Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-07-09
News of the State

News Of the State
McHe1ry County Sunday school
association will hold its annual con-
veation, July - and 20.
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. The city commission Of Williston
have decided 70 have a filter for city
water publication purposes.
Judge "A. @. Burr will convene dis
trict court q Towner, July 20. The
Jury has been drawn and the liti-
ga1ts are preparing for a long term.
The Sa1b0rn Enterprise stated
a liberal consignment of booze was
shipped up the branch (McHenry
line) for the benefit Of c%elebrators.
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B. M. Bankseon a bookkeeper at
Beach was killed by train No. Z,
when his auto was struck by the
pilot and thrown . number of feet
away
The June rainfall was greater this
year than for aay time during the
last forty years. AT the local sta
ton $50 inchey Of precipitation was
recorded.
The survey 10 progressing on the
Willist0l Northern railroad. Also
that r~ight-of-way will be secured
very soon and much without resort
to condemnation proceedings.
The Mandan IChautauqua is we'll
attended and proving better than
last year. Many people from the
country are camping at the grounds
and enjoying the seasons entertain
meat.
Citizens Of Granville and Towner
have been working for better roads
between the two places and have I'll.
ed petitions with the county for the
laying out and establishing Of q
county road.
Seventy-hve dollars an acre Is a
pretty good price TO pay for la1d yet
a sale made two days ago in this
city for a farm, several miles north
of town indicated that amount in
the consideration.
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No trace has been found of the
burglars who looted the Leine & Co.
store at Bergen. Postal authorities
are watching for the bandits and the
probabilities are that they will Sc.
cure the perpetrators of the robber-
les.
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Sherwood IS to have considerable
work done this year and are
going about 1t in q systematic way.
A survey will be made and a city
datum established 80 that all future
work must be founded on the proper
basis.
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Sentinel Butte people are some
what elated over the alleged stall
that has been made regarding the
line south of Beaeh-they intimate
that 1t was only started to head on
the electric line from Sentinel Butte
to Baker, Montana.
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Few reports of rust on grain has
been reported thus far this year and
In only q few localities have dis.
astrous hailstorms been reported.
The crop reports from all over North
Dakota are better than they have
been for many years.
49,
Some railroad agents are reported
as acting for the brewers IN the dis.
posal of the product that made Mil.
waukee famous. No facts to sub.
stantiate the reports have been Sc.
cured except q copy Of q circular let.
ter which intimates that some agents
are making 500 a month from the
business.
Valley City press boys are making
great preparations for entertaining
the newspaper men Of the state in
their annual convention to be held
July 10 and II. The local committee
headed by Percy Trubshaw, has ar
ranged q number Of events that will
help the visitors to have the biggest
time that a 0uillpusher has ever en-.
joyed.
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Every where Gen. Rosalie Jones
goes througout the state, she is &C
corded every attention and her lee
lures o. suffrage are listened to with
interest. Miss Jones has been con-
Quoting her campaign along lines Of
reason and common sense and has
done more than all the famboyant
and spectacular lecturers have done
II all the work Of the latter were
combined.
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A Sweet Briar man In Morton
county, having purchased q ticket
from that station to Mandan just be-
fore the bridge washed out, insisted
that the railroad deliver him at his
destination. The company did 80
and sent the man west to Terry,
Montana, then to Aberdeen and
around by the way Of Jamestown.
The long trip took five days time AID
all for a fare of 80 cents.
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A report comes from Elgin that a