The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-10

sent to that city. else the postal auth
critics are unable to deliver the same.
Thus is the greatness OF the city
proven.
The Evening Times is in favor CT
A. ]. F. Weight as one of the "toy COL
onels" of the Burke administration.
Good looks such as his should not be
Kept in the background. He could buy
Mike de Ia Bere's uniform.
S. A. Ham of Church's Ferry was
fined by the village for obstructing an
alley. and the city of Devils Lake made
him proposition to move his ma
chinery shop to that city, and he will
DO so at once
three thousand lapel buttons on which
are printed the words I'VE will make
Mandan move" The plan is in line
with the commercial club work for
the building up Of the city.
The Great Northern ditch from Dew
lis Lake to Sweetwater lake has been
completed, and ten-inch flow of the
best water on earth flows through the
pipes at fifty-pound pressure. The
company has 100000 gallon tank
into which the water runs, and it is
pumped from this tank to the various
buildings where it is needed.
Chas. Funderberg the Surrey farmer
returned from Wenatchee, Wash,
where he bought seven acres of ir-
rigated land for $4,000. The land is
covered with bearing fruit and nut
trees, and is considered very valuable
piece of property.
Aug. Gnetzky, prominent Gran
Vile farmer, offers $500 reward for in
formation conveying the whereabouts
of Rudolph Pool his neighbor, who dis
appeared four years ago. The man
had been in the lumber woods. but re-
turned the next spring and advertised
to prove up. He disappeared, and
since that time no one seems to know
where he is. There have been reports
that Gnetzky might know where the
remains OF the man are. and the farmer
now wishes 10 clear himself of bad
report.
Excitement ran pretty high in Man.
dan when it was learned that William
Walsh. the proprietor of the west cafe,
had skipped by the light of the moon.
Just why Mr.. Walsh left so myster-
iously is a conundrum TO many in the
city. as from an examination of his
books and business il was found that
ne had sufficient 10 meet all obligations
il he had stayed and collected all he
ha! coming. Attachments were filed
by :: number OF creditors. and c. B.
Thompson. the largest creditor, was
appointed as overseer OF the safe, and
it is thought none will be loser by this
eScapaie of Mr.. Walsh.
The first fatality OF the recent storm
IS reported from near Jerome post
Office. Ward county, situated about ten
miles northeast from Ryder. 1t seems
that young man whose name is not
reported had been TO Minot with an
OK team. and on his return Friday
with small load of lumber missed
MS home and drove south of the Tan
gadahl place to the big slough where
n his bewilderment he drove round
and round until some time Sunday
morning, when one OK lay down and
died. He then discovered shanty to
the south of the slough where he
built fire and was discovered by
neighbor who found him terribly froz-
en-. Ears, hands and feet were terribly
swollen.
When the Fargo Forum suggested in
its news columns that Gus Leiber
would likely be candidate for public
examiner under the Burke administra-
ton, the democratic Leeds News butted
in with the following: "a man who
has no more respect for the laws of
the state than to be travelling for a
booze house when the sale of it is un-
lawful. is certainly not fit man to
put in charge of such a responsible
Office. What does Gus know about the
banking business, or any other, ex-
cept to sell booze? Under the Cleve-
land administration his duties were to
get after piggers and bootleggers who
were violating the revenue laws. To-
day he is doing business with that
same class of people.
The Fargo Searchlight, the devoted
advocate of the late political reforma-
ton, has this to say of Col. Peake, who
Is being doomed for the speakership
of the house: "Col. Peake, of VAL
ley City, has been talked of as
possible speaker of house, as an in
surgent. Isn't this the Col. Peake who,
when he expected to be sent to the
Philippines at the head of the North
Dakota regiment, refused to allow one
of the private soldiers to sit at the
same table with him at the Hotel
Metropole in Fargo? Peake was per-
mitted to stay at home. He will prob