The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-04
STATE GRAB BAG

from the front OF the sickle Of his
moving machine when the team start
ed up, badly cutting two Of his fingers.
The stories of the Alta cyclone are
becoming decidedly numerous. One Is
that an Irishman was carried two hum
dred feet and landed ON the top Of
hot cooking range.
Little Stella Nelson of Morgan while
playing hop-skip-and-jump ran into
barb wire and cut cash in her eye
lid.
A party of Hattonites went west to
seek their fortunes and returned satis-
fied-with Trail county.
The building occupied by the Nc
Leod Enterprise was destroyed by
lightning.
Lloyd Morton of Valley City, has
grown some splendid samples of win
ter wheat this year.
Barnes county cast "a democratic
votes at the late primary convention
and sent IA delegates to the state
democratic convention.
An up-to-date printing plant is to
be installed in the deaf school at
Devils Lake.
Rolla is kicking because of slough
near the city which is attempting to
open competition with Panama.
A damaging hail and rain storm
passed over Trail county, and as a
consequence several thousand of acres
of grain are more or less ruined
Frank Baker, a Bottineau county
farmer, living near Ryder, bought
barrel of beer and opened blind pig.
He run the establishment two days,
made so when he was arrested, fined
5000 and costs and sentenced to 80
days In Jail.
Since the departure of the militia
from Bismarck and Valley City, a
number of the young ladies wander
about the streets looking like the last
rose of summer"
The wool buyers at Dickinson have
paid four hundred thousand dollars
for wool this season. having bought
neary two million pounds.
Rust is getting in its fine work on
some of the wheat fields around VAL
ley City. As yet its ravages are not
as bad as two years ago, but in
several fields of hard wheat and blue
stem, the yield will be very small.
MacarOni is not affected enough to do
any damage.
A crew of railroad bridge builders
is working out of st. Thomas. All
bridges over 100 feet long are being
floored and covered with ruble in order
to make them fire proof.
The Hunter Creamery has grown to
such large proportions that it is now
credited with having the second larg-
est butter output of any creamery in
the state. The shipment from there is
about sixty tubs each week besides a
large amount of cream that is sold to
parties TN town and numerous con-
signments of butter which goes to
different parties along the line of the
Great Northern.
Some of the county superintendent
are having trouble Strengthening out
the school census. Under the new law
payments from the tuition fund are
to be made only from children who
have attended school the required
number of days within the school year.
Provision is made for making the cen
sus returns SO that those who have
not attended the proper number of
days shall be kept separate. In many
cases the returns have been Jumped,
and it is necessary for the superin-
tendents to disentangle them, which is
work of no small magnitude.
"Pitchfork" Tillman will invade
North Dakota on lecture tour the
coming winter.
While returning to Petersburg from
Michigan, a team driven by Jens An
derson INDUCED in runaway and a
mile and half west of the former
place disputed the right of way with a
Great Northern flyer. One horse was
killed outright and the buggy de-
molished. The driver, however, es-
capped injury.
Purcell of Helena is at Williston to
attend the trial of Mayor Denny of
that place, which will not come off un-
til next week. Denny, a former mayor
of that city. and banker, is charged
with conspiracy in big horse stealing
operations. Purcell is attorney for the
Montana stock growers who were
heavy losers.
Claire Anger, who has been stem
ographer in the Office of the state
auditor for the past fourteen months,
has resigned his position and will
leave tonight for Seattle, where he
will go to work for the Northwestern
Commercial Steamship company.
Ray people are kicking because
they have no facilities for loading
stock, and mentions the fact that they
are deserving of better accommoda-
tions for that purpose from the rail-
road.
Frank Mcbride, a one-legged man,
was arrested at Velva recently, on the
charge of being drunk. He was taken
to the city Jail and there confined, it
is alleged, without any attention for
two days. Some boys heard the man
calling for water and went to his as
sistance, but policeman chased them
away. Finally, late in the day, the
jail was opened and the man was
found to be in precarious condition.
He was at once taken to the hospital,
where he expired few hours after
wards. A card was found on the body
which indicated that the deceased was
a railroad man, and had undoubtedly
suffered injuries causing the loss of his
limb while railroading. The trainmen
have taken the matter up and he city