Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-15
DRII|;SC0L|L NOTES

Rs Your correspondent was too busy
last week hunting a dry spot to write
his weekly stunt. but the skies have
cleared and he has resumed
# We have had no delivery of mail |
from the west for several days and
nearly every one is inconvenienced to
a considerable extent.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. e. Gibson of |
Triumph, Mimi, and little daughter,
Gertrude. are the guests OF Mr.. and
i Mrs. Keenan,. Mrs, Gibson and Mrs.
keenan, are sisters. Mr. Gibson is
editor of the Triumph Progress. He
thinks Of soon becoming resident Of
Z this section. t. IT, 2@@S13 NJ
Landseekers have been swarming In
here the past week. They are buy
ing, too. s%i
Contractor Reavely has quite crew.
of men at work on Keenan's y new.
building and the work is being pushed
rapidly.
IS, A week. ago yesterday G. ]. Keenan,
4 vacated the building recently sold to
Matthews Bros. For the present his
family is located at the rear Of his
new store building and the postofslcs
4 is in his small building just north Of
the new store. . -. ~. y
III The town board met in regular SEES
sion yesterday. There were threa
bids for blowing fire breaks. That Of
John Johnson for blowing the south
] break was accepted and the others re-
jected as being too high. The clerk
was authorized to post a notice in
postofice, calling for new bids for the
west and north sides respectively.
Bids to be in by June 25th. - -. i ~. = :.
The question Of cemetery. was
brought up but no definite action TAX
en- for lack of data to work with the
matter will be gone into, however, as
"a cemetery is public necessity and
s,3 a step in time win avoid complications
later, FL - .S-s@
IS. o. B. Olson is new painter, decor
ator, ETC., in Driscoll. He has claim
about twelve miles north. y
o.. A. Krogan and family Of Wilton,
are now settled here. Mr.. Krogan
will look after. the erection of the
bank building.
The ladies of the town and vicinity
met with Mrs.J. III. Wilcox last Sat.
4 urday afternoon and organized a
ladies aid The organization promises
to be strong one and we are gla1 to
know It's another move in the right
4 direction ID q. s., .5=
The new time table which went into
effect within; the past few days will give
Driscon an improved service. b
All small grains are looking fine and
the hay crop promises to be bumper.
Children's Day was duly celebrated
3 here last Sunday morning. The pro-
gram was an excellent one and the
house was packed to hear it. The
day was an ideal one. 55@s
IA Alexander of the Deieeesl
Land Co., is in q st. Paul hospital
with smallpox, having come down
with it a week ago. His case is not
q serious one and he probably will
not be confined long.
s. "a. Lonbahen, wife and little SON,
came here from Iowa last week and
are keeping house. 4: II * i
On Friday OF this week our sister
# town Brittfn viii have a gala day.
There will be various amusements.
Our ball team viii cross bats with the
3 Brittin team. =..5. z. tZ
The annual school election here was
oppressively quiet there being scarce
" q quorum present, s.sz
5 g. q. Gillett has been ailing for !
number Of years and had been told by
81 different doctors that his trouble wal
appendicitis and that an operation
q would sooner or later be inevitable