Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-14
MANlAN

DR.. H. w. Coe OF Portland, Ore,
formerly Of this city. passed through
Mandan on Sunday evening, enroute
to Chicago to attend the political con.
ventioa. He will stop of In Mandan
ON his return, for q few days visit
with friends.
Considerable interest Is being tax.
In the city over the cantata which
will be presented on Christmas night
December Is. by the boys and girls
CT the State Industrial school. For
the past two months work on the can.
tata has been going on and It Is be-
lieved that It will be well worth see
Ing. The boys and girls are taking
an unusual interest In II.
Miss >Barabar Schlinger. the young
lady who was very seriously burned
by an oil explosion at her home near
Parkin, about ten days ago, under
went an operation on Thursday az
ternoon in which she suffered the
amputation Of her right arm. She
vas in a very critical condition this
norning and the attending physicians
are uncertain as to her ultimate re-
'covery The burns she received are
Of a terrible nature.
What might have been a serious
fire was discovered about $3.50 o'clock
Monday night, back of the City GrOc.
cry and Bakery company building.
A large pile of boxes, paper and 9th.
er refuse had caught fire, presumably
from ashes which were thrown in
the alley. The blaze had just got
ten a good start when discovered and
only the quick work of pedestrians
and others within call stopped the
flames from spreading to buildings
IL the vicinity. With the high wind
blowing the fire might have proven
disastrous.
The riddle is this: Do or do not
the officials Of the Bismarck High
school consi Ter the athletes of that
institution such world heaters that
they are too good to play with Man
dan? or; Do they think that Manda1
will not be able to struggle along
without having the distinguished ()
name of the Bismarck High school on
the list? Mandan has no basketball
games scheduled with the Bismarck
High school an1 therein lies a tale.
After the IL to IL football game
played with Bismarck during the fall,
Principal Bolt wrote q very interest
ing epistle to Principal Baer of the
local school in which he stated that
the return game which was to have
been played here the following Sat
urday, would not come off unless
Charles Chester "Cooney Carew, tho
real shining light of the eleven, was
banished from things spectacular. 1t
was a gem of English literature, as
far as the grammar and composition
went, but his statements that the
aforesaid Carew was a professional
and not eligible 10 play were as good
as some of those jokelets in Life. Mr..
Baer took occasion to investigate, the
record of "Cooney' and found that,
other than playing a stellar game OF
football at the st. Cloud High school
for three years, he had done nothing
to disgrace himself Or any school
which he might attend. Despite the
fact that Bismarck has severed attn
letic relations with the Mandan High
school, SO far as we have been able
to determine, there have been few
tears shed over the affair. A basket
ball game with the Bismarck five, il
they have one-could not be possibly
scheduled now, and a glance at the
schedule will show that the local
school is perfectly able to secure good
games without travelling to Bismarck.
Joe Zach.neier and 0. P. Lilly OF
the government station at Rock Ha-
ven have claimed the distinction OF
being the first to drive across the
Missouri river on the ice this winter.
Although Saturday there was a wide
stretch Of open water in the center OF
the channel, they braved the dangers
and drove over to Bismarck on We'd
nesday. This is the third year that
these two have been the first to cross
the river on the ice. They claim to
have been the last to cross before the
river broke up last spring.
AT. a meeting Of the city commits
sioners held at the city hall last
Thursday evening, a resolution was
passed ordering the payment in full
of the remaining money due Con-
tractor c. w. Haggart for the con.
struction Of the city waterworks
plant. This amounted to 1883, from
which was deducted money paid to
the engineer who inspected the work.
Five per cent OF the total price.
amounting TO $l,S50.66, was withheld
and will De paid at the end OF three
months. The resignation Of City En-
gineer Klein was accepted and the
lease between the. city and H. H. Will