Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-02
TRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT SEES
MANY IMPROVEMENTS BE.
ING MADE IN CITY.
fire LOSS WAS $4,000
WASHRURN AND WILTON WILL
CLASH ON THE TENNIS
COURTS SOON.
Gilbert w. Stewart Has Taken Charge
Of the Wilton News - Crops Not
So Poor As Was at First Reported
-TraveIers to West Tell Of Safe
Trips Through the FIRES.

BY Tribune Staff Correspondent
Wilton, N. D., Aug. ALMOST half
of the people in Wilton and vicinity
went down to Bismarck Saturday to
bid Buffalo Bill good bye. AS rule
they were not much enthused over
the performance.
G, w. Stewart arrived in Wilton
this week from New Salem and is
now in charge of the Wilton News.
The mine whistle blown last Sun
day evening through mistake created
quite little excitement for the time
being But all is we'll that ends well
and there was no fire.
Ed. Larson will soon have bunch
of men at work on large barn he IS
to erect on the Hess farm just south
of town. When Mr.. Larson completes
the barn he will have one of the best
improved half sections in northern
Burleigh county.
Services were held last Sabbath in
Wilton by both the Presbyterian and
Methodists and some helpful discour.
ses were given and next Sabbeth the
Swedish Baptists and Methodists will
hold services.
August Johnson of Washburn spent
Saturday in town looking after his
elevator interests.
The fine rain of Monday will help
potatoes and corn, but was hardly
heavy enough to make any difference
with blowing.
Robert Anderson is just putting the
finishing touches to large addition
to the farm house of S. M. Anderson,
two miles south of Wilton. Mr.. An
derson has a fine section farm and
has about all the conveniences one
could desire. Ne has his buzz saw,
cream separator, feed grinder " and
pump all harnessed up to five horse
power gasoline engine which makes
it pretty fine business for the owner.
He forces water to different buildings
and it is not necessary for stock to 60
out of doors for feed or water during
bad weather.
There have been a few cases of in
faptile paralysis in this vicinity dur
! ing the past two weeks. The 17-year'
old daughter of M. G. Hagen has been
very i'll with it, but at last reports
was improving nicely.
No building is yet being done at
Regain, the first town east of Wilton
on the Pingree-Wilto extension Of the
Northern Pacific. Some $1,000 worth
of lots were sold there but the own
ers want to be sure that the steel
will be laid this fall before putting
in any more money.
Several buildings have already been
erected at the new town of Wing and
business men are going to take .
chance on the road being completed
this fall.
The Reds and Blues Of the Presby-
terrain Sunday school have a warm
contest on for members, and both
sides are working with vim. Capt.
Loubach and Capt. Heaton are doing
valiant work.
| The trial of Leslie Firm on the
charge of Sabbath breaking. was held
in Judge Falconer's court Monday az
! ternoon and created considerable ex-
citement. 1t was a jury trial, Walter
Graham. J. C. Anderson, H. w. Gray,
Fred Klein. J. F. Brenton and E. O.
Illness acting as jurors. After about
three hours of deliberation the jury
disagreed.
Mrs. Walter Graham reports Mrs.
Mae Dyer as doing nicely at the Bis
marck hospital since the operation
for gall stones.
A. L. Menard is still the champion
checker player of the Missouri Slope,
having trimmed up Mr.. Ward, the
Bismarck artist. last Monday.
Word has been received from r. W.
Anderson that he got through the
burned district Of Idaho all right and
reached Occur d'Alene in time to at
tend his fathers funeral which took
place last Thursday.
P. C. Remington spent some time
in town this week looking after bust
ness interests.
The S. L. Mitchell family have been
released from quarantine and it is
now believed that the diphtheria in
this vicinity is stamped out.
J. X. Doran of the Bismarck Trib-
une force, spent Tuesday in town in
the interest of his paper.
| W. H. Kramer and H. F. Dimond
were business visitors to Garrison on
Tuesday.
Ray Thomas transacted business at
the United States land office on Tues.
day. ~" i'll
The Wilton Tennis club received a
challenge from the Washburn club
Tuesday for series of games on the
local grounds. The challenge has
been accepted and the games will be
played in tie immediate future.
Judging ftom the hay stacks going
up in the dpuntry, there will not be
much of Aay shortage here.
Simon Jahr has BEEN confined to
his home with sickness a couple Of
days this week.
w. II. Bond, the new barber lis now
a h4fpy m1h, as Mrs. Bond md the
children arrived In Wilton yesterday