Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-10-18
News Of the State

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Hettinger county is to have two new
telephone lines
! The Hettinger County Improvement
league, which was recently organized
will hold a get-together meeting al
Mott on October Is.
Elgin will hold it's first market day
on October %.
! The big German Lutheran church
was dedicated and Congregational
church organized at Elgin all in one
day.
The Mercer Telegram has cut down
to four pages. all home print.
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A party of Mercer, Mclean county,
folks motored to the Exposition City.
visited the Industrial Exposition and
motored back home again, distance
of 40 miles in one day.
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The Max Enterprise is a newsy lit
: tie sheet.
DR.. Nicholas of Max lost his auto
mobile when self-ignition caused an
explosion that resulted in it's destruc-
I ton by fire.
The individual cow must be consid-
cred and reckoned with.
A library in every home is by no
means impossible and will prove edu-
cational as we'll as entertaining during
the long winter evenings.
Two Leonard ladies went ito ma
chine shop to use the telephone. The
door had a patent lock and they were
kept prisoners until they were able
to attract the attention OF some pas
serby and be freed.
Fred Heaton OF Sheldon planted
one.twentieth of an acre in onions,
and after keeping out enough for his
own family use marketed the rest,
realizing $50 for the balance. This
shows the possibilities of truck gar
dening in the Banner state
Dawson wants commercial club.
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A Darlington resident succeeded
this summer in raising and bringing TO
maturity a cotton plant, the seed OF
which he received from a friend in
the south.
A silk and fish train on the Great
Northern, made the run from Seattle
to St. Paul, a distance Of 1874 miles,
in As hours and 20 minutes.
A Grand Forks young man tried
to heat his bed with an electric light
and set the bed clothes on fire. He
will hunt up an extra blanket next
time.
A campaign for good roads in the
northwestern part 9: the state has
been started at Minot.
The vAriok weeklies of the counties
which were successful in winning
prizes at the Industrial Exposition re-
joiced exceedingly over their triumphs.
A half section of Billings county
land was sold for $3.50 per acre.
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Few dairymen realize the tremend-
GUS significance of the cream trade
that has been developed during the
past few years.
Corn and cows are The two best
mortgage filters.
Stutsman county farmers realized
over 100000 from cream alone the
past year.
A wild man is frightening the resi-
dents of Bottineau county.
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The village dads at Flaxton have
determined to improve all OF the
roads leading into the town.
Some of the work of the Fort Tot
ten Indians will form portion OF
the exhibit of the Lakes Region at
the Northwestern Land Products show
at St. Paul.
A Devils Lake man picked some
wild Strawberries last week.
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A Lakota man had one of his
thumbs shot off while cleaning a
shotgun.
A negro near Neche who was maxi
ing various threats against farmer
of that community is being sought for
by the county officials.
The Regain boys at Devils Lake are
some farmers
Druggist McGurren of Crary is
achieving fame as wrestler.
Minot Elks will give a minstrel
show
Minot bankers will assist the dairy
industry by purchasing pure bred
dairy cows for distribution among
the farmers.