The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1906-03-09

and Mrs. Kenneth Wade, on the east
side.
The artists in the Pioneer store have
arranged a very "catchy" show win
dow, which readily engages the atten-
tion of passing pedestrians.
Ed. Arvidson tells US that jackrabbits
are very scarce in the hills this winter.
This is probably accounted for by the
fact that there are, apparently, not
many of the little jumpers over that
way.
Quite number of carpenters from
this vicinity contemplate taking their
little hammers and starting soon to do
some knocking at Crosby and other new
towns to be started up west of that
place.
Editor Geo. Wilson, of the Minot Re-
porter, is slated for register of the u.
S. land office in the new district of
Williston,- "a decidedly good appoint
ment and the appointee eminently wor-
thy in every sense.
My horses will stand the closest in
spection, therefore I like to deal es-
pecially with men capable of judging a
horse. Come in and look over the stock
l have to offer before concluding pur-
chases. j. D. Landsborough. If
E. E. Harden informs The Tribune
that a solid freight train of 18 cars left
Darlington, Iowa, on Friday of last
week. all billed for Bowbells and other
points is the famous Bowbells country.
The cars are laden with live stock, farm
implements and hh. goods.
F. F. Henderson, carrier on R. R.
No. 3 from the Bowbells Office, has
sent into the department his resigna-
tion to take effect as soon as a success
sor is appointed. Persons desirous of
putting in an application for the place
are requested to make themselves
known t'the postofhce as soon as pos
sible.
Judge Nehemiah Davis is kept pretty
busy nowadays and to an old friend
like The Tribune it is pleasure and
pride to know that the Judge is giving
unqualified satisfaction in the prompt
and impartial discharge Of the duties
devolving upon him as County Judge
now one of the most important and ex-
acting Offices in the county.
Ed. Kelly, in a conversation with The
Tribune, predicted that Sheriff Lee will
be elected to succeed himself, hands
down." and a whole lot of the knowing
ones have put themselves on record as
advancing the same prediction. 1t will
take little time, however, to tell ex-
actly whether these gentlemen are not
talking through their hats.
We understand that A. T. Dishart
has traded to Zip" Masters and Tom
Moore the property he recently pur-
chased from Thorval Stromset, situated
on First street and directly opposite
the Western Implement Co. warehouse,
for a quarter section of land south of
town and lying along the foot hills, the
same having recently been proved up
on by DR.. Masters as homestead.
Mrs. John Bogus, who accompanied
her brother, John Bartnick. to Roches-
ter, Minn., where the latter entered
the hospital for a course of treatment
for stomach trouble, returned Wednes-
day morning and says that when she
left her brother on the homeward trip,
he was quite cheerful and hopeful, hav-
ing received every assurance from the
physician in charge Of a complete cure
to effect which, however, will take
some time.
During the past month and up to the
present time the large force in the Of
fee of County Treasurer Mitchell has
been kept "as busy as bees" and The
Tribune could not see how it could welt
be otherwise on being informed by Mr..
that nearly the entire taxes
for 1905, as well as very large per-
centage of those delinquent on the 1904
rolls. were paid in during that time.
Mr.. Mitchell also Informed The Tribune
that under no circumstances will he
consent to be a candidate for re-elec-
ton, but on expiration of his term will
retire from politics and thenceforth de-
vote his every spare minute to promo
ting the idea of county division, the
drying need Of which is every day be-
coming more and more apparent to him.
The following story, attributed to
Thomas Edison, finds veriication in an
exactly parallel case which "Bill"
Beck claims came directly under his no
tice back in the natural gas fields in
Hoosierdom where he was "brung up"
"1n the year 1873" says Mr.. Edison,
"a man from Massachusetts went to
California with a chronic liver COM
complaint. He searched all over the
coast for mineral spring to cure the
and finally he found, down in
the San. Joaquin valley, spring, the
waters Of which almost instantly cured
him. He therefore started a sanitarium,
and people all over the world came and
were quickly cured. Last year this
man died, and 50 powerful had been the