Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-09

| puouSS llueS. Among Cne new
towns south of the Northern Pa
cific tracks that can be reached by
telephones are: Mott. Chandler,
New England, Saltwater, Mar
marth, Rhame, Bowman, STANTON,
Hettinger, Lennon and Haynes.
The total production of coal in
North Dakota in 1908, as reported
to E. w. Parker of the Unit
ed States geological survey, was
800, 742 short tons having a spot
value of $522,116. Notwithstand-
ing the decrease in production, the
number Of men employed in the
Ignite mines increased from 562
in 1907 to 631 in 1908, and the
average number of working days
decreased from 223 to 1871.
New Pure Food law passed by
the recent legislature and drafted
by Prof. Ladd became effective
July LIST. It means that all butch
ers, bakers and food manufactures
or those engaged in handling food
products must put their premises
in a sanitary condition and keep
food stuff clean and uncontamin-
ated, under pain of fine not less
than $40 nor more than $50 for the
first offense. Later offenses will
be dealt with more severely.
This law will be enforced rigidly.
Charles Lambie, the Gotzian
shoe man, who was here last spr-
ing in his trip on foot to Seattle,
had an exciting experience near
Missoula last week. He had a
desperate fight with hobos, who
attempted to hold him up. Lambie
was unarmed save a heavy walk
ing stick, but in the fight he broke
the arm Of one of his assailants
with the cane and the other took
to fight. Lambie bandaged the
wounded mans arm and went on
his way.
The further details of the big
combine Of milling concerns,
whereby the Missouri Valley Mil
ling Co., the ssell-Miller Milling
Co., the Lyon Elevator Co., and
the c. G. Ireys Elevator Co., will
all work together as the RUSSELL
Miller Milling Co., have been learn
ed. H. R. Lyon, former president
of the Missouri Valley Milling Co.,
will enter the Russell-Miller COM
pany as vice president and B. w.
Stevenson, former vice president
and general manager of the Miss
ouri Valley Milling company, will
become western manager Of the
Russell-Miller company, with head
quarters at Minneapolis. j. H.
Newton, former secretary and
treasurer Of the Lyon company and
G. G. Ireys, together with the
working force of the organization
former, will participate in the
. activities Of the Russell-Miller
company.
The fact that the Milwaukee
Railway company is acquiring such
large yards and TOWNSHIP properties
at New England is cause for the
belief that it is to be made an i'm
portant railroad center.
A six-year-old boy at Bowman
. was dragged from a horse while
riding under clothes line and
as consequence his left arm was
, broken between the wrist and ell
bow. A little girl at the same
: town was riding horse which be-
came unmanageable and threw her
off. breaking her right arm.
Representative Hanna has receiv-
, ed a letter at Washington from
5 one of his friends at Plaza indi.
5 eating the terms on which the Fort
, Berthold Indians would be willing
to cede portion of their reserva-
5 tion. They want a grant of 800
4 acres to each head of family, 100
, acres to each adult and eighty
, acres to each minor member of
{ the tribe. Indians are also willing
to cede two tiers of townships
along the north edge of the reser.
!, walton, and two on the east side,
about twenty miles down. They
want a representative of the de.
partment to come out there and
, perfect the agreement, however,
: before any bill is passed.
g Lightning struck the steeple OF
= the Catholic church at Hebron re.