Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-30
News Of the State

News Of the State
Center, N. d., April 29.-The mem.
bership contest for the recently or.
ganised commercial club will be con.
tinued until May Is, when the losing
side will banquet the winners. The
membership has now reached 100.
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Mott, N. D., April 29.-As result
of the first days receipt Of cream.
the Mott creamery churned over 300
pounds OF butter. This is considered
a good record from the fact that this
is a time CT year when feed is short.
Williston. ". D., April 29.-WOrk
has ben commenced on the new post
Office building here. The new build
ing will be 60xSO feet and will be two
story with o basement. 1t is expected
the building vii! be ready for Oc-
cupancy ii, April. 1915.
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Reeder, N. D., April 29.-Clarence,
Youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jagia
east Of Gasc0qne, met with q serious
accident. The little fellow was kick.
cd by q horse. f%racturing his skull.
The west bound flyer took the little
sufferer to the Miles City hospital
for treatment. -
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Wishek. N. D., April 29.-M. IL.
Pratt, who has beea postmaster. here
since 1898, and who is n OF the
pioneer citizens OF the town, has re-
signed. Dan Nickisch, another pioneer
citizen, is a candidate to succeed. The
appointment, however, will be filled
through civil service.
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Reeder,. N. D., April 29.-Last, week
when w. D. Stephenson and his hired
mar were hitching up a four horse
team to q plow, the horses started,
knocking Mr.. Stephenson down and
he was struck on the head BY the
pillow which cut an ugly cash In his
head, nearly scalping him.
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Mott, N. D., April 29.-Arrange.
ments have been made by the officers
Of the local school board for the
planting OF $50 trees at the school.
grounds on Arbor Day, May L. Prac-
tically all OF the citizens of the town
will unite with the scholars In
carrying out the program planned.
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Glen Ullin, N. D, April 29.--Charies
Hanson, a young son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Hansen, six miles from here.
was killed at Livingston, Mont, by
being run over by a train. He was
en- route to Washington to visit rela.
tives and got. off his train at .Liv-
fngston and stepped on another track
IN frtr1t Of an engine and was in.
stantly killed. , "'
Underwood, N. D., April 29.-This
section of Mclean county is. rapidly,
engaging in the raising Of corn. Dur.
ing the past few years the corn acre
age has increased greatly, but the
coming year the number Of fields will
be increased more than ever. There
are several farmers in this vicinity
who will plant 100. acre fields, and
there ore several who will plant as
much as 4 quarter section.
Miss Anna e. Hinman, formerly a
Grand Forks teacher. hut recently
principal Of the lBottineau school,
died Of heart trouble in: that city,
according to advices received here.
Miss Human was a teacher in the
local high school for twelve years,
before she accepted her position with
the Bottineau school last fall. Brief
funeral services were held at Bot
tineau and the body was shipped to
her home in Grand Crossing, ILL.,, for
interment. She Is survived by her
mother, q brother. and one sister,
all. living in Grand Crossing, III.
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Deering. II. D., April oh. iB.
Fast was the victim Of wENt might
have proven q very serious accident.
With his son, ]. D. Fast, he was re-
turning from a trip to Minot, with w.
A. Dunlop's auto. The car stopped
on the road and Mr.. Fast got out of
the machine to crank the engine.
After the engine had gotten in mo-
ton the a started forward, throw.
ing Mr.. Fast to the ground and en-
tangling him underneath the mahcine
1t was found that he had sustained a
fractured rib and several minor bruis.
es and at present Is getting along as
we'll as can be expected.
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Marmarth, N. D., April 29.-The
local people upon whose laads the
different oil promoters secured on.
lions last year are greatly interested
in the operation Of wells in Dennis,
Mont. q short, distance from here. An
oil boring outfit is at work there,
said tc be owned by, one Of the com.
panies having options in this section.
At j depth OF 300 feet natural gas
was struck and is being utilized to
generate power for the operation Of
the machine.
!. Another outfit is boring for oil on
Cedar Creek twelve miles from the
scene CT the first operation. 1t is be-
,lieyed thi sentire western part OF
North Dakota and eastern Montana is
undarlaid with Oil wells and that this
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