The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-04-06

Mrs. Minnie L. Bulge is appointed
postmistress at Grand Forks.
A Mcintosh county farmer was seri-
ously burned by lamp explosion.
People of Napoleon are interested In
the telephone exchange proposition.
G. d. Wolverton Of Minot has i'm
vented plan to treat wheat for smut.
The western part of the state will
get lot of new settlers this summer.
An intoxicated man started from
Fargo to Portland and wound up at
Sharon.
The walking match at Enderlin fell
through because both contestants got
cold feet.
A drunken man went to farm house
near Sykeston and upset things in
great shape.
School boards over the state are bus
lily picking out teachers for the next
school year.
G. s. johnson l. Son have purchased
the roller mills at Ashley; considera-
ton, $4,000.
The G. N. surveyors, who are at
work on the line from Deepriver, have
reached Towner.
John Welo, section foreman At Tioga,
was struck i'm the eye with spike and
may lose the sight.
North Dakota promises to develop
more baseball enthusiasm. this SUM
,ner than aver before.
Lumber dealers report the prospects
good for the best business this spring
in the history of the state.
The low price of potatoes has dis
Outraged some people from planting
large acreage this spring.
A fish peddler, who had neglected to
secure license, was arrested at Car
rington and taken back to Fessenden.
The development of the Missouri
slope section of the state promises to
be more rapid than ever this summer.
There will be twenty-nine elevators
Of $4,000 bushels capacity along the
500 from Thief River Falls to Ken
mare.
At Starkweather two men were left
bv the train, but ran it down before
tho cars got more than a mile out of
town.
A lady was at Bisbee and convinced
all the baldheads that her new dis.
covery would grow hair on billiard
balls.
A Saudouu man was arrested on q
% loo he
law, but was released after an exami-
nation.
Robert Cotton of Wilton was kicked
by horse. His cheek bone was broken
and tooth extracted without the aid
of a dentist.
1t is now reported that the Great
Northern will start its Dunseith branch
from Knox instead of York, as origin
ally intended.
Captain Aud OF Dickinson gave the
members of the Dickinson fire com.
pany sssuolzer'' for their good work
at a recent fire.
The postoffice at Washburn will be
one of the heatest in the state when
Postmaster Wahl gets the improve
ments completed.
It is a butter and egg country around
Ashley. The representative Of the N.
A. Storage Co. purchased over $500
worth of these two staples in single
day.
Churchs Ferry business men have
subscribed $500 and will start in
business in some of the new towns
along the 500 in the northern part Of
the state.
A big fire swept over the prairies
near Napoleon a few days ago, and the
population of township was busy for
several hours preventing damage. The
property loss was slight.
A Chicago man has offered to donate
5000 toward wiping off the debt on the
jamestown Congregational church, if
the remaining $685. is raised by May 1.
and the local people are taking hold of
the matter with will, as they pro.
pose to get that 5000.
A number of the students of the
North Dakota Agricultural college
have been compelled to return home
for spriug work.
A lot Of experts advise against seed
ing wheat that will not weigh IS
pounds-and then it should be cleaned
and treated with formaldehyde.
The Winston Brothers company Of
Minneapolis are perfecting arrange
ments to begin grading for the 500
line extension, west ftem Thief River
Falls, Mimi, to Kenma"e, N. D. About
!, 900 teams and 1000 r.en will be put
to work at different points on the
right-of-wav.
1t has been discovered that some
mail-order houses are making North
Dakota the dumping ground for inn
pure foodstnffs, especially canned
goods. The houses are having dam
aged and discredited goods relabeled.
At Crary, Ray Mari was crossing
the Great Northern track in wagon
and was struck by train. The wagon
was wrecked and the driver slightly
hurt. The team escaped injury.
Dairymen are experimenting with
feed for cows It is stated that rye
makes the best fodder. It is cut when
almost ripe, the same as hay, and
stacked.