Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16
North DAKOTA NOTES.
items Of Interest Picked 10
All Over the State.

GuekeiSy PeOPIe atS COuSlueIIuS
the advisabllity Of the boxing up
natural gas that flows from their
artesian well and use it for cooking
and heating purpose. They think
that the gas is sufficient for these pur-
poses.
The editor of the Michigan City
Independent, lady. gave dance
recently, the paper having moved in
to a new office. This is quite novel
scheme and gave the lady chance
to get acquainted with some of her
delinquent subscribers.
A new tile factory is being put in
at Fargo. The gateway city is get
ting there. Now whoop up that fire
festival, Major.
A townsite has been laid out in
Oliver County, covering about fifty
II II 4 f.
acres. The new town will be known
as GAINESVILLE, after the colonizer, A.
d. Gaines Of Minneapolis. A large
two story building has already been
erected, and lumber and material has
been purchased for the construction
OF large hotel, two churches and a
blacksmith shop. A stock of general
merchandise has been received and
will be opened as soon as another
store building can be erected. "A
large number of Minnesota people
have settled in that neighborhood and
they inteud to build up the country.
| Jewett Brothers, who have branch
houses at Sioux Falls, Aberdeen and
heldon, Iowa, will locate whole
sale grocery in Fargo. They will
erect brick block.
Magnus Torkelsoa, a farmer living
ten miles south of Milton, while re-
turning home in an intoxicated con-
dition, Saturday night, fell from his
buggy and was killed. He leaves a
wife and five young children.
The Kenmare Dry Coal Company
property hasbeen turned over to Fargo
capitalists who are in the firm Of the
Kenmare Consolidated Dry Coal
Company. The new company hopes
to have the latest improved electric
machinery installed at the mine
shortly and will make several more
entries on the coal vein, so that all
demands can be supplied promptly
lat much less cost than under the
present system.
Conductor H. H. Mitchell was
struck by passenger train at Lari-
more last Thursday and horribly
mangled. His skull was crushed,
nose, jawbone, left arm and leg brok-
en-. He lived only two hours. He
had been engaged on that division
at his present employment but three
weeks. He leaves wife and three
children at Terre Hautel, Ind.
Bismarck people tie tanglefoot fly
paper around their trees to prevent
canker worms from getting into the
foliage. Great scheme as well as a
good one.
The Fairview Farm in Richland
county will plant 1900 acres of corn
this year. Much Of the wheat was
seeded this spring on the corn land
of last year.
| There are between 1900 and
$4,000 lambs on the Fairview Farm
near Wahpeton. The owner has a
klondike of his own and doesn't need
Northern Pacific stock.
| After a great deal of hustling on
the part of the mayor and citizens
committee the money has been raised
and Fargo will have fire festival on
June 6, 7 and 8 that promises to
eclipse any previous effort.
4 Mayville is having little excite
ment over some cows. Gummer's
bovines broke into the cemetery and
smashed up some tomb stones result
ing in some law suits.
The pasr week has been too cold
Ito advance crons.