The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-06-05
NORTH -DAK0TANEWS


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The tenth annual assembly Of the
North Dakota .Chatauqua association
opens at Devils lake June esth and
closes July goth. Following are the,
various attractions: - @
Musical Numbers.-Ft. Totten Indi-
an band. chorus classes, Metropolitan
quartet, The Dunbar Hand Bell Ring
ers, Mendelssohn quartet, Miss Flor
ence Pace, Cecilia Eppinghouse Bal
ley. South African kaffir, Boy Choir,
Miss Lulu Tyler Gates.
Lectures.-Frank A. Robertson, Lou
]. Beauchamp, Frank a. Cattern,
Rev. Madison G. Peters, Elijah Brown
Jones, Thomas E. Green, Frank G..
Bruner, Rev. I. McGrady, Mrs. Annie
NJ. Knott, Col. w. C. Plummer.
Entertainments. - Sanford Dodge
company. Karl Germaine, magician;
Robertson's Moving Pictures, w. L.
Nolan, Elias Day. Ideal Entertainers,
Nellie Peck Saunders.
Recreation.-Riding, driving, bath
ing, sailing. rowing, boating, yacht
ing. bicycling, baseball, athletic
games and all outdoor sports.
Theatre Becomes q Church.
The old variety theatre in James
town has been sold and the material
in it will be used in the construction
of Catholic church at Medina. The
Alert says: If the old walls could
speak up and tell their tale of joyous
nights and roaring hilarity that they
have witnessed, what flood of recol-
lections they would bring to many
prominent men now holding the reins
of leadership in government, profess
sional and business life in the state.
During and after the performances
in those boom days, the boys laid
their offerings on the shrines of Mo-
There were headaches after the show
and some heartaches, for. mingled
with the comedy. of the stage and the
jest of the spectators was often the
deep tragedy of life. The interior
of the building was provided with
two bars, one upstairs and one below,
and was filled in addition with tobac-
co smoke, hot air and western socia-
bility..
| A Grand Good Price.
What do you think of $500 for
North Dakota cattle? That is the
highest price ever paid for cattle from
North Dakota at Chicago and was
realized by L. J. Nichols of Cakes for
a lot of % head, including three heif-
,ers, averaging 1869 pounds. Two
cows, 1860 pounds, sold at $3.50. The
stock was shipped to the Chicago
market. The interestingly point about
these cattle was the fact that they
were fattened on ground Siberian mil
let with bran and. prairie hay for
roughage. Mr.. Nichols, who is max
ing an intelligent study of cattle feed
ing, says that pound for pound Sibe.
rian millet will make as much beef
as corn, and the condition of these
cattle after their 700 mile ride would
seem to confirm his opinion.
| Shooting scrape.s 4
Word has been received of shoot
ing at Auburn. Sidney Brantson, q
lad, had taken new 22-rifle out for
the purpose of shooting .gophers, and
q young man named John Jorgenson
accompanied him, After returning a
cartridge which had not been used
was snapped several times without
exploding. The rife was still in the
hands of the lad and was directed to.
ward Jorgcnson when it was again
snapped. This time the cartridge ex.
ploded and the ball sentereds Joggen.
sens. abdomen. Drs. Glaspels and
Moeller of this city were summoned
I The young eman is alive. ard resting
easily but it is hardly expected he