Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-19

was deemed very proper that the Of.
fetal musical organization Of the state
furnish the music for the occasion.
| With the many militia officers pres.
ent In uniform together with the ono.
ers from Fort Lincoln, with the mil.
itary band furnishing the music and
with the uniformed guards on hand,
the coming Inaugural Ball, bids fair
to be the showiest and best ever held
In the state.
J. A. Kunkel Of Garrison was trans.
acting business in the city Wednes.
day.
Miss Nina Bryland of Steele, was
visiting friends in the city Wednes-
day Afternoon.
Mfs. w. p. Thatcher Of Paradise
was among the guests at the Grand
Pacific, Wednesday. Paradise; Para
disc; Where have We heard that name
before?
H. w. Batter of the Bank of Hazel
ton, was a guest in the city Wednes-
day evening. Mr.. EATER was on his
way to his former home, Royalton,
MINI. to spend the holidays with rela-
tives and friends.
The ice rink In Custer Park Is now
in first class condition for skating. 1t
is we'll lighted and the young people
will have an opportunity now to en-.
to-, ~ ~ a., M $htc ALL fsVI A, vnrf
Deputy Sheriff S. F. Wright Of IA
zelton, who has been in the city for
several days attending the session CT
tho district court, left for his homo
Wednesday afternoon.
Wednesday evening, December IL,
Miss Wilhelmina l. Freitag and Lew
Is D.. Walters Of Max were married at
the Presbyterian :nanse by Rev. Z.
W. Harris. Both are we'll known and
popular residents of Max and the
many friends Of the happy couple will
extend congratulations.
The general land office has decided
that where proofs made Of land under
the three-year homestead law there
must have been in cultivation one
sixteenth OF the land, beginning with
the second year, and, one'eighth Of
the land beginning with the third
year, and o%ne-eighth of the land each
year thereafter until final PROOF.
Bismarck is getting so we'll known
as a distributing point for a large
territory that some Of the big whole
sale houses Of other cities find it
necessary to look into the business
situation here.
The Commercial club has received
two important communications re.
questing information Is to locations
In the city that two big firms have
in view. One of these firms is Z
large wholesale grocery house and
the other a big packing house. From
the. trend OF each letter one Is sur
ed that both OF these big concerns
will have made arrangements by
spring to locate in Bismarck.
Among those registered at the 500
Wednesday were: Henry Wiener,
Driscoll: A, q. Wilde, Elbowoods;
Mr., and Mrs. A. IGer0er, Napoleou: II.
H. and f. II, Walcker, Turtle Lake:
c. G. Grenz, Napoleon; Nj. l.. and II.
?. Dahl, Washhurn; Roy A Hanson
and Arthur Falck, Washburn; J. e.
Novak and family, DeapQlis; NJ. Z.
Kramen, J.. B. Spangler, Steele; H. E.
and J. F. Byrun, H. c. and J. NJ.
Craven, Menoken.
Mrs. Greene, Of stanton was brought
to st. Alexius hospital last night in
a critical condition, suffering from
burns that may prove fatal. 1t has
not yet been learned just how Mrs.
Greene was injured. A report was in
circulation to the effect that the in
jured mi had attempted suicide,
but 1t is probable that there is no
foundation for such a story. Mrs.
Greene is under the care of DR.. v.
J. La Rose and everything that med
ical science and careful nursing can
do is being don to relieve the suffer
ings of the unfortunate woman.
In the district along the south
western border OF the state, and in.
to South Dakota. there was a failure
of crops for the year 1911 and many
of the farmers were unable to pro-
cure seed for the year 1912. The de-
cision Of the land department was
based on the application of a settler
who testified that because of the fail
ure of the crop in 1911 he was un-
able to procure seed for the 1912
crop. The department, In effect, de-.
cided that they had no authority to
vary the exact terms of the law,
which provides for a continuous cul-
tivation each year after the first and
until final proof.
Thomas ThoraldsOn, aged 10 years,
a son of Deputy State Treasurer Thor.
aldson, while playing with some com.
panions lear the N. P. depot yester.
day afternoon met with a painful &C.
cident. It seems that the boy was
climbing a pole and accidentally fell.
In falling a lead pencil which he had
in his pocket dropped out and the
sharp point protrured upward in such
a way that he fell with full force on
the point. The pencil entered the
boys side Snd caused . padnful wound
lhut DR.. Fsher. who II attendtn9 him