Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-18
NORTH DAKOTA NOTES

Devils Lake with its 5000 people
wants an up to date opera house.
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Work is being hustled on the con-
struction of the electric light plant
at Lakota.
Two young men at Lakota have
gone to Minneapolis to enlist in the
U. S. navy.
The weekly papers of the state new
er had a bigger run of holiday adver-
tising than this year.
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Editor Thurston, formerly of the
Hazelton Republican, has position
with the Jamestown Alert.
Editor Wellington Irysh of the Mott
Pioneer Press has been selected as
leader of the band in his town.
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There is an absence of the railroads
holiday excursion rate ads. in the pa
pers of the state this year.
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The Lidgerwood Broadaxe thinks
the fight in the Legislature between
Grand Forks and Fargo will be inn,
teresting.
The newspaper fraternity is extend
ing congratulations to Editor Fair
child of the Drayton Echo who has
just welded Miss Lottie Goff.
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The Devils Lake InterlOcean claims
to have all of the other papers of
Ramsey county backed off the boards
in the amount of advertising carried.
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The commercial club at Minot is
whooping up things for Minot and
there are hopes of making it by far
the largest city in the state within a
few years.
Wales in Cavalier county, is held to
the courts on the charge of commit
ting incest upon his fourteen-year-old
daughter. sS@s@l
| There is considerable comment in
the papers of the state because Of the
scoring Judge Kneeshaw handed the
| jury in the Burleigh county court while
he presided for Judge Winchester re-
Gently. s5
Telegraph wires weighted with ice
4 swept a conductor from the top Of
| the ears near Aneta and he was TWO
weeks recovering from the bruises he
received.
Even the Democrats may have trou-
| BILE agreeing upon what appointments
Governor Burke will have to hand
out when he takes the executive Office
for the second term.
Ken Wylie, formerly deputy state
auditor, has sold his interests at Ken.
/ mare and will soon go to California
1 for the winter, and perhaps will re.
main there permanently
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The hotel inspector has investigated
the hotels of this state rather thor.
oughly during the past two years and
there are but very few cases where he
has found anything out of the way.
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The people of Aneta expect NJ. N
johnson will do something for Mel
son county when he goes to Washing
ton as senator--and the Panorama sug
gests tina t a government building
would be satisfactory.
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4 The wife of Editor Nelson of the
ToWner County Democrat, was de-
Il feated for superintendent Of schools
4 but il Nelson lands Frank Wilson'S
4 JOB as oil inspector his wife's defeat
| will be forgotten.
i At Leeds the chief of police takes
charge OF all the teams and horses
j left hitched along the streets uDblank
i eted and many Of the papers think i,
would be a good practice for every
town to follow.
Il house at Fessenden but it required the
services of the sheriff to bring the
il groom to time. The fellow had got
the girl in trouble and was leaving
the state to join the army when the
i sheriff nabbed him, 4; sss
q 5$ f58sEs -4-e-%
Fraud is alleged in bankruptc.
l case at DOnnybrook A nerchan
! there had been discharged from bank
, ruptcy and since then it has been dis
covered that he had concealed full!
enough property to have satisfied hi
creditors. He will now be required t,
answer to the federal court.
j Attorney John Fahey has been ap
! pointed city assessor of Minot b.
Mayor Clark. The mayor making th
appointment at this late date wa
Il questioned but he made 1t stick be
= cause the former had overlooked th
1 appointment and holdover term TO
: the other assessor didn't go with th
present mayor.
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