Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-07-24
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Minot's building boom is on.
Edmore wants fire protection.
Kenmare is to have waterworks.
Cando has another mad-dog scare.
More track will be put in at Wilton.
| Hope is proud of it's new orchestra.
Hankinson bankers after street fair
this fall.
The asylum will get Ignite coal at So
per ton. ~~1
Emmons county ranchmen are pros
| porous.
Buffalo Presbyterians are to erect a
| manse.
Lumber thieves are reported at Tow
er City.
Langdon claims $65.00O improvements
this year.
Eastern Mclean county is being rap
idly settled.
A horse thief Is anxiously looked for
| at Grand Forks.
Darlington is being entertained by
brOncho-busters.
A farm near Darcy was recently sold
| for $40 per acre.
WilHston's telephone exchange is in
active operation.
Another attempted hold-up is report"
ed at jamestown.
Bike-ri ling on the sidewalks Is pro-
hibited at Langdon.
Prof. Mccartney of Mandan will be
at Drayton next year.
| New settlers are purchasing farms In
! the vicinity of Buffalo.
The creamery at Cakes gets about
$1,000 pounds of milk daily.
Langdon's assessed valuation Is much
larger this year than last.
The Union Telephone company OF
Hope is improving its plant.
| Finley farmers are undecided wheth-
er to buy or erect an elevator.
Rev. j. Martin, the Presbyterian
minister at Ayr, has resigned.
! Attorney Anniba of Mandan was re-
Gently married in Minneapolis.
! j. L. Page of Leeds has assumed
charge Of the bank at Richburg.
| North Dakota-g grown strawberries at
Paramount were large and juicy.
! Mrs. Breasted of Edmore, who was so
badly burned. died of her injuries.
The New Rockford creamery Is prov
Ing satisfactory in every respect.
The w. C. T. U. at Casselton was well
attended by enthusiastic workers.
The illness Of Judge Rice of Mandan
Is causing his friends some alarm.
The contest for the legislature In the
Tenth district seems to be spirited.
The 500 is arranging for a better wire
service along it's lines in this state.
jamestown streets are reported to be
in better condition than for year.
Many new settlers are locating in the
vicinity of Denhoff, Mclean county.
The number of candidates for county
offices are increasing in every county.
Reynolds is justly proud Of It's band.
Dudley people want fire protection.
The brick manufacturers at Dickln-
con are doing big business this year.
Gophers are damaging the crops IN
the vicinity of McHenry, Foster coun-
ty. !,
Emuons county is one of the liyeliest
in the state, with all the railroad build
ing.
Williams county has received lot OF
new settlers this year, nearly all farm-
ers.
Buffalo has had more improvements
thi. wear than any summer in five
years.
Wheatland people went through Shell
don to picnic on the banks of the Shey-
enne.
At Cando the new elevator is so tall
that the agent has to look twice to see
the top.
DR.. Martin of Page, recent medical
graduate, has decided to locate at
Grandin.
The Foster county term of the dis
trict court was a quick one, lasting but
few hours.
Burleigh county voters are said to be
anxious to see Joe Hare reelected to
the legislature.
A Devils Lake man fen from scat
fold to the ground, thirty feet, and es-
capped injury.
Grasshoppers are numerous, but, 50
far, have operated only along the edges
of the fields.
A little child Of Olaf eleven Of Minot
fell into a cistern and was fished out
with a broom.
Grasshoppers are reported numerous
around Cooperstown, but no damage
has been done.
Bill Taylor was held under $4,000
bond for alleged completely in the
Bowdon murder.
The Indians think they can do better
work on ranches and with stock than
on railroad lines.
The breaking up Of new farms around
I.arimore means lot of new settlers
for that locality.
Porkupeck was the name of Valley
City groom, and it wasn't a good day
for names, either.
Some McHenry county politicians are
barred from voting, as they hold claims
in other precincts.
New Rockford people are making I'M
provements this year of most sub
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