Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1906-01-25
;FLicKERTAlL NUGGETS.

OodSoing 70 convince the people they
ore in the gas belt.
!Lfsbcn.-The First Regiment band
LAS completed arrangements for tour
u the state in February
Wahpeton.-The Great Northern de-
sided to erect stockyards as a result
Of the agitation of the Commercial
club.
<Casselton.-The sCasselton ,Telepho11e
company of Casselton was Incorporated
wednesday with a paid up capital Of
$4,000.
Fargo.-The Presbyterians have
ea1sed $2O,SO0 for a new church which
they expect to build next summer at Va
cost OF $4,000.
Grand Forks.-The Great Northern
ls to bufd north from East Grand
Forks and cross to the Dakota side
ot Drayton.
Rugby.-There was an attempted
suicide here. The man who was
anxious to investigate the unknown
's,fasse a, miscue and still fingers ON this
sphere.
Wahpeton.-States Attorney Wolfe
uas faculty of making good, at least
'the blind piggers of that section are
ready to admit he had many Of them
on the run.
Farge.-North Dakota, although
young, has taken a step that is strange
20 many an older state in the matter
OF pure food laws and manner of en-
Forcing them.
Fargo-The young daughter Of Maj
Gearey was struck on the head while
eleighriding with q load of friends by
q piece of ice thrown by some fool
who was passing.
ISargo.-Milk Inspector Durham. has
Inspected 1000 cows since h. assume,.
his office, and expects to be in posi-
tlon by Feb. l to strictly enforce the
provisions of the new milk ordinance.
Grand Forks.-At a meeting 5of the
County Agricultural association it wars
decided to. hold a county fair this year.
John Dinnie is president of the asso-
ec1ation, and ;Fred SC. Wells, secretary.
Bowbells.-There is rumor that
the $500 intends to build an extension
1rom I1ere in order to head off pro-
posed extension of the Great Northern
from White Earth. ,.,ter;a' is said
to have been received at Bowbells
ready for operations IN the spring.
Fargo.-There is considerable speca-
s~SAoAl AlClO NOScT lAS pTOUdOlG rSSullS
of the primary election law at the ap-
preaching city election. 1t will be
the first ftfdtA Einen the new measure,
and the experiment VIII sbe watched
with interest.
Fargo.-somessdrusxi.ts2 who have
been depending on registered pharma-
'cists in their business ~are planning
to be able to run the store themselves
land are taking the pharmaceutical
course at the agricultural college in
FARGO.
Bsaddock.-J. J. Ryan last fall har-
vested an s0-acre field of fax that
yielded twenty bushels per acre. He
has it all in his granary yet, and the
price is now 81 per bushel. Figure
for yourself what is possible with our
$40 land
f1nuskrat skins are selling In t1ie #r cal
nnarket from ten to fifteen cents per
skin. will probably have the effect of
reducing the price of seal skins, but
the price of seal skin coats will re-
main the same, to the contrary, not
withstanding.
Medina.-There was an oil famine
there recently for some of John DIS
sent TO HMedora instead, and the tGiI
wagon had to be rushed .-thsfe TO re-
:lieve the situation. Thefe also was
q shortage of coal for few days.
Fargo.-The territory tef Dakota |
tdates its official existence from March |
%, 1851 when President Buchanan ap-
proved the act providing for the terri
storial organization, which passed the
senate on Feb. rs, and passed the
house on March 1.
Fargo-Commission of Agriculture
tGilbreath has just issued new map +
sof the state (which is strictly -1aplto-
date. The map is backed with >es.me
sgood reliable data as to the states Eie
compiled from recent reports
'and In every way 1t is credit tosthe
department so ably presided over by
Mr.. Gilbreath
Sanborn.-For41ler Gov. Frank White
has organized a fire insurance COM
lpany, the stockholders d which are
all to be residents Of North Dakota
The company is named the National
Fire and Marine company and it's
capital stock is s$l00,000. Gov White
lis president.
Grafton.-Sheriff Hankey was called
to Walshville to take into custody one
Norman Grombo, cherged with stab.
bing and badly cutting Frank Fred
sricks. The affair occurred at what
lis known as ,Gunderson's point across
from Oslo, swhere the parties to the
melee had been to the New Years.
saloon opening.
'Wahpeton.-Fire at Treadwell
Twichell's farm near here is reported
to have destroyed farm house valued
at $4,000 and 5000 bushels Of wheat.
The loss. Is partially covered by insur-
.ance. The origin of the fire has not
been discovered.
jJamestown-The annual meeting of
the Alliance Hail association was held
at che home Office in this city, The |
past year has been an exceedingly
prosperous, one for the association, and
the volume of business was very near
ly double that Of The year 1904. The
number Of policies issued was 2,710,
covering 3e3,4Ss acres, for S$1S2S,631
Grafton. Frank Frederick lies dan-