Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-08-13
THE CITY
THE WEATHER.

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Showers tonight and Tuesday.
Cooler Tuesday. Max. 90, min. So.
Foundation Contract Let-The con-
tract for 'excavating and for founda-
ton of the new Methodist church has
been let to Andrew Hollum, who will
begin work at once. ...,.- "
Denny sentenced-W. H. Denny,
convicted at WilHston of receiving
stolen horses, was sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary. A stay of
sixty days was granted. p,
Creamery Burned-Word was re-
ceived in this city last night that the
$4,000 creamery at Wishek was
burned yesterday afternoon with a
total loss No details are at hand.
s.o Ducks are PIenty-O. M. .Cockrum
has returned from a drive through
Mcintosh county and says the sloughs
and lakes in that section are simply
alive. with ducks. Similar reports
come from all parts of the Slope.
8 e. GroWing-Mandan Pioneer: The
freight depot is a very busy place
these days and the business is so
heavy that the regular force is kept
on duty over time The business last
month increased $4,000 over the
corresponding month of the previous
year. \ S%:1.4 Il. hi.
b Big crowd-Brooks Hoskins writes
from Minneapolis that he and Phil
Meyers had the time of their lives
getting from the train to the street
on account Of the crowd. He says the
streets were packed with people Sat
.urday-and, at that time the visitors
had scarcely begun to come in
F. FIocking to MinneapoIis-Sinc Fri
day night the N. p. road has sold
over two hundred tickets from this
city to the G.. A. r. encampment at
Minneapolis. The Sunday afternoon
train had fourteen coaches and sleep
ers and the conductor said fully half
the people on it were taking advan-
tage of the low rates and that over
two hundred were on the train from
western North Dakota towns. -
Early cornLee McGlashan has
been enjoying for the past week or
more some excellent sweet corn OF
his own raising. The stalks are not
more than a yard high and the ears
are little over six inches in length,
but there are two to three ears to the
stalk and the corn is as sweet as
sugar. Lee also has many other
fine things in the aforesaid garden,
all Of which can be vouched for by the
writer Sss5 y. ss& a5s +
S creanneries FIourishing--M. j. Cort
the popular salesman of the Creamery
Package Mfg. Col is in the city to.
day and reports the creameries of the
state, especially In the western part,
as all doing a fine business. He says
further that N orth Dakota butter has
q Wonde rfully good name. gained by
its uniform excellence and that in
this western section dairying is
rapidly becoming a large and profit,
able industry. .,..5s
Central Heating PlantThe ma.
Iterial is expected here Id q few days
for the heating plant Of the Hughes
company. Steam conduits will be run
from the electric light plant east. on
Broadway as far as Fifth street, west
as far as Third street, and up Fourth
fstreet to the Tribune and the Grand
Pacific. A number Of patrons have
been secured along the routes and
ldoubtless the plant will soon be
further extended.
I'D viii Buiid--J. r. Latham, a recent
arrival from Carthage, S. D. has Sc.
cured q lot on Fifth street east Of the
home OF Attorney Patterson and will
build thereon handsome home Mr.
Latham has come to Bismarck to en-
Igage In the real estate business. .
Lime of work in which he has been sue
lcessfui In South Dakota. His loca
| ton here shows the faith he has in
the future of this section His family
win come as soon ais the new home