Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-15
STATE NEWS

sown; ground still freezes at night.
STATE NEWS.
Mrs. ]. J. Akin. a school teacher near
Sheldon, was thrown from a rig in .
runaway and seriously injured.
The sections Of the state formerly re-
ferred to as the dry country, have
moisture to run away this spring.
At Minot the police have begun to
round up DRINKS. Formerly no notice
was taken Of intoxicated persons.
On account Of the excessive rains in
| the valley there will be more than the
| usual amount of corn and flax put In.
The state f1remen's tournament is to
be held in Valley City the first week in
June. and it promises to be a hummer.
Thieves at Grand Forks robbed a
parsons house while the latter was
conducting services In the church near
by.
DR.. Sid o. Morgan, the veteran ply
stefan Of Glenullin, is dead. He had
been in North Dakota almost twenty
| years.
Pembina people are proud of the rec
ord made at the agricultural college by
the students from that section of the
state.
Matured steers are bringing from $50
to SIS. and the ranchmen wing the other
eye every time anyone mentions the
beef trust.
B. L. Hardaway has been elected as
county Judge Of Williams county, to All
the vacancy caused by the death OF
Judge Truax.
/ Devils Lake is to be restOcked with
| pickerel, which have come with the
rush of waters from the Turtle Noun
tain country.
j. McLaren and Charles Houston
| captured seven wolves near Bathgate.
Attorney Goer of Hunter has removed
to Devils Lake.
At Langdon an effort will be made to
stop the racket the hoodlum element
makes at showst-or enlarge the Gene
terry to hold them.
A Ward county homesteader had
two-story house up and some breaking
done when he discovered he was mile
from the right claim.
Thomas Spiker, a Cavalier county
farmer, turned of 81, 500 worth Of cat
IT, that he had raised as side issue to
! his farming operations.
A prairie fire was going at good
Roadway at Ninot until Gentle-Annie
sort Of rain happened along and
saved farmers ranch.
Cando people want Father Conaty to
crate there on Memorial Day. The
Grand Forks prelate is one of the most
eloquent men in the state.
Finn and Ad Beech are reported to be
planning to plant some duck eggs on
their farm at Warren and buck the beef
trust. II the rains continue.
Wells & Brockms n, long in the meat
business in Fargo, and owners Of q
cattle ranch at Medina, have purchased
meat market at Jamestown.
There are so many Missourians in
Ward county that mules are being lost.
A few years ago there were not enough
mules In the state to get lost.
A burglar went through Frank Deer
inss drug store at Harvey. and was
caught in the act, but escaped by Jump
ing through a plate glass window.
A Towner man started to his claim
with shack, and located on the wrong
,quarter-section. He discovered he was
suspected of being claim Jumper.
Former Farmer Mcdonald of Power,
who was in trouble In Grand Forks, Is
again free man. He was in Wahpe-
toa recently, transa citing business
Some farmers put in their crop on
stubble land, and in the fall stand up
on their hind legs and howl like hades
II they don't make forty-bushel crop.
A creamery will be established in con-
nection with the state penitentiary. If
some buttermaker who contemplates a
crime will hurry up he will have Job
! right away.
An Edgeley man, who was contrib
utor Of the creamery, received 1858 for
the milk from two cows during March,
and still some people want to raise
nothing but wheat.
Walter Bond OF Inkster, formerly Of
Fargo, has contest for his claim, near
Anamoose. The contestant doesn't be-
lisve Walter can be a farmer, and run
q bank 200 miles away.
The glad gladness of the Bismarckers
| over the 500 seems to have been con-
verified into something else, since the
injunction suit against giving the road
certain lots for depot site.
Attorney Thomas of Leeds Clipped in
with Landlord Parker and purchased a
SO Bible for the Presbyterian church,
and then pu.--h.essed seventy-hve song
books for the Sunday school.
The recent high water flooded the
house Of rancher near the Mouse riv-
| er, and after the water subsidized he
found a lot of fish in one Of the rooms.
He imagined he was running fish in
| stead Of cattle ranch.
William Airhart, who was arrested on
Q oounterfeiting charge, recently had a
hearing before the United States court
commissioner at Forman, and held In
$500 bail. Airhart claimed to have re-
ceived the money from an Arabian ped
der.