Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-06-14

the late frosts cut it down, and the wheat
is growing so rapidly that the cactus can
not grow. He says the machines for de-
stroying the cactus are not a success, but
the farmers have, by experimenting, hit
upon a plan by which they can burn it
of in the spring, by which they will be
able to combat it, and by this means
hope eventually to be able to extermi-
nate it.
The jury in the case of the State VS..
Mills Beech rose to the occasion this
Thursday when they returned a verdict
OF guilty. as charged in the information.
Mr.. Beech will have all the way from
one to five years in the penitentiary in
which to con over his misdeeds. The
case was a hard fought one, but the evil
dence was overwhelming, and the jury
in taking but a few minutes to arrive at
a verdict, demonstrated that they knew
their duties as citizens and we're not
afraid to perform them.
The Mandan Pioneer consoles it's dys-
peptic appetite this week with a post
norton Of the Bismarck Fort Yates
ball game-in which It alleges express
sions of opinion to the Yates boys, whose
reliability is doubtful, to say the least.
If Mandan wants to discover whether or
not the Bismarckers can play ball, it
should scare up nine able bodied players,
II the town possesses SO many, and jour-
ney across this way Mandan and the
Pioneer are two of the most superior
mouth artists which exist in the far
west.
Applicants for the ten-year govern
ment bounty for tree planting are be-
coming more numerous lroughout the
state, and blanks for that purpose are in
greater demand than heretofore. The
government gives, by a law passed in
1880, under certain conditions, So per
acre for the planting of trees. not more
chan 500 in any n year to any one
person. The average ten acres of trees
for a claim, therefore, will bring in $50 a
year-:a neat sum that will be a little
windfall, and will begin to repay the
dweller on the prairie who has brought
his grove of trees to the required state
by care and cultivation.
The trustees of the insane hospital
have been enjoined from making the
contract for furnishing coal to the insti-
tuition at the figure at which the same
was let to the Gull River company. The
plaintiff is the North Dakota Land and
Power company of Mandan, H. R. Lyon
bidding for this company $2.71 per ton,
while the contract was let at 1915 per
ton OF 2,100 pounds. The reason for
letting the contract to the higher bidder,
as given by the board, is that the coal
from the Dickinson NINE is of better
quality, and to substantiate this the
statements of Mr.. Pettigrew, the engi-
neer at the hospital, are given. j
Programs for the seventh annual meet
ing of the North Dakota Press Assocja-
ton, at Fargo, June 13, are out, and the
list OF addresses comprises contributions
from nearly all of the talent in the state.
President L%ounsberry is down for an ad.
dress, as we'll as Editors Jewell, Ayers,
Motfet, Stevens, Winship, Irons, Tuttle,
Pierce, Hager, Senator H%ansbrough, and
numerous others. Among the topics to
be treated are "The Country Editor in
Politics." Business Principles" "Moral
lone in Journalism" and other subjects
of interest to the craft. Another feature
will be a discussion of "Women in Jour-
nalism," by Mesdames Tousley, Grant
and Van Meter. The session promises
to be an interesting and profitable one.