Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-09-04

| The people Of Buford who have
fought 50 long for the townsite must
feel gratified at recent orders from the
department at Washington.
A tailor shop at New Rockford was
burglarized and two pairs Of pants
| stolen. 1t Is presumed the burglars
were Of the he persuasion.
With oats going over 100 bushels to
the acre in Ransom county, the farm
ers are not thinking Of abandoning
their homesteads-not just yet.
Some men who reported ravages by
Hessian flies, were called alarmists,
but there seems to have been consider
able ground for the claims of damage.
Some North Dakota crop estimators
think H. v. Jones Of Minneapolis has
been decidedly conservative In plac-
Ing the North Dakota yield at $4,000
900 bushels this year against 75,00o,-
900 last year.
Herbert Russell, q son OF "Unclel
John" has returned from an extended
residence on the coast and will be
head miller for the Russell-Miller COM
pany at Wiley City, having acquired
stock in the company.
Minor streets are to be lighted.
Leeds is to have a new elevator.
The st. Thomas telephone exchange
ts being enlarged.
! The city OF La Moure seems long on
candidates for county office.
There seems to be plenty OF har-
vest help around Darlington.
The wheat around Sheldon Is yield
Ing fifteen to twenty bushels.
Several sections Of the state report
successful apple crops this year.
Wheat; around Minor averaged from
sixteen to twenty bushels per acre.
States Attorney Winsman of Grand
Forks quotes the law on bootleggers.
The reall estate dealers seem to
have had harvest all summer long.
! Anamoose is to have a new ele-
vator with a capacity of 10000 BUSH
els.
DR.. Aylen OF Sheldon is said to have
the boss hunting wagon IN the coun'
try. ...-.
! Johnson & Wroolie and B. Prom are
the new proprietors OF the Milton
mill.
| There are many complaints Of the
mail service in the western part OF the
state.
Darlington will have telephone con.
pectiou with Valley City-over two
lines.
The proposition to have a county
fair In Cavalier seems to meet with
favor.
The didn't know it was loaded"
Kind of damphools are votel about the
most dangerous.
The prisoners who escaped from the
Barnes county Jail seem to have been
hidden Godspeed.,
Miss Elizabeth Tschirhart Of Har-
vey has secured a position In the Bis
marck land Office.
! Harvest hands are working in North
Dakota who came all the way from
New York state.
Dunseith has a famous picnic
grounds-known az Sylvan Glen-a
pretty name-at least.
The. Granville Record. is long on
affidavits regarding the double header
legislative convention at Rugby.
| A new town is being started be-
tween Balfour and Anamoose on the
500 and may be named Clarence.
Han Tiegen was shot twice by Olaf
Paulson, as a result of quarrel, north
Of Be- wick. Neither shot was serious.
It is reported the 500 will extend its
line beyond Bismarck to connect with
its other line either at Harvey OF
Minot-some time.
A Morton county kid lost finger
through little to much curiosity con-
corning the anatomy Of harvesting
machine.
Sheldon wants a half dozen more
business hous es--run by men who will
advertise in the home paper and not
send away for their job printing.
Rev. w. C. Hunter has resigned. as.
pastor of the Presbyterian church at
Minot. DR.. Walter Stevens of Chi
cago will probably be his successor.
Now that the people on the Langdon
branch have a daily train service d.
rect from Grand Forks, there Is kick
because tie mail doesn' tcome regu-
larly.
The state auditors office has COM
plelted the statements of tha work Of
the sta o. s0a,d OF eous.: xtion, and
changer are being I9nt T. tho county
auditors.
With tho exception Of Judge War
ren, all the LaMoure county officials
have held their jobs: from four to six
years~-and the editors want them to
break away.
Farmers around Wheatland are look
Ing for the candidate who carries a
hired man along with him-to work
for the farmers-while the candidate
works the farmer.
Prof. c. l.. Young and Miss Rosa
Christie, both formerly Of the Rolla
schools, were recently married and
will take post graduate course At the
Michigan university.
The petition of an automobile street
car franchise in Grand Forks was Ia
bled by the city council. The men,
be,s want the real thing street car
like Fargo is to have:
Andy Jones Of Rugby took q race
horse to Cando and was defeated.