Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-27

has been delayed by rain.
Edgeley merchants are prospecting
from business on the Midland line.
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The Farmers State bank at Lidger-
wood is to be made a national bank.
The State bank of Gwyther shows
prosperity in its recent statement OF
conditions.
Travellers a the auto ride between
Fargo and Edgeley is an inspiration
to any man.
Beef from the ranges tributary to
the Standing Rock reservation will
be a little late this year.
The Mail at Edgeley boasts of the
lead that city has in LaMoure county
in the item of bank deposits.
Postoffice troubles at Minnewaukon
have been settled and Mrs. Mary
Moltke will be named postmOstress.
The highest point of kildeer noun
tain is 500 meet above the prarier
level and 1000 feet above the Little
Missouri river bottom.
The famous stock farm established
by Andrew Loughlin at Lisbon Is for
sale. Mr.. Loughlin vas n OF the
first commissioners of agriculture in.
this state.
The open season for free speech"
debates in this state is from 'Thanks-
giving day to March 1-other times
the farmers are too busy making
their money.
1t seems to be the settled opinion
of the great majority of farmers that
early fall blowing produces much
better results on the next year crops
than late blowing.
Word has been received at Car
rington to the effect that Arrowwood
lake is to have a dam placed at it's
south end by the state and the water
thereby raised several feet.
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Farmers in the vicinity of Glad
stone are busy harvesting their crops.
Some had counted on only a partial
,u>~ ,,I ~ ,rvooo I1y- curnrico1 At
the fine yield, which is beyond their
expectations.
George w. Woods, superintendent
of race attractions for the coming
Richland county fair, is known as
the man who put the "wahp" in Wah-
peton. A feature Of the fair will be
the Home Coming celebration.
The Broadaxe at Lidgerwood cites
stories from the threshing machines,
some twenty-five and a half bushels
to the acre" and whole crop now
estimated at sixteen to eighteen bush
els" but does not give the variety
Of the grain.
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How different the views on the Ia
Dor troubles at Minot, are those of
the veteran Wardwell of The Pioneer
Press at Pembina- and the editor ct
The Broadaxe at Lidgerwood. The
former believes in the preservation
of the government and homeland
that "liberty, is not license"
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The attendance at the Dunn county
reunion at Oakdale on Saturday, Aug.
16 was much larger than had been
anticipated. Conservative estimates
place the number Of people at the
Kildeer mountain for this grand event
at from 1900 to 1000. The day was
ideal and all the forenoon the people
were arriving. Horseback riders
were in evidence everywhere-prob-
ably more than 200. ,m
The Dickinson Gun club held their
first annual registered tournament
last Friday and Saturday, Aug. Is
and 16. Shooters from as far west
as Vancouver, Wash, and as far east
as Crookston, Mimi, were in attend.
ance. Very good scores were made.
in fact, the shooting of all was above
the average. Ten thousand glass
birds were trapped. Horace E. Peck
Of Kenmare Won the high aver.
age, $3.50. ="
This from The Sisseston Is. d.
Standard: Miss Helen Oliver, niece
o fW. G. Oliver, ex ?county auditor,
formerly a teacher in Roberts coun
ty, has been appointed deputy in the
county superintendent's office at
Wahpeton, Richland county, N. D., at
a salary Of $1,000 per year. In add.
ton to this deputy, there is also a
field deputy there, who draws a sal.
airy of $85 a month. North Dakota
seems to believe in looking after its
schools.
Six cars of lumber recently arrived
on the 500 and two on the Great
Northern, at Lidgerwood, which will
be used for the building of grain ele.
vators by the Osborne, Mcmillan Ele.
vator company. which will be located
on the right of way of the new Fair
mount 4 Veblen railway in three ol
the towns. Two big auto trucks, be
longing to Thompson of Wig, are be
ing used in transporting the building
material tn Veblen So that the hui10