The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-01
State Grab Bag

Ben Whitehead feels big since he
began an up to date newspaper at
Williston.
The Ladies' band of WiMiston has
received Its new Instruments and the
organization will soon be the finest
in the state, both in looks and musical
ability.
The press boys are badly overwork-
ing that story of the pig wintering in
the straw rick. Next thing some econ
omizing farmer will try the experiment
wit ha whole herd of hogs.
Editor Richter of Larinore saws tho
kiss of a pretty girl Is a sure cure for
the toothache. and the popular editor
is having a dentist work on his teeth
for the purpose of exposing the nerves.
Ducks this year are said to he dis
eased badly. Hunters of the south
claim that many little white worms
ramtfy through the meat Hunters in
North Dakota will do we'll to examine
the meat carefully before eating.
DonnNbrCok farmers last year sign
ed an agreement to pay SIS for 200
fruit trees. as they supposed to be
set for them on their farms. Reading
the agreepent carefully they found
that the agreement said that the nurs-
cry did not have to set out the trees.
This is another way to fool the un-
suspecting farmer.
Ewald Liebolt. Is years OF age.
while on visit to his uncle at Ban.
try, insisted on occupying room by
himself upstairs. Soon after he re-
tired to the room shot was heard
and upon Investigation it was found
that the boy had blown his brains
out with a shot gun. No cause for
the suicide is known.
Farmers inform the Minot Inde-
pendent that they are Taying their
hands forty dollars month, and some
are guaranteeing eight months work
at that. This is higher than last year,
but hands are scarce and work will
be pletiful. The railroads have taken
on their excursions and free fares to
workingmen have ceased.
The Grelland postoffice in Ward
was closed for couple of weeks
while the postmaster. Jim Taylor, was
boarding with Sheriff Lee and his
wife" was in this city detained as
witness. 1t has been reported that
Taylor is out. having promised to al
low his first companion $25 month
for the support of herself and four
little girls.
L.. A. Larson of Minot returned
from Regina, Can, where he looked
at land. He has no use for that part
of Canada, which he says does not
begin to compare with our North Da-
kota soil. He says that there's all
kinds of snow up there. Everyone
on the train seemed to be cursing
the land, the government and the
train itself.
Alfred Blaisdell. secretary of state,
is overhauling and re-indexing the
Office at Bismarck which is thing
greatly appreciated by attorneys and
others who have business with the
secretary of state. Mr.. Blaisdell is
giving the Office his personal atten-
ton. thing little out of the or
binary with secretaries of state as
rule, and by the way. he is making
an excellent record.
Miss Kittie Gillispie of Kenmare,
met with a most painful accident
while starting a fire in stove. She
was unconscious of live Goals in the
stove and after applying a quantity
OF kerosene to the kindling. lifted the
lid to throw in match. and as she
did SO the fire ignited. The flames
rushed out with ferocity. burning the
young lady severely about the face.
The Hunter Herald is responsible for
the following. The brand is not speci-
fed: "A very funny incident comes
from the farm of Warren Fisk. It
seems that Warren's brother Ed, who
is staying with him at present, has a
span of mules, and one of the animals
was very fond of licking calf, and it
liked young veal so we'll that it picked
the calf up by the neck and started
away with it, with vigorous protests
from the calf, when a few shouts
caused the mule to let go its mOuthful
of fresh veal"
One of those shyster attorneys and
land agents which infest every new
community was exposed at Imperial
recently. He showed tenderfoot an
excellent quarter section of land, which
he sold to the customer, but when he
came to make out the papers gave the
man an entirely different piece of land.
The tenderfoot. however, proved to
have more sand than most of them.
He went after Mr.. Attorney, and the
shyster is now in Jail for the lack of
$4,000 bonds until the district court
passes on his case.
J. G. Halsey, a Maxbass farmer. is
raising Salzer's Marble wheat and is
getting even larger yields than he
does from durum. He secured 80
bushels to the acre last season and
this year is preparing to put in
200 acres of the wheat. He bought
several bushels from Salzer a few
years ago, and his boys, not knowing
the value of their daddy's seed, fed
most of 1t to the hogs before Mr..
Halsey missed it. He managed to
save peck and with this he secured
thirteen bushels the first year. Mr..
Halsey has no trouble in selling the
wheat to his neighbors for seed at
one doolar per bushel.
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Associated Press to The Evening Times,
Denver, Colo, May 1.-The ma
tional society, Sons of the American
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