Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-26
News of tho State

Mrs. Ray Barnard of Grand Forks
welded last January, succumbed tt
tuberculosis.
A son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joh1
Hooper, who live near Baldwin, was
kicked By a horse and quite seriously
injured. ho,
Reports from Benson county are
that thrtshing operations will be un
der way there in a few days, follow
ing wet conditions, which have been
the rule for the past week.
A family in Ward county by the
name of Post are rejoicing III the ar
rival of Il fine baby boy. In order to
be up-to-date they have decided to
name him Parcel
Permits for the erection of twenty
nine new buildings in Grand Forks,
costing in all $376,675, have been is.
sued from the office of the city en-,
gineer since Jan. /, 1913.
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A local firm at Darlington fills the
local demand for fly traps from its
own workshop-the trap is designed
70 catch thoUIands of flies in an
hour or two. The dirty things can
aot escape, once they enter the trap.
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The general opinion is that much
Of the cOrn over the state will be
matured enough to be out Of the way
If injury by frost in q very few days.
It is estimated that there are 1000 900
acres of corn this year than
there were last year.
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There is trouble at Darlington over
an alleged fake directory Of Foster
c%ounty--the publishers made the
claim that they were from Fargo; no
investigation. seems to have been
made and money in advance was paid
for advertising, but there is no direc-
tory i'll sight ,,4
The paper at Rolla says that prairie
chickens are plentiful this year. This
increase in number is explained by
the fact that in nearly every part Of
the state grain shocks furnished plen-
ty of food through the winter. Ducks
are also said to be numerous, owing
to the lakes and sloughs being fuller
than usual this spring.
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The alleged dreadful scandal at
Cando turns out to have been no
more than simply a disagreeable and
unfortunate incident, likely to happen
in any community, a thing which has
been happening since the world was
created and the wrongs will be prop
erly taken care of by the authorities
Of Cando and Towner county.
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The Powers elevator. at Melville
was burned to the ground early Mon
day morning. The fire was started
o after midnight by a bolt Of light
ming. The building, valued at about
$4,000, was a total loss. For. a time
the Putnam-Miller lumber yard and
coal sheds were in great danger, but
the fire was confined to the one
building.
The Richland county fair will be
held in Wahpeton Sept. 80 to Oct. g..
Plans are being laid for the biggest
and best fair ever held here. Ad-
ditional space will be provided for
machinery, livestock, poultry and
agricultural displays, while the manu-
f]actures, horticultural, women's and
educational departments will be com
plete in every respect.
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The superintendent Of the North
Dakota Holstein Breeding Circuit as
ISOLATION has arranged fifth the Com
mercial club of New Salem to make
a tour of different farms in that part
of Morton county and a photographer
will be taken with the party. 1t is
reputed that the finest dairy barn
on a private farm in the state is
being erected for Charles Klaussman
at youngstown, near New Salem.
MI ..y 49,
On a farm west Of Bathgate is a
field OF Gehn corn. It is about a
forty acre tract and the grain is SO
far advanced that some of it is hard
ening and beyond the roasting ear
stage. It would seem that it should
be pretty well ripened by Sept. /, If
weather conditions remain favorable.
This variety Of corn is we'll worth
the attention of farmers wheer the
danger from frosts is the danger in
maturing a crop. ~ ~ .Aittui
W. E. Gull of Esmond, Benson
county, district game warden for the
second district, comprising the coun-
ties Of Benson, Ramsey, Rolette and
Towner, was at Rolla a few days ago
and appointed a number of local
game wardens to see that the hunt
ing laws are strictly enforced. Sew
eral %'sooners' have already been
caught throughout the state, and
those inclined to break the law should
take notice.
According to The Record at. Car
rington there are some vicious boys
in that town. One of them, a day
or two ago, ran past an auto belong
ing to a local resident as it vas
standing in the street and stuck a
knife into a tire, cutting a long cash
in the casing and also %puncturing the