Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-20
LOCAL ROUNDUP.

Chase 4 Frye ship IL car loads OF
cattle today.
T. s. Kellogg, from the south side.
was in the city Tuesday.
H.A. Nelson and Ole Thorsen were
up from Hofaund, Tuesday. .~ :.
Andrew Noble of Buford was bust
ness visitor in the city today.
Protect your homes and property
from prairie fires by blowing fire guards.
States Attorney diversion made a fly.
ing business trip to Fargo the past week.
The Catholic society of the city are
putting seats and carpet in their new
church.
The harvest is on, and all kinds of
grain, including flax, is being gathered
as fast as men aud teams can 10 the the
work.
Postmaster Even and Thos.f Ward,
two of Grinnell's prominent ranchmen,
were transacting business in the city
Tuesday. -
Attorney N. DAVIS of Minot was in the
city this morning, enroute to Buford,
where he has several land contest cases
to attend to.
Two new school. houses have Eeen
contracted for in Stony Greek district.
one at SprinRbrook and the other on
W.. A. Palmer's homestead up the
Muddy.
The Pioneer Coal Company have re.
eeived proposition to contract for the
entire output of the mine. The com.
pany have taken the matter under con-
sideratioD.
About the worst piece of road in Viii.
]iams county can be found between the
city of Williston and the Muddy bridge.
Part of the road belongs to Williston and
part to the county.
M. C. Wartenbee Of Nosson, secured
the contract for the building Of a bridge
acroes the Dry Fork in Grinnel1. The
bridge will be completed about October
first, if no unforeseen accident occurs.
Bids are being advertised for a new
school house in Eight Mile district.
Bidders will please read the advertise.
ment in this paper, and address their
bids to Mr.. D. F. Lands, school clerk.
Miss Alma Leonhardy, one of the
teachers engaged for the Williston
schools for the ensuing year, arrived in
the city from Carbondale, Co.., this
week, and is now visiting her relatives
here.
We wish to call your attention to the
necessity of blowing fire guards for pro-
lection from prairie fires; also to the
necessity of exercising great care in
dropping lighted cigar stubs and cigar
cites when on the range.
~ Us. Quincy of Elk River, MIMI,
WIZ u06 largo ICoACoIotC AuGcISoIo III
Wallace county. arrived in Williston
overland from Dickinson. Tuesday. Mr..
Quincy is arranging to put in q sawmill,
about six miles below Williston, for the
purpose of saving cottonwood lumber.
The new steel bridge across the Stony
on the section line between sections 10
and 20, township ia, range 100. on the
road leading to the creamery, has been
completed, and was accepted by the
board OF county commissioners yester-
day. It is q fine structure and . credit
to the county.
And now comes H. V. Smith with
SAMPLES of oats measuring IA inches in
length, beating our creamery friend,
John VanSlyke, Of Stony Creek. by
three inches. These oats are raised on
Mr.. Smiths farm on the Muddy. about
nine miles north of this city. Can any
one beat these samplesf
The board of county commissioner
held an adjourned session this week,
and transacted considerable important
business. The Graphic predicts that it
will not be long when the board will have
to hold monthly meetings. or at least BIZ
monthly meetings, in order to properly
transact the rapidly increasing demands
for county legislation: