Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-07-04
News of the State

Braddock will have a big celebra
ton today and the scream Of thu
Eagle will be heard far AMI wide.
Several hundred farmers of Kiddel
county will be at Dawson July 10 K
attend the annual demonstration farm
picnic.
The Dominican missionary, Father
Larpenteur, has been conducting
mission at Garske which aroused
much interest.
The Wasbburn and futile Lake tel
ephone exchanges have been sold by
A. E. Johnson and Karl Klein to J. G
Arvig Of Fargo.
The Valley City children will be
fortunate this year as the gymnas'
ium and play grounds will be open
to them througout the entire season
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Nearly every town along the main
line of the Northern Pacific has
heard" that No. 5 and No. 6, N. P,
trains will again be placed into serv'
ice.
More than 1000 farmers gathered
at Elgin to look over the crops on the
demonstration farm. The demonstra.
lions cover 40 acres and have been
maintained and developed during
three years past by the N. p. railroad.
Two blind pigs were raided in Mi.
not Monday night by the police. In
one of them eight barrels Of beer were
found and seized, but the gamblers
! who had evidently been In session had
made their getaway, though the
chairs were still warm.
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So far twenty North Dakota state
banks have asked permission to Join
the national bank group and operate
under the new banking law. Many
of those entering the national bank
family feel that they will be greatly
benefited by the change.
After a separation of 81 years.
Mrs. Mary Little Of Burt, this state,
and l.. E. Mark of Los Angeles, Cali.
forpia, a brother met again. Mr..
Mark left Chicago when II years Of
age and this is the first time he
has been in this section of the coun-
try.
The state convention of commercial
clubs at Minot on July IA will dis
cuss the question of immigration into
North Dakota. This was up at the
last meeting in Grand Forks but wal
not gone into thoroughly. 1t Is ex.
pected that something practical will
be undertaken as the result of this
consideration.
The Minot band greeted every train.
load of Elks arriving at the Magic City
for the annual meeting and the lodges
coming with big delegations paraded
from the station to the lodge hall led
by the band. In addition to the usual
business transacted behind closed
doors there is q program providing
for a lot of fun in which the public
may participate.
The Progressive party (Bull Moos-
ers) failed by 10 per cent to poll
enough votes to get upon the official
ballot in Minnesota, but the canvass
ing board has issued certificates any
way, having done 50 before attention
was called to this phase of the law.
II anyone applies for an injunction
the nominees will get on the ticket
by petition. 1t takes 1000 signatures
of voters to achieve this, and they
must not have voted at the primaries.
49,
Postofiice inspectors who have in.
vestigated the. robbery of several
lock boxes at Mandan are satisfied
that the work is that of children, but
they have been unable to obtain any
clue IS to the identity of the perpe.
traitors. So far as can be ascertain.
ed, though the lock boxes OF the
First National bank. and the Missouri
Valley Grocery company were rifled
only % cents was actually taken.
The stolen mail, all of it opened,
was found scattered about the
streets near the postofice.
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Joseph Hansmucker, is, with his
brothers, Thomas, Is, and Danny, a.,
have been peddling their way on two
bicycles across Minnesota and North
Dakota under appealing circum.
stances. They lived with their wild.
father on a small farm three
miles east Of Minneapolis, and their
father died recently leaving them
nothing. They had an uncle in Sas.
katchwan and decided to 60 there on
two bicycles that they owned. The
two elder boys take turns at riding
Danny on the handle bars, and they
reached Mimic in three weeks.
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F. s. Graham, formerly of Min1ea-
polls, who recently purchased a con.
trolling interest in the Farmers &
Merchants bank Of Mandan, which
was for a time in the hands Of the
state bank examiner, has brought
about the reorganization of the in.
stitutio1 as the Merchants National
bank. 1t will have a capital Of $50,
900. The applicants for the charter
are Mr.. Graham, Ed Schulenberg OF
Mandan, H. L. Henke Of Maadan,
William Mas Of Glen Ullen, N. D.,
and G. M. Hopp Of Cayuga, N. D.
The present capital Of the state bank
is but $4,000.