Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-18

entirely dry before Mondays rain ant
now there is foot of water in 1t
This gives fair idea of how muc1
water fell.
1t would be a good plan to have the
children discontinue using the &c.
ment walks on Main street for a skat
ing rink and coasting with wagons
Several teams have been badly fright.
ened and unless the practice is dis
continued there is liable to be serious
/ trouble.
Many trees have been set out in
Wilton this spring. which will add ma.
terially to the beauty of our streets
in few years. Such work should be
encouraged.
Are the people of Wilton etitled to
have dumping ground? A look al
the grounds now used for this purpose
will convince any fair minded man
that quite number of them do not
appreciate having such a place given
! them. Last year Mr. Macombel
fenced in a small piece of law land
on his farm just at the northwest edge
of the city and gave everyone permits
! sion to haul their refuse there. All
he asked was that the loads be dump
ed inside of the fence. Enough
said; just look at it.
Considerable work is to be done
! on the roads in the vicinity of Will
ton this summer. Let's push the
good work along and have it truly
said that all roads lead to Wilton.
Robert Anderson has put a glass
front in his place of business. which
gives it a neat appearance.
Don't forget that the ladies vote on
the school proposition on May II.
The Presbyterian academy closed on
last Friday after very successful
term since January l. We will know
by the last of the present month
whthr tn acadmy is to be permanently
located here or not.
This section was visited last Mon
day by the heaviest rain which has
fallen here in the last three years.
Fully three inches of water fell. Dur
ling the rain there was considerable
lightning and two buildings were
struck, the Remington building over
the drug store, ant the Mandan Mer-
camille company's lumber shed. The
fire company was at once called out
but We're not needed as the fires had
not gained any Roadway. There pro-
badly would have been bad fire at
the lumber yard had it not been for
the fact that everything was so damp.
On the whole we consider ourselves
very fortunate that the fires were no
worse and all are rejoicing over the
crop prospects,.
Miss Name Barnes has returned
home from Iowa and Is again in. charge
of her room at the public schools.
Miss Bess George returned to WILL
ton Friday after short visit with her
parents in Garrison.
Miss Alice Williams spent Sunday
at her home in Bismarck.
Frank A. Riebe has purchased the
J. F. Benton property in the north
part of town.
1t is not a very good year to talk
new sidewalks. but ten cents worth
OF spikes properly driven would help
the walk considerably, from the Ull-
ness corner west.
The Busy Bees Of the Presbyterian
Sunday school have installed a new
book case in the church. It is large
enough to take care of the church and
Sunday school books. These girls,
during the past six months, have con-
tributed $1S toward foreign mis-
sions, paid $3.50 for the book case and
have $1O.1O on hand which will proba-
bly, be given to home missions. This
is fine showing for class of girls
under IL years of age.
]. B. Taylor. the general land agent
from Bismarck, spent several days dur
mig the past week in Wilton and W.
cinity with land seekers from Wis
consin. We did not learn of any
sales.
At a special meeting of the school
board Tuesday part Of the teachers
were hired for the coming year. Mr..
Ross was retained as superintendent.
Walter Graham Is expected home
from Canada tomorrow. For the last
ten days he has been at the bedside
of his father. who is critically i'll
Many of the children of Wilton
are having a hard time of it between
the pink eye and whoopine cough.
There are no serious cases. however.
The farmer who shipped in a car
load of lumber and then discovered
that he paid more per thousand feet
than he could have bought it for at
home Is not in a class by himself,