Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-21

SiIs, - uoH O9Suiel OF Tue ITCH SHotS
bank, just incorporated at He'll.
The corner stone of the Valley City
Congregational church will be laid
Friday, by Ex-Governor Frank White.
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More than $500 has been raised at
Elgin by business men for a ce!ebra-
ton Of the nations birthday, sched-
uled for July 3.
More than 1000 gophers were slain
On Hannah,.s gopher day. So success
ful was Hannah's first gopher tes-
tivai" that II win be continued as an
annual event.
W3lliston people are much pleased
with the new government building,
with the exception that the corridors
are closed at night after 10 o'clock,
although the old building remained
open all night
Announcement was made today that
the annual school election for the
city of Mandan will be held or Tues
day, June /. E. A. Ripley and Dr.. NJ.
Kranz, the latter president Of the
board OF education, will be candidates
for reelection.
Fred Miller, aged 50, brother OF
Mrs. T. J. Evans OF Grand Forks, died
Of tuberculosis, At Silver City, \. NJ,
according to word received by Mr..
Evans, who has left for Kansas City
10 meet his wife, who is bringing the
body to Grand Forks for burial
That North Dakota grain fields have
a sufficient supply of moisture TO car
~ them a month is the report brought
into Grand Forks. The ground is thor
oughly soaked from SATURDAYS rain,
falling orer a very wide section. Re
ports from as far west as Stanley,
Minot, Bottineau and north 10 the
Canadian line, al show a heavy fall
Of rain.
Col N. A Hildrerh Of Fargo, Unit
ed states district attorney, has been
secured by the Devils Lake commit
tee on arrangements for Memorial
Day. to deliver the principal address
al the celebration there. The pro-
gram committee there has about CON-
pleted the arrangements for the prop
er observance of the day. which viii
be held on Monday, May 81, instead
Of May 80.
The Northern Pacific will not be ex-
tended beyond Ki1dee- until after
the next presidential election. This
has been definitely determined as a
result Of interviews with the North
ern Pacific officials. The extension
beyond this point to Sidney will be
expensive because Of the rough .colo-
Try through which the line will cross
the Fad Lands. There are many ele-
vations to cut down or tunnel and a
correspondingly Large number Of, fila
to be made.
Mrs. c. o. Ta1gstshl Of Minot drop
Led dead On her way from church,
Sunday afternoon, at the age Of =
years. Mrs. Tangedahl WAS born a.
Bergen, Norway, Il years ago. Sac
came to the United States with her
husband IN 1874, settling al Mount
Sterling, Crawford county, Wis. II
1886 Mr.. Tangedahl drove across the
country to North Dakota taking a
homestead half q mile north Of Mino1.
The year following Mrs. Tangedshl
and her children came.
.
Two hundred and forty-si1 Grand
Forks county children have this yea-
become interested in growing corr,
potatoes, tomatoes, and producing
pork, as a result OF contests launched
by the Grand Forks County Better
Farming association. The list Of en-
| rants announced Indicate that 81 chill
dren are growing cor In what is
known as ting 900 kernel contest,
IS are in the acre contest, 90 In the
tomato contest, 10 in the potato, and
I in the pork production rivalry.
Prizes aggreEating several hundred
dollars have been hung up for the
young farmers. 20"
1t will not make any difference
whether poll tax has been paid or aot,
every male citizen Of Devils Lake Is
sentenced to one days work On the
public highway Thursday, according
to the eoict of the Commercial club.
1 Competition has been aroused by pit
| ting the Devils Lake Indians" against
the red men OF the reservation, who,
under Colonel c. M. Zeibach, superin.
tendent of the Fort Totem govern
ment agency, viii start crews at the
south end of the highway, meeting the
local delegations at the bridge at the
NarroTs, which crosses the lake. Al
that point, which it is planned to
reach at noon, a big free feed in the
nature of a barbecue VIII DE served
the workers as a partial reward fo'
their thrift.
Mrs. r. S. Thomas. president, enter
tanned the members Of the Woman's
| club Of Lisbon at luncheon. As the
occasion vas the annual meeting O!
the club. the afternoon was devoted
to the transaction Of business The
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, Mrs. A NJ. Kve1lo; first yice
president, Mrs. r 8. Oliver; second
vice president, Mrs. c. a. Purdon; re
cording secretary. Mis- Flossie Ritz
en.haler; corresponding secretary
Mrs. W. S. Packer. treasurer, Mrs. r
S. Adams. Mrs. G. y. Randlet., az
1 instructor from the Agricultural chi
lege of Fargo, made an address.
The Odd fellows viii erect a 800,
Peter Seidel, a farmer near Streete,
found a dynamite cap and struck Il
with a hammer. The explosion LAGER
afed his arm and face