Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1906-02-01
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young lady named Jay.
Fargo.-A man named Hawks, ct
esr 'for the celery industry.
sBisbee.-A number ,of people have
purchased residence lots at Fish Lake.
.Minot.-Olaf sOlson claims to be the
arst white man TO locate here-twen-
eyithree years ago.
Minot.-Minot Is to be made a CEN
LitchVille.-There will be, more tree
planting In this county.
Walcott.-One Of the most success
Rul farmers institutes of the season
vas that at this place.
Schafer-The Record Is a new paper
started in Mckenzie county by ,Harry
~. Franklyn. -.
La Moufe.-Hon. L. Ueland has At
ways ;heen warm supporter of durum
wheat, and reports one eighty acre
aeld this year averaged forty sever
bushels per acre.
Rugby.-There was disappointment
over the cancellation Of a theatrical
engagement.
Dickinson.-There is a protest be-
cause the public examiners did not find
out the condition of the county court
present one. --. 80
iFarEo.-The only railroad in the
world owned and operated by farmers
Is in North Dakota.
Forman.-Sargent county people will
eote at the fall election on, 4 $4,000
Issue atf bonds for court house pur-
poses.
Berthold.-The school board has pur-
chased 30o-pound bell which will be
hung in the belfry of the new school
house. 1t will ring fifteen minutes be-
tore sthe school opens. thus giving the
pupils ample opportunity to get there
In time.
Fargo.-What the authorities believe
will develop into a large-siZed cons
sspiracy to rustic cattle has resulted in
the arrest Of Moses La Rue. who lives
near Yule, forty miles south Of Senti-
Nel Butte.
Towner.-Egeland will soon be on
the map as one of the liveliest towns
"a he county and amongst it's other
.1~r business enterprises will
Rt@ o-date newspaper.
; IS result of injuries stls-
aa-5a py- falling down stairs in the
home of his son, L. E. Strate died
without having regained consciousness
utter tthe fall. Fracture of the base
Uf the skull was the physicians report
nf 'the direct cause Of death.
Grand Forks.-According to the re-
port Of DR.. II. G. Woutat, city super.
intendent Of health, there were 211
births during the year 1905 in the city.
and 81 deaths. Fifty-four of the
deaths were from contagious diseases,
Is from scarlet fever, "26 from diph-
theria and two from smallpox.
Oberon.-John Milne was found dead
son the track near Flora, a small sta
'tion en- ttl1e branch. "A coroners jury
swas held and the verdict is said to
have been that deceased had been
:thrown violently from a wagon by a
:runaway team, and was found on the
track where the team haG crossed.
His head was bruised, but the suppo-
sition is that after the fall, which was
not enough to kill him, the man was
srlofhered in the snow.
Esismarck.-Henry Martin, a young
xc2n Of Dymond, was killed by foul
gas in deep we'll which he was dig
ging. A man named Caspian who
was helping him, made heroic at
tempt to rescue the unfortunate man,
and almost lost his own life thereby.
Grand Forks:-The city couneiL Is to
be asked for a franchise for the use
Of the streets and alleys for the trans
mission of electricity for power and
illuminating purposes. The promoters
own a big water power at Red Lake
Falls, and propose to generate the
electricity there and transmit it to this
city ,on a triple circuit. The distance
TO Red Lake Falls is thirty-fve miles.
Fargo.-The state militia is receiv-
ing the greatest shaking up in It's his
tory The Bismarck company has
tbeen disbanded and is being reorgan-
1zed. The new jamestown company
has been accepted. Mandan, Min6t
and several other towns have bodies
.of young men who would like to get
into the game. Incidentally Col. Creel
Is still acting as adjutant general.
Fargo.-A number Of the state
papers are commenting on the efforts
.of Congressman Marshall to secure the
abolition Of the tax on Industrial alco-
hol, and without exception these -com-
lnents are favorable.
Hannaford.-The farmers elevator
burned. 1T had capacity of 10000
land was about half filled with grain.
The building was insured Tor $4,000,
and the contents for $500. There
will be considerable salvage.
Minot-Loraine Fairfax, Is years6f
zage, the pretty runaway girl who was
arrested at the union station in st.
Louis, has been identified in this city
as Ada Benfeld. When arrested she
told the police she lived at Minot, but
owing to the fact that she gave a
fictitious name, the local authorities
were unable to find her relatives.
Washburn.-By order Of the court,
Sher1ff Grandin has burned the gam
bling paraphernalia captured in raid
last July. The states attorney asked
for an order directing the destruction
sof the property and date was fixed.
Wahpeton.-Several montf1s since
the Wahpeton Commercial club took
up the question of building stock yards
=at :Wahpeton. The company sent a
special agent to Wahpeton to investi
gate the matter, and his report was
:such that the company decided to put
jn the yards as requested.