Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-07-06
STATE NEWS

Braddock is to have a steam -four
ing mill.
Wild Strawberries are prolific around
Carhay, Wells county.
The burlington Touring mill was
turncd-loss. $4,000.
Charles krauth of Hebron has gone
to Germany for a visit.
Deputy Examiner Wallace checked
up Treasurer Ross at Fargo and found
everything D. X.
The ensus in Fargo is finished and
1t is believed will show a population
of 10000 or 1000.
Cass county assessors have returned
property about half a million dollars
higher than in 1899.
The Elm river in Cass county is dry
at it's EUath for the first time in the
recollection of The settlers OF that sec
ticn.
A number of residents of Ssutsman
county want a system of prairie fire
breaks to save the range in dry sea-
sons.
Major Edwards, whose candidacy
Tor governor is frequently discussed,
says he is for Spalding first, last and
all the time.
Down in the Eleventh district Eb
Young is being groomed for the state
senate and Editor TONNES may come
to the house.
Thirty-tive loads of wool, aggregat-
ing 145.O0O pounds, were brought in to
Dickinson by Montana and South Da-
kota ranchers, to sell.
Hay is selling for 81 a ton at James
town and farmers say owing to the
scarcity of the product, there is not
much in it at that price.
Editor Mcclure of the Minot Optic
puts up a strong talk about the closing
OF the drug stores there, Mac is likely
to get sick and need medicine.
Fargo milk dealers are to meet and
decide on the proposition of giving
more or less quarts for one dollar and
Fargoites are wondering which it will
be.
Mayor Johnson of Fargo sent out
LOO letters to prominent men through
the country asking for books for the
public library. He has heard from
l per cent of the letters and has four.
teen books. .
The Andrews & Gage Elevator Co
is closing a number of it's warehouses
in different portions Of the state, an.
%ticipating little business this fall. L
is likely that a number of the Peavey
houses will also be closed.
Down in Valley City where bee
went at $40 a bottle, a young man Sun
day afternoon was warned by the pc
liceman to get under cover when goin;
down a principal ~thoroughfare with
keg of beer on his shoulder. The =
m. sassed back-and got run in severa
hours.
Attorney Libby Of Park Rive
thought he wanted to be attorney gen
eral but after finding out that h
couldn't be elected a delegate to til
county convention from his W pre-
cinct-because of the opposition Of tn
Driscoll FELLOWSHIP changed his min
and went down to Minnesota on
visit.
Old Mr.. Hefta died at the home q
his daughter in Pulaski, Walsh count.
! at the ripe old age of 1O5 years. Nj
Hefta came to Pulaski twenty year
ago, along with the first settlers in tn
community, and has resided there cor
tinuously since. He was hale an
hearty up to a few years ago, sine
which time he has been almost hell
less.
The Mandan Times kicked becaus
the Fargo Forum stole news matte
from the Times without credit and no
the Forum is giving the Times cred
for all kinds of lews-some of it nj
creditable to Mandan. The Tim
should let the Forum discriminat
and be pleased that Packard's produ
tions are thought 70 much of they a.
copied by other papers-credit or +
credit. The Forum steals from tt
Tribune and we steal from the Foru