Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-01-06
and has iinot vet decided on his future
business connection.

and has,inot yet%decided on his future
business connection.
]. A. McDougall and P. B. Wickham
were west Missouri boomers in the
city this, AFTERNOON.
The Presbyterian church Sunday
school had the largest attendance yes
terday in several years.
Regular drill Of Company "A tonight.
All members are requested to be pres
ent in uniform. Roll call at 8 p. m.
Miss Myrtle Brown returned this aft
ternoon to Moorhead, after visiting
during the holidays with her parents.
Miss Lenore Moore of Kinde, Mich,
arrived in the city on Saturday night
and began her work in the public
schools this morning, taking Miss
Staley's place in the fourth grade.
The committee to furnish supper for
the dance of the Patriarchs Militant
ball on Thursday, Jan. %, will meet
with Mrs. Thomas MCGOWAN, Eighth
street, tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock.
The county commissioners adjourned
this afternoon until tomorrow. Sew
eral matters we're left over to be taken
up again, among them the naming of
official county papers and other bus
mess.
Wilton News: S. M. Pye was in
Wilton Monday and Tuesday taking
inventory of the Bismarck & Wash
burn Lumber company's stock here.
This company's Wilton yard has done
over a $4,000 business during the year
1901 which tells what is going on
around is in the shape of improve
ments. They will enlarge their yards
here this year to about twice their
present. size, to be able to handle the
greater business that is sure to be, this
year. Mr.. Pye had also taken stock
Of the yards ait Washburn and left on
the. Afternoon train Tuesday for Bis
marck.
Capital City Lodge No. 2, I. O. O. F.,
have secured a lease for the second
story of the. MCGOWAN building, to- be
used as a lodge room. The plans ap-
proved by the lodge at it's last meet
ing provide a main lodge room 23x47
feet, and besides the necessary ante
rooms a small kitchen and a commo-
dious combined library and banquet
room in addition to toilet closets, etc.
The lease signed today is for a term of
five years and contemplates the COM
pletion of the improvements by Feb
ruary /, and when done the Odd Eel
low boys will have one of the finest
lodge homes in the state. Fl
Capt. l. P. Baker has just received
a consignment Of pure bred Shorthorn
bulls for the use of the Cannon Ball
Cattle company. They include a dozen
head of the pick of a prominent Mis-
souri, river breeder, and are certainly
a choice lot of animals. Mostly of a
solid dark red color, with broad loin
and of the deep f1eshed, low down sort.
With such individual merit that they
cannot fail to leave the impress of their
superior breeding on any breed, at the
head of which they may be placed.
They will be kept near the city until
spring when they will be taken by
boat to the mouth of the Cannon Ball.
JEFF May, junior member of the firm
of Ross & May, who has been an ex-
tensive horse and cattle breeder in the
northeast corner of Burleigh county for
the past sixteen years, is in town to-
day. Mr.. May reports the sale of their
ranch and cattle, consisting of a large
amount of land and about 400 head of
cattle to a syndicate of which Hon. w.
L.. Belden of Napoleon is a leading
spirit. Mr.. May will retain the horses
consisting of some 200 head of care
fully selected brood mares and will
breed colts. Mr.. Ross, the senior
member of the firm, will retire and
contemplates an extended tour of the
country, with a view to benefiting his
health. la &s1&