The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-29
STATE GRAB BAG

A state bank has been organized 1t
Blaisdell
Douglas is getting lot of realty
dealers
The state bank at Douglas opened
for business.
Max is rejoicing over the new FIX
lures for the postofice.
Many of the new towns are doing
a big business this year.
The Neville Journal will erect 4
commodious Office building.
An effort is being made to drain
some land near Cogswell.
Bowling alleys are being opened
over the state for the winter.
The niger who shot up Grano
go down to Atlanta and try his hand.
Flaxton hsa become a more import-
ant town with the 500 branch west
from that point
The Westhope Standard claims to
have the best list of paid up subscri-
bers in the state.
The blindpiggers in some sections
of the state have been having strenu
GUS time recently.
This is the third year hoy vio-
hnist" has been doing the smaller
towns in this state.
Charles Allen of Lokota has gone to
Arizona hoping to be benefited in
health by the change.
"Blackie" and Charlie Ross and
some OF the other mysterious people
seem to be still missing.
There seems to be more fear of
car shortage on the 500 than on the
other roads of the state.
The Bottineau A. o. U. w. is consi-
dering the building of "Woodman
Home" at Lake Metigoshe.
Wherever the farmers elevators are
operated the old line houses are COM
PEELED to pay higher prices for grain.
The people of the western part of
the state protest because there is no
reduction in the freight rates on
grain.
Fred l.. Harris, formerly editor of
the Underwood Miner, is now said to
be conducting realty Office at Win
nipeg.
The McHenry Tribune is running
both the democratic and republican
tickets. being paid so much per for the
former.
The Kenmare News ridicules the
story of the Minot papers about G. P.
Kerchner being injured and laying on
the prairie several hours.
Knut Skatteboe who has been opera
ting threshing rig near Berwick,
skipped out with good wai and left
his creditors $500 in the lurch.
The N. P. survey on the west side
OF the Missouri taps the irrigated belt
in Mckenzie county and also some of
the finest coal beds in the state.
Tho robbery OF the Underwood
banks is said to have resulted in sew
eral financial institutions in the small
er towns hiring private watchmen.
William Gordon is the champion
corn raiser OF Mcintosh county with
ninety-day kind that averaged
seventy-five bushels per acre this year.
Some hunters appear to have ne
elected the formality of securing a
permit-and occasional arrests have
been made over the state by deputy
game Wardens.
VIM. Oder has made successful
test of irrigation near Schafer and
has done the work at comparatively
little expense. His crops gave great
yields this year.
Up at Buford a farmer had a new
team that pulled on the reins" so
hard he couldn't haul any hay with
them. He attached stone boat, load
ed with niger heads to the rear Of
the hay wagon and the frisky team
finally tanned down.
At times the streets of McHenry are
SO blocked up with farmers hauling
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traffic is delayed and the drays in
order to deliver goods from the depot
to the merchants, are compelled to
take the back streets and alleys.
The McHenry Tribune wants the
fire engine brought in from the prairie
where it has been housed under the
spreading canopy of Gods green
heaven on the broad expanse of
prairie west of the city. for the past
three weeks, keeping faithful guard
over the gophers. and placed where It
might enjoy the company of the new
fire bell that lies peacefully resting
in the tall weeds and grass.
After you have been given thor
ough try-out, you have better stand