The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-03

The Farmers railroad has had q suo
cessful year.
Attorney and Mrs. voss of Mandan
are planning trip to Europe.
Efforts are being made at Larimore
to discover the shooter of valuable
trick dog.
Judge Knauf's brother is the cap
tain of the new militia company at
Williston.
Anonymous letter writer's are get
ting in their work at Dickinson in
great shape.
Williston wants an uptown office
for both the express and the tele.
graph companies.
A man named Conley was arrested
at Anamoose on the charge of steal.
ing $50 from his roommate.
There were not many freights over
the Jimtown Northern branch Of the
Northern Pacific last week.
Trappers are busy at several points
in the state this winter, and some Of
them are reported successful.
The business men in a number OF
the new towns in the state are deter
mined to GUST the blind piggers.
Some of the telephone exchanges in
the smaller towns close down holidays
SO the hello" girls can enjoy the 60
casion.
Bismarck people are much better
pleased with the present soldiers at
the post there than with those recent
ly sent away.
A Sykeston business man left for a
liquor cure Observation-Disclosures
to eradicate the thirst which was prov
ing his undoing.
Officials in many towns are serving,
notice that arrests will be made Of
persons who leave horses hitched for
long hours in the cold.
Country roads are said to be worse
than for years. The track was
badly cut up before the freeze-up and
the snow is in lunches.
The Northwestern Telephone Co.
was refused franchise at Page, as
the people there did not want the
bother of double system.
The lack of fuel to heat halls in
some of the towns in the northwest.
trn part of the state put some of the
travelling show companies to the bad.
Morton county people, in a mass
convention, have decided to petition
the legislature to give the people OF
the state chance to vote on local op
ton.
Ryder considers itself fortunate in
being located SO near the coal mines.
Wilton is another town that hasn't
much of a howl about the coal short.
age.
There seems to be about as much
difficulty in locating the Dunkards' col.
lege as there was the Lutheran hospt.
tain the northwestern part of the
state
Ike Uphol, who lives in Mckenzie
county, was badly injured by rum
away team. He had his skull fractur-
ed, his right arm broken and was in.
jured internally.
Because of the heavy snowfall cattle
and horses can find no grazing and it
will take an immense amount of hay
this winter. The snow came several
weeks earlier than usual.
Judge Cowan soaked two Cando
men 500 each for applauding the ver-
dict of jury, and some of the people
up there think he was too drastic in
imposing such large fine.
A team belonging to peddler wa.
struck by Great Northern train
near Tagus. The horses were killed
but the peddler escaped. He was driv.
ing on the track to avoid snowdrifts.
County Auditor Kiebert of Oliver
county has resigned and moved West
to become cashier of a bank to DO
started near Portland, Or, by Messrs.
Gle and Tuttle, formerly of Mandan.
Fritz Platzkov, who was kicked in
the stomach a couple of weeks ago by
a horse, died Sunday night at the home
of William Sbach, north of Langdon.
He was watering the horses at the
time he received the kick, but thought
1t nothing serious. He was operated
on but it was too late and his life
could not be saved.