Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-17
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Postmaster Thompson Of Dickinson is
critically III with pneumonia.
The new school building at Mandans
has been accepted from Contractor Nc
Dougall.
Morton county creameries are prepar.
ing to establish skimming stations in.
the spring. #
Dickinson fremen did heroic work in
preventing the destruction of the Davis
furniture store. g
The Hughes company at Dickinson is
replacing their poles with 40 foot cedar.
poles from the west.
Editor futile expects to 60 to Europe
for a six months visit ais soon as the
legislature adjourns.
j. r. Phelan has been looking over.
conditions Oh the Knife river ranch and
reports them satisfactory.
Insurance Commissioner .Leutz has
been in st. Paul purchasing COWS for the
creameries in his neigbborhood.
Dickinson will hold a public meeting
to make preparations for the fremen,s
tournament that meets there in June.
The Mandan Pioneer says there is no
danger Of q trolley line up the west side
of the Missouri river the coming year.
The Dickinson Press says Simpsons
senate bill 161 will bring about $4,000
of delinquent taxesinto the Stark county
treasury. #S%
George Hughes has leased the John
Davis residence at Dickinson and IS now
a permanent resident of the COW county's
metropolis.
Big stockmen in the western part of
the state are preparing to buy land to
protect themselves from the rush of
settlers the coming year..
The Oliver county company that has
been locating settlers has bought an
other large tract Of railroad land and
will settling the lands in the
spring. .
The Mandan city council will trans
form the Emerson institute into an opera
house and have leased it to the Kennel
leys for a term of years. improvements
will be made that will cost several thou
sand dollars. "a 49,. i
Cliff Siaton, formerly a resident Of
Morton county, was killed at Madison,
KY, in a street duel with a drunken
mar named Ferguson. Slaton was serv-
ing as q police officer The other was
fatally shot and died in a short time.
B. B. Larson of Halstead, Mimi, has
been out at Dickinson looking over in
vestments. He represents capitalists
who want 500, GOO worth Of cattls and
land. An offero Of Sl4, 100 has ia been made
for ii ranch. The company wants
1000 cattle and enough range to take
care OF them. j
In the HOLSTER case, brought IN New,
H-F -iAF
York to set aside q divorce -grantedsat
Mandan, the Judge declared himself that
North Dakota divorces sv were not worth
anything and never would be, and the
jury gave Hollisters a verdict OF $1,000
against the nan whom his divorced wife
afterWards married. \ . ID, .s.s g ~
e Dickinson Press AS tie Northern
Pacific has disposed of it's land east of
the Missouri, i: is presumed that the
heavy immigraHionof the ccoeamiinngs, season
will be sent to Stark, Mercer and Morton
counties. If this be. the case by another
winter allof the well watered ranches
in this c~ounty5will have been taken.
Mandan Pioneer In explanation OF
the failure Of Mr.. Kratz to proceed fur
ther III The, action against Mr.: ono for
alleged sale 81 s.liquoro the Pioneer should
state that Mr.: Romeo has promised never
again to engage id the saloon bnsinessso
long as Mr.. Kratz. remains in Mandan,
and MI. Kpatz4 has agreed not to pro-
- y So 81 pc nH %