Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-21
News 81 the State

banks at Nome, On March 4, amount.
ed to $l87,562.
Milliners are arriving in the small
towns and are -getting ready for the
pre.Easter trade.
There will be a leasing OF schooi
and state lands for Barnes county at
Valley City, April !.
1t is surprising how many people
failed to use the spelling book WAen
they went to school.
Miss Sara Guss of Wolford is a
f. candidate for superintendent OF
schools for Pierce county.
There is to be an athletic turna-
nlent for the school boys at Under
wood. the latter part Of May.
There seems to have been q gen.
eral viewing, over the state. OF the
eclipse of the moon Il week ago.
Benson county is to have u better
farming agent, the commissioners
having made a special levy for the
enterprise.
Unless the weather changes very
considerably for the worse farmers
in the vicinity of Warwick expect to
be seeding March 81.
The Great Northern Railway com
pany will have to pay the state STU
for the gravel It took from the Rock
Island Military reservation.
A big dairy meeting was held at
Nfaxbass and was in charge Of X. j.
Flint, state dairy commissioner, and
r. w. Merrill of Fargo.
Benedict Banner: We have a few
people in this community who would
do well to sweep the bats out Of their
heads aud rent the empty rooms
s.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekah
lodges at Hamilton arranged an en-.
tertainment for st. Patrick's day, the
proceeds Of which were to 90 to the
:. Odd Fellows Home building fund.
-. s.
George PETER, aged 50, was almost
instantly killed OH his farm near
Mandan, by being crushed between a
wagon and the side of a barn door.
HI died of his injuries in a few
hours.
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The BrinsMadc Scar: Don't throw
that snow shovel away, because you
were not given the opportunity to use
it on the walks this winer. 1t. might
come handy III swatting the. fly this
summer. IA =, I
The current issues of the state pa
pers urge the township voters to be
very careful in their selection OF road
%overseers, whose duties under tho
new law are vastly more important
than they are used to be.
1t is said That the business Of the
p~ostofice is an index to the activity
Of q town. More than TOO pounds
of mail is handled some days at the
Maddox postofice. and it requires
three hours time to sort it.
s.
The curren issue Of the Sykeston
paper says there is q blanket Of snow
Il inches deep on the ground at Hes
ton, Wells county, which the farm.
ers consider a blessing, as the land
vas not long on moisture.
The county commissioners have
granted the request of the farmers In,
levying a tax of half a mill for the
purpose of supplying a field for Fen
sou county to carry on the work of
the better farming movement.
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The independent at Garrison says
that a farmer who has only enough
cows giving milk sufficient to pay his
bills when they come due, and q sup
ply OF pocket money, is a farmer that
is on the right track to success.
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The lettering Of the roads in and
out Of the village Of Courtenay was
the principal order Of business at d
recent meeting of the Commercial
clue. and a determination to do
things was reflected in the remarks
made.
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Final proof notices are prominent
in the Hazelton paper. And it is said
the homesteaders are of the sticking
kind-not going to sell out for a
song, as there is too much money in
the fertility OF the land in Emmons
county. @
Tie. Great Northern is making
track improvements in the vicinity
Of Thorn. =TAirty-fve carloads OF
new ties have been unlOaded between
York and Dunseith, and 50 carloads
more will. be necessary for the pro.
jected improvements.
The Standard at Maddox says u
better farming expert will be EN-
ployed 9by the county commissioners
for Benson county. This is COM
mendable and meets with the. wishes
Of the entire county. A quarter Of a
mill will be the tax.
H. M. Taber of jamestown, owner
of 46 acres adjoining the village OF
Medina on the east. lis going to plat
tie same into acre tracts which will
be, sold at $500 each. The buyers are
expected to be farmers, who later
will want homes in the village.
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