Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-03-24
STATE NEWS


very decided green last week, posi-
bly, in, celebration of st. Patrick's
day possibly celebrating the advent
Of spring in the banana belt. "onny-
way" the editor thereof wakes elo-
quent on the Irish saint.
There is man at Marion whose
name is not pants" 1t is more elo-
quent than that It is "Pansky." No
matter where the lad goes his name
is bound to be ''Pansky." 'Twould
sound more genteel thus, "Trousero-
WITCH -
A farmer says he rid his farm of
rats in the following manner: On a
very large number of old shingles I
put teaspoonful Of molasses and on
that with my pocket knife scraped
a small amount of concentrated I've
and then placed them under the
stable floors and under the cribs. The
next morning i found forty dead
rats and the rest vamoosed for parts
unknown: have cleared many
farms of the pests in the same way
and have not known it to fail.
Fargo has about all her players for
the coming base ball season.
Edgeley Mail: 1t now begins to
look as though the Edgeley-Dawson
extension of the Northern Pacific
would be ironed this spring. Two
car loads of spikes, frogs, switches
and other material arrived the end of
the week, and everything indicates
that work will be pushed as soon as
the weather becomes settled. The
rails for the new road have been here
for some time, and we understand
that several train loads of ties are en-
route to this place.
The Great Northern passenger and
freight station at Arvilla, Grand Forks
county, was totally destroyed by fire.
All efforts to learn the name Of the
young man who met death yesterday
by drowning in the river just back Of
the Great Northern coal sheds have
thus far proven unavailing. The
chances are that his identity will re-
main secret for a long time unless
by chance some one who may have
known him in some neighboring town
is able to clear up the mystery. The
only clue the officers have had to
work on thus far is a scrap of paper
found in one of his pockets which
read "born in 1897" but gave no
name. This meagre clue to the dead
mans identity is being used to the
best advantage.-Minot Optic.
The consolidation of rural schools
and the transportation of scholars to
and from them is proving to be a
great success in the northeastern
portion of the state.
A Norwegian Lutheran hospital
may be established at Fargo.
A religious census has been taken
in Fargo with finding Of twenty
six denominations. The Lutherans
lead with 2,51O and the smallest
representation of any was the spirit.
ualists and Dutch reformed with one
each.
An argus-eyed individual of Fargo,
who buys hay occasionally, had his
suspicious aroused the other day and
ever since he has been doing little
detective stunt on his own account.
He was convinced in his own mind
that at least one or two men, who
were selling hay regularly on the city
market, had turned a trick to add to
the weight of hay on the load and
it was by hiding a pretty good chunk
OF man in the load while it was
being weighed on the city scales.
The trick has been turned by inc man
twice since Thursday and when he
something doing-this of the poor
farmer who is always getting "skin-
ned"
Over $3.50 have been raised in Far.
go toward the building of a Jewish
synagog. as4 NJ
The citizens of Fargo do not pro-
pose to have a vaudeville house in
that city.
A sub-station for securing re-
cruits for the United States Navy in
charge of VIM. Leukart and A. B.
Copeland has been opened for few
days, in the opera house block at
Jamestown and quite number Of
young men have been investigating
the opportunities and several applica.
tons have been received. Lieut..
Major and Assistant Sergeant wise
will be in the city to examine the
applicants as to physical require.