Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-07-30

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the extension. The horses averaged
about 1,,44O0 pounds Ii weight and Isbe-
.lieve were the best band OF horses that
eve went out of the city.
2. G. Washburn left this afternoon
for Minneapolis to- see about steel
rails purchased some time ago and not
here yet. He will return the latter
part of the week. 8 81
The laying Of steel on the Washburn
extension is progressing fairly well,
although it is difficult to get men.
There are about twenty, men laying
steel, and a dozen or SO distributing
ties, while a number are engaged at
surfacing. %
A party of sixteen Iowa l~andseekers
came in on the noon train. They
were taken to Wilton on a special train
this afternoon. Messrs. Carver and
Woodruff accompanied them to the
city. They will spend several days
looking over lands at Washburn.
The floor in the waiting room of the
depot has been laid, and the workmen
are busy with the walls and ceiling.
A border of mosaic is being inlaid
around the room, at the top of the
sidewalks. The ceiling will be curved.
The interior finish will be handsome.
Mayville and Hillsboro are having
sewer systems put in-the cost taxed
to each lot benefited. In Hillsboro,
the benefits assessed run from 81 to
$40 a lot. This fall or next year Bis
marck should put in a complete W
system. Certainly the people will vote
for it if given a chance.
Piatt Dunn is reported as having
passed a good night and is doing nicely
today. The serious nature of the cp-
GRAFTON performed upon him may be
realized when it is known that several
hours wer required to complete the
operation. He is receiving every at
%tiention and care possible.
Farmer Wallace: Trees and grass
ara making a fine growth on the capital
grounds this season. We have a good
number of visitors-travelers and bus
mess men passing through the city
who are anxious to see the state cap
itol building, and get a view of the
city from Capital Hill. A good many
l~andseekers drop in on us, and look
through the building.
In Grand Forks the noxious weeds
are declared a nuisance and a menace
to public health and are being cut by
the city authorities-the expense being
taxed against the property owners.
Sidewalks art improved and rebuilt in
the same name Bismarck has the
same charter that Grand Forks and
Fargo have-improvements can be
made and taxed Ito the property own
ers.
Lieutenant Moffet today received his
assignment to the Thirteenth cavalry
with orders to report at Fort Meade,
S. D. He will probably leave the city
some time next week. His family will
go to Iowa and Kansas to visit with
relatives, and Lieut.. Moffet will prob
ably make them a brief visit before he
joins his regiment. The Thirteenth
is a Ter regiment, part of it being at
Fort Meade and part at Fort Robin
son.
The Northern Pacific passenger de-
partment is so we'll pleased with the
character of the farmers who attended
the excursion to the agricultural COL
lege and the interest manifested in the
work of the college, that it is intended
that a more liberal and extensive plan
Of free, or practically free, excursions
will be put into force next season, and
all actual farmers who want to learn
about the best methods of raising
crops and who want to study the work