Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-07
THE CITY
THE WEATHER.

THE WEATHER.
Fair tonight and Friday, except pos
sfbly showers west portion Friday.
Stationary temperature. Max. II,
min. 81.
A Fourth Of July Boy-Born, to Mr..
and Mrs. H. T. Mayer of Baldwin,
ten pound boy. The little fellow will
surely have a chance to have a good
time on his birthday every year.
Experiment with Alfalfa Warden
Boucher of the state penitenttary has
sown some five acres of leased land
with alfalfa for an experimental crop
Some excellent results have been OBJ.
tanned with this crop on the Missouri
slope.
Fine Timothy-J. P. Jackson of Har-
vey Harris & Co., has a sample of
timothy that would do credit to any
soil or climate. It is from the farm
of Joe Jennings north Of the city and
is nearly five feet high, with heads
six to eight inches long. This is a re-
markable growth for this time of year
and proves the excellent qualities of
Missouri slope soil and climate.
Thank Lieut.. Love-Adjutant Gen.
eral Miller of the North Dakota Ma
tional Guard has written a letter to
the war department thanking them
for the efficient services of Lieut.. Love
in laying out the new rifle range at
the state encampment grounds at
Rock Island, Ramsey county. The
rife range is a model in every respect
and the manner in which it was laid
out is highly pleasing to Governor
White and Adjutant General Miller.
Play with Lisbon-Bismarck and
Lisbon will play ball at jamestown
this afternoon for purse of 500.
The game was arranged yesterday and
number of Bismarckers went down
last night to take in the game. The
Lisbon aggregation is said to be fast
bunch and Bismarck has the reputa-
ton of being pretty swift team. The
ball game between Bismarck and
jamestown yesterday resulted in a
victory for Bismarck by score of
to O.
Big Horse SaIe-Over 5000 head of
western horses were sold at the great
horse sale of A. B. Clark in Miles City,
last week. Most of the animals were
bought for the southern markets, the
prices being more than this market
would stand for the kind of horses
sold. Some high figures were secured,
all sales being by auction. Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa were to
get most of the animals, the shipments
being over the Northern Pacific to east
st. Louis, where the horses are sorted,
and reshipped.
Reappointed- Mayor Register this
afternoon reappointed John G. Ritchey
as chief of police. The appointment
of Mr.. Ritchey was refused confirma-
ton by the council at the last meeting,
and Mayor Register holds that he has
the right to reappoint him in the in
term, to hold until the next regular
meeting of the council, which would
be the first Monday in August. The
council adjourned Tuesday night until
Friday, and it was stated at the last
meeting that aff1davits would be pre-
scented to show the unitness Of the
present incumbent of the office.
Judge WalIin in california-A letter
from Judge Wallin to R. D. Hoskins
states that the judge and wife are now
located at 2647 Romeo street, Los
Angeles, Cal. Judge Wallin says II
am living in my new home and am
very busy seeing others at work in my
front and back yard. am getting
familiar with the garden hose and
lawn sprinkler and begin to under
stand that it costs like (word indistin-
guishable) to keep up a home at Los
Angeles. Our weather here is and has
been fine. Mercury from 70 to 80 all
the time and fine ocean breeze. My
daughter and children were with me
all winter and were benefited by the
climate"
New Curve-Engineer Frank Hughes
assisted by G. e. Chubb is laying out
a new curve on the street railway
line, as the line enters the capitol
grounds. At present there Is double
curve, which will be done away with