The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-09
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The ladies of Lakota will hold
flower show.
Esmond voted to incorporate at the
ratio Of IA to SO.
The contract for new opera house
at st. John has been let.
The Great Northern depot at Finley
had a norraw escape from IRE.
The Minot land once did the biggest
business Of any one In the country
last quarter.
George State, formerly with Martin
Jacobson of Minot, has opened hard
ware store at surray.
There is some talk about the G. N.
railway to purchase the N. p. track
from Oberon to Leeds.
Several portions Of the right of way
Of the Great Northern line from Aneta
to Minot have been purchased.
John o. Blessum, who started
chicken ranch in Rugby last spring,
has $50 fine fries about ready for
market.
A Lisbon blind pigger who was out
on bond left his bondsmen to hold
the bag while he departed for parts
unknown.
A pair of antelope were seen in a
herd of cattle near Kramer last week.
Antelope had not been seen in that
country for years.
The farmers of Edgeley have organ
lied telephone company to be known
as the Pomona Valley Telephone COM
pany, and have incorporated for $780,
600.
Williston is practically without an
opera house. The new land Office has
been located in the Bruegger opera
house which is being remodeled for
office rooms.
While passenger train No. 10 was
standing on the track at Sawyer watt
ing for the track to be cleared. Rev.
Mr.. Johnson entered the coaches and
held divine services.
The pennant of the Northwest-D a-
kOta baseball league was won by
Tagus. There was tie between that
city and Williston, and in the final
game the score was 4 to s.
David Whitehead of Elmore, Canada,
was arrested by custom officers at
Sherwood, charged with selling eight
dozen eggs without having paid the
duty of five cents per dozen.
the publication of cards of thanks and
says the knowledge of having helped
friend in the hour Of his deepest
sorrow. is more appreciated than
columns of cold type.
The Hampden Reporter is a thing Of
the past. The plant has been moved
to the western part of the state and
A. p. Blonde who had charge of the
paper has gone to Wisconsin. Hamp-
den is now without newspaper.
R. B. Cox, Bowbells advertiser, Of
fers to give a pair of the best shoes
he has in his store IL he cannot dupli-
cate any list of mail order house
prices without knowing what the
prices are. That's advertising which
talks.
The Steel-laying- machine was put
to work on the new 500 branch out of
Flaxton last week. 1t is said that
the machine can lay steel at the rate
of one and one=half to two miles per
day. The grading Of the road bed is
completed to Columbus.
Minot's lady barber who eloped with
her husbands cabman, and was later
arrested at Helena. has returned to
her home, but has announced her in
tenttOn of repeating the operation.
She returned to her husband under an
agreement that her lover was not to
be prosecuted.
DR.. Moore of Oberon has a plan
whereby he expects to stock what Is
known as Moore lake with perch.
Perch minnows are very numerous in
Wood lake and the doctor proposes to
catch barrel or two of these and
transfer them to the lake close to
home. sIsL
The editor of the Mohall News has
travelled in nearly every state in the
union, several Of the western provinces
of Canada, also in Norway, Sweden,
Denmark, England, Ireland, Scotland,
Germany and Holland, says in all his
travels he has yet seen no place equal
In scenery and natural beauty as the
Yellowstone National Park.
Geo. N. Brown of Antewerp, with
30-horse power engine has broken this
season over 500 acres-275 acres of
which was turned over, rolled twice,
drilled and seeded in twelve days.
During this work the engine pulled
seven plows, big iron roller that
double Tapped, drill and a planker
and upon the 225 acres. which was not
seeded, the engine drew eleven plows.
The commissioner of agriculture
and labor is going to make collec-
ton of grain and grasses from every
county in the state and will offer a
series of prizes for the best collection
of the largest variety of grains and
grasses grown in 1906. Careful meth
DDS of packing the samples for ship
ment will be required. The depart
ment will pay all express charges on
such samples.
II o. o. Adams, the smooth school
furniture agent, succeeds in getting
out of the case all right which will be
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