Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-09-13
bels Of the order in the city are invited

bers Of the order in the city are invited
to attend the meeting tonight.
The night operator for the Western
Union has arrived and the local Office
will be open nights hereafter.
John Oldtield Of Grand Forks was in
the city today, accompanied by his
nephew, Will Oldfield, who is making
atour of the state with him.
Clerk of Supreme Court Hoskins
leaves Sunday night for Grand, Forks,
where the tenn of supreme court be-
gins Tuesday. He reports seventeen
applications for admission to practice
before the Court.
H.. u. Nicholson had a. card from
Mrs. Nicholson today. written shortly
after taking passage on the steamer
Kaiser William der Crosse. Mrs.
Nicholson will proceed to Carlsbad
where she will remain for some time.
The dance which was to have been
given by the members of Company M,
at Fort Lincoln, has been indefinitely
postponed, because of the death Of Pri-
Ivate Grown, one of the members of the
company, and the illness of other mem
bers of the company.
Mrs. White returned today from at
tendance on the meeting OF the FEEDER.
alton Of Women's Clubs at Devils lake
Mrs. H. s. Oliver was elected president
ofHthe state federation. and Mrs. F. R
5Smyth was elected vice president fo1
the Sixth district of the state.
Mrs. Linda w. Slaughter returned
last night from Devils Lake where she
was a delegate to the state federation
OF woman's clubs. She reports the
convention as one of the most success.
full and harmonious ever held in the
state and the ladies of Devils Lake
splendid entertainers.
The Northern Pacific will bring two
companies of the TWenty-frst United
States infantry, now stationed at Fort
Keogh, Mont, to Smelling next Mon.
day These troops will complete the
Qdota of the First battalion of the
TWenty-first and will increase the
number Of men at Fort Smelling to two
full battalions. Two companies of the
Twenty-first will proceed from Bis.
marck to Fort Keogh to take the place
OF the men that are coming to Smelling
The field evangelist, G. S. Mason, Of
Washington, D. C., who will traverse
North Dakota in the interests Of the
Florence Crittenton Mission Home al
Bismarck, is an interesting speaker
AS Rev. J. B. Mccarthy of Helena says
Mr.. Mason is a splendid speaker. ani
ca cultivated gentleman. He should
have the freedom of all our churches
for this Christlike work. The friends
of the work at Bismarck bespeak fol
him a hearty welcome throughout thu
state.
Farmers in the city today bring re
ports of good returns from the thresher
Yields of Is to 25 bushels of wheat tx
the acre are reported. Oats run from
60 to so bushels to the acre in many
cases: There is a generally good yielC
of grain through the county. The vino
Of Sunday did more damage than gen.
orally supposed. In many cases fields
OF cut flax were SO swept by the vino
that the grain was a. total loss. Hay
was also lost in man cases, some
ranchmen losing~as many as a hundred
tons.
Walter Gushing, state commissioner
for the st. Louis worlds fair, says he
has recently received 40 letters from
fruit growers in all parts of the state
asking if he wanted samples of apples
for exhibit. The letters come from
the northern boundary line Of the state
the Missouri slope. down to the South
Dakota line. All state that theil
trees though young are loaded so gtha'
the limbs have to be propped up. The
apples are large, sound and juicy ant
will exceed many an eastern product
Col. Hankinson Of Hankinson, wht
has been growing apples with mucl
succession a number of years, expect.
to place a hundred barrels on the mar
ket next season.