Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-03-09
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There has been some grain stealing
near Norwich.
The Mckinley hotel at Mandan was
damaged $1,000.
A new show troup has been organic
ed at Dickinson.
The creamery at Wyndmere will
start up March l.
The electric light plant at Dickinson
10 being enlarged.
A blaze at Wheelock was extin.
guished with snow.
The smallpox condition at Dickey
has improved greatly.
Coal is furnished the court house at
Minot at $2.e5 per ton.
The Great Northern has completed
it's freight depot at Minot.
Stutsman county roads are to be
greatly improved this summer.
Harry Oliver of Lisbon may be made
colonel on the governors staff.
There are said to be several appli,
cants for the postofhce at Knox.
The sheyenne bowling alley is q
trtfle late. but will soon be completed
Tioga is near enough the frontier
to have a case Of shooting up the
town.
The Williston depot caught fire but
the flames were extinguished without
difficulty.
Representative Lyon wants the
state to erect a bridge across Des
Laos lake.
whisky Jim" is the name of a char
acter who has recently removed from
jamestown.
Peter Ehr is to make experiments
for the government on seed raising
near Min6t.
At Wyndmere the musical young
men have organized and ordered band
instruments.
The western part Of the state has
taken up the discussion of diversity
ing the crops.
H. J. Murphy Of Courtenay has SO.
cured dynamo and will light his store
BY electricity. .. -. x...z i.
The proposition to divide Ward
seems to have met with considerable
encouragement.
Two Russian families have left Nc
Lean county for their former home In
the land Of the car.
Up at Rugby any man who ever
halA - 1~n t.
eligible for jury duty.
The Kathryn creamery people elect
cd officers for the ensuing year and
the prospects are bright.
The people Of Dawson hope to get
the 500, and the Northern Pacific
branch from Edgeley as we'll.
A Minot wife ,beater was discharged
because his family did not want to
testify against him-the usual way.
Kids in Stutsman county will be |
busy this summer, since the commits
sioners have issued a bounty on goph.
ers.
The Great Northern surveyors have |
laid out the line for the extension from
Rugby to Fort Stevenson, through Bal
four.
The loss on the Simon stock Of furs
at Dickinson has not been adjusted,
as the adjuster didn't like the looks Of
things.
Fessenden people get burned out
frequently, but they are game and
come back with more determination
than ever.
The Eddy county board of health
published q warning to the public for
ignoring the law regarding contagious
diseases.
At Mandan one of the pool rooms
was closed because it was patronized
evenings by boys who should have
been at home in bed.
Most farmers would not buy pig
or calf without inspection, bit some
still secure their wives through tho
matrimonial papers.
Judge Conklin Of the county court
IN Stutsman county did not have an
opportunity of performing marriage
ceremony until well along in Febru-
ary.
Real estate dealers are doing con-
siderable missionary work in some
OF the Eastern states that promises to
bring new residents to the state this
year.
There is a rumor that the Great
Northern has purchased the Northern
Pacific branch from Oberon to Es-
mond and will extend both ends from
Aneta to Minot.
The county commissioners of Will
Jams made an order giving the county
funds to one depository. An appeal
was taken by the other banks, and the
commissioners must now divy up.
At Dickey a stranger was given a
place by local resident and soon
concluded he owned it. He was sent
to Jail for several weeks and finally
placed under bonds to keep the peace.
irrigated lands in Western states
are in great demand and settlers do