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| The Malyyille e nax mill Is expected,
to start soon. 5.j = "
The instruments for the Sawyer.
band have arrived. .ss .
AT Bantry an elevator man and q
farmer had : scrap. sd.
Stanley is said to have an attorney
who is handy with his mits.
Matt Well, charged with blind pig
'ging at Lisbon. has surrendered.
Railroading is dangerous proposi-
tion"since the cold weather began.
The Milwaukee passenger train had
an accident near Hague. Emmons
county.
An inspector condemned a number
of mail boxes along rural route at
Mayville.
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Former Train Dispatcher Price is re-
ported to have left Enderlin rather
suddenly.
Dickey had fire alarm and now the
people want the artesian well worse
than ever.
The scrap between the oil compa-
mics seems to be on in some of the
smaller towns.
The contest over the office of clerk
of court in Emmons county is attract
ing some interest.
The broken window gag as an ad-
vertisement for cigars is being worked
all over the state.
There were seven freights in one
day at Lisbon and a large amount of
coal was brought in.
Minor has already given dance
for the baseball club to raise money
Tor next years team.
Postmasters and depot agents over
the state report the catalogue houses
have had big season.
The Rolla w. c. T. U. will send
box of clothing to the North Dakota
'Children's home at Fargo.
Thomas Conley stole $50 from Mel
vile Koppang at Drake. Both men
were employed on the 500.
The coal famine on the McHenry
branch was relieved by an extra
freight, which carried coal.
There is complaint down the
Southwestern branch of the Northern
Pacific because of delayed trains.
DR.. Newman of Great Bend is said
to be a candidate for superintendent
of the state hospital at Jamestown.
S. S. Nelson offers a reward of s25
for the arrest and conviction of any
blind pigger who operates in Crosby.
The people of LaMoure county
might divide the old thing up so both
LaMoure and Edgeley could have
county seats.
Postmasters are enforcing the col
lection of box rents more strictly than
formerly-under the recent depart
mental order.
The commercial club at Douglas ap-
pointed a vigilance committee to pre-
vent the location Of any blind pigs or
the operation of any bootleggers.
In these days Of shortage of cars for
shipment Of grain and coal and other
necessaries the management of a rail-
road does not seem to be all roses.
There will be a big ice harvest from
Sweetwater lake, near Devils Lake,
this winter. The ice is shipped from
that point all along the Great North
ern.
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President Hills prizes for the best
farms has stimulated a lot of interest
in the contest, and the indications are
there will be more competitors next
year.
S. L. Wineman. for twenty years in
business in Devils Lake, will dispose
of his property and retire. He is a
brother Of, the Grand Forks states at
torney. Il. y. "A sis i5
There was shortage Of equipment
when Company 2 Of Langdon was
I mustered out, and the members Of the I
company are being urged 70 round up
the material. gs3 i,s'l,
The good people Of Petersburg sent
$5O.35 to the North Dakota schildren's
home. supt. Hall would acknowledge