The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-27
State Grab Bag

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During thirty DAY period there
were 40 births and 144 deaths in the
state.
A Cando woman l1tndled the fire
with kerosene and the doctor picked
the ashes out Of her eyes.
The I.aMoure Chronicle sarcastic
ally refers to the tenth legislative
session as the Tenth Spasm."
P. H. Short, formerly in the news
paper business at Devils Lake. is now
directing the destinies of the Ross Pro-
mOter.
Napoleon business people have post
ed notices in their places Of business
requesting chronic loafers to seek 9TH
er fields
A fellow in McHenry county got
married in less than twenty days after
his first wife had died. His name is
John Dobovoy.
There were 5000 entries in the Dick
inson land Office for the year ending
March /, an increase Of 3,209 over the
preceding year.
B. F. Fifer has taken a three year
lease on the North Star hotel at Crary
and will attempt to keep the hungry
fed and the tired in bed.
Flaxton got out Of sugar a few days
ago and the calls of the young men of
that community upon their best girls
were correspondingly increased.
Isaac Leland OF Abercrombie got
mixed up with shaft in an elevator
and a companion saved him from death
by throwing of the power belt.
The Dickinson Press is now twenty
five years old. and is just as sweet and
comely as though 1t were sixteen. Be-
ing an old maid hurts it not one whit.
A Ward county paper had the fol-
lowing startling information recent
ly: Charley Jones had his entire in
terror burnt out last night; loss about
$4,000"
At Starkweather Editor Resler of
the Times has been nominated for
city clerk, and Editor Lewis of the
News has been nominated for assess
or. And thus is harmony preserved.
The Lawton Leader roasted the G.
N. agent at Lakota who is also SUI
perintendent of the Lawton branch
line, because he had reported q wreck
on that line which failed to material
ize.
The Cando Democrat accuses Alder
man johnson, who is assisting the
Herald, of throwing bouquets at him
self through the columns OF that pa
per, and handing the other aldermen
out cabbages.
The postohices at Berthold, Glen
burn and Flaxton have been increased
to the third class and the old postmas-
tiers reappointed. They are r. Gill
bertsen, Glenburn; ]. s. Gee, Flaxton,
Mrs. Geo. Murray of Cando is ex-
hibiting to her callers quite curl
osity in the way of hens egg. The
egg appeared to be just a common
everyday egg, but upon opening it
she found smaller egg Of perfect
shape encased within the first one.
The LaMoure fire department had
a chance to distinguish itself the
other night in extinguishing a blaze
in box car, and to show its appre-
citation of the heroic work done. the
company now leaves a car half way
across the street every time it gets
chance.
The Lakota American last week
contained less than eight columns Of
reading matter on its eight pages, the
remainder of the >space being filled
with advertisements. If the people
of Lakota do not stop this crowding
of brains with business, Beveridge
will have to enlarge his paper.
Editor Smith of Plaza. having been
called down for his poor spelling,
makes the following liberal offer: I'm
order to increase our circulation we
have decided to give the Pioneer one
year to everybody who finds a single
misspelled word in our paper, upon
payment of one dollar, the usual
price"
A bachelor at Riga is absent-mind-
ed. He attempted to cook eggs for
breakfast, so boiled some water and
thought he put the eggs in it. After
waiting about four minutes he thought
he would lock at his watch and was
astonished to learn that he had placed
the watch in the water and the eggs
were in his hand.
The Devils Lake Journal says: E.
r. Birnell. who sold his farm in Pleas
ant township a few months ago and,
went to Texas, suffering from we'll
developed case of Texas land fever,
has been heard from, and it appears
that he has safely passed the critical
stage. Anyway he has written to the
man he sold his land to asking him
how much of a bonus he wants, to
let him have his land back again. He
says he has had all of Texas he wants,
and II he can get back to North Da-
kota he will never leave the state
again. He has been advised that he
can get his land back for an advance
of So per acre, which is just half
what it would cost any one else.
Ashes sprinkled on the sidewalk at
this season Of the YEAR 1OOk hottor tn