The Dickinson press., 1909-09-11
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Interesting News from %Thirty-Rve Slope
Towns as Cleaned. from Exchanges.
Newsy Items Briefly Told forBusy Readers

browns as Cleaned. from Exchanges
Newsy1 Items Briefly Told forBusy Readers
A new bridge is to be. built over
Knife river near Crowley's ranch.
The wheat crop in Bowman county will
average 20 bushels and the oats so
bushels . sthe gore. {
The new home ;of, the Marmarth Mail
has been completed and new and
modern machinery is being installed.
Mrs. AanaM GervingS a pioneer resi-
dent of Glen Ullin, died last week at
the advanced age Of IS years.
Mrs. August Urban Of Belfield and her
two children were thrown from their
buggy while driving home from town.
by their hoIsesbecoming frightened. The
,baby's arm was fractured and its head
badly bruised, while the mother; and the
other child escaped with asssfews BAD
bruises.
w. A. Shear of Sentinel Butte has
sold his half interest in the Wibaux
Pioneer to j. L. Hutchins. who, with
his partner, Mr.. Kane, will establish
a paper at the new town of Yates and
will run the Two papers.
The Columbia Elevator Co.. ofMinne-
apolis. expects to erect an $4,000 ele-
vator at Mott in time to receive the
grain of that section this fall.
According the Mott Pioneer Press
the Northern Pacific startled a new sur
vey near that place that will bring the
road closer to the town.
The eight-year old daughter of MI.
and Mrs. Dan Tarter of Camp Crook,
was burned to death in a fire which
destroyed the residence while the parents
were absent.
Mott people expect the Milwaukee
extension to be completed in time to
take u the grain from, that section
this year..
Williams county republicans want
to take a hand in arranging the next
republican state ticket and have picked
Hon. Geo. W. Wilson. register of the
U. S. land Office. at Williston, as their
candidate. -es.. -s>. =.
Robert Murphy, residing south of
Haley, lost a valuable team. He was
engaged in filling an old we'll and the
team got toe close to the aperture with
the result that the we'll caved in and
the horse were precipitated to the bot
tom and killed.
At the last meeting of the, Dunn
county commissioners the date of hear
ing of the road petition of W. Rappley
was placed at Knife river postofice,
September ~. The date of hear ing the
road petition of Ole Peterson was set
for September 20, at R~ocksprihg.
The North Dakota News and Art Co.,
the only postcard manufacturing estab-
lishment in the state according to the
Schafer, mckenzie Co.. Record, is re-
moving from Grand Forks to Schafer.
r. W. Maxam, the manager of the
concern, has a claim near Schafer and
resides there with his family. =.
Mckenzie county ranks up well with
the old wheat producing counties Of the
state. Wheat is running from IS to Is
bushels per acre, oats is ranging from
40 to 60 bushels per acIS. Wheat and
oats comprise probably s0yper cent of
the crop Of this county: Flax is the
next crop in Importance.
Billings County. Herald Walton &
Davis Of Dickinson. who have the con-
tract .fol tho erection Of the new bank
here. uhloaded a car Of sand here last
week. From the road it looks like
carrying Goals to Newcastle" We
have sand enough here TO build several
thousand banks. They were probably
not advised Of this however.
The first regular term OF district court
at Bowman since the change from the
sixth to the tenth Judicial district was
held last week. Judge w. C. Crawford
presiding. The calendar was a light: one
and all criminal cases were quickly dis
posed of by dismissal, continuation or
a change of n Three druggists
permits were issued. Two. divorces were
granted and three divorce cases were
continued. Nine persons were made
citizens.
Dunn Co. News: j. G. Joslin Of Melby,
transacted business in Manning Wednes-
day. Joslin. tells some great tales
about crops and other things in his
locality and said that one of his neigh
bors had a flowing vinegar we'll on his
place and that by irrigating his garden
the cabbage turned to sauer :kraut in
the head and the cucumbers were pick
led on the vines, but we backed away
gently when he added that the. flowing
vinegar flooded the pig pen and picked
the pigs feet.