The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-25
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A new fax mill is to be erected at
Mayville next month.
Sheldon has a new camp of Royal
Neighbors, organized with 20 charter
members.
Fire on the Connolly farm west of
Dissmore destroyed a large barn,
grain. harnes and IS head of horses.
New machinery will be purchased
for the Hatton mill, and the institu-
Ton will be started up again in full
blast.
The Northwood Cleaner. says that
city will have Farmers Institute this
fall.
Fargo will make all jag wagons
pay a license for operating in that
city.
Trail county is the first county to
send in returns of the school census
for this year.
Minot has passed a new building
ordinance calculated to benefit the
class of structures erected in the fu-
ture.
The Dacotah Machinery company's
plant at Devils Lake was damaged by
fire last Monday to the extent of
$4,000.
President Kelly of the farmers road
says he will put in $4,000 towards
building a first class modern hotel in
Devils Lake.
Henry Bakken threshed over 1000
bushels of barley on his farm near
Mayville. This was yield from forty,
acres of land.
The Goose River Framer is respon-
sible for the statement that the Trail
County Press boys were due to meet
in Mayville. Aug. Is.
A Crosby man who with his son, was
cleaning out rubbish from under the
house, shot at a gopher and hit his
son. killing him instantly.
Charles E. Blackorby of Cando has
state bank. He is a graduate of the
State Normal school at Mayville.
In Norman county the farmers are
beginning to pay more attention to
the creamery business. They have
fourteen creameries in that county.
Among the new corporations au-
thorized to do business in North Da-
kota is the ]. H. L. Clothing company
of Devils Lake, with capital of $10,-
600.
The contract has been let to build
a 35,O00-bushel elevator at Niles for
the Hilmen Mercantile company of this
city. The building is to be complete
by Sept. 1.
Subscriptions for the rebuilding of
the jamestown M. E. church already
on hand, show that the enterprise will
be success, and work is expected to
begin next spring.
Commissioner E. F. Ladd is going
to make the rounds of the drug and
hardware stores to look over their
stock of drugs and paints to see that
all are pure and properly labeled and
comply with the law.
Some neak thief entered the sleeping
apartments of Olof Swenson at
Church's Ferry about $3.50 Thursday,
and stole money pouch containing
some forty dollars in silver from the
dresser drawer,
Former Chief of Police D. H. KIM
ball, who since the election of Mayor
Greenleaf, has been an assistant on
the force has severed his connection
with the force, the resignation taking
effect Immediately.
The Tri-state Telephone company
has its poles all set for the local ex-
change In Mimic and the exchange
will be inaugaurated as soon as the
cables, wires and other material reach
es here.
Unless the Abercrombie Herald, pub
lished by EditoI Bowen, can secure
from the patrons of that sheet cash
advertising to the amount of SO per
week he will discontinue its publica-
ton.
A little girl at Thorne was operat-
ed upon for an unusal disease known
in the medical science as macroglessia.
Her tongue was SO large that she was
unable to close her mouth. In the
operation large part of the member
was cut out.
r. D. Hawkins, of Minot, formerly
general master mechanic of the cen
trail division Of the Great Northern
railroad has been promoted to me-
chancial engineer of the road with
headquarters at st. Paul.
Valley City is to organize COM.
mercial club. The idea is to combine
with the commercial feaure the fur
Their one of a social club and to pro-
vide club rooms which shall be open
to members at all times.
Tuesday evening Joseph A. Moser, a
tailor employed in the Burtscher
tailoring establishment at Devils Lake,
met a horrible death at the depot by
being run over and terribly crushed
by No. 2, the east bound flyer in that
city.
MyrOn King, the Bonanza farmer at
Starkweather, has just completed a
$4,000 residence on his splendid farm
located a mile or SO from the townsite.
On August 9th he will open the new
home to his friends, that date being the
25th anniversary of his wedding.
AS Chas. Shelly of Leeds was driving
home with load of feed hi had
ground at a neighbours mill, his little