The Dickinson press., 1897-08-28
stats NEWS.

STATE NRws.
Robinson's circus will show ia
Bismarck Sept. Is.
Grand Forks will have a tele.
phone system in a few days.
The new bank 1t Minot will be
known as the Great Northern:
The Morton county fair opens
Sept. 28 and continues four days.
Seven summer schools are in
progress in the state with Goo
teachers in attendance.
Mrs. d. w. Cunningham of La
Moure county, died at tile Fargo
ostcopathy institute.
Four Carloads of wheat have
been shipped out of Sargent coun-
ty-threshed twelve bushels to
the acre.
Logan county people don't care
whether they raise crops or not.
They are more interested in live
| stock.
The reduction of the valuation
of Kidder county land by the
state board of equalization knocks
the auditors salary off about $40
a year.
Fessenden will soon have that
handsome brick school house
for which the residents decided to
bond the district for 5000 last
week.
The National Bank of Fargo
has been organized with Martin
Hector president, O. j. deLendre-
Gle vice president and w. c. Me-
fadden cashier. Geo. E. Nichols,
state treasurcr,is one of the direc-
tors.
Eugene Gould, serving a three
and one-half years sentence in
the penitentiary, made his escape
Tuesday. He was FL years old,
FIVE feet four inches in height,
light hair. large nose and mouth.
A reward OF SIS is offered.-La-
ter-Gould captured in the brush
a few miles from the Capitol.
Glendale Leader: The people
Of Dickev county have deposited
in banks S76.4o2.64 at Glendale.
32,2o1.4 6 at Cakes and S5,Il6.64'
at Monango, a total of SI13,5Io.74.
This is about SEQ for every man.
woman and child in the county.
with this statement a solid fact
and the biggest crop in sight we
have had for years, the "%deprecia-
ted dollar" and per capita sub
jects seem to have been laid on.
the shelf.
The secretary of state has is
sued a charter for the Estate Bank
of Hanna" to commence business
with a capital stock of $1,000.
This is located in the town of
Hanna, which is the end of the
Great Northern extension from
Langdon north. The incorpora.
tors are E. l. Donovan, w. A.
Laidlow, c. B. Mcmillan and B
Meilkeljohn. all Of Langdon, with
C. B. Mcmillan as cashier. I,
proposes to open for business
October first.
The following shows the wheat
acreage of the several counties Of
the state reported to the commits
sioner of agriculture and labor TO,
this year: Barnes, I53.36I; Benson
u ,168; Billings, IS; Bottineau. II.
2l7; Burleigh, 18,455;C ass 474.22s
Cavalier, II4,5I7; Dickey, ol,262
Eddy, 32,6oo; Emmons, 38.329
Foster, 46.745; Grand Forks, 1913.
314; Griggs, 1896; Kidder, ID,
4o1; LaMoure, $3.50; logan, 9.
McHenry. l3,o84; Mcintosh, 81,
3o2; Mclean, $685., Mercer, 6.l2z
, Morton, 31,6S8; Nelson. o7,l81
Oliver, 2,651; Pembina, 2lo,13z
Pierce, 25,II3; Ramsey, lo6,o2s
: Ransom. 1886; Richland, 237
!, 1854; Rolette, $1,000; Sargent, IS,
2I,o71; Steele, I46,oos
Stutsman; 74,751; Towner, 5o,332
. Traill, S265,57I; Walsh, 27I,37l
! Ward, I,432; Wells, 62,954; Wi
9 liams, 81.
4 ]. M. Foster of Oberon objecte
to the Northern Pacific FIRE .brea
outfit blowing a 72-inch brea
. through his grain field and stoo
Mr.. Singler and his men off wit
: a Winchester. He has the go,
|. eminent patent and;Warranty dee
to the whole quarter section ii
n Guiding. the right IF way,says II
Reporter. The railroad eompan
claim the ownership TO- 100 feet {
u. each side Of the center Of Il
u the track. Mr.. Foster didn
e want the whole of the right
y way, but was willing to concet
= 50 feet on each side, and told-tl
a Representatives Of the company
they had any: better title to Il
ID other 100 feet, he would quiet
give possession Hs.. stood / /
ground, his inteiigehbboofssi Brought i
y meals to him, attended to h
chores, etc, while he was. on guar
4. AttorneyMaddp of New Roc
A. ford, the local Northern Pacil
10 Representative, was sent to Il
scene, but no action was take
Later Mr. Singler and his mesnn !
ceiyed orders to 60 around ! !
field and not. to do any plpwi!
on land over which sfatnifrsH1 g
~. jected to their passing.
'as According 70 a jamestown {
per Andrew Blewett and Lou B<
80 20 Aosp Tho