Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-12

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Thieves broke into the general
store of o. NJ. Erickson at Granville,
and secured goods to the value of
about SIS. There is no clue.
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r. w. Wilkinson, elevator man of
Wing, had his hand painfully injured
when he got it caught in the moving
cups of the elevator machinery.
The Dickinson Saddlery Co. was
burglarized to the extent of about $50.
Several other places were also enter
ed, and more or less property taken
from each.
Montana men are said to be put
ting in $500 sheep at Church's Fer
nv, and $4,000 at New Rockford, to
feed on the stubble. They will re-
main about eight weeks.
Schafer. When he used a lamp to
aid in drawing gasoline from a tank
in a small shed E. R, Rudd of Cart
wright was thrown through a door
and badly burned about the hands
and head in an explosion.
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A wind that assumed the proper
tons of a tornado, did considerable
damage at Tasker, overturning a
threshing machine on the road,
wrecking a grain tank and doing 9TH
er damage. Heavy hail accompanied
the storm.
S. O. Wyatt of near Haley was ar
rested and held to the county court
on the charge of shooting a bull be-
longing to J. NJ. Sabe. Wyatt claims
that he shot the animal in self de-
Tense. though he did not kill it The
quarrel between neighbos is said TO
be Of long standing.
W, E. Emerson, accompanied by Nj.
and Mrs. Oscar Olafson, Miss Ethel
Smith and Oscar Anderson, turned
turtle with an auto near Hea,on
when Emerson attempted TO pass a
loaded wagon on a narrow grade. No
one was hurt, as fortunately the ditch
was dry al that point.
Regain. The Farmers elevator is
being pushed as rapidly as possible
A large crew OF carpenters arrived
Friday evening and Saturday morn
ing work started in earnest Sa1ur-
day evening another arrived
and work continued all day Sunday
About twenty men are now employed.
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Bowbells. A sealed box a in the
500 Line yards was broken into. The
thief Or thieves evidently had a thirst
entirely out of harmony with the
North Dakota liquor laws, as the OBJ
ject of the raid seemed to be TO gain
possession of the beer that was ID
the car, several cases Of which were
taken.
The Union hotel at Portal very
narrowly escaped being burned to
the ground Sunday when it caught
on fire from an overheated range
Prompt and heroic action on the part
of the fremen saved the building.
The fire was e%xtinguished with but
little damage having been done to
the building or furnishings.
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A Chicago travelling man by the
name of Roland was badly injured
in an automobile smashup between
Maddox and Esmond. There were
three men in the car, which turned
turtle on striking a loose board IN a
culyert. The other two were not
hurt, but Roland suffered a broken
arm and leg, a broken thumb, cracked
ribs, and other minor injuries. He
probably will recover.
Several Sims men performed a
lo%op-theloop stunt in an auto. and
all lived to tell the tale. Some one
in the machine turned out the lights
and the auto left the road and went
over a %thirty-foot embankment with
an angle of about SIS degrees The
machine remained upright, anc
plunged down the slope, jumping the
sulley at the bottom, and turning
over when it struck the opposite
side. The men in the a were J. I
Johnson, c. r. Wright, Thomas Gray
and Willie Johnson
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Henry Hanson, who resides neal
! Spiritwood lake, cut a field of about
/ 900 acres of what is known as rust
proof wheat The kernels are
large, plump and sound and do moi
appear to be affected by rust In
the same neighborhood, other fields
of blue stem and fife are badly hi
and scarcely worth cutting. The
"%rustproof' is said TO be a specia!
variety. is a bearded wheat, resemb
ling macaroni Mt. Hanson IS muct
pleased with the result of his expsri
ment and will have financial reason:
for being so.
The four-yearold son of Mr.. ant
Mrs. William Bartel. living a Al
pha. was the victim of what might
have proven under less favorable
auspices a fatal accident Tnesda!
afternoon. Mr.. Bartel. it appears
was engaged in driving some stake:
in the ground with an axe and DID
not notice the approach of the httl'
fellow, who stepped in front OF n:
father Just as the axe descended. tn.
heavy weapon striking a giancin:
blov IN the side of the head. EOU