Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-09
STATE NEWS

The bankers of the Eighth judicial |
district have organized an associa
ton, fifty banks being represented.
Rev. ]. A. Lemery, recently pastor
of the Methodist church at Linton,
has become pastor of Presbyterian
church near Grand Forks.
cept the new city hall from the con-
tractor on account of some alleged
defects in construction, the specifica-
lions not having been complied with.
The question of the purchase of
| flags for schools is being discussed in
Kidder county. There should be but
one answer-and they should be Sc
cured at once.
The Great Northern is hurrying up
the work on many reservoirs in the
state to have them completed so they
will be filed with the spring floods,
and a supply of water secured for
next summer. The reservoirs will
furnish fun for a lot of people during
both winter and summer seasons.
The officers of the state asylum ex-
pect to take possession of the two
new ward buildings now being COM
pleted and will occupy the same in
short time. The buildings will he
ready by February % and on that
evening the public is invited to at
tend an informal reception at the
hospital on which occasion Gov
Sarles is expected to be present.
Senator J. D. Bacon of Grand
Forks, says: believe that the
mission of the newspaper is to boost
the town in which it may be located
I do not believe that it is any truer
of the newspaper than it is of the
individual, but that the newspaper
has an opportunity to do so much
more. There is nothing does a town
so much good as boosting and nothing
docs it SO much harm as the knocker
and "piker.'
Gov. E. Y. Sarles, United States
Marshal Shea, e. E. Cole, Sheriff
Turner, o. OVERLY, E. M. Smell and
Col. C. L.. Van Alstine attended the
fox chase at Walhalla Tuesday. The
first of six foxes were released at
1880 and there were enough hounds
tentered to make the sport interesting.
IA public reception was rendered the
Iqgoyernor and his Monday night
land a grand ball was on the program
for Wednesday evening.
Hon. J. l.. Cashel of Grafton, presi-
dent of the North Dakota Drainage
association, has arranged for another
convention to be held in Grand Forks,
February II. There will be delegates
from Manitoba, North and South Da-
kota and Minnesota to consider the
damage done each spring by floods in
the Red river valley. A movement
will be started to unite all interests
in an effort to secure legislation for
flood prevention. Several prominent
Ispeakers will be in attendance aud it
is expected that something of prac'
teal nature will result from the meet
ling.
Those who have been in the habit
of treating lightly the colonies of the
governors staff will feel properly re
!, buked when they read this from the
- lpointed pen of Col DE Ia Bere: II
=, natured, underbred and envious critics
!, delight in poking fun at the COVER
nor's personal military staff and de
I cIaring that they are ornamental on1!
;. and not very ornamental. In refuta
ton of such ISLANDERS it may be men
=: toned that on two separated and dis
tinct occasions when the governo
was present attended by his aides de
camp it was left to one OF them-an'
:. he foreign birth-to lead the audi
ence in standing to attention whe1
y tn eband played the 'tStar Spangle
r. Banner"
a A deal was closed late last Satul
day night, whereby w. M. Smart @
st. Paul, and R. R. Davis OF VIII
Rose, Wis, became the proprietors G
the Minot Optic. W. M. Smart is 4
" newspaper man of ability. For tn
lpast four years he has been on tn
Pioneer Press staff as political n
), tporter. Prior to i that he owned
: paper in Wisconsin. Mr. Smart is