The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-26
STATE GRAB BAG

.1IhIt QUAD bhU
Upham had triple wedding.
Maxbass is to have a race track.
Cavalier county voted down the pro-
position for q county hospital.
A general scarcity Of potatoes is re-
ported from all parts OF tn estate.
Architecture" is the name of new
magazine established by Hancock
Bros. at Fargo
The snow storm last week delayed
the trains on the 500 and some Of them
were two days late.
W. j. Dryer of Medina is selling out
his business because the election went
against his wishes.
The Hatton Free Pres man got fully
aboard the band wagon when no at
tended the jollification at Devils Lake.
Buffalo had bunch OF fake photo
graphers and the Express handed them
well deserved and decidedly hot
bunch
Rumor has it that one OF Aber-
crombie's citizens, a good Democrat,
will land one of the political plums
dropped by Governor Burke.
The presentation of East Lynne was
SO realistic at Overley the other night
that it caused j. B. Gray. resident
Of that town, to have severe attack
Of heart failure.
XXX is advertising the loss OF forty
three beer kegs in the Hankinson
News and offers reward of fifty
cents apiece for return of the empties.
Gee! but xxx must have had big
| time
The Willow City council decided last
week that they had better finish the
city while they were at it, and so
gave orders that the tower should
! be finished along with the rest Of the
building.
A Mandan merchant gave away
suit of clothes to the farmer who
would bring in the largest load of
wheat to the local elevators on a
| certain day. and the winner had 202
bushels drawn by four horses
Charles w. Sibley has launched the
Record at the new town of Thorne.
1t is a we'll printed and we'll patronized
sheet, and with c. A. Wales as manag-
ing editor. ought to become strong
feature In North Dakota journalism.
The 500 people at Overley have the
big dam across Willow creek about
completed, and the pumping station
Is all ready to send the water up to
the round house. This will give the
500 all the water they will need at
that point, and the sewer system in
sures good dry yard.
At the recent election the PROPOSE
ton prohibiting live stock to run at
large in Barnes county was carried
by 400 majority. In the future 1t will
be illegal to turn your stock loose at
any time of the year. and owners
of stock are liable for all damages
done to hay. grain. etc. Nor will it
be necessary to fence hay stacks in
the future to protect them from horses
and COWS.
Martin Nubson. farmer living nine
miles from Plaza, a new town on the
Drake extension OF the 500. had q
narrow and almost miraculous escape
from death last week. He was with
his team In a mine digging coal for
private use when the earth gave way.
completely burying him with the en-
ception OF one hand which renamed
just above pile of earth. The team
was outside of the danger zone, and
becoming frightened ran away. Nub-
son managed to work his hand around
so that he could get air for breathing.
but by the time the neighbors arrived
on the scene through the warning re-
ceived from seeing the drivers team
the farmer was nearly suffocated.
The Patriot hands the Valley City
Commercial club tho following: Valley
City has a commercial club. A CON-
mercial club is supposed to be Or
ganized for the purpose of the upbuild-
ing and general development OF the
business and commercial interests OF
the city in which 1t is organized.
Home Trade" is supposed to be its
motto, and 1t certainly don't look we'll
for a commercial club to send away
to catalog house for its furniture
and to install a gasoline lighting
plant when the city is in the business
| Of grinding out light at l6 cents per.
| In the light of an example like this
| how can we expect our farmer friends
to do other than follow our example
l IN, no<o1oo hoNcooo