Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-03-09

have to pay freight on the dirt. They
also get better price and grade for
their grain.
The government has established an
experiment station ON the farm of
Peter Ehr, four miles from Minot.
Mr.. Ehr is to experiment with seeds
and plants sent him by the depart
ment and report results.
Grand Forks Herald: Now that the
new oil inspection law has been
passed, what good reason appears for
opposition to it? The people Of the
state are certainly entitled to pro.
lection, not only against explosive
oil, but against stuff that masquer-
AIDES as Illuminating oil, but is not.
''Comrade" Gleason, one Of the we'll
known veterans of the Mexican and
civil wars, now in the soldiers home,
has had his pension increased and
many friends rejoice in his deserved
good luck.
Ten men and two women were ar
rested at Hankinson on the charge of
robbery Stolen goods tMere found
on them.
1t is said the Great Northern will
spend 100000 in improvements at
Grand Forks.
Walsh County Record: Bismarck
is to have a new bank called the
Merchants. We did not suppose that
the present session of the legislature
would drag so much money into the
capital city as to necessitate the es.
tablishment of new bank to give it
shelter.
A 12-year-old Grand Forks county
boy had his leg broken by the fall
of pony and lay on the prairie all
day before discovered.
Congressman Gronna and "Billy"
Irysh, his secretary, are home from
Washington, where Congressman
Spalding was delighted to show them
around. .
A New York judge ground out four
teen divorces at the rate of one for
every fourteen minutes and half,
which knocks North Dakota's old
record galley west.
Frank Barrett swiped two sacks
of wheat from car at Harvey and
is in durance vile in consequence.
Steve Nye of the Valley City
Tfmes-Record, is guilty of les majes-
ty in Calling down the Grand Forks
Herald as he does. Steve should re.
member the Herald can give six
''bask talks. to his one.
A Wells county child swallowed
an open Safety pin and had to be
taken to Minneapolis to have it re-
moved. Had this happened sooner
Senator Regan might have regulated
the matter by legislation.
A man named Slater, living at
White Earth, Ward county, drove his
wife from home because she had no
water in the house for him to wash
in, all Of which is sad. It is not often
man wants to wash, but when he
does-and can't-well, it's awful.
Louie Sehruth failed of reappoint.
ment as oil inspector, but he has a
cinch on being returned as alder
man from Fargo's First ward. which
surely is honor enough for anybody.
The Dickinson Recorder man wants
to go on record as advocating the
killing of the party who set fire to
the gasoline can stored Gin the
storm shed over the kitchen door,
of H. L.. Dickinson's residence. The
can was rushed" and the house
saved.
/ Bert Richmond of Edmunds expects
soon to 60 to work for the United
States on the Pembina canal in the
engineering corps. .E .--..
Cavalier County Republican: Among
the laws passed by the present legis.
lature there are certainly many fool.
ish measures being enacted, but the
principal one in the fool class is
what is known as the state fair bill
locating the fair at both Grand Forks
and Fargo alternatively. If there is
much more such legislation left to be
done would it not be a good idea to
put it off until the summer vacation
and give the school children a chance
to demonstrate what they can do at
law making. rs,
OREGON FOR THE HoMEsEEKER,
| The Lewis and Clark Exposition to
be held at Portland in the summer of