The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-11

Town or Ryder.
Ryder will be the terminus of the
500 extension for the present.
While young man named
scnwenck was being lifted out of A
well at Fessenden, the rope broke
and ne fell to the bottom, a distance
OF 70 feet The half barrel in which
he was being lifted, hit the water and
broke his fall, so that he was not
seriously injured.
Willfston is building municipal
water and electric light plant.
The Williston World claims that It
mas sample of alfalfa which will
yield two and half tons to the acre.
WillistOn business men are agita-
ting the organization of a commercial
club.
Mandan real estate is on the up-
ward move.
One hundred thousand acres of
Morton county land has recently been
sold at 81 per acre.
Antlers is to have a resident at
torney.
There were more than two hun
dred celebrations held in North Da-
kota on July Fourth. That's some
patriotism.
Minnewaukan has Juvenile band
composed OF boys between ten and
twenty years of age.
William Millhouse of Larimore, who
was arrested on charge of malici-
GUS mischief, got five months in the
county Jail.
The Larimore chief of police has
killed an even dozen dogs since July 1.
June was the banner marriage
license month in Stutsman county.
A new postofice in stutsman coun-
ty is named Gem.
Miss Marion Mauding of Gem was
struck by lightning though not seri-
ously injured.
Palermo has a new lumber yard.
Ward and McHenry counties will
hold joint summer school at Minot.
Minot had mad dog. 1t has none
now.
John Staff of Minot got jealous of
his wife and tried to kill the man with
butcher knife, and then shot at his
wife.
One of the race horses at the Minot
races this week was shipped in by
express from the east. The express
amounted to $3.50.
C. A. Stiles of Minot exhibiting some
bronze grass taken from his farm
south of town which is three feet or
more tall.
One limb of gooseberries found near
Minst, had more than 100 fine berries.
The merchants of Bismarck are re-
ported to be vigorously opposing the
street fair being. held in that city, and
to be very much put out at the amount
of money it is diverting from proper
channels
The Cash Carnival company skinny
OluA "CAC OA q OIL INC dI Sh.
The living skeleton refused to show
his handsome shape, and expects to
grow fat on his accumulated wealth.
A hailstorm passed over McClusky
last week and damaged some of the
grain which was headed and broke
several window lights
]. w. Shields of Minnewaukan en-
thusiastic over the raising of straw
berries and prides himself upon fine
strawberry patch on his farm. The
prize berry, SO far, measures four
inches in circumference and proved to
be of delicious flavor.
Harry Fralic, the Cash Carnival
company's high diver, is native of
Bismarck, being stepson of Harley
Stevens. Fralic holds the high dive
record of the world. He dived 100
feet in Canada several years ago.
The report that the 500 would
abandon the grade west from Flax
ton and not build this year, seems to
have been without proper foundation.
DR.. Richie of velva raised some
extra fine strawberries this year.
E. G. Goods barn, eight miles south
of Manville was struck by lightning,
and. burned to the ground. Loss
$500.
North Cornforth, the four-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. @. Cornforth of
Larimore. was carrying a torpedo in
his mouth when it exploded between
the teeth.
Judge Palda of Minot, has on his
desk portion of limb of a tree
shaped exactly like claw hammer.
A rich aunt who died in England,
willed H. ]. Bilsborrow, editor of the
Granville Record, $4,000. That's
enough to make the average news
paper man jump in the lake.
A barn at Sykeston belonging to o.
T. Lindland caught fire from
rocket July Fourth and was consumed
in a short time. Five horses were
burned.
Unless some unforeseen disaster
happens Mclean county will harvest
twice as much grain this year than in
any year the county has ever known.
NJ. c. Bowser of Hurdsford has a
hen that laid an egg which measured