Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-26
News of the State.
Mot. d. B. Jones reports q sue
cessful tobaccoscrop, two dozen plants
having attained .. remarkable growth.

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Edinburg. a. C. Utterbeck Of Edin-
burg has sued that village for $4,000
damages because of a broken should.
or blade, received, ip q fall on the
sidewalk there.
Eight hundred of / 300 bushels Of
new wheat marketed in Grand Forks
last week has been graded No. l
Northern, the remaining 500 grading
No. 3 Northern.
Rollo. J.. j. Moore Of Perth, while
drilling q we'll, was severely injured
when 3 heavy piece Of iron, attached
to q chain used In handling the bor-
ing rod, struck him on the head.
Charles Cox. aged %, Of Chicago,
will plead guilty in the district court.
ut is said, to the charge Of forgery, on
which he was arrested following an
alleged successful attempt to pass q
bad IS check.
Devils Lie, The young son Of Mr..
and Mrs. W. II. Johnson of Poplar
Grove was badly hurt when hooked
by q COW The doctor was called to
dress his wounds and he Is getting
along as we'll as could be expected.
Dickinson. Hail losses in Stark
county during the past season totaled,
over $250,000, according to figures fur
nished by insurance companies oper-
ating the district. OF the total loss,
about $4,000 was covered by insur-
ance.
The new line OF the Dakota West
ern Telephone Co. from Williston,
via Mondak and Fairview, reached
Alexander Tuesday and was connect
ed up at the Alexander State Bank.
lit ia expected that the local exchange
will be in operation in about four
weeks.
The Taylor Reporter had q couple
Of columns Of good booster stun rela-
tive to the virtues of Halliday, in its
last issue. The Taylor Improvement
company Is among the list of new
corporations granted charters to do
business in North Dakota. Its capital
stock is $4,000.
Cooperstown. While cutting grain
on his farm near Jessie Sunday, o. L..
Anderson received a severe fracture
Of the right arm, The binder seat
gave way and he fell backward, strik-
ing on his elbow fracturing 1t in the
form Of q T, one of the very worst
form Of fractursss.
Flaxton. A fire loss Of $4,000 was.
sustained here when the Flaxton meat
market, the Western Land company
and the Flaxton; barber shop were
burned. Flying einders set fire to
several other buildings, but the fire
department prevented further
spread of the flames. {
Cleveland. The golden anniversary
Of the wedding of Rev. and Mrs. Don
aid Vruce was celebrated at the home
of one Of their, sons, here. Thirty
two of the children and the grand
children were present and q large
number Of friends Of the popular cou-
pie assisted in the event.
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Stanley. Over 100000 bushels Of
grain will be shipped off the Powers
Lake extension Of the Great Northern
this year, according to estimates by
James Robinson and ]. u. Griffin, In
dustrial agents Of the Great Northern.
who have just completed an invests.
cation Of conditions along the line.
Bisbee. The Haas family, includ-
ing an 8~-year.old boy, visited the
scherf family. The Haas and the
Scherf Doys were playing in the pump.
house. The latter went to perform
some chores and on his return to the
pumphouse, found the Haas boy in .
dying condition with q bullet hole in
his head.
York. Ralph Boone and Thomas
Howard were arrested here ut the re-
quest of Indiana officials who took
them back. Boone Is charged with
wife desertion and q complaint was
made against Howard by q young girl.
The men had been here five weeks.
and we're receiving mail under as
sumed names.
Walcott.-District Game Warden
Lyken Of Forman dropped in here
and arrested Ole Swanson, q we'll
known farmer near Kindred, on 3
charge Of illegal fishing. Swanson
had used a dip net and had been seen
violating the law by neighbors. He
was arrested and brought here and .
fine imposed.
Valley City. A change Of control
and management Of the Times-Rscord,
the local daily, is reported. It Is said
that e. D. Lum, who has been con-
nected with that publication for some
time, traded a paper he owned at Met.
rose, MIMI, to q. M. Warren of La
Moure. the majority stakeholder in
the daily here.
stady. While both parents were
at work in the field near Howard
p~ostoffice, this county, the 5-month-
old child Of, Mr.. and Mrs. Mauris Aas
was cremated. The baby and an:
other child were left in the granary
The older child secured some match
es and started = fire, which quickly
consumed the building and burned
Tho child "a dnafh rtg sE h%s54