Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-30
News of the State

DelnS
The Wade Cafe at Garrison has
opened to the public.
s.
The postoftice at Abercrombie is
located in a new building.
Maddox people are trying to orga-
nize a band at that place.
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A telephone has been placed in the
school house at Brinsmade.
The Tolna garage is being repair
ed after the recent fire there.
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The residence of Mrs. Miller at St.
Thomas, was destroyed by fire.
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The business men of Tolma are
anxious to secure an oil station.
A play and dance will be given at
SANFORD, February 5, for the benefit
of the Boys band.
The North Dakota Mechanics Bene-
|>fit Union will hold a convention at
Fargo in February.
-Four hundred sacks of flour were
recently shipped from ~Lidgerwood for
the Belgian Relief Fund.
Doctor HEM of Lidgerwood was
quite severely burned about one arm
and hand by scalding water.
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The young people of Lidgerwood
are going to give a play in February
for the benefit of the public library.
The First State Bank of 'Streeter
will be nationalized and will be
known as the First National Bank of
Streeter.
An orchestra Of six pieces has been
organized, and a piano will soon be
installed in the Congregational church
at Sykeston.
A five broke out in the O'Donnell
& Runner building at Cleveland, but
was e~xtinguished before much dam
age was done.
1t is reported on good authority that
local telephones and an exchange will
be installed at Golden Valley and
that some long distance lines will be
built out of town.
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Work on the new water system at
Wahpeto1 is progressing nicely and
it is reported that water from the fl
tration plant will be turned into the
mains about February Is.
Maltese Tom, who far twelve years
has been a prominent figure at the
Olson department store at Cando and
was known to everyone in that town,
gave up the last of his nine lives.
Arrangements I being made by
the Masonic lodge at Parkinson for
the use OF a hall over the Fair. store
IS a lodge room. 1t is probable that
t1!:cH lodges will use the hall in con
nect:on with the Masons.
The stockholders Of the Cavalier
County Fair association held a meet
ing at Langdon, reelected it's old Of
ficers and made arrangements for the
next fair, which will be held late in
July or early in August.
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Meas, of New Salem, is the owner of
a champion COW of her age in North
Dakota. A semi-oficial test complet-
ed tails week shows that she made
11,56S.04 pounds of milk, $50 pounds
OF butter with a test of 1868 at the
ouo NJ orn x-non onl - ~o@r&Lo
An o~ver-heated stove in the Win.
perman warehouse at Hankinson set
fire to the building, the flames being
extinguished before great damage
vas done, with the exception that
about 100 bushels Of potatoes were
baked.
The Homemakers' club Of Caring
ton asked the Northern Pacific rail.
road officials for permission to place
rocking chairs in the woman's wait
ing room in the station at that place.
The permission was not only granted,
but the company supplied the chairs
also.
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= AZ "a SSlii1S VI IL oIOSh-
holders and directors of the bank at
Hazleton, the proposition Of erecting
a new bank building was discussed
and it was decided that if the old
structure could be disposed of the
pans will be carried out in the
spring.
A can of wood stain placed on top
Of & stove to "thaw out at the resi-.
dence of w. r. Williams, in Grand
Forks exploded, and the contents TAX
ing fire spread to curtains in a Win
dow lee by, resulting in a lively
blaze which called out the depart
ment.
w. H. Stutsman was elected vice
president of the Merchants National
bank Of Mandan at the annual meet
ing of that institution held at the
presidents office. He succeeds the
late w: S. Parkin. F. l.. Mcdonald
was made a member OF the board OF
directors, also taking the place of
Mr.. Parkin.
At a meeting OF the state banking
board a charter was granted to the
Ward County Bank of Minot. The new
institution has a capital stock of $685.
900. The ~incorporators are D. A.
Long, H. "A. Halvorson and Henry E.
+ Anderson all of Minot. G. w. Nc
Williams will be president and Mr..