Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-12-10
Dickinson continued to prosper


winter.
The chief of police at Minot was
called to the land Office to eject some
grafters.
A Minot man was charged with rob
bling friend who took him in out Of
the cold.
The herd law does't work in counties
where the voters turned it down at the
polls.
The health officials are endeavoring
to prevent smallpox epidemic this
winter.
Insurance men report a more gen.
eral insurance of farm buildings than
for years.
A Devils Lake boy was arrested on
the charge of disorderly conduct and
broke jail.
Settlers in Ward county are demand
ing the organization of lot Of civil
townships.
There is almost coal famine at
Cando because of the inability to Sc
cure cars.
There is row at Dunseith over
telephone line that is to be run in the
mountains
A blind settler at Balfour has taken
up collection to go to Milwaukee for
treatment
A picture enlarging fakir was chew
ed by Barnes county farmers
healthy purp.
Griggs county people are pleased
over the rural route established out
of Cooperstown.
: War is pastime compared to the dam
gers of hunting deer in the western
part of the state.
A Waterman at Westhope caught a
lumber thief and was struck in the
face by the crook.
The Omemee hotel clerk who swiped
a rig and a fur overcoat will have a
long time to repent
The Great Northern has settled all
claims for the right of way between
Souris and Westhope.
At Westhope a negro used billiard
cue on a white mans head and frac
tured the latter's skull.
A former captain in the Cuban war
is said to have been arrested at Bot
.tineau on horse stealing charge.
John Vinson had a great opening at
his hotel at Buffalo and every ono
seems to have ejoyed the occasion.
A Cavalier county man was arrested
on a charge of removing mortgaged
property, but proved his innocence
The people of Dickinson are not
protesting against the proposed divi-
sion of the Bismarck land Office
Minot once had successful cream
cry and the business men believe a
new one could be made to pay.
The rails for the Great Northern OK
tension between Souris and Westhope
are being laid under great difficulties.
a Ward county hunter walked fifty
miles in one day, getting back home
after an unsuccessful experience after
deer.
A daughter Of eX-Congressman
Johnson will wed Skull Skulason,
former state university football play
er.
A man attempted to leave a lot of
creditors in the lurch at Balfour but
was rounded up and made square &C.
counts.
, There are twenty-nine criminal
cases to be tried in the district court
at Grand Forks, with a murder case
to head the list.
Contractors are having considerable
difficulty in completing the elevators
along the Mohall line on account of
the cold weather.
There are two pairs of fathers and
sons in the pen-one father and off,
spring from Ward county, on a shoot
ing charge, and another from Morton
for horse stealing.
Since fall blowing was stopped by
the freeze-up there has been a rush of
grain to the elevators and the farmers
have been laying in their winter sup
plies.
John G.. Moore, an early settler in
Stutsman county, and the father of
Mrs. Pierce Blewett, recently died at
the age of seventy-f1ve.
Capt. De WITT of Princeton will spend
three years in travel abroad after he
graduates in June. The physical d.
rectors at Princeton say he is the best
developed athlete that has been there
In thirty-fve years.