Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-08

bearing we'll. The berries are of a good
size and flavor.
Judge Winchester returned yesterday
afternoon from a trip to Stanton and
Oliver county where he held terms of
court. There were several cases of tres
passing on lands in Oliver county, but
they were settled by the defendant pay
ing for the timber that had been cut.
Heavy rain in all parts of the coun-
try is reported, the rain beginning early
this morning and lasting during the day
at intervals. In the city the rain was
very heavy and this morning there were
intermittent showers in which the bot
ION seemed to have dropped out of the
reservoir.
A North Dakota excursion to the
Yellowstone park is being planned for
about September LIST. If a sufficient
number will go a special train will be
provided by the Northern Pacific. The
regular five and a half days trip through
the park will be made and reduced rates
will be given if enough go to warrant it.
Reports from various portions of the
county show the crops to be considerably
above the average in condition. AL
though the hot weather of a week ago
did some damage, the subsequent rains
have brought the grain to the front
again in good shape, and all of it looks
thriving now. There are some spots,
one north of Menoken and Mckenzie,
where the grain is burned, but as a
general thing all farmers are pleased
with the prospect.
A new pump has been ordered for the
water works, and is expected to arrive
at any time. The old one has seen some
hard service and is about played out,
the sand in the water being hard on the
valves and other delicate parts of the
machinery. The new pump is a Blake
and will pump a million and d half gal
Ions of water in twenty-four hours.
G. ID. Edicl has two brief notes from
W. Il. Perkins who is now on the way to
Dawson City. The first of them is
dated at Lake Bennett, June l, and says:
"Sail today. Ice all out and a fair
breeze. Am we'll aud O.. k" Another
dated June 8 says: "Shot the canon
and White Horse rapids and off down
the river. All we'll" White Horse
rapids is the most dangerous part of the
trip, and the shooting of them is ac-
companied with no little danger.
\ t~we!ve-inch coast defense gun pass
ed through the city at noon today. The
weapon weighed fifty-two tons and was
loaded on a specially reinforced fiat car,
with double trucks forward and aft.
The gun without the breech block
was just the length of the car and vas
an object of interest to many spectators.
The gun is rifled inside, like the modern
small arm, the grooves being half an
inch apart and being literally smeared
with grease to prevent rust. The mon
ster rifle was en- route to Tacoma where
it will be mounted for coast defense
purposes.
The hopper dosers have been used
with good effect down on the Fort Rice
reservation and farmers from there state
the damage done by the hoppers has
been light and will not be great. The
matter was taken in time and millions
of the hoppers have been killed by the
dosers which have proven very effective.
On some of the farms where the hop.
pers first made al appearance there
are none now, all of them having been
destroyed. Efforts are being made to
clean them out completely so that there
will be no recurrence of the pests next
year.
The city banks received a supply of
the new revenue stamps this morning
which, although small, will serve 70 en-.
able patrons to comply with the law
until others can be received. They are
a red stamp, about the color of the Or
binary 2-cent postage stamp, and a lit
tie smaller than the Columbian stamp.
All checks that come in to the bank
dated July l are stamped and the stamps
cancelled. The express Office is using a
postage stamp, with the letters II. r."
stamped across the face of it to indicate
it's revenue use. Money orders have
also gone up 2 cents in price. A large
lumber of commercial transactions were
made yesterday in the way of filing
mortgages, renewing notes, ETC., thus
l SVOi6inu the now royror,,o nrovicyonc