Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-07-23

S8f OAVV0otA III AOu1S lOIANOA
ending tomorrow night at 8 o'clock:
Generally fair tonight and Thursday;
cooler tonight;
Garth Rowland of Jamestown is Wis
-iting in the city for a week.
The weather today is reaching after
the high water mark for heat.
Miss Bertha E. Walker Of Wilton
is spending the day in the city.
Walfred Hoover has broken ground
for his. residence on Sixth street.
E. G.. Patterson has been confined to
his room for several days by illness.
Mrs. Woodmanse and Mrs. A. G..
Clark went to Mandan" on the noon
train.
Mrs. M. H. Jewell left this afternoon
fer a weeks visit at st. Paul and Chi
cago.
There will be a regular meeting OF
the X. P. lodge tonight. Work in
rank of page. .
Mrs. Robt. Cotton came down from
Wilton last evening and returned home
this morning.
A number of r. "a. MS attended the
meeting att Mandan last night and re-
port a pleasant trip.
Tom Poole came up from fargo to-
day. He took in the preliminary bat
tie and left when the slate was fixed.
Mrs. F. L. Stinchcomb and infant
daughter came in from Dawson on the
noon train and are spending the after
noon in the city.
Walter Brown returned today from
Fargo, where he was a delegate at the
state convention. He left when lit
reached the all over but the shouting
stage.
l.. Rev. C.S. Mason, travelling evangel-
ist Of the National Florence Crittenton
Mission, will return soc IN business
connected with the opening of the
Crittenton home in Bismarck. Pres
.ident Crittenton, who is in Utah with
his evangelist car, Good News" is ex-
pected at a later date. Mary E. White
craft, Harriet E.. Wilcox, Rhoda A.
Wood and Ella M. Houghtaling are the
soliciting agents for the home fund
and will push the work of ~canvassing
for subscriptions actively.
The management of the State Fair
Association lis getting well along with
it's program for the annual fair, to be
held during the week commencing Sep.
tember %. A large amount will be
appropriated for races. The directors
have set aside $4,000 as a starter fol
these attractions. Baseball games o1
a high order will also be among the
drawing cards. The good crops in.
sure the best agricultural display eve
had. The increase in the creamery
industry of this region will attract
manufacturers of creamery goods
Several exhibits of high grade cattle
horses and sheep will be on hand.
The U. S. civil service commission
will hold examinations during Septem,
Der and October, in several places il
each state to secure young men ant
women for government service. Thera
are now 126,423 positions in the class
ified civil service, being an increase o
46, 1856 in six years. There were 1871:
T. persons appointed between July
1901, and April Is, 1902, being at tn,
: rate of 1O,O7O for the year. Their
! will probably be 1900 appointment
3 next year. Salaries at appointment
5 vary from $500 to $1,000 a year witt
liberal promotions afterward. All ap
3 pointments are for life and for mos
positions only a common school edu
8 cation is required. Politics or religiol
is not considered.
LESS WORK FOR THE SHERIFF.
. Mayville Tribune: The Office 9
sheriff is not now sought after in Trail
county as 1t used to be. Some year
ago the Office Of sheriff was one of th