Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-05-08

Mott line.
Three horses were struck by
lightning and killed near Pingree the
other day.
Fargo is making great preparations
for the Elks convention to be held
there in June.
The city council at jamestown has
decided to furnish the city park with
electric lights.
If the Minot papers are to be be-
lieved C. A. Johnson is real insur'
gent this time.
Two enemies in Mckenzie county
engaged in a cutting scrape-and then
became friends.
Increased advertising patronage
compelled the Dazey Commercial to
enlarge it's size.
The railroad officials are keeping
closely in touch with the crop situa-
ton in North Dakota.
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Jacob Haas of Elgin was accident
ally shot through the foot with rifle
that wasn't loaded.
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North Dakota produced SO per cent
of last years United States flax crop.
That's going some.
Some of the insurgents appear to
think the conversion of C, A. Johnson
of Minot was-tOo sudden:
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The Barnes county newspaper men
paid tribute to the memory of the late
editor of the Fingal Herald,
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Jim Hanley of Mandan is letting
the newspapers say he is not a can
didate for lieutenant governor.
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The site has been selected at Grand
Forks for the monument George Win
ship is to give to the G. A. R.
The New Rockford Provost pub
lished a booster edition that was a
good send off for Eddy county.
Politicians at .Minot seem to be cen.
tering their forces On Alfred Blais-
dell in his candidacy for congress.
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Some one stole an automobile from
in front of the tabernacle at Fargo
where Billy Sunday was preaching.
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Some people are throwing great
fits because they can't vote the op-
position ticket at tne June primaries.
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The Devils Lake Commercial club is
considering the engagement of an out
side expert on civic affairs for lec-
ture.
Frank Ployhar has announced him.
self down in Barnes county as a can.
G:date for reelection to the legisla-
ture.
When the city auditor at Hillsboro
resigned the other day the council
passed a resolution recommending his
services.
"Jones of Rock" is making some
thing of a campaign in his candidacy
for the democratic nomination for
governor.
E. Ashley Mears, one of the we'll
known early financiers down in the
Red River valley, died in a sanitarium
in Minneapolis.
For the time being there is peace
between the two newspapers at Beach
which until now have been keeping
up a continuous fight.
Some of the farmers in Barnes
county think because there has been
so much rain this spring that the
crops will be drowned out.
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The Mott Spotlight, edited by Jack
Charmley, is out, and makes a credit
able showing for the time in which
dck ndQ 10 PUBLISH inc IlISI eultlOu.
Editor Long of the Egelund Enter
prise collided with a baseball bat and
his eyes we're in such condition that
he could not set type for everal days.
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About one-fourth of those who drew
lucky numbers for land in the Ber-
thold reservation are not responding
and many of those filing are getting
the choice Of good claims.
For two or three seasons there has
been a complaint as to lack Of rain
in the state, but this year there is a
holler in some parts of the state be-
cause there is too much rain.
The rain storms during the past
week have been unusually frealdsh for
SO early in the season. Small storms
have been accompanied by lightning
and small hail has been frequent.