Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-20

Hope now has a public park. The
walks have been g~ravelled and the
place has been fitted up for the
pleasure of the townspeople.
Richardton is having a big horse
sale. Between four and five hundred
head of range, work and driving
horses will be offered at auction.
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The new brick building Of the
Farmers Bank Of Hazen will soon be
a reality as the contractor and five
bricklayers are busily engaged in
erecting 1t.
Mrs. F. H. Wilder of Fargo is tuor-
ing the counties Of Ransom, LaMOure,
and Stutsman, where she will speak
on woman suffrage under the auspic-
es of the W. c. 7. U.
C. B. Heinemeyer of Beulah has
withdrawn from the senatorial race
in Mercer and Oliver counties, and
thanks the people of the district for
their generous offers Of support.
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George Johnson, colored, was
drowned in the Cheyenne river, at
Valley City. He had been in SWIM
ming and it is believed he was taken
i'll with heart trouble when about
midway across the river.
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The Sentinel Butte Republican
| states that the new electric line that
had been proposed and had received
a set back from the announcement
that the N. P. would construct a line
south from Beach, would in all prob.
ability be built.
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The Heart river is the highest at
the present time that it has been
this year. The waler has been pour.
ing over the top of the dam about
three feet deep. 1t is estimated that
the stream has averaged two and a
half feet above normal for the past
two days. a.
Efforts on the part of the Sentinel
Butte commercial club, are being
made to have trains 3 and 4 of the
N. P. stop at that place. A delega-
ton has been sent to Glendive to con
fer with division superintendent,
Lantry, to see if something of this
kind cannot be done. Trains Z and 8
are the only ones which stop at that
place.
Miss ROsalie Jones, the comely and
attractive young general of the suf-
fragette army on its famous march
upon Washington in March, is to
speak in Fargo next Monday, June
%. From there she will 60 to Valley
City and Dickinson speaking in each
place, and then into Montana to join
forces with Miss Jeanette Rankin,
we'll known in this state.
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ChautauQua opens at Mouse River
park, Renville county, July 3 and con-
tinues till July 2 with a $1,000 pro.
gram on the boards. One, Of the
largest auditoriums in the west is
completed, it is 80 by 120 feet. The
stage is said to be the largest this
| side of Chicago. The grounds open
every year on Jure 1 and are kept
open until Septem.e r l. July 8 is the
big day.
James McEWan of cavalier "a
elected president of the Young Peo-
pies union of the Pembina Presby-
terry at the annual meeting at 1nkster.
The other officers are: vice president,
Mrs. D. Haddow, Gilby; secretary,
Miss Mary %Cruttenden, Inkster; treas
urer, Miss Jennie Robinson, Langdon;
superintendent of departments, Miss
Edith Aitkin of Park River, Miss Jean
Gillespie Of Forest River and Miss
Lena Giles of Grafton.
FREIGHT RATE CASE IN COURT.
Fargo, N. D., June 19.-The inter-
state commerce commission is now
considering the case of Magill ct al.
vs., Northern Pacific railroad. accord
ing to a letter received yesterday by
Traffic Agent F. o. Gibbs of the Com
mercial club, from the commission.
A decision is tentatively promised
within two weeks.
The suit was started by the Fargo
Commercial club last year, to force
the railroads running into this city to
make the freight rates to Fargo and
Moorhead from eastern terminal
points the same. The suit was start
ed as a result of a recent change in
the tariff schedules of the several
railroads which makes the rate to
Fargo considerably higher than to the
city across the river. and which is
costing Fargo merchants more than
$4,000.
PLAYED WITH MATCHES.
Grand Forks, N. D., June 19.-Har-
old, the 7-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. liver E'raaten of Manville, was
probably fatally burned last evening.
So serious was the accident that the
doctors are not giving any encourage
ment to the deeply stricken parents.
No one was present to witness the
tragedy except a playmate of about
the same age, who left his companion
crying in agony to get help. 1t is not
known just how the boy caught on
fire. The two children were playing