Bismarck daily tribune., 1902-07-14
STATE NEWS

The new Sykeston creamery is doing
a rushing business.
The Pleasant Lake News uses the
phonetic system of spelling.
Hankinson will hold three days
street fair-September 27-29.
Minor will have a sort of harvest
festival July 24th and 25th.
Ed. Berry is embarking extensively
in the cattle business at Dickinson.
County commissioners OF Stutsman
county have bought residence for the
sheriff.
The First National bank Of Diclin-
son now has over half million dol
lars in deposits
The city board of equalization of
Grand Forks cut personal property
down about a third.
- The Mandan Pioneer urges ranch
men to put up plenty of hay, while it
is plentiful this year.
The poundmaster over at Mandan is
getting busy, and there is hope for the
lawns and shade trees.
NJ. U. Greene, of jamestown, threw
a lighted match in a gasoline can anu
is in bed for a few days.
The Fargo city council is out for
economy in the making of annual ap-
preparations for that city.
W. E. Baker, brakeman, fell from
the top of freight car at Gladstone
and was seriously injured.
The Dickinson Press speaks of the
legislative ticket in the Thirty fist
district as a strong aggregation.
Treasurer White, of Stark county,
collected about 100000 in taxes for
tle six months ended June 80.
H. G. Fish, of Wheatland, announces
himself as a candinate for the legis-
lature from the Eleventh district.
The young son of Editor Maddux, of
New Rockford, is being treated for
stubborn case of rheumatism in Mime
apolis: 7
I. c. Burg, clerk in P. P. Lees store
at Minot, drank heavily on the Fourth
and died on the Sunday following of
apoplexy.
Local farmers are already market
ing new potatoes up at Dickinson,
which shows how the season is adj
vanced.
J. S. Let's, of Gladstone, writes the
Forum letter, urging the state con-
Vention to look into Stark county NOR
ais a little. @,
The last of the Northern Pacific ex-
cursions to the Agricultural college
have been run. and next week the
Great Northern excursions begin.
The city council at Dickinson has
fixed the following salaries: Mayor.
30 per year; aldermen, So; auditor
$50; treasurer, 500; assessor, So per
day. ~
The Forum alleges that the great
part of the Grand Forks Herald's cir
culation is up in the woods of North
ern Minnesota-where Jud La Moure
fishes.
Now It is stated that Superintendent
DeVine can have the Bottineou dele
cation at the state convention-which
IS better than La Moure's in point of
numbers. '@
A pony belonging to Master Emerson
Kemna Of Williston, and ridden by a
boy named CLARK, fell and broke its
neck while returning from the race
track to town.
Mrs. A. w. Kirby, of Lisbon, has
been taken to the asylum. She has a
h delusion that She is a near relative OF
the late President Mckinley, and
wants to avenge his assassination.
Editor Mcclure. of Minot is not at
# tending press association meetings any
more, since the last time he left Minot
\ and Major Murphy wrote an editorial
committing the Optic to prohibition.
Roy Backer, 10-year-old boy, was
thrown from horse and dragged to
death at Minot He had been riding
the horse, which had only a halter ON.
The boy had the rope attached to the
halter wound around his hand. The
animal became frightened at a dog
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