The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-16
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The Steele county newspaper fight
has become 30 strenuous that both
sides have decided to stop.
The Pink Paper talks about Editor
Whitehead Of the Evening Times. Will
son has couple Of guesses coming.
The Buford Tribune has passed it's
seventh mile post.
The Hansboro Pioneer says about
fifty of their citizens went to Rock
Lake on the excursion last Sunday,
and report pleasant time-seven
fights in fifteen minutes.
The western end of Morton county
is agitating in favor of county divis-
ion. !
John Snyder, Of Billings county,
claims to be the father of the only
child Born in the famous Roosevelt
cabin.
The Egeland Enterprise is still run
ming the list of delegates to be voted
for at the primary election.
Hansboro is badly in need of tele-
phonic communications with the sur
rounding towns.
There are over 300 newspapers in
North Dakota and only So belong to the
State Press association.
H. j. Billsbarrow of the Granville
Record, has accepted the position as
editor generalissimo and all round
hustler on the Renville County Tribune
at Mohall.
The farmers in the Saline and Egg
Creek countries north of Granville
are constructing rural telephone line
thirty miles long,
The entire output of the state prison
Irvine plant for the past year, 13,5OO,-
900 pounds, has been sold.
The Grano Tribune has again made
change in the management. Editor
Swenson having laid down the quill,
and A. WhetstOn assuming the re-
sponsibility as editor.
A freight train was wrecked mile
east of LaMoure and considerable dam
age done to the track. Nine cars were
ditched and a car of immigrant move
ables wrecked and horse killed. The
owner of the car, In It, was slightly
injured.
The democrats had an eye to the
eternal fitness of things when they
nominated John Wirkus for labor COM
missioner.
The democratic newspapers of the
state have formed an organization and
will help boost the democratic state
and legislative candidates.
The Stone Ordean-Wells company
of Duluth will put wholesale house
into Minot. The building will be on
the Great Northern right of way
and will cost $4,000.
John Burke is accepting congratula-
tions on the nomination but not look
ing for any after election.
The Harvey commercial club is do
ing some effective advertising by send
ing out photos of the town, with per-
tinent facts on the reverse side of the
card. Considerable useful statistical
information is given, and among other
things we are told that one and half
million bushels of grain was market
ed there in 1905.
The barns of Brazil Demarse on his
farm in North Carlisle in Pembina
county were entirely destroyed by fire.
The fire started in his horse barn
while the men were still in the field
and the first they knew of 1t was when
flames and smoke were seen issuing
from the doors and windows. Before
they could reach the scene the barn
was all in flames and the flames had
communicated to his COW barn adj
Joining. The total loss was about
$500.
Miss Owens, of Williston, was the
first to make filing at the land open
ing at Williston. Three other ladies
followed, they stayed faithfully at the
head of the line for 16 hours.
Both banks at Hansboro closed for
a day in order that the officers and
employees might attend the fair at Kill
larney.
Several young men of Rugby were
having a social time in the bachelor
apartments of one of their members
the other evening, and incidentally
the question of fire arms came up.
The host produced shot gun which
he began to exhibit to the bunch"
and he exhibited it in such a realis-
tic manner that the blamed thing went
OIL. Fortunately no one happened to
be in the danger zOne"-or otherwise
there would have to be an obituary.
In the trial of the case of MCGOWAN
VS.. Romansen in Bottineau county for
the improper embalming of the body
of his wife, the jury gave MCGOWAN a
verdict Of 81 and costs.
One of the aftermaths of the recent
primary election in Mclean county is
SANDER suit started by Chas. T. Sta
ley against Henry c. Olson, the present
superintendent of schools. The amount
sued for is $4,000. The complaint ac-
cuses Olson of calling Mr.. Staley
horse thief, accuses him Of using the
abcHs, language very freely as CAM
paign material during the last primary
election in that county.
Two farmers near Eckman had an
alteration over some hay the first of
the week, and while one of them was
loading the hay the other went into
his house and returned with shot
gun and deliberately shot the other,
the charge taking effect below the
knee. The leg was SO badly shattered