Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-08-16
NEWS OF The STATE

attend the receptions in his hOnor at
Minot on account of neuralga1c at
tacks.
The Blankenship family at Willis
ton is we'll represented in the U. 5.
Navy. Three brothers have recently
enlisted and they already have
brother on board the U. s. S. Utah.
DonnybroOk has postponed their
tennis tournament which was to be
held there August 10 and II.
The Western Loan Company Is a
new corporation at Cottonwood Lake.
Williams county. Local men are at
the head Of the firm.
Farmers living in the vicinity OF
Fort River. held meeting there
Thursday night to consider erecting
a creamery. Dairy Commissioner
Flint and other experts addressed the
meeting
Slope papers are boosting for
good exhibit to be sent to the next
International Dry Farming Congress,
to be held at Colorado Springs from
the 18th to the goth of October.
A farmer named Inches, living near
Jamestown has been causing a great
deal of disturbance lately in different
ways, the latest offence being that
of going after Lis wife with knife
and axe.
Eight children and eighteen grand
children helped Mr.. and Mrs. John
Buchanan of Darlington to celebrate
their golden wedding recently.
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A to 0 ball game at Edgeley re-
Gently broke up in free for all fight
when the Kuhn third base man ran
into the catcher in attempting to get
home. Edgeley men proved to be
good fighters.
Foster county has had 4.53 inches
of rain during the past week, accord
ing to the weekly Independent.
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The United Church of Christ
Conversational was recently didi
Gated at Brantford by the Rev. Shaw
the home missionary.
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Manager A. A. Booth of the Nestol
farm near Valley City has 200 acres
Of field corn and shows sample earl
nine to twelve inches long, plump
and juicy.
The recent heavy rains prevalent
throughout the state seemSt0 be caus
ing the farmers trouble in many sec
tons.
Two members of the Dayton bal
team became dissatisfied with the
, treatment given them recently an(
, threw away a game with the Pembint
nine causing lot Of hard feelings.
Auto drivers are charging prospec
tive land owners fifteen dollars 8
day to inspect the Berthold reserva
ton. This is a good opportunity fol
the poor people.
George M. Young of Valley City has
definately announced himself as 8
candidate for congress from the
second district
The hay crop in the United States
is the shortest in it's history, accord
ing to the government reports. North
Dakota certainly has her share.
Leeds Chapter No. 20 of the Mason
ic lodge was installed there last Sat
urday evening. Arson Bartlett OF
Mandan, Grand High Priest, delivered
the charter
Boy scouts over the state are grow.
ing rapidly, nearly every county pa
per has boy scout columns and many
Of the chapters have uniforms and
regular scoutmasters.
Congressman Hanna has been get
ting a lot of laws through for the
benefit of tie drouth stricken farm
| erS
A man at Steel recently had the
misfortune to break a rib. He was
sure he had broken it, he said be-
cause he heard it snap.
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Former agent Johnson of the Nor
thern Pacific railway at Grand Forks
got in bad some time ago and left
suddenly with 81, 400 of the company's
money Police are on his trail but
have no traces as yet.
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A pigger named Martinson at Dew
lis Lake was given q sentence of 5000
with additional cost of 500, besides
Jail sentence of six months. This
sort of sentence would almost make
the state really dry in short time
Dewitt C. Dorman's 50.horse power
Bleriot monoplane caught fire from
some gasoline at Minot Just before
starting on flight and was entirely
. consumed before the flames could be
, stopped.
D. D. Sullivan, optical specialist, o.
Fargo, will visit Bismarck Wednes