The Bowbells tribune., 1900-11-09
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James kennedy gets tive. more sewer
contracts in Fargo. 81
One hundred persons were natural
tied at Napoleon the other day.
@ Grafton Foresters have increased IN
numbers very rapidly this summer.
Langdon is the only town In Cavalier
county in which the voters had to reg
lister. ,55 #
{ The fax crop Of Harry Watson OF
Cavalier county brought him $32. 10 per
acre.
Three Grafton boys ran away to see
the world, saw 1t, and are glad to be
back home.
Diphtheria has developed in the asy-
lum at Jamestown. The typhoid cpl
demic is nearly over. ss5
Lewis Pope, who attempted to beat a
hotel bill at Casselton, was sentenced
to twenty days in jail.
There is said to be a valuable spring
Of water on the claim Of Miss Kate
Kern, in McHenry county.
The water lin the upper reaches Of
Red Lake river Is at least three oct
aves above the normal,
Special postof1ce service has been
discontinued from Brush Lake. Nc
Henry county, to Balfour. IS y.
I Postmaster Bake Of Nash is look
ing for bull dog since his postoflce
was tapped the other night.
The wyndmere schools were delayed
three weeks because of the non-arrival
Of the furniture Of the school house.
Two young men in LaMoure got
fresh and ''sassed" the town marshal,
narrowly missing arrest for contempt.
A number of North Dakotans are
planning to take the last boat out OF
Nome and return home for the winter.
r. Sykes of Sykeston, presented the
pupils Of the Bowdon school with
enough candy to make all the kids
happy.
The old-fashioned self-rake reaper Is
being used to harvest flax that is too
wet to permit the use Of the heavy
binder. F,s
There is demand for the services OF
every man who can handle a pitch
fork, and the farmers are paying good
wages.
Geo. Boehm Of Morton county acci-
dentally shot himself in the arm
while placinog loaded shot gun In the
wagon.
A young.lady from Casselton visited
I'm Fargo and left her purse on the
train .en route. She was unable to re-
cover 1t.
The potato crop was about the most
disappointing this year. Some farm
ers carried their entire crop home in a
common pail.
The tower for the waterworks at
1Iilisboro will be ninety feet high. and
the wooden tank on top will hold 1900
gallons Of water.
Bismarck finds some, advantage in
being located SO far west-good Ignite
coal is cheaper than in the eastern
part Of the state.
Mr.. Fisk, who owns the island in
Black Duck lake, will convert it into
pleasure resort. The island contains
twenty-four acres.
II. r. Waugh has left Walhalla after
spending ,twenty-eight years there. He
intends to find a home In some OF the
newer sections Of the country.
The yields Of wheat in Southern Nc
Lean and Northern Burleigh counties
will average fully twelve bushels per
acre, " hich, for this year, Is a Won
derful showing.
The deer and moose hunters will
md their game plentiful out east this
season. The heavy rains have flooded
the big marshes and driven the deei
from their Businesses.
At Devils Lake a man was given a
fury trial on the charge Of violating the
city ordinance regarding liquor NUS
ance. The first jury disagreed and q
second soaked the man.
The decision Of the federal land de-
partment in the Phil Shortt case, that
= soldiers service is to count on his
term Of residence on claim, seems 10
meet with general favor. -
The people of Cakes have wheel
barrow election bet on the wholesale.
"A number Of pairs have been made.
the loser to roll the other over town In
q wheelbarrow. No one is barred.
Two women, while driving in Fargo.
ran into buggy occupied by Theo.
Hanson, an aged Minnesota farmer
and the old gentleman is so badly IN
iured that he is not expected to re-
cover.
Quite number Of threshing ma
chine men have discharged their crews
and pulled up their rigs. owing to the
scarcity Of help and the unsatisfactory
obtained by trying to run with
short crews.
Cass county farmers who are IN the
drainage district. find that their taxes
viii be materially increased, the IN
crease running from $3.15 to $685. per
Quarter section each year. The total
cost Is over $4,000.
The new steel-bottom cars on the
Northern Pacific win not be popular
with the hoboes. There are no RODS
along the sides upon which the hoooe
San catch and swing under the NOV
6tng trains for free rides.