Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-06
STATE NEWS

~ =. ASs - - AN - w ~
The Glenullin fire department will
give grand ball.
Minot has a new bookbindery and
McClure's fairy tales can now be
bound for future reference.
Rugby gets the Norwegian Luther
an hospital, that place being selected
by majority of one vote.
Many farmers are kicking on the
bad roads to their towns and claim it
costs too much to market their grain.
If the money for the road fund was
properly expended the story might be
a different one.
The Great Northern has commenced
work on the extension of the Aneta
branch to Devils Lake. Teams are at
work hauling timbers for the Pelican
Point bridge, where the road will
cross Devils Lake and this will be
finished before the ice goes out.
The military board in charge of the
militia grounds at Devils Lake are
clearing away the underbrush for
several hundred yards around the en-
campment grounds and making park
thereof. A stable for the officers
horses is being built and other i'm.
provements made for the good of the
state guard at the next encampment.
The A. o. U. W. hall at New Salem
was burned last Tuesday night from
a defective gas burner. The amateurs
were in the hall at the time rehears-
ing for play and some say the per
formance was so hot that the build
ing caught fire. At any rate New
Salem has lost it's best hall, which is
a serious loss to any town.
The Dakota Development Co., own
ers of the townsite of Forbes, have
presented to Baby Emf, the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Emit, and who
was the first baby born in the new
town of Forbes, warranty deed
to very nicely located and valuable
corner business lot in the thriving
new village. It was a nice act on the
part of the company and if Forbes
continues to grow and thrive as at
present the lot will be worth a large
number of dollars by the time the
young lady arrives at a manageable
age.
Medina Citizen: The farmers have
been reporting live gophers and fresh
badger holes for some time, but it re
manned for W. J. Bremen of the Win
nor & Adams lumber yard to bring il
the first live, tangible evidence of the
fine weather we have been having
Last Saturday, while at work in the
yard Mr.. Bremen caught live grass
hopper, which was hopping around
and enjoying the glorious winter eli
mate Of North Dakota. The little fel
low was brought to this Office, and il
still as lively as you please and W.
hope to bring him through to a RIPE
old age.
Minot Independent: Harry Stewart
a young fireman on the, 500, fell be
tween the cars near Burlington Fri
day, when the coupling broke, and hi
body was rolled over and over befor
the oncoming train. That he was no
Instantly killed is a mystery. AS /
was his leg is so badly crushed that /
will have to be amputated and hi
scalp was taken off as slick as an
Indian could have done it with tn
tomahawk. Fortunately, the larg
piece hung by very small fragmen
and after washing it carefully an
shaving his dead, this was sewed O
tagain and is knitting nicely. Eli
head was cut in other places. Stew
art was picked up more dead tina
alive and hurried to the Minot ho'
pital where the surgeons are 1ookin
after his terrible injuries. a. f
T. p ~. - -.I"%.,