
extended. Many new voluntary sta
lions have been established in parts of
the state where meteorological condi-
tions are peculiar and the data interest.
ing. The assistance of the state, too, in
the matter of the state crops and weather
service has been useful in promoting
the benefits to be derived from this de.
partment, and they promise to increase
with time.
Down in Glendale they are cannonad.
ing for rain, and il is expected twenty.
five townships will give s25 each for
rain.making experiments.