Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-07-01


The sixty Indians visited the Catholic
church and Mrs. Wilder-Welch took a
photograph of the group with the
beautiful new church for a back
ground.
Among the Bismarck visitors We'd
nesday, were Mrs. VIM. Simpson and
children, Mrs. D. R. Taylor, Mrs. w.
H. Lawrence, Mrs. Paul Larson and
children, and Misses Nellie Weekes,
Mary Tobin, Hazel and Grace Sterling.
(Emmons Co. Record.)
Last Saturday the wife of James
Zieser, the well-knownI stone-mason
residing near lower Beaver creek, was
bitten by a rattler. A couple of weeks
ago she had killed snake of the same
species. So, when she saw this one.
she went for it with a stick, pounding
1t severely; but the snake made it's
escape and went into a hole. When
her husband came home shortly after.
ward she told him of her adventure.
and he, taking a spade, went with
her to the snakes place of refuge and
began digging. After he had been at
work a while his wife stopped over to
brush away some soil, when the snake.
which had been concealed by the soil
bit her finger. A tourniquet was i'm.
provised to keep as much as possible
the blood of the finger and hand from
going into the circulation, and about a
pint Of alcohol was given her. The
finger was also plunged into water
that was almost boiling The arm
sWelled bit, but not much, and Mrs.
Zieser is now all right. Some say that
the snake had exhausted most of it's
virulent secretion while biting at the
stick with which she had attacked
him, this being the reason conse-
quences were not more serious. We
neglected to state that the snake was
killed.
Born-Monday, June 26, 1905, to Mr..
and Mrs. John Postle of Winona dis
trict, a daughter. Mother and daugh-
ter doing nicely. With five boys and
no girls in the family, there is no
doubt that the newcomer was cordially
welcomed in the Postle family. We
are glad, also, that the spell has at
length been broken. 1t was beginning
to look as though the republican ma
jority in the county would be endang-
ered-with five prospective democratic
voters in one family and further un-
limited possibilities. But then, per-
haps, before the lads are old enough
to vote, their mother will successfully
strive to lead them from the error of
their ways in a political sense.
1t seems strange that the land-own-
ers whose property would come with
In the scope of the proposed govern
ment irrigation system in Burleigh
county insist on looking a gift horse
in the mouth Even in states with
more rainfall than we have on the
Missouri Slope, irrigation would raise
the yield Of crops and consequently
the value of the land. 1t seems in
credible that any considerable num-
Der Of the Burleigh county people
whose lands would be irrigated by the
government hesitate an instant to
take advantage of the federal scheme.
After the program for the Fourth
of July was printed word was received
from the Rev. o. F. Jones of Bis
marck that he had found he could
get away and that he would deliver
the address at Linton on the Fourth.
After receiving telegram, from Mr..
Jones several days ago, stating that
he could not be here, the committee
whose, duty it was to. procure speak
er selected States Attorney Earring
ton OF Linton, to deliver the grafton.
Mr.. F. was entirely willing to make
way for Mr.. Jones, when word was
received from the latter that he had
reconsidered his former defamation.
Frank Streeter last Monday again
failed to pass the physical examine
ton for admission to the United
States naval academy at Annapolis.
The cause Of rejection was the same same
as year agoone Of his eyes not hay-
ing normal sight.
y
y (Mandan Pioneer.)
Mr.. Tuttle writes: hope that any
Of my friends who are coming to
Portland this summer. will think to