Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-13

cess in. every respect.
Two crops of potatoes We're har'
vested from one piece of ground BY
Mr.. McManus at st. John.
Theodore Johnson of Ross broke
one of his arms by falling from a lad
der on which he was working.
A fire of unknown origin destroyed
the buildings belonging to the Union
Transfer company at Wahpeton.
The teachers and parents are form.
ing clubs in various parts of the state
for the improvement of school work.
Among other things Turtle Lake
has five grain elevators and all are
reported to be doing a big business.
The people of Taylor had house
cleaning, disposing of the rubbish
that had decorated portions of the
town.
[Markovitz & Retter of RichardtOn
have purchased lots in Halliday and
will erect a store building at that
place.
The depot at Halliday has been
completed and work is progressing on
the stock yards and section tool
house.
The clearings of the Minot clearing
house showed an increase in October
of $463, O2222 over the month of Sep
TENDER.
The late r w. Scars, head os the
Chicago mail order house, VAS 4
brother-in-law of DR.. MecSstrotE Of
| Wahpeton.
With the exception of small
amount of painting and plumbing, the
new city building at Ellendale has
been completed.
A pool hall at Kuhn was set afire
by the explosion of a gasoline stove.
The fire department got the blaze out
before a great deal Of damage was
done.
Owen Madden, p farmer of the
Kuhn vicinity, sold hog there that
weighed $50 pounds, the largest that
has been marketed at that place this
year.
The Columbia hotel at Langdon
has been temporarily closed. 1t is I'M
/ derstood that other. parties have leas-
va the building and waH*open it up
! in a short time. -
Mott will hold an election on Nov.
II. for the purpose of giving. the citi-
Zens of that town a chance to ex-
press their views of issuing bonds
fer a WaterWorks.
A prairie fire, which is supposed to
have started from sparks from a
Northern Pacific locomotive, caused
considerable damage between Wyld-
mere and DeTamere.
Miss Mary Shaw. a member of the
Tower City basketball team, had her
left knee so badly sprained while
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it put in a plaster cast. ..
Moses Kesler, son of merchant at
Devils Lake, was shot in the leg Just
above the knee, by another boy. The
shooting was accidental and occurred
near the Great Northern shops.
Edgeley-President L. !P. Robert
son, of Wesley college, who delivered
an address at Edgeley in behalf Of
the institution. obtained pledges of
5000 for the benefit OF the school,
The school board of Ryder has
leased the cid Presbyterian church
building in order to accommodate
the many people. They have 154 p,-
pills enrolled, which is more than they
have school room for.
There was bad pairie fire in the
vicinity of Russo. The fire travelled
several miles before being brought
under control and considerable
amount of hay was burned. 1t is sup
posed that the fire started from 500
locomotive.
On the Hewitt farm, in the vicin-
ity Of Bowman, an acre of alfalfa was
allowed to go to seed and six and
a half bushels were threshed from
the patch, besides considerable hay
being secured Alfalfa seed is quot
ed at $45 per bushe1 at present.
Fl. N. Stevenson, formerly of Lang
! dOn, who is totally blind, recently
won fast driving horse as n wager.
The bet was made with a friend thar
Mr.. Stevenson could walk eight miles
unaided to the home of friend. and
he accomplished the feat in little
less than three hours.
The large new barn Oh the Paul
liner ranch, about 20 miles south.
east of Manning, burned to the
ground last Friday ,Ir. liner lost
considerable hay, harness, a horse
and numerous other things in the
fire. The loss is estimated TO be
about $4,000. The large barn was
erected just few years ago and
was considered one Of iI1e best barns
in the county.
| News reached Page tha' fire had
started in the buildings on the Wal.
lori farm. No one was at home when
the fire started as the renters, the
Hollins family were in Erie, the fire
being noticed by the W. G. Joseph
family on the west, and an alarm was
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