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Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-28
NORTH DAKOTA NOTES

Rugby has organized ! fair asso-
cation.
The Rugby optimist is about to in
stall a typesetting machine.
Holiday shoppers are about to in
augarate busy campaign.
Editor Voight formerly of the
Leeds News has located with his
family in Portland, Oregon.
Sheridan will be the name of the
new county just carved out Of Nc
Lean at the recent election.
The western part of the state has
not much to worry over as far as
the fuel question is concerned.
Areal estate dealer at Towner dis
losed of seventeen quarter sections
of land to eastern parties last week.
A lady guest at a hotel in Towner
fell through trap door in the
house and sustained a broken leg.
%-e->-
Noonan is to have a nice hall,
and next week everything will be
ready for the people to enjoy.
There are three candidates aspir-
ing to be appointed postmaster at
Ellendale and a red hot scrap is in
progress.
The new armory at Lisbon is about
completed and waiting to be inspect
ed by state board Of military Of
ficials. s.s
Most of the big retail emporiums
over the state will be on the lookout
for shoplifters during the holiday
season.
The riprapping of the banks of
the Missouri river at Williston is
furnishing lot Of work for lab
orers.
The Elks of Jamestown will go to
Dickinson in a special train when the
new lodge is instituted at Senator
Simpsons town. +
Judge Corliss of Grand Forks de-
tics the statement that he is a can
didate for one Of the new places on
the supreme bench. !
Many Of the holdoyer state sena-
tors have publicly announced that
they will vote for M. NJ johnson
for United States senator. !, &.
Z
Edgeley evidently proposes s to
make the towns in the northern
part of the state turn green with
envy on the gas well proposition.
There is q complaint among the
farmers at Maxbass because the
crossing nearest the farmers eleva-
tor is often blocked with boxcars.
Some towns in the. state have.
been infested with blind pigs where
druggists have been turned down
in their effort to secure permit.
Many of the weekly papers of the
state regret that they did not re-
ceiye Governor Burke's Thanksgiy-
ing proclamation in time for publi-5
cation.
DR.. Thor Moe1ler of Minot has
Deen pound over TO the district court
on the charge of performing 'crim-s
inal operation which caused the
death of Gina Lien at hotel in
that city early last month.
The West Missouri Publishers As
sociation has arranged an important
meeting of that organization which
will be held at New Salem Dec. 5.
Some interesting papers will be read
by the different publishers and the;
commercial club will give dance
in the evening.
There has been quite a. change in.
newspaper circles at Dogden. Miss.
Foster editor of the News, has mar
ried the postmaster of that town..
and Miss Johnson editor of the OBJ
server has married j. A. Johnson
Just recently elected to the legisla-s#
ture.
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That Reminded Him.

1T is said that plants have memo
ries. "a
y have heard that some professor
has put forth such theory. In this
respect plants are unlike people who
borrow books. =" Houston Post.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-28

3 SHELTON, secretary.
Knights Of Pytkias.
ST. ELMO LODGE, NO 4. MEETS
each Wednesday evening in X. P.
hall. Melyen e.. Hagen, C.:
w. 3. Parsons, X. r. & s.
Pythian Sisters.
LINCOLN TEMPLE, NO 9. MEETS
second and fourth Thursdays each
month at K. P. hall. Elizabeth
Belk, M. sE. G.; Mrs. Nellie Eyarts,
M of r. & C.
Brotherhood Of American Yeonen.
"A FRATERNAL LIFE AND ACCI-
dent insurance organizatio tioa. Meets
the last Tuesday in each month In
the Maennerchor hall. Henry But
Ter, Foreman; G. A. Hess, M. a.:
Z. a.. Belk, Correspondent.
"A. o. ~. w.
LODGE NO 100. MEETS
the first and third Fridays at Maen-
nerchor hall, at s o'clock. M 4.
Mckenzie, M. w; Bradley G.
Marks. recorder.
G. "A. r.
JAMES B. MCPHERSON POST NO
2, Department OF North Dakota. +
Grand Army OF the Republic. Meets
last Thursday In each month at
G. A. r. hall. Joseph Wood. post
commander: AZ D. Cordner, adju-
. tant.
,:4 M. w. "A.
BISMARCK CAMP NO 1864, M. w.
A. Meets the second Tuesday in {
each month. e. r.. Mockler, V. a.:
A. sW. Cook, clerk. e
|. o. o. f. 33g
CAPITAL CITY LODGE NO. d.
Meets every Thursday evening at
Odd Fellows hall. Fred Roberts. q
N. e.; James Savage, ". G.; A. %.
Boyce, secretary; p. a Dawson,
treasurer. s :. ss,Fs
t1sS Rebekahs. Vi
LODGE NO. 40. MEETS
4 the first and third Saturdays In
each month in Odd Fellows hall.
+ Elsie Mcdonald, N. g.; Mrs. Nellie
Evarts, secretary.
Maccabees.
K. o. T.. M.-MEETS EVERY FIRST D
and third Thursdays OF each month
Z at o'clock p. M, at i. o.. O. r. hall.
Visiting members cordially invited.
y. 9. Ramp, Commander: Frick
n Erickson, Record Keeper.
Cantor
COURT BISMARCK, NO 887. MEETS
s5 every fourth Thursday In each
month at Odd Fellows hall. John
Yegan, G. r.; VIM. Moore, II. s.:
I.fW 5N' Healy, +. s.
MI. 3. Al.
M. 3. "A. MEETS FIRST AND THIRD
Wednesdays of each month at Maen.
nercfior hall. Thos. Anderson
president; A. F. Marquet, secetary. &.
Commercial Club. ,.5
COMMERCIAL CLUB OF BISMARCK.
regular meeting of club member
" snip the nrst Tuesday in each
month; regular meeting OF board Of q
direeterg the first Friday Of each
month, at Commercial club rooms. #
ihird street. r. u. Conklin, prest.
dent; =. p. Young, secretary.
Labor Unions.
UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CAR
penters and Joiners, No. 1118 Meats
every Tuesday evening 1T Kuntz,s
nall. All brothers cordially invited n
to meet with us. VIM, Gorsueh
president; Fred Westermann, re-
cording secretary.
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. Nf, 14f,
Meets first Monday In each month
AZ 3 o'clock p. M Chester Jones.
president; Geo. Humphreys, sec-S
retary. Is Il ,s4s.
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Canton

COURT BISMARCK, NO 887. MEETS
!s every fourth Thursday In each
month at Odd Fellows hall. John
Yegan. g. r.; VIM. Moore, r. s.:
!. w. 'Healy, H.. s..
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III. q. a.

N: 3. A. MEETS FIRST AND THIRD
Wednesdays Of each month at Maen.
nerchor hall. Thos. Anderson.
president; A. F. Marquet, secetary.
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GrudgIna Approval.

do you enjoy classical music?o
Il don't exactly enjoy It, answered
Mr.. Cumrox, "but II helps to xiii on d
great deal Of mighty uninteresting con-
yersation.n Washington Star.
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Contrary sex.

Tom--Td give anything IL / could
only convince Miss Peachly that / love
her.
Jack-And why can't you convince
her?
Tom Because she knows do Pitaa-
burg Post (.
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: SECRET SOCIETIES. "
MASONIC.

Masonic. 4
BISMARCK LODGE, NO. s, IA. II. &
A. M. Meets first and third Mon
days in each month at Masonic
hall. III. R. Berndt, w. MIG. F.
Dullam, secretary. III, s
TANCRED COMMANDERY, NO 1. X
It. Meets third Thursday in each
month at Masonic hall. 70. F.
Jones, q. G.; NJ. j. Mckenzie, re-
;corder.
o. E. S.
CHAPTER, NO. II.
meets first and third Fridays in
each month at Masonic hall. Mrs
Agnes T. Cochrane, w. M; Hattie
Shelton, secretary.
Knights Of Pythias.
ST. ELMO LODGE, NO 4. MEETS
each Wednesday evening In. X. P.
hall. Melyen G. Hagen, C.. c.:
w. p. Parsons, K. r. e IS.
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4. o. o. 81.

CAPITAL CITY LODGE NO. q.
Meets every Thursday evening at
Odd Fellows hall Fred Roberts,
N. G.; James Savage, ". O. q.
Boyce, secretary; E. A. Dawson.
treasurer. s ls s .,E
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A. O. u. w.
BISMARCK LODGE NO 100. MEETS
the first and third Fridays at Maen-
nerchor hall, at 8 o'clock. M. j.
Mckenzie, NJ w; Bradley G.
Marks, record der.
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Pythian sisters.

Pythian Sisters.
LINCOLN TEMPLE, NO 9. MEETS
second and fourth Thursdays each
month at Il. p. hall. Elizabeth
Belk, M. 3. c.; Mrs. Nellie Evarts.
M. of r. e C.
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Rebekahs.

NICHOLSON LODGE NO. 40. MEETS
the first and third Saturdays In
each month in Odd Fellows hall.
7 Elsie Mcdonald, N. G.; Mrs. Nellie
p EVarts, secretary.
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Commercial end.

Commercial Club. 4.
COMMERCIAL . I'M CLUB OF BISMARCK.
regular meeting of club member
snip the first Tuesday in each
month; regular meeting OF board Of
direeterg the first Friday Of each
month, at Commercial club rooms.
inird street. u. Conklin, presi-
dent; F. p. Young, secretary.
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Wisdom Of the liiah,pay.

Goodness, sonny! Are you in pain Il.
Nav. The pains In me -boohoor'
New York World,
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Brotherhood of American Yeomen.
A FRATERNAL LIFE AND ACCI-
dent insurance organization. Meets
the last Tuesday in each month In
the Maennerchor hall Henry But
Ter, Foreman; G. "A. Hess, M. A.:
L. A. Belk, Correspondent.
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M. M. a,

BISMARCK CAMP NO 1I64, M. w.
A Meets the second Tuesday in
each month. e. r. yMockler, v. C.::
A. SW. Cook, clerk r - II
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TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, NO. 14o.
Meets first Monday in each month
az 3 o'clock p. m. Chester Jones.
president; Geo. Humphreys. Sec
N retary. I. ms IS s - b
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Labor Unions !,

-, uUVT9 OFIIUfiS.3 3,44
UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CAR
penters and Joiners, No. 11Is. Meets
every Tuesday evening at Kuntz's
hall All brothers cordially invited
70 meet with us. VIM. Gorsuch.
president; Fred Westermann, re-
cording secretary.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-12-11
Aas nAlssiaa.


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companies by the recent tires 10
the woods, Especially b this
true+oi the Southeast Missouri
Telephone company. Many Of
their poles have been destroyed
and have to be replaced by new
ones which will necessitate an
outlay of considerable cash
Charleston Enterprise.
The cement factory at Cape
G;rardeau isnow an assuredfact.
The contract for the establishz
ment of the works has BEEN let.
Over half a million dollars have
been secured as a capital for the
establishment of the plant. The
output Is guaranteed to be 1900
barrels each twenty four hours.
The contractor requires ten
months to complete the works.
J. W. Mitchell, one of East
Prairie's prominent farmers who
several weeks ago left a sample
ear of corn at theEnterprise office
that was very fine specimen Of
the Kentucky Mammoth, called
again last week and informed US
that this corn made 10 bushels
per acre. Mr.. Mitchell resides
on the Swain place and he plant
ed one bushel of this corn upon
eight acres of land.--Charleston
Enterprise,
The Bloomfield Courier and
the Advance Guard have suspen-
ded publication since the election,
In q small country town that is
not the county seat a newspapers
mans career is not one continued
relm Of pleasure and prosperity.
Although the Courier was a
county seat paper 1t was on the
; wrong side of the political fence
to receive any county patronage
> and gave up the ghost after an
existance Of several years.
After burning the large Mar
shall Harrison Mercantile estab-
lishment-S2S, 900 stock, $4,000
insurance, the $40, 900 three story
Forest hotel, Morehouse Drug
Company, Postoffice, Iron Moun-
tain depot, Morehouse Bank, fur
niture and fixtures, and Central
, Telephone office were destroyed.
There was about $4,000 insar-
ance on the fine hotel building
and a small amount of insurance
on most of the other properties.
All except the hotel managers
have secured temporary quarters
and are doing business same as
ever. Most of the owners of the
buildings destroyed are prepare.
ing to rebuild. The explosion Of
gasoline and kerosene in the
Marshal Harrison Co.'S store rem
dered the efforts of the faithful
: fire Fighters futile in endeavoring
to save the other burning builds
ings. Polk Holcomb, sober,
moral man, who had recently
; been working for Contractor
: Frank Heisler, On the Morehouse
} school building and also sleeping
in the second story Of the store
! at night was burned up in the fire.
: This was the 'saddest event of the
conflagration. Hemsy have met
with foul play or was smothered
by the great volume of onrushing
smoke and flame. However his
charred body was found in the
debris. Services were held at
the Methodist church Tuesday,
} and the remains were brought to
this city Wednesday and buried
! in the city cemetery under the
auspices Of the |. o. O. F. of
which he was q member Skies
ton, Herald.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-12-11

groes took an inoffensive old
eolored man out and whipped
him nearly to death, near Ridg.
ley last spring. AT the time OF
his arrest Hunt was at work on
the Parks farm west Of the city.
I-Qaruthersville Democrat.
Some of our land owners are
somewhat elated over the work
of the forest fires, il it has done
as much good as it has been re-
ported. In-this county, we have
been told, that these fires have
entirely removed all the under
growth and rubbish on uncleared
land that would have cost eight
dollars an acre to clear, but since
the fire destroyed all OF this the
land can be made ready for cul-
tiyaticn for about one dollar per
acre. The old saying, "IIl's the
wind that blows nobody good, "
sure fits in here.-Charleston
: Enterprise. .
The discovery of a letter in the
, jail, written by Mrs. Hinkle after
| she was taken to the penitentiary
, disclosed a plan, whereby she
was to send one of the prisoners
a saw in plug Of tobacco and
by this means deliver all priso-
= ners. The tobacco was to be
sent to G. G. Scott, prisoner
3 charged with an ugly crime from
a Edna. After the letter was
I found the prosecuting attorney
t and deputy sheriff went over and
a searched Scott and found nun.
3 Der of other letters from Mrs.
t Hinkle, containing some inter.
q esting statements.-Scott county
I Democrat.
VIM, Shaw and wife, on Wed,
nesday, left their home north o
town .near.-thas.a Frisco. railroad
and went for a visit with friend
Y and upon their return in the eve
n ming found that spark from &
). passing train had lighted thu
9 dry leaves and then burned
d to the house and destroyed house
9 and contents and also burned thC
8 other buildings, with the crops
n Of the season stored in them
d This is a sad loss to Mr.. Shaw
I, and takes from him the result o
Q his whole summers work. Th,
Q sympathy of the entire commune
ty is with them in their loss.-
:, Parma Victor.
It Monday afternoon Miss Minnie
d Lamb, girl about sixteen years
Q old, living near Tarkio, accident
}, ally shot herself with a 22-cali.
= bre rifle. The accident occurred
0 at the home on Ranch II 1-2, tw,
d miles south Of town. Minnie ant
If her sister were "fooling" with {
e rifle and had snapped the ham
mer several times and of cours,
q "did not know it was loaded
y The girl turned the rifle towarC
q herself and it was discharged
i the bullet entering the abdomen
= Doctors Holiday and McBrib
!. have had the case and think tina
. her chances for recovery are very
- good unless some unlocked TO
symptoms develop.
j, Lydia Lee, a Keytesville girl
!, who held remunerative and i'm
!. portant positions in Jefferson Cit.
!. during several Democratic ad'
ministrations, is. a full-fledge,
lawyer, says the st Louis Times
:, She led a class of 1876 applicant
for license after successfully pas
Using examinations before tn,
u Missouri state board of law ex
n aminers, her average being 81
% Miss Lee comes of good old Ken
e lucky stock, transplanted to Mis-
: souri, before her birth. He
d father was county clerk /,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-12-11

|'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited, and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

'
Taft beat Bryan in Missouri
1,026 votes.
A local option fight in Cooper
County is one of the early proba-
bilities.
Strawberries are on the Kansas
City market but they cost S1.OO
per quart.
Chillicothe is to have an 80room
hotel, which will be one of the
finest in northern Missouri.
One Rushville man recently
SAID of another. "He lacks fif-
teen cents OF being worth d-n."
Senator Stones majority over
Governor Folk was 14,SO2.
Hadley's plurality over CowhEd
was 5,263.
Though Lamar has four drug
stores a would-be suicide was
unable to secure poison there.
And the would-be is, of course,
now very glad of it.
The police of ST Louis made a
wholesale raid on the lid lifting
clpbs Of that city Sunday, raidfng
fifty-nine clubs and making near
ly a thousand arrests:
A Salisbury merchant is so
sure the best of times. are coming
that he sdvises everybody to
come in and buy a fine rocker in
Which to take things "easy."
The worst thing yetheard about
Knobnoster is that in such small
town hough members have been
occurred to form u club known rs
the Zizzy 7iz7y Zee zum zays.
G. H Jackson. a negro black
smiih in Macon County, has writ
ten n book tiled "Thc Negro Not
a Beast" in answer to Charlos
Carroll's "The Negro Beast"
Those who believe there is
something in names may be inter-
ested in the news that j. L.
Bumps OF In Plata recently set
tied a suit for damages against
railrpad.
"The groom's necktie," said
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS describ-
ing a wedding Ger, mony, Gin
sisted on crawling up over his
collar and was only held in place
by The preacher and the best
man."
The Socialists came nea-
enough electing constable in
Montserrat township, Johnson
County, to warrant them in con-
testing the commissioning of the
Republican who apparently was
elected.
Milan citizens loaded their guns
and prepared to defendtheir bank
after a box about like q telephone
battery cell was found on the
road west OF that town. IL was
filed with what looked like gun
cotton. powder and q fuse.
Declaring that DR.. ]. F. Shep-
herd, pastor of the First Presby-
tarisn Church, knocked her down
three times in the busiest street Of
Webb City, Mrs. g. 7. Pool, wife
of a physician, has caused the
minister tohe arrested on city and
/. State warrants, charging assault,
Doctor Shepherd was recently q
witness against Mrs. Pool In q
cese in which che was charged
with assaulting Mrs. Bailey, q
member Of the minister's congre-
cation. Doctor Shepherd asserts
thst at that time, Mrs. Pool
threatened to horsewhip him
publicly at the first opportunity,
and he has been avoiding her
since. When they met he says
she raa after him threstsning and
5ainine blows On him until ht
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-12-11


sound pumpkin and found within
il a number Of pumpkin seeds
that had sprouted and even grown
50 far as to have leaved out.
But the strangest part of the in
cident is that the leaves on these
young pumpkin vines were per-
feetly green. The fact that the
pumpkin was perfectly sound, so
fpod that excellent pies were
made from it, and that no light
could penetrate it, makes the
green leaves the mystery. The
story as told is absolutely true.
Who can explain the green
leavesP-Fayette Leader.
The biggest deal in banking
circles of st Louis and the West
was effected Saturday, when an
agreement was reached whereby
the National Bank of Commerce
of st Louis, takes over thu COM
mercial and bank accounts of the
Commonwealth Trust Company
of st Louis. The transfer will
give the National Bank of Com
merce about 50, 100000 mole of
deposits and make that institu-
ton the largest, in point of de-
posits, outside of New York and
Chicago.
Jake McWilliams says someone
recently stole from his shack a
bottle of old wine and a keg Of
new VINE. He thinks it must
have been a Republican or a
Democratic hog who stole the
wine, for he says a Socialist
would have left a share. This
reasoning may be good, but il
might be that a Socialist took the
wine on the theory that Jake had
had his share and should now d.
vide.-Sarcoxie Record.
Another use the Holt County
bottom lands caR be put to when
drained, is the raising oftobacco.
There are tobacco farms along
the river bottom not a hundred
miles from there where they raise
from one to two hundred dollars
worth of tobacco to the acre. An
eighty-acre farm OF we'll drained
land in the bottom will be equal,
in point of production, to one
three times that large in some
other locality.
Frank Mason of Stanberry
husked 150 bushels Of corn last
Friday. He husked the firstload
| in 1 hour and 55 minutes, the
second in / hour and 30 minutes
the third in hour and 40 min
utes, the fourth in 1 hour and Al
minutes, the fifth in 1 hour ant
80 minutes, the sixth in / houl
and 38 minutes, the six loads h'
hIsked in ten hours.
There has been an epidemic o.
scarlet fever in Boone Terre fol
several months and under th'
present town government it Il
impossible, 80 says the ''Star," tc
quarantine against it and pre-,
vent 1t from spreading. II the
town was incorporated the Sta
says it.could stop the epidemic.
A very interesting meeting o
Groupe Twelve of the Bankers
Association was held at Poplar
Bluff recently. R. B. Jones, ol
DeSoto, was promoted from Sec-
retary to President of the assoc
iation, and Charles johnson, o
Benton, made secretary.
A record wood-hauling fea
was performed recently wheI
John Steavens brought in thre'
and one-quarter cords at on,
4load with a tour-mule team, per,
lhaps the largest load Of Woo
lever brought 70 oyn.--Farming
ton News.
j. P. Stewart. deputy sheriff 0
Lake county, Tennessee, assiste'
Iby sheriff Pierce, last Frida.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-12-11
woaid fzorts.se she Fars..

A farmer on Rural Route 2. Empire.
Ca, w. A. Floyd By name, ssyss
"BuclEien's Arnica 6aiye cured lhe two
worst cores lever saw: ons a ny band
and one on my leg. 4 q worth more
thsn Is weight IN gold. kwonh net BE-
without 3 Il had % mortgage tie fzrnr
o &C. a.. Only 90. a Johnstsn's