Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-07
News of the State

News OF the State
Hazleton will hold its high schoo
graduation exercises June II.
The Ward county commissioners
have decided to erect a silo at the
poor farm.
jamestown reports a total fire loss
for the year ending June 1, 1914 ,oi
less than six thousand dollars.
Lights have been turned on at Bal
four and people are we'll pleased with
the new electric system of lightning
G. w. Wolbert, formerly Of this
city, was elected secretary Of the
Commercial club at New Rockford
recently.
Hazen's new drug store is now
open for business and will be in
charge of Ed Martin, formerly OF
Mandan.
The Old Williamsport school clos.
ed last week with an indoor picnic
and lunch. The parents of the pu'
pills participated in the affair.
Mandan high graduated eleven
young men and women from that
school this year. Judge A. A. Bruce
delivered an interesting address Oh
American citizenship and it's duties.
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Dogden farmers have been adding
many purebred animals to their herd
this year. Bishop Cowell states that
Indian legends claim the dogdens
were famous for the wild animals
and wild cattle.
The country newspaper political
are galleries are filled with pictures
and the owners OF the faces are spe.
culating as to which one will take the
blue ribbon when the votes arc
counted.
From weather reports sent from
Washington, Bismarck is shown to
have had the heaviest precipitation
Of any place in the state and stands
higher than many other places in
the northwest.
Amlog the $4,000 girls who sent
for a book advertised widely as
what every girl should know be-
fore marriage" we're a few North Da.
kota girls. The book they received
was a very ordinary cook book.
Cass and Richland counties report
an excess of moisture this year. The
extremely rich and heavy soil, cou.
pied with poor drainage, makes ex-
cessive rainfall iburdensome, as the
soil cannot assimilate so much wa
ter.
Mandan papers note that not a
single death occurred within the city
during the month of May. No re-.
ports of the number of babies which
DR.. Stork left has been made, yet
as estimate says there were a score
or more.
The city council at Valley City is
wrestling with the proposition Of
sinking a we'll or a battery of them to
insure a good water supply. The
matter is only in the preliminaries
and will soon come up for more der:
mite consideration.
The farmers clubs of Steel county,
vii hold a big picnic at Patton's
Grove, a few miles southeast of Sher
grooke. July 4. They have decided 4
general rally and picnic will be fal
better and more pleasant than the
average noisy firecracker, ear-split'
ting Fourth.
The Red River Valley Young Peo,
pies League of the Norwegian Luth'
eran Synod will hold its annual con
vention in Valley City from Thursday,
the 18th. to Sunday, the 21st of June.
All the Young Peoples Societies OF
the church from the eastern half of
the state will send delegates. Be.
tween 20 and 23O members are OK,
pected to attend the meeting.
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The Seventeenth AnnualOld Set.
tiers celebration, will be held at Tow.
er City, N. D., on Wednesday, June
18th, 1914. This Old Settlers Asso
citation consists of members residing
in western Cass and eastern Barnes
counties. There will be the usual
program of all kinds of field sports,
good ball grounds. band music, merry
60 round and all other goor attrac.
tons. Good speakers have been en-
gagged.