The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-18
STATE GRAB BAG

u6o MAoheIJOun as q tax
dodger. He helped defeat Davis for
the Legislature because of grievance
over being compelled to list all his
property, and now 1t is charged he has
been compelled to increase his per
sonal property from $50 to $4,000.
Devils Lake papers say the Chau
tauqua railroad Is decidedly improved
under the new management.
The Devils Lake Journal claims
County Commissioner Mccormick of
Ramsey county, had the assessments
on the banks of his own town lowered
70 per cent and that of Devils Lake
bank increased II per cent.
During a friendly scuffle in bath
house at Grafton, James Gardiner had
his leg showed through window and
severely lacerated.
At Adams an overgrown rowdy at
tempted to make trouble for a glass
blower who was exhibiting in a tent.
The rOwdy was stood on his head in
the street.
The barn on the Clarence Seidmore
farm one mile from Park River was
destroyed by fire. Ten horses persisted
in the flames.
Stump lake in Nelson county is be-
coming quite popular summer resort.
Miss Gladys Metcalf of Lakota, is
planning to tour Europe next year.
The Sanborn Enterprise roasted the
people because they were slow in
"hollerin' fire.
The TOlna Tribune has been launch
ed on the sea of journalism at the
new town of that name in Nelson
county.
A telephone line is to be built from
Aneta to Devils Lake along the line of
the new Great Northern extension.
The post Office at Crosier will be
moved to the new town of Tolna.
= The young son of Martin Smestad,
who left Velva some time ago to be-
come a cow boy, was found secreted
by family in Mclean county and
taken home.
The st. Paul jobbers get plenty of
advertising out OF their trip through
the state.
For an all round boomer the Stanley
Sun has the state beaten.
Miss Maggie Ronglie of Caledonia,
had her thumb taken off and two fin
gers badly smashed in cream sep
aratOr.
The other side of Engerud's temper
has come to light and it will place
him in decidedly unfavorable light
with the people of the state.
Forman wants better fire protection.
Devils Lake Chautauqua has re-
ceived detailed mention of its dOings in
many of the state papers.
After lying in the Walsh county Jail
for six weeks, Anton Shore is again
at liberty. His friends signed bond
of $4,000 guaranteeing his appearance
for trial at the November term of
court for the killing of his brother,
Joe Shore.
Milton is after a creamery, or per-
haps to speak more correctly, there is
creamery promoter man after the
people at Milton, working up interest
in the cooperate scheme.
There was quite fall of hail ten
miles north, near Mona, on Tuesday
afternoon, but as no wind was blow
ing and the hail came straight down
the damage was not great.
]. NJ. Bates of Mansfield reports
number of trees bearing fruit on his
place.
There is large amount of building
going on in the country around Osna-
brooke, churches, houses, barns, gran
aries, and machine sheds, as we'll as
many repairs.
1t cost little over $4,000 to run
Ramsey county during the year ending
July l.
Cavalier county will furnish prize
winning exhibit at the Fargo state
fair in the two thoroughbred Belgian
imported stations, Coloss, II and
Gastfreund, II, owned by Ferdinand
Stamm. The horses were imported
two years ago and are acknowledged
by all who have seem them as the
finest of their breed in the entire
northwest.
The Mennonites of Henderson town
ship have about completed work on the
new church being built at Munich this
summer.
Considerable hail fell during the
storm at Grafton and it is reported
that some damage was done northeast
OF town.
A radish was raised at Crystal this
spring which measured 17k inches
in length, Z inches around, weighed
q ounces and was solid to the core.
According to the state health re-
port the number of births in Dickey
county during the month of May was
and the number of deaths was 4.
Must be some mistake as the number
CT newcomers easily numbered over a
score, according to Editor Perry's
statistics.
At their meeting the county COM
missioners of Walsh county found the
treasury so loaded with money that
they decided to reduce the tax levy
$4,000, a third less than it was last
year. The total levy this year is
$4,000.
AS Congressman Gronna was re-
turning home from jamestown, he was
escorted from the train to box on the