Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-08-24
STATE NEWS

The agent Of the Great Northern at
Thompson, Grand Forks county, has
been enjoined from selling liquor. 1t
is alleged he has been acting as agent
for a brewing company.
Chas. H. Mcbride, who left Fargo
about a year ago, and who has forged
several scores of checks on the Red
River Valley National bank since his
departure, has enlisted in the Ninth U.
S. infantry, and is now at Preside, en-
route to China.
William Mills estimates that he has
wheat near Cakes on his river bottom
farm that will go 80 bushels to the
acre. The Cakes Republican says
the entire harvest of Dickey county
will probable return about what was
Sown in the spring.
Valley City Times-Record: Letters
from Miss Viola Codding at Cape Nome
to her home in this city state that she
is earning 5000 a month as steno-
grapher and that she has signed a con-
tract for a years work. The Cape APP
pears to be all right.
There are $4,000 acres of flax in
Stutsman county this year. 1t is esti-
mated that this will yield one-half a
crop or an average of about five BUSH
els per acre. The straw will all be
used for feed this year. The flax is
thin on the ground and it is probable
that the estimate of five bushels per
acre is not too small.
jamestown Alert: A new time card
has been issued for the Dakota division
of the Northern Pacific. The time
card will take effect Sunday. The
only change is in the time of the North
Coast Limited which will arrive at
G:o7 and depart at 1902 p. NJ, meeting
the east bound train at Eldridge in
stead of jamestown, as formerly.
At the coming national G. A. R. en-
campment at Chicago, each of the state
departments will occupy separate head
quarters. Department Commander
Frank Orcutt of North Dakota and
staff have been assigned to the Hotel
Norwood; South Dakota to Parlors Cos,
McCoy's hotel; Minnesota, at the Pal
mer House and New York at the same.
Jesse Freeman of Valley City easily
secured bail on a charge of manslaugh-
ter. 1t is the general opinion in Val
ley City that while Freeman acted
hastily in shooting the boys. they got
no more than they deserved and the
case should be dropped. This will in
all probability be done. The lady who
caused the trouble returned to Valley
City but was ordered to move on by
the police.
A Devils Lake dispatch says: The
Washington dispatch quoting Major
Getchell as reporting t%wenty-four
cases of smallpox on the Devils Lake
reservation was al error. There is
no smallpox on the reservation OF
here. There are many cases on the
Turtle Mountain reservation a hundred
miles north on the Canadian border
The facts were simply forwarded
through the agent there.
Milton Globe: In some fields Of
Aoy %1o,o - p1orfc u,hioh loun q
thousand seeds approaching matur-
ity. J. Z. Stewart recently brought in
a plant from his farm about p miles
southwest which had twenty branches
with an average of five bulbs to the
branch and ten seeds to the bulb. There
are many others in the field as prolific
as this, and if a search was made nc
doubt plants could De found with many
more bulbs and seeds.
Wells County News: There is con-
s%ternation in the camp of the filers or
land in Wells county. Some time age
a government official from the lant
department was through Wells county
sporting these who had not beer
living up to the law regarding thei1
residence, improvements, etc., upor
their land. A few days g papers
were served upon several in this coun'
ty to the effect that their rights to the
land were about to be cancelled. Thu
government representative is in thu
county this week again. In many
cases the land has been proved up
mortgage or sold, and the compiled