The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-01-25
North Dakota
News. Notes

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Elgin.-This town is to have an
opera house.
The Wahpeton Commercial club has
. membership campain on.
Park River.-The Park River banks
declared 10 per cent dividends.
Tower City.-John Schmidt shipped
three carloads Of fat cattle east.
Calvin.-Dan Porter sold his team
Of Percheron mares for $1,000.
New England. New England now
has Wholesale harness factory.
Surrey.-Lots are being sold in the
new towns along the Eargo.Surrey cut
OF.
Leeds.-Leeds Is making an effort
to land one of the demonstration
farms.
Garrison.-The First State bank has
increased it's capital from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Pembina.-The twenty-one banks in
Pembina county have $2.3S7,s49.17 ON
deposit.
Observation-Disclosures has effected
. temporary oranization Of a CONNER
cial club.
Lignite.-N. H. Scott lost his farm
home by fire: most of the contents
were saved.
Holiday. The new bank building
has been completed and is now open
for business.
Leeds.-Lseds is making extended
preparations for farmers institute.
Jan. ~ and %.
Cleveland. - Stock has destroyed
considerable flax and the owners are
asked to settle the damages.
Rolette.-The savings bank organ.
ised in the grade schools in Rolstte
10 meeting with decided success.
Tolna.-A petition 10 being circu.
lated protesting against the proposed
pardon of 8. A. Florin, formerly Of
Lakota.
Grand Forks.-Ths Cooper trial cost
Trail county $e.S30.10, and the auditor
has sent Grand Forks county q war.
rant for the same.
Hettinger. - Peaceful Valley town.
ship, Is organising . creamery; 10
cows have already been pledged and
forty-three shares Of stock subscribed.
Northwood.-Over $4,000 pounds Of
timothy has been marketed at North.
wood this season, and the farmers
have been paid over 10000 for the
same.
Mandan.-A new candidate for con-
gress In the Third district has Just
doomed up in the person of A. M.
Packard of this city, president of the
Mandan city commission.
Rugby. The dedicatory exercises
for the new court house have been
indefinitely postponed. It is thought
they may be held sometime about the
middle of February.
Fargo. The North Dakota
state railway commission telegraphed
Senators McCumber and Gronna of
North Dakota protesting the appoint.
ment of Judge Hook to the supreme
bench.
Cando.-The basement Of the Metho.
dist church has been fitted up with
a fine room for boys, q kitchen and
other conveniences, and 10 heated in.
dependently from the auditorium, 80
1t can be used at any time.
Dickey. - At the meeting of the
Farmers Elevator Co., it was decided
to rescind the motion of last June.
declaring 10 per cent dividend, as
many stockholders had not paid up,
although the company had done a
good business.
Valley City.-Mrs. David sansburn
was severely burned about the body
when can Of oil with. which the hired
girl was lighting fire in the kitchen
stove. exploded. She succeeded in
extinguishing the blaze by. wrapping
some blankets about her body.
Langdon.-The Cargill elevator in
this city was destroyed by fire of. un.
known origin. There were 10000
bushels of grain in the structure. and
the total loss above the salvage will
be about $4,000 or $4,000. The fire
had a good start when discovered.
Fargo.-Nre. Of mysterious origin
completely demolished the big granary
and machtne shed on the farm of Will
Rood, about three miles west Of sabin.
Mr.. Rood was away from home at the