Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-12
News Of tho State

College days will begin in Mort
Dakota next.wcek. -. ~-
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velva's new electric lights will b
turned on in a few days. : ,
The agitation, to. save. SELECTED see
corn, has spread to all parts o
North Dakota.
Two little girls will select the luck,
winners of land in the Fort Peck res
ervatiOn.
There was not nearly as large
rush for the Fort Peck lands as hat
been anticipated.
In some sections of Adams and Het
finger counties, there was little rail-
and the crops arc poor. 90
Minot seems to have gotten rid oI
its band of hobocs, masquerading as
organized labor opponents.
s.
In the northern part of the STATE
vandals still continue to put junk ir0l
in grain shocks to ruin threshing ma
chimes.
The railroads of the state are ex.
periencing an especial rush OF grain
this year, unprecedented in the his
tory of the state. ,.n.
The present rain will be welcome
in some parts of the state, farmers
having reported that the ground is
rather dry for good blowing.
Sunday will be Il busy day for Su-
~perintendent Danf0rd and Bishop
Luccock. They will dedicate three
churches in Stutsman county.
Registration at jamestown college
has commenced. and Pres. B. H.
Kroeze anticipates the biggest attend
ance in the history of the institution.
-. A Greek with a fcarsome name but
Of peaceful mien was arrested at Ur
bana by Deputy Sheriff James Kelly
charged with selling an assorted LOT
of firewater to a crew of Greeks who
are, working for the railroad at that
place.. .-.,
Because he has been appointed
postmaster of Mandan, John Foran
must resign Ills position as president
of the Mandan city commission. A
special election to name his success
or will be held as soon after he re-
tires as possible. <
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The thirty-second annual meeting
Of the North, Dakota Congregational
conference will be held In Fargo, the
entertaining church being the First
Congregational, Of which Rev. r. A,
3 Beard is paa1tGs. The sessions will
begin Tuesday, Sept. 20, and will
continue for three days to Sept. 25.
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Thrown thirty feet through the air
striking the race track fence and hit
ting the ground head first, to escape
with but a few minor scratches was
the experience of Chris Wetzstein.
He. was riding his brothers motor
cycle around the race track at the
fair grounds. 5andaw vas hitting too
great a speed to allow his control Of
the machine.
New England Herald: The first
carload of North Dakota wheat to be,
shipped to the western coast from
this part Of the country was billed
out this week by the Western Grain
Co. at New england to a flour mill
ing company in Seattle, Washington.
Manager Sattler states that his Or
ders were to ship one carload to this
company at this time.
With 1850 bushels already prom
Used, the Indications are that the Bet.
ter Farming associations campaign
for seed corn will be sue
,cessful in Grand Forks county. ]. G.
Hoke, the associations field expert
i'll that county, has spent the greater
part of the past two weeks interest
ing the farmers in the movement,
and he has secured promises from a
AdioO AuAipIt VI Sa'oH' E"' ...,
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6 While Marcus Maley was driving
down Main street at Enderlin1 his
team became frightened at an auto
mobile and started to runsiand Mr..
pGMaley was unable to control them.
AS they turned the cornerftle occu-
pants were thrown out. Mr.. Maley
was rendered unconscious from the
accident and received many painful
injuries, but none are serious. Mr..
Boland was also shaken up and bad,
ly bruised. : ~. go -. :
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Two engines for the Hamilton
Creek Railroad Co., passed through
North Dakota en- goute for the Rocky
mountains. The .sengines are propell-
ed by direct connection with the
rails by cogs, instead Of friction, and
the engines are double.jointed and
able to run on curves which would
make the ordinary. prairie monster
meet itself coming back before 1t
got started. The engines are cur
iosities in. railroading.
That apples can be successfully
grown in North Dakota is being dem.
onstrated bv q. w. Gets, at Grand
Forks, who has Just finished gather
ing six bushels Of the fruit from slx
trees which he has grown in the
yard Of his resistance. The apples
are of good size and quality, tn 5