Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-20
News ofthe State
Lisbon Is having q series Of reviv-
meetings.

A splendid lecture course has been
arranged for the coming season by
the Woman's club Of Hope.
Prompt action on the part of the
fire department of Cando saved the
Odd Fellows building from disaster.
a county threshers' association
has been formed in Rollette county.
At a recent meeting a uniform wage
scale was decided upon.
Mandan is undergoing a thorough
r%enOvating Of its streets. The main
street for its whole length is to De
paved and most Of the side streets.
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Mistaking bottle Of lysol for med
icine that had been prescribed for
his wife, Patrick hegan of. Kermit,
administered her a dose Of the pois.
on. en-
A sad accident occurred at Dooley,
when Theodore Dissett was overcome
by gas while going down in an eigh.
teen inch auger well, which was be.
ing drilled for the Dooley livery. Life
was extinct when he was brought to
the surface. -.
James A. Dinnie of Grand Forks
has been appointed as a member for
North Dakota on the national board
Of the American Red Cross society
by Gov. l.. B. Hanna, each state in
the union being allowed one member
on this organization. .
At a meeting or the Mouse River
Loop Chautauqua association held
at Kenmare, the following 0 GERS for
the ensuing year We're elected: r.
NJ. Cole, Kenmare president; J.. 7.
Clifford, Mohall, vic president; James
Hynes, Tolley, treasurer; S. H. Sleep
err, Mohall, secretary; H. r. Sands,
Norma, assistant secretary.
In order to obtain cattle for North
Dakota and to take advantage of the
lower prices prevailing in the corn
belt states, where the drought has
cut down the supply of feed, the
North Dakota Better Farming asso-
citation has dispatched a representa-
tive to Kansas City with instruc.
tions to buy at least 1000 head Of cat.
tle'
George Strand OF Edmore was Civ
en- ten months in the county Jail at
hard labor. Theodore Anderson OF
Edmore was given ten months at
hard labor. Chester Strand, age ~
years, of Edmore, was sentenced to
serve fourteen months in the state
~penitentiary. Henry Askelson of Ed
more, was sentenced to serve II
year In the reform school at Mandan.
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The 1O-year-Old son of Jacob Mich.
aels of Mandanl met with an accident
which will mAleeshin a cripple for
life. While attempting to board a
moving box a the boy fell under the
wheels, which passed over mi limb,
severing it between the knee and the
hip. He was taken to the hospital
where he is resting fairly well, and
it believed that he will recover
+. G: oliver, pastor of tile congre.
gational church at McHenry. re.
ceived from the council of the Aso-
citation of Congregational churches OF
North Dakota his official ordination.
The days program was in charge Of
DR.. Stickney of Fargo, and he was
assisted by a NUMBER of the Congre-
gational pastors of that part of the
state.
Five cases Of men pertaining to the
delinquency of girls 13 and IA years
of age, three of the defendants being
minors and classed in the juvenile
court, were considered by Judge G.
w. Buttz when the men were ar
raigned and entered please Of guilty.
On account of the youth of three OF
the offenders, the sentences were
light. Harry Tollifson of Warwick.
a minor, charged with Implication
with a 14-year-old girl, was sent to
the reform school until Of age. This
was a Benton county case .
Mott Spotlight: The passing Of the
big bonanza farms Of North Dakota
means better farming, more farmers,
better citizens. u The real prosperity
of farming is not in the number OF
acres, but in having the number of
acres each farmer owns well stocked
with good animals. The larger the
Investment in animals upon the farm
up to the number that can be profit.
ably handled, the greater the profit
to the owner. In other words, the
large investment should be in stock
rather than in land. o.
In addition to the possibility of as
sessing church property all the fra
ternal organizations are likely to be
assessed. There is no exemption
under the laws OF the state. Hereto
fore fraternal orders have escaped
taxation. Under the ruling of the at
torney general there appears to be
no escape for churches that rent
property for othe than religious pur'
poses, for Y. NJ. C. A. and Y. w. C. A.
dornitories and for halls and furni'
ture used for lodge purposes. About
the only exception is property used
for religious purposes. With this
class of property added to the tax
rolls and a more equitable valuation
on other property. the total assessed
valuation of the state could be mater:
tally increased.
Threshing was delayed at Beach
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