Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-02
News ofthe State

their works.
The city dads of Plaza are after the
auto sc0rchers.
The Fergus Falls Wooden Mills co.
win nut a store in at Plaza
A station agent is to be placed at
Eastedgc, near Nome, n Barnes
county.
Young man, beware of the girl who
looks like q peach. She may be a
lemon in disguise.
,The storm which struck Fargo
Tuesday night swept into Minnesota
doing a lot of damage further south
A special train was run from Velva
to MinOt on the occasion of the laying
of the corner stone at the MinOt Nor
NAL.
An in%ter-county track and field
meet was held at Velva Saturday and
Il big program Of races for young
folks was pulled off.
or course, there isn't any sense in
getting mad when the home team
loses. but who cares anything about
sense at such a time?
Judge C. w. Buttz, in the Second
judicial district, is one OF the four
heirs to the $4,000 estate of the late
Major G. W. ButtZ of Lisbon
The state industrial exposition that
will open at Bismarck soon, promises
to have the greatest and most varied
list of exhibits ever seen in the state.
Glare H. Henton. a resident OF
North Dakota, has started sui.
against the Great Northern railway
tor $4,000, for ejectment from a pas
senger train.
William Deming of Plaza became a
human torch when he was covered
with gasoline while lighting a gaso.
line lighting system and his clothes
caught fire. He was badly but not
seriously burned
Motorcyclists of the Missouri slope
will gather at Mandan, Sunday, Aug.
9. TO engage in motorcycle races to
be held there that day. The first
prize will be 500, the second $40. and
the third S..
Fourteen blocks of cement side
walks will be laid in Taylor this sum
.:l'er Estimating the cost at $3.50 a
block, it is found that over $4,000 will
be spent for this purpose and, it will
be late this fall before the contract
ors are finished with the work.
The baby boy of Mr.. and Mrs. Pitt
man of Souris got his hand badly
crushed by having one of the heavy
windows fall on it at the Presbyterian
church. The hand will be saved.
though the window fell about two feet
and latched when it fell, pinning the
child's hand completely in the win
dow, so tight that it took quite a
while to raise it off.
lin Clay ton, a we'll known charac-
ter in the slope country, was arrested
at Glendive, Mont, and brought to
Bowman on the charge of horse steal.
ing. Clayton, it is alleged. has been
causing more or less trouble of late.
but his arrest was made or the same
charge on which he was freed after
having been given a preliminary
hearing in 1902.
Frank Papke, one Of the prosper
Gus farmers of the Belden country,
near Stanley, severely cut his leg
with an axe. He was getting a load
of poles from the river and had stuck
it into a pole preparatory to going
home and the jar OF the wagon loos-
ened it and it fell, shrinking his leg
just below the knee cap, severing the
wound.
Lightning struck the small frame
barn Of Frank Kalina, who lives on
the John Mayhem place, seven cniles
southwest Of Bowman, destroying it
completely with the loss of four
horses, which persisted in the flames.
The family we're asleep when the barn
vas struck and before they discover
ed the fire, it was too late for them
TO enter and save Ony Of the animals
or other contents.
jamestown Alert: Considerable
early grain is being cut. and Charles
Frey, on his farm east of the city, he
gan cutting barley today. Numerous
fields of early rye are already in the
shock. A number of wheat fields are
commencing to turn yellow, but wheat
harvest will not begin for ten days,
at least. There are a great many fine
stands of wheat to be seen in all
parts of the county. The yield and
quality are both promising. Little or
no damage is reported from rust.
While at their usual daily play,
Wednesday. Masters Harry DeVore
and Dicky Cross found a loaded shot,
gun shell. They, not realizing the
danger which turks in such a small
compass, struck the shell. Sudden
ly the shell exploded. the flash burn
ing the hands, face and eyebrows of
Harry juite badly, though not serious
.ly. Dick escaped without any injury.
Later-Today his condition Is more
serious than was at first thought.