The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-20
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Chicken thieves got busy at Kermit.
Rolla is now supplied with a hose
cart.
There is six inches of snow over the
lands about Page.
There is good blanket of snow
over Trail county.
Nurserymen are making a bid for
business over the state.
There have been some hard-fought
land cases in Emmons county.
The recent snowfall will give lot
of moisture for next years crop.
Baseball promotion schemes are be.
ing actively worked over the state.
Minot wants to be in league to
have some good baseball this summer.
The cut in the price of lumber is a
pleasing incident to North Dakotans.
North Dakota has quite a bunch Of
Ignite coal left over for future VIM
ters.
The recent snow storm over the
state was general and has stopped
prairie fires.
There is evident activity in the
transfers of lands and other realty in
McHenry county.
A kid at Devils Lake was run over
by 4 wagon after a fruitless effort to
catch onto it.
Some of the towns along the north
ern border of the state report some
crimpy weather recently.
Wolves are reported very bold
along the Mouse river in McHenry
county and some stockmen are losers.
DR.. Grassick, state health officer,
seems anxious to accomplish some.
thing. If the laws were such that he
could get correct vital statistics. he
might.
President Worst of the A. C. made a
big hit in his address at Grand Forks
before the implement men. His re-
marks about soil robbery struck pop
MAR chord.
The stock of the Union National
bank at Minot is now exclusively own
ed by local business men, to whom
305 shares were transferred from Min
neapolis owners.
Members of the American Society of
Equity have been notified that the Of
fetal paper of the society has been
given right of way in the mails as Sec
matter.
A foot of snow caused happiness
among the agriculturalists about
Churches Ferry-and among the young
folks because of the sleighing parties
it made possible.
A civic league, which means bust
ness, has been organized at Minot for
whose interests it promises to be al.
ways on the alert for the general bet.
terment Of the city.
The fire department at Mohall is
ticllled over the adding of fire en-.
CINE to their equipment, and the town
now has adequate fire protection
civic enterprise which is to be ad.
mired.
To prevent the possible spread Of
smallpox the village authorities of
Sheldon have ordered all dogs to be
kept in confinement for period of
thirty days-canines running at large
will be shot.
4. R. Brownson of Williston, a grad.
uate Of the normal at Valley City, has
offered a prize Of $25 to the literary
society of the school which does the
best work for the remainder Of the
school year.
Merchants of Mohall have adopted
an early closing rule during the
months of February and March to al
low employees opportunity to attend
winter parties and doings in adjacent
A family at Churches Ferry did not
know their home was ablaze until the
partitions of the bedrooms were in
flames and parents and children lust
had time to escape In night clothes.
1t was the home Of A. A. Hilla.
Three young ladies' who have Just
become possessed of farms have
them, respectively, the Sham
rock, the Lonsdale and Rosemarycot.
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