The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-10
NORTH DAKOTA MEWeLEro.


Indians viii hsvs fair at ElbowoodA
Medina wants : els, 600 courthouse.
Rola's dre alarms arc ineffective.
A telephone exchange 10 being put
mp at Dunseith.
Freight is so heavy at Ashley that
the 500 has to run extra trains.
A new 90, 600 school at Minor 10 al-
most ready.
A man at Henderson has celluloid
nose.
Buchanan is connected with the rest
of the world by phone.
" Bowbells now has q travelling IL
brary.
Harvey waterworks will not be built
till next season.
The Medina creamery has not sold its
plant, but changed butter maker.
The meychants' carnival at James
town was a great success
The people of Barnes county will
vote on the establishment of poor
farm.
A thresher at Doyton was held up
and robbed ct $el. The robbers es-
capped.
Charles Hunterof Grandin had sew.
eral toes crushed by threshing ma
chine.
The creamery movement ct Ber'
wick has been successful, and the
building is to be erected at once.
Mr.. Laree caught 90 pickerel at Bath.
gate the other day, while ]. Cramm So
cured so.
After the graduation of tho present
class North Dakota will be entitled to
TO another cadet at Annapolis.
Frank Lefor of Gladstone lost 100
tons Of hay by fire.
W. J. Price of Fargo has donated to
Dean Collins a tubular boiler for the
new church.
The Pembina Express announces the
Total losses by the recent fire at $4,000
with s2s, 500 insurance.
A new Congregational church is be-
ing built at Medina. -.gt
Burglars broke into Thompson Bros
hardware store at Bosemont, blew OPP
en- the safe aud took 1920 in cash and
81, 500 in securities.
f. Hartman of Hebro had two ribs
broken by being thrown from his rig
In runaway.
The Starkweather farmers are COM
peting as to which can raise the big
gest turnip. ~
Postmaster Hurd Of Rugby con-
Quoted potato contest at his place
this season, and from the tubers
shown he made fine collection which
he offers to the first church making
application for them. He suggests
that the potatoes be sold as prize po-
tatoes, and the proceeds turned into
the state treasury.
With Ward county's potato fields
running 300 bushels to the acre and
wheat Is to As bushels and flax as
high as "a bushels and oats from IS
to 90 bushels per acre, 1t would look
as though times were going to be
pretty good in that neck of the woods
the coming year.
o. C. Bottger of York, while fixing
q punching bag in his billiard room,
was struck by falling mirror, and
received such a bad cut on one wrist
that had it not been for the promPt
action of a physician he would have
bled to death.
A Chicago man, who saw some OF
Nat Skeletons potatoes at the North
Dakota display in St. Louis, writes to
MIR. Shelton at Bismarck to know at
what price Mr.. Shelton can supply
quantity for seed. Thus is the st.
Louis display setting forth the merits
of North Dakota to the world.
During an alteration between
couple of members of a threshing
crew ct Velva, Peter johnson, an In
nocent bystander, was struck on the
nose with a lantern, and the nose was
almost severed from his face.
The farmers of the thriving town
of Doyon and vicinity have construct
ed at that town joint stock elevator
with $4,000 bushel capacity. Eighty
five farmers and business men are
stockholders in the concern, which il
capitalized at $4,000.
The explosion of an unused acety-
lene gas-making machine at the Hotel
Antlers, Grand Forks, caused consid-
cradle excitement and called out the
fire department. Slight injuries to
the night engineer.
The jury after being out two hours
at Dickinson returned verdict OF ac-
quittal for B. X. Clemie, charged
with the murder of Ole p. liner. The
defendant claimed the killing was
done in self-defense. The trial occu-
pied ten days.
The sudden starting Of q gasoline
engine near Orr threw Thomas Peter
son between the wheel and the ex-
haust pipe and his head was 80
crushed he died instantaly. The dead
man has brother at Mortified,
MINI.
A man walked into the Bismarck
postoffice the other day with q queer
looking dog tied to q string. When
asked about the breed he said that
the animal was not dog at all, but