Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-01
State News and Comment

Mckenzie county's second annual
fair will be held in Alexander, Sep
TENDER % to, %. The annual county
teachers institute#will convene the
three days before the fair and a meet
ing Of the various school boards OF
the county will take place at the
same time. The officers for the coun-
ty fair are: G. T. Tellefson, presi-
dent n. Settle, vice president;
Edwin r. Joirson, secretary, NJ. c..
Adams, treasurer.
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A card in his pocket acknowledging
receipt of dues in the Chicago Shovel
Engineers union, bearing the name
Of Robert Wiehrs, is the only clew
Maddox, N. D., authorities have to
the identity Of a nan who fell dead
while walking down a street in that
city. That the dead man is Wiehrs;
that he has a son residing in Kansas
City, and that his wife is in Oklaho-
ma, is the belief Of authorities from
correspondence they have found.
Some s%coundrels near Glenburn
made a raid on several binders and
got away with all the Irvine found on
and near the machines, as we'll as all
tools Of any value. Among the losers
Of Irvine were N. Roles, G. Stroup,
Glenn Lockman and H. H. Marean,
Mr.. Roles states that he will give S25
for information leading to the identi-
@fication of the person or persons who
took the Irvine, and he will make that
reward good any time during the com
ing year.
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The new school building being
erected by the Hillsboro township
school district, just east OF the Hills
boro city limits, is fast nearing com
pletion. 1t is one of the. finest coun-
try school buildings in Trail county,
il, not in the state. The main floor
contains two good sized rooms for
pupils equipped with cloak closets,
besides a class room. The basement
also has two splendid rooms that a
be used for domestic science or man
ual training, besides 2 OOH for the
heating plant.
"A lJOolllUu Ou Luc NllldSC SCllOOl
board of Drake, paying no salary, is
the stake for which r. E. Sleight is
fighting in the district court Of Nc
Henry county, and to defend his cleo
ton to that position, he is opposing
contest proceedings launched by three
voters Of the district. At a hearing
conducted here Before Judge Baeley,
acting as referee, forty witnesses tes-
titled. It is charged against Mr..
Sleight that he obtained votes for the
school position w Violating the cor
rupt practices oct Of tie state ana
sleight vigorously opposes that coz
tention.
When Theodore Roosevelt ranched
in the bad lands he owned two ranch
es, one eight miles south of Medora
known as the .Chimney Butte" nam
ed from a nearby butte which had a
formation on the top like a chimney.
The brand ofethis ranch was a Nal
tese cross. The other ranch was To-.
Gated forty miles north and vas
known as the Elk Horn, the brand be-
ing an elk horn. An old brand of the
Maltese cross was found this spring
in the streets of Medora when grad
ing was being done. County Commits
sioner Nenens had secured the old
elk horn brand some 20 years ago,
and when he learned that Mr.. Roose-
welt was anxious to get the Maltese
cross he turned over the elk horn
and both brands were sent to Oyster
Bay. Mr.. Roosevelt has written,
thanking the people for their thought
fulness in sending him the brands and
saying that Mrs. Roosevelt is as much
interested in the brands as himself.
News that $4,000 in North Dakota
property had been ]bequeathed them
by a father whom they had not seen
for % years and have doubtless long
believed dead, is travelling by letter
from Watford to a family Of five chill
dren in the war-stricken zone of Lem
berg, Galicia. Austria. For three
years John Miller has lived in this
vicinity. working first IS mechanic
with the railroad construction com
pany and later at the trade of harness
maker. He has lived alone in a room
back Of his shop, cooking his own
meals and mingling rarely With PEG
pie. No one has known anything Of
his past life or was aware he had
a family. Recently it was found he
had been silently suffering for a long
time with cancer of the stomach.
Just before his death he drew a will,
leaving his property here and 1af
acres CT land near Stanley to five
sons and daughters in Lemberg. He
stated that he left Lemberg % years
ago and had not heard from his chill
dren for - years. He was afraid his
sens had been killed in the war and
that his daughters and their families
were among tnose who had Leen made
destitute. He gave his age as So. The
remains were buried in the local GEM
etery. O. l.. Casa-:, cashier of the
STATE bank, has been appointed ad-
ministrator. and news of the death
and the will have been sent to the
Lemberg address given by Mr.. Mil
Ter.