The Dickinson press., 1909-07-24
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{ Interesting News from Thirty-hve Slope
Towns as Cleaned from Exchanges
Newsy Items Briefly Told for Busy Readers.

$Towns as Cleaned from Exchanges
Items Brief fly Told for Busy Readers. )
The assessed valuation of real and
personal property in Mandan is 1918, 718.
90.
The contract for the -four mill at
Connolly has been let to George Brown
and Thomas Connolly.
Nicholas Weinacht. a farmer neal
Beach will open a general store in
that city.
Henry Will has leased the Wood meat
market at Marmarth. He will continue
to be deputy sheriff.
Work has been commenced on Rich
ardton's new 80, 900 bushel elevator and
it will be completed in six weeks.
The Hughes Electric Light Co. of
Glendive has a force of men laying
pipes for the central heating system.
Up to last week eight carloads of wool,
or about 225. 900 pounds, representing
approximately $50. 600. had been
shipped from Hettineer.
The farmers south of Rhame are dis
cusing the possibilities of a farmers
telephone line and will meet at Medicine
Butte hall July 81.
The Chase Lumber Co. is building a
20. 900 bushel elevator at Forsyth. the
first to be erected on the line of the N.
P. between Billings and North Dakota.
Joe Werner, the Billings: county man
who was taken to the insane asylum
last week, died a few days later.
The cost of operating the public
schools of 'Mandan last year was $751;
TOT. 80 and $40. 1864. SO was paid gu in
salaries.
The second section of No. 3 was held
at Medora one day last week because
of a fire in the refrigerator. The con-
tents were ruined by water and smoke.
- Chas. Lee of Medora. charged with
stealing a horse. was bound over to
district court under bonds of $3.50
which he could not furnish.
Harry Johnston of Medora narrowly
escaped lock jaw. He had a wound on
his face from a rusty nail and when he
began to show serious symptoms was
taken to Dickinson. where several in
jections of anti toxin probably saved
his life.
Among the new buildings being
erected at Hebron are the Hebron State
bank building. blocks for Bishop &
Wiebke, hardware dealers and the
Elmer harness store and a handsome
home for Senator Leutz.
Archie Roberts, a workman on the
north branch of the N. P. fell off the
front end of a coal wagon he was driv-
ing. the wheel passing over his neck
and causing instant death.
The charge of assault made against
Roadmaster Burns of the Milwaukee at
Marmarth by the daughter of a section
foreman. has been dismissed but the
states attorney is making further in
yestigation and may take it up again.
Sheep shearing at the Stoddard g.
Martin plant at Sentinel Butte was
finished July IA after a very successful
run with Chas. Kramer as foreman.
John Brown made the record run,
shearing 100 in one dav.
Several farmers in Bowman county
have had horses die from bots eating
through the lining of the stomach. |
J. T. Nelson of Glen Ullin was elected
president of the State Retail Merchants
association.
The twenty-ffth anniversary of the
Sacred Heart church at Glen Ullin was
observed July IA. Abbott Vincent
preached the sermon. Out of town
priests were Rev. Father Schmitt of Neir
Grove, Mimi, Adolph Dingman of Thief
River Falls and Anslem Otman and
Severn of St. Johns Abbey. MINI.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the Farmers Elevator Co. of Beach
was held last week. The year has been
successful, with a profit Of about So. 600.
The proposition Of increasing the CAPT.
tai stock to SIS, 900 raj discussed. An
adjourned meeting will be held August
6.