Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-30
News ofhe State

49,
In the Sheyenne valley many Of the
farmers are shocking their grain.
Editor Totten of The Citizen at
Bowman knows what the spice OF
life is.
The d. C. Smith threshing machine
was badly damaged by fire at Blanch.
ard Il few days ago.
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The big potato field on the farm
of Abel Aiken near Hunter Is esti.
mated to produce a yield of $50 lush;
els to the acre.
Deposits in the Farmers and Mer-
chants State bank at BOWdOn, Aug.
8, amounted to Sl27,364, loans and
discounts $115,l11.
st. Aloysius academy Of OakWcod
will begin its regular term Sept. 2.
The faculty Of the school looks for
an attendance surprising previous
years. -,
Reports from Schaefer indicate that
the crop is fair. A great deal of the
seasons yield will doubtless be mar
keted at Watford and other points
along the lWildcow supply road.
s.
. Congressman Norton has set the
wheels in motion in the effort to OBJ
tain a land grant for the normal
school at MinOt and the institution
for the feeble minded at Grafton
the latter is the only one in the state
that is absolutely without a land
grant.
Threshing operations tributary to
Grafton began a week ago, after a
delay OF several days due to the wet
weather. The sample of grain is
said 10 be the best in years and al
though the yield in many places will
be light, some of the fields give prom
Use of being up to the average crop.
The. Herald at Hunter writes with
pride on the subject of the public
schools of that town, refers to the
splendid teaching force and general
school equipment and urges early en-.
rollment, and makes a bid for the
young people of the vicinity who are
seeking a high school education. !
In Walsh county, tributary to Graf
ton, rapid progress is being mdae in
the threshing operations. Wheat
yields are ranging fro MIC to Is bush
els to the acre and barley from Is
to 80 bushels, and the samples are
excellent. The outlook now is that
all of the fall blowing will be done
this year.
A rural mail carrier in Williams
county had his team suddenly stopped
by a rattlesnake, full grown, and
with a foot or more Of its body stand
ing erect in the center of it's coiled
mass. The horses would not move
one step past the reptile-to avoid
delay the driver had to kill the snake
and carry it out of the sight Of the
horses.
Two women, Bohemians, were held
under bonds at Grafton for "blind'
pigging" at Warsaw. Both women
have large families, n is a widow
and one has been deserted by her
husband who was arrested four years
ago on the same charge. The defend
ants, it is alleged, insist that they
have a perfect right to do what they
were doing, to make a living.
Eight new banks have been organ
lied in the state within the past two
weeks, each having 100000 capital
stock. These banks are launched at
Oakdale, Dunn county; Parshall,
Mountrail county; Sanish, Mountrail
county; Halliday, Dunn county;
Olanta, Mercer county; Charbonneau,
Mckenzie county; Elbowwoods. Nc
Lean county, and Rawson, Mckenzie
county.
Attorney r. D. Casey of Dickinson
made the trip from that city to Graf
ton, $40 miles. within three days in
a Cadillac machine. Mr.. Casey says
he made close observations of the
crop conditions all the way. He says
they are very fair as a whole and
the state will not be bankrupt this
Eyear by any means. He was immense
ly impressed with the distinctive
signs of prosperity all through the
country through which he passed.
The Priebe church near Mannhaven
was recently struck by lightning, just
after the morning services. The bolt
struck the steeple and nearly de-
molished it, passing downward it
struck the large pipe organ and near
ly completely destroyed that. It was
one of the finest pipe organs in the
state and was only placed there by
a considerable expense, being hauled
oyer forty miles by wagon. The loss
is partly covered by insurance.
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The home of W. w. Bemis, eleven
miles north of Courtenay, burned to
the ground last week: The fire orig.
mated from a defective gasoline stove.
Mr.. Bemis had just returned from a
trip to Spiritwood and as he ap-
preached the home noticed the fire.
His efforts were unavailing and the
house was a total loss. Mrs. Bemis
is visiting in Wisconsin. House and