The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-02-08
North Dakota
News Notes

Wllton.-At Wilton $4,000 Rec
Cross Christmas stamps were sold.
Sheyenne.-Farmers around Shey
enne are having trouble to secure
water.
Buffalo.-Soren Sorenson has re
turned to Buffalo from trip to his
old home in Denmark.
McHenry.-Juanita is a new post
Office with William Hazlett in charge
and mail is supplied from MclIenry
Lidgerwood.-P. G. Myhre, a Rich
land county farmer, had to kill eleven
head of cattle on account of tuber
culosis.
Minncwaukan.-A. L. Hutchinson
may become candidate for commits
sioner OF agriculture and labor in
North Dakota.
Mohall-A chautauqua is being
planned for Mouse river park, thir.
teen miles west of Mohall, to open
the coming summer.
Ryder.-A section of land on the
Berthold reservation has been set
aside for experimental purposes. and
$4,000 will soon be spent for the
buildings thereon.
Rugby. - The new Pierce county
courthouse will be formally dedicated
Feb. 20. Judge Spalding of the su.
preme court of North Dakota will be
the principal speaker.
Bismarck.-Feb. 20 is the date fixed
for the election at which the question
Of roca11ino u r. Do<toroor ond II n
Tatley, members of the city commits.
sion, will be submitted.
Valley City.-Robert Halvorson, liv-
ing four miles from Leal, one of the
oldest settlers in that section of the
county, is dead Of pneumonia after
an illness of two weeks.
Cleveland.-Nels Strand has com.
menced a new industry. He is ship
ping rabbits to Fargo by the wagon
load, receiving $3.50 per dozen for
them; he says it is good business.
Observation-Disclosures county bank
deposits show per capita wealth
well above the average Of the state.
The average per capita deposit in
the banks of the county is $151.69.
Observation-Disclosures has mad dog
scare; the animal was killed and the
university reported the brain showed
rabies, and all dogs bitten have been
ordered muzzled for several months.
Steele. - An explosion of gasoline
vapor in the basement of the Charles
Barber home near here almost killed
Mr.. Barber. He was using gasoline
stove in the basement to prevent
frost, and leak had filled the place
with vapor. Mr.. Barber was only able
to reach the trap door in time to save
his life, but was badly burned about
the hands and face.
Bismarck.-County auditors will be
compelled to place the names of a..
pirants for probate Judge on the bal.
lots at the June primary election dc.
spite the fact that no provision 10
made in the new ballot law for that
ONCE. It has been contended that
there was possibility of no probate
judges being elected this year, be.
cause Of the legislatures oversight, but
the county auditors who have looked
into the proposition hold otherwise.
Bismarck. - North Dakota netted
$17.661.S0 in profits to the counties of
the state from July l, 1911, to Janu.
airy l, 1912, under the operations of
the state auto tax law, which only
became effective last year. That
amount was apportioned to the coun.
ties for the improvement of roads,
with Cass county receiving $1,24265
and Grand Forks receiving. $1,00s.35
as their share of the total. There
were 1881 automobiles taxed and 261
motorcycles taxed, the total income Of
the department being $22,447.
Rugby.-Herman Schultz has been
bound over for trial on the charge of
numbering William ]. Murray, night
Waterman in charge of the engines
and steam shovels used in grading the
new cutoff of the Great Northern. It
was at first thought Murray had fall.
en- from the engine, sustaining a frac.
ture of the skull, but the medical ex.
perts proved that the injury was too
great to have been caused by a fall.
Schultz was then arrested, the EVIL
dence being then only circumstantial.
No evidence was offered on the part
of the defense.
Wilton. - Former Senator w. D.
Washburn of Minneapolis, president of
the Washburn Ignite Coal company,
accompanied by Mrs. Washburn, Stan
ley Washburn and w. H. Keller, Sec
rotary and treasurer of the company,
were in Wilton last week, looking over
the company's Ignite coal mines. Mr..
Washburn and Mr.. Keller conferred
with the local officers and are highly
pleased with conditions. The output
of coal the past three months was the
greatest in the history of the com.
pany. With very large acreage of
coal still untouched, Mr.. Washburn
expressed himself as hopeful for even
larger production in the future.
While in Wilton plans were formulat.
ed for improvements at the big plant
next summer. The output averages
1000 tons day at present.
Bottineau.-The farmers of the
northeastern part Of the county have
decided that the Turtle mountains n