The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-12-17
NORTH DAKOTA HAPPENINGS

NORTH DAKOTA HAPPENINGS
EoolNos OF THE WEEK FROM ALL
sEcTioNs or THE s-ATE
Revenue Deeisiou Of Great Bsnent to Set
tlsrs-Ex-Trsssurer shotwelrs Of
/ fer 20 Fargo-vacaucies at
Manila Filled.
Ever since the new revenue law came
in force 1t has been the practice Of at.
storneys and clerks Of courts to place
revenue stamps upon all final proof r,
papers, amounting In all to so cents in o
each case, and also stamping as GER o
tihcate the clerks jurat to non.mineral 9.
afadavits in homestead entries. The =,
Fargo land Office has, however, given n
out that ill such papers are exempt !,
from revenue duty, which will be quite +,
. saving to settlers making entry on Il
government land and final proof eetab- r.
'lishing their claims. =.
+ 6hotwsll's OAer TO Fargo. a.
/ At . recent meeting Of the Fargo city q,
council, report was made that Former
Treasurer Shotwell and his bondsmen I
had no other proposition to make to 7
the city except the one made some time
ago that Mr.. Shotwell will pay 5000
In cash, turn over life insurance policies s
to the amount Of u, 900 and signing over !,
i976 Of the monthly salary of Deputy h
Marshal Shotwell to make up the bal a
ance. A committee was named to rec. !,
ommend some plan of action. +
Vacancies In Company n Filled. =
7 Governor Devine has filled the vacan- n
cies in Company B, First North Dakota, \
/ Of Fargo, now in Manila, by appointing /
First Lieutenant Ed Gearey captain, :
Second Lieutenant M. A. Hildreth first !
lieutenant, and Color Sergeant Robert I
1 Thompson second lieutenant. Captain
Keye Of Company B recently resigned
and First Lieutenant Conklin was trans
ferred to another company, hence the t
vacancies. t
Many Emigrants Expected.
The northern half of North Dakota
will see big immigration during the
coming spring. Max Bass, the Great
Northern immigration agent, has an
other large party of Indiana people
whom he will take into Ramsey and
Towner counties. He says that many
Of these people are well-to-do and will :
bring funds with them to give them a
very creditsble start.
Jamestown Blind Pigs Rsidsd.
Acting under information furnished
by C.. P. Hamre of Grand Forks, q g
spotter in the employ of the North Da-
kota Enforcement league, the police
raided . number Of places at James
town and captured five alleged blind
piggers Tho men arrested were Dan
Kelliher, Roy Patton, John Bowman
Charles Sprinkle and Herbert Carmel.
Soottish Rite Bodies Meet.
The four days session of the Scottish
Rite bodies at Fargo was busy meet.
ing. The largest class of candidates
that has ever been put through at one
meeting has been initiated into the
mysteriesof the Rite. The presence Of ,
alsrgs number 0f prominent citizens
from III over, tho state has added inter
estto the session. .l,l :. s.s b &. T.
Wants Pay for Territory Taken.
Rolette county has renewed its claim
against Pierce. county for something
over $500 for territory taken from /,
Rolette and attached to Pierce at the
time the latter county, was created. 8
Pierce county was sued on this matter
In 1897 and won, but now Rolette claims
sufficient nsw evidence to reopen the
case.
clearing or .1ndsbtsdasss.
Register of Deedi barrett of Steele
county zsEebeived In one sdsH Int sweek ,
16,9el.55 worth of satisfactions Of
mortgages. When 1t is remembered
thaks Steele 10 almost exclusively e
farming country, and that it contains no
large cities, the amount Of Indebtedness
being cleared od tsremsIkable. ,f
Jsalousy Was The Cause.
SophEonis Ford, Q eomely 16.year-old
mulatto girl, was shot and killed ut Bis.
msrck, while on her way TO school, by J.
w. Cole, s,burly middle aged .peg1o,
who has been employed. about tho Mty
- la.~indeFiwasheT and doer of odd
jobs. Jealousy was the cause Of the
murder. - .-.+ :. -
Destroyed Much Of the Rsnre,
The late prairie fires between Bis
marck and Jamestown destroyed so
much Of tho range that many stockmen
will have to winter their cattle else. d,
whore. The range aover a. large portion
ef country was totally destroyed
Exercised Over Whsat Grades.
The business men along the Langdon
branch Of the Great Northern are very
much exercised over the wheat grades
! given on Notth Dakota wheat at Duluth. y!
\ Park River f,ennlA Hill. hold an indipna.