Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-07-25


goods for North Dakota and northern
Minnesota trade will be brought here and
put up in packages for shipment to retail-
ers. The company will spend about $l5.00e
on the proposed changes.
NEWS NOTES.
One Of the largest recent real estate
transfers is one from w. "A. Scott and
wife at Fargo to A. T. Bachelor Of
Vermont Twenty-four sections OF land
in Stutsman county and a number OF
city lots are included. The valuation CIV
en- is $3292o.
The work on the williams-Washburn
railroad grade. is progressing rapidly
. Twenty cars Of steel have arrived at WAL
ton and are waiting for the completion
of the work in the cut north OF WASH
burn.
The ranchmen in the southern part OF
Wells county have offered az standing re-
ward Of $3.50 for the arrest and conviction
Of cattle thieves.
About hundred Indians had Fourth
of July celebration Of their own at Leeds
and had heap big time before the les
tivities came to close.
The Barnes county equalization board
: has finished its work and reports tota'
valuation for the county including real
and personal property OF $2.S26.7s1.
North Dakota has town named Ma
Mia. It's the new town at the end of the
railroad extension in Wells county. The
people there gise It out that they object
to being called Filipinos.
Bert Aiken was found dead in his room
in the Palace Hotel Grand Forks. He
came to the city from Bemidji The cor
oner decided an inquest unnecessary and
gave alcoholism as the cause of death.
Applications have been made for II new
fourth-class postoffices in this state be.
tween March 1 and June ].
The state board of university and school
lands bought $4,000 worth of prison Irvine
bonds and ordered the sale of $57.0o(
acres Of Red River valley lands belonging
to the state school funds
The state board Of railway commission
ers will make their annual trip of in
ssu1 u1sql1oN lBslD qua lsAo -uotaoeds
July q. 80 and 81. and Aug. 1. ? and 3.
MRS VIM. Simpson of Mandan. fright
ened away burglar who tried to break
into her house one night last week. In
his hurry to get away the burglar neg
lected to take with him his shoes which
he had taken of and left on the porch
before getting through the window.
Ward county gets $4,000 from the Soc
line for the ,company's delinquent taxes
IN that county The company offered
only $4,000 at first. and the. county II
4 ahead over 5000 by the settlement fin.
! ally reached.
Casselton has proposition on deck te
bond the city for the construction of 9
municipal light plant.
S The farmers race was won by Nancy
owned by Charles Richards Of Bisbee
The pony race was won by, Polly. owned
by Rush Of the Turtle Mountains.
Mrs. Charles Johnson of Fessenden
died as the result Of being struck by
lightning few days previously.
Over thousand Indians on the Fort
Totten reservation have been vaccinatet
during the past two weeks by the reser.
walton surgeon.
C.. n. Porrett gets the contract fol
Hillsboro's new sewer for 1850.
Rev. II. Kerstetter OF cando. is the
new rector Of the Episcopal church IN
Grafton.
The Fargo fire department has ordered
. new hose wagon Of strictly up to date
y cut and style.
The Bank Of oriska has been incor.
porated and will be ready for bushes,
I n a fr-, davs