Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-12-14
STATE NEwS

STATE NEW
The Wells County News calls Har-
vey the "city of sin"
Jamestown expects a gain of about
500 people in the census.
supt. Moore Of the asylum has been
visiting relatives in Nebraska.
Threshing hands are being paid So
a day in some parts of the valley.
The Rugby Optimist wants the state
militia ~reorganized and put on a semi
war footing.
People of the valley are eating more
venison than for a number of years.
Deer are plentiful.
Attorney E. E. Kelley of Darlington,
the well known Big Kelley" of the
North Dakota volunteers, las gone to
locate in new Mexico.
The agent at Larimore reports that
300 trainloads CT Montana and Dakota
live stock have been fed there during
the season en- route to eastern mar
kets.
An excellent showing was made at
the inspection OF Company F by Col.
Creel at Grand Forks. This is the
new company and the first time it has
been inspected.
Ct,tcr,n, countI, LANDS i,avn ctif
fened up in price and at the sale of
lands on which taxes were delinquent
there was some lively scrapping to get
the land among bidders.
Real estate on which taxes for 1899
We're unpaid, was offered for sale
through the state yesterday. The de-
linquemt taxes are small this year and
the tax sales were not large.
The Stutsman county legislative del
egation at the coming session visited
the state asylum and learned of its
needs in order that they might better
present them to the attention of the
legislative assembly.
C. Severson of Minneapolis is in
a missing son. He heard he had per
jamestown trying to get some trace Of
ished in a fire near jamestown, but
has been unable up to the present time
to get any definite information.
Flax is the chief crop in the vicinity
ne Do,yi:o I o1Jo Tho ,,oodc orr
'thronged with farmers teams bring
ing the grain into the elevators ant
many of the loads net S115 to $12O
Business at Devils Lake is reported
exceedingly good.
J. E. Borns of Fargo, the man VIII;
was to sue the N. P. railroad for eja:r
ment from a stock train on which
Conductor Tom Hatton was boss a
Mandan recently, is said to have fallel
heir to a million dollars from relatives
in Russia. This ought to salve owe
his injured feelings.
A conductor autographed the officer
at Fargo he had a prisoner coming
down on the train. The officer
thought it was an important arres
and waited ait the depot in force. Whel
the desperate character was takel
from the train he started to run an
after several shots had been fired a
him it developed that he was under ar
rest for stealing a ride, under the anti
hobo law.
Mckinley carried the Fifth judicia
district, according to the latest oh
tainable figures, by 2O03 majority
while four years ago McKinley's ma
jority in the same counties vas onl
$40, an increased majority of 1920
Gov.-Elect White carried the sam
counties by 1866 majority over Wiz
perman. Mr.. Conklin ran 1888 ahea
of the democratic national ticket an
iii ahead of Wipperman.
Bishop Stanley of the Catholi
church has investigated the charge
that the Catholic priests on the Turtl
Mountain reservation disregarded tn
quarantine orders and held meeting
and performed wedding ceremonie
against the orders of the officials. H
finds that the priests discontinue
church services when the schools wei
closed and did not resume them tt
the reservation schools were opene'
The only marriages performed wei
private.