Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-28
Keep the old Charter.

cided upon the withdrawal of the
bill, providing for the new charter
from the legislature. In its report,
the council committee gave several
reasons for making the recommends.
ton and the council decided that thn
points were well taken. In the print
ed copy of the bill, containing the pro-
visions of the new charter, there were
q great many errors and COMMISSIONS
of words, which would necessitate a
great many changes and owing to short
space of time at the disposal of the
committee it was thought best under
all the circumstances to let the matte,
go over until another meeting of the
legislature.
Postonlce Matters.
Representative Spaulding has rec
.omended new postoffices in North Da-
kota as follows: Crete, Sargent county,
Charles Gray. William Krukenberg.
postmaster; David, Pierce county, OF
tus David, postmaster; Grand Lake,
Pierce county, G. H. Ellerton, post
master. Mr.. Spaulding will recon-
mend anew mail route from Little
Heart to Hobson Morton county, and
daily mail service between Mann Ha-
ven and New Salem and Bowenalice
and Wheatland, Cass county. He will
also Recommend change in the mail
schedule between Rugby and Botti-
neau.
A Challenge.
The chess club of Grand Forks has
issued an official challenge to the
State Chess club of st. Paul for a
championship game Of chess. The 10.
cal club proposes to pit eight or nine
of its best players against an equal
number from the sanity city. The
games will be played for the cham
pionship Of Minnesota and North Da-
kota, and if pulled of will be governed
by the Pillsbury National Correspon-
dence Chess association rules. A for.
NAL challenge has already been mailed
the club and reply is anxionsly
awaited by the local enthusiasts.
Brief Notes.
+ Snow plows were sent out from
the jamestown to clear the tracks of
the Jamestown & Northern and Coop
.erstown branches on which drifts
higher than box cars were found. The
track is cleared with a Russell pillow.
It has not been found necessary to use
the rotary pillow this year. On the
main line of the Northern Pacific
there has been no trouble grom snow.
Last year 955 car loads Of coal taken
from the Lehigh mines were billed at
the Dickinson N. P. depot. A pretty
good showing along with the stock,
wool and other shipments of the place.
Little Velma White Of Bottineau
sampled the contents of bottle Of
earache drops, and the service of a
physician were necessary, to save her
life.
The city treasurer of Wahpeton
calls in big bunch of warrants foI
payment on March /.
Twins have recently been born in
Wells and Eddy counties, and there
will not be even a state census for five
years yet.
Dan Armstrong, of Jamestown, fell
from load Of hay and broke his col.
lar bone.
Dan English, of Ramsey county, was
before Judge Amidon on the charge OF
selling liquor to Indians. He pleaded
not guilty and was remanded to the
Devils Lake Jail.
The Hughes company at Dickinson
is replacing their poles with 40 foot
cedar poles from the west.
Dickinson will hold public meet
ing to make preparations for the fire.
mems tournament that meets there In
June.
The Oliver county company that has
been locating settlers has bought an
other large tract of railroad land and
will resume settling the lands in the
spring.
Cliff Slaton, formerly q resident Of
Morton county, was killed at Madison.
KY, in street duel with drunken
man named Ferguson. Slaton wat
serving as police officer. The other
was fatally shot and died in short
time.
The new school building at Mandan
has been accepted from Contractor
McDougalL
Morton county creameries are pre-
pairing to establish skimming stations
in the spring.
Big stockmen in the western part Of
the state are preparing to buy land tc
protect themselves from the rush Of
settlers the coming year.
It is said that three quarters of a
million dollars has been loaned on
Traill county real estate within the
past year:
Dr.. Durham. Of the Agricultural
college. was injured BY the explosion
OF stove.