The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-01-23
NEWS or THE STATE

THE STATE |
A row over the county treasurer is
the latest wrinkle in the Bowman
county scrap, which involves two big
factions
w. II. Hopes of Darlington has
sold his law business to George Still.
man and will devote all of his time
to the real estate business.
A. R. Nachreiner, formerly Of Val.
ley City but for three years in the
mercantile business at Darlington has
sold his business there and will go
to California for the winter.
Mandan is sore because the various
Fargo speakers refused to mention the
Mandan experimental station. Does
look rather narrow.
There is to be a $500 daily estab-
lished at Bismarck. Evidently the
editor expects to whip the senate into
line in order that he may stick to his
$4,000 alleged job.
The state press is doing a lot Of
boosting for the fellows that are be-
hind the companies that are being
formed to boost the Ignite coal indus
try. Almost every paper in the state
has printed the names of those inter-
ested and encouraged the enterprise
The Devils Lake World frankly ad-
mits that it does not like the organ
ization of the legislature and fears
that Governor Hanna's programme
for progressiv.,e legislation will be
thwarted.
Fargo and Jamestown both claim
that they are to have the next national
guard meet, and there you are. Both
are good little towns, almost as good
a place to go to as Valley City, and
we cannot help but wish them both
luck.
According to latest advices Don Sly.
ter is still alive at Mercy Hospital at
Devils Lake, and has fair chance for
recovery. Mr.. Slyter is the young man
who was so badly injured by the acct
dental discharge of a shotgun at
Omemee on Friday of last week.
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John Hannigan, alias Hathman, of
st. Paul, who says he is brakeman
on the Northern Pacific railroad, was
arrested at Lethbridge and charged
with keeping Mrs. Lena Caldwell of
Towner, n. D., prisoner for the past
month.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men through Representative Steve
Lush, are endeavoring to secure rail
road legislation the bills in which they
are interested being the Full Crew
Bill, the Clearance Bill and the priv
ilege to mail their votes on election
day.
Lemert, Lells county, people have
not yet given up hope OF securing a
railway agent there permanently. A
few days ago the man who is in
charge received word from the 500
company to pack up the station
equipment for shipment, but few
hours later a telegram was received
telling him to stay by the ship.
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Wells Lounsberry of Medford, Ore,
formerly a resident of North Dakota
where he had a run as express mes
senger out of Mandan, N. D., on the
Northern Pacific, was found guilty
at Kansas City of holding up and rob.
bling the Union Pacific overland train
near that city.
There was stabbing ARRAY near
Dickinson last week when John Da-
vorak was the victim and his son-in-
law was the man that did the hewing.
This is said ito be- the second time
that the young man has attacked PEG.
pie with a knife and if that is found
to be true upon investigation it is al
together likely that he will be taken
care Of
Apparently the senate has reached
no conclusions as to what dispositions
to make of the appointments by Gov.
Burke, which, it is alleged has been
under consideration in several execu-
tive sessions. It is said the proposal
to ratify the appointments on the
state commission and the board of
control of penal and charitable in
stitutions meets with opposition in
some respects, and while it is not the
general belief that all the appoint