Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-04
State News and Comment

Clay county in which Moorhead Is
located will vote on the license issue
on May IT,.
The most enterprising farmers
south of Dogden are about to organize
a telephone company to connect with
the exchange at Dogden. Several
meetings have been held.
49,
Napoleon and Vicinity organized an
automobile club the other night, with
II members, and elected officers as
follows: President, M. w. Kelly;
vice president, j. NJ. Thompson; sec
rotary, o. P. Bryant; treasurer, V.
Holset; board of governors, DR.. l..
Erickson, Joe Rott, F. B. Heath. Oh
ject of club, Better Roads"
The Heart river is steadily rising
as the result of the melting of the
snow at the headWaters. It is now
within a couple Of feet of the top of
the dam at Mandan. The riprap
work recently completed by the boys
of the reform school, will, it is be-
lieved, hold against any possible
flood this spring, other than a repeti-
ton of last years extreme high wa
ter.
President Frank Milhollan announc-
es that the second annual show of the
Missouri Slope Poultry association
will be held at the Dickinson armory
on December Is, 16, II and 10. The
officers are already making arrange
ments for a better and larger poultry
show than the one held in January.
Elmer Gimlin of Taylorville, ILL.,, has
been engaged as official Judge.
E. c. Carney, one of Williston's
month celebrating the tenth %anniver-
sary Of his arrival in Williston and
the establishment Of his real estate
and alw business. Ten years ago on
April - Mr.. and Mrs. Carney arrived
in Williston to make this city their
home: He has consistently and con-
stantly been a booster for Williston
and the Surrounding territory.
Following closely the passing Of
Frank James, for whom he worked as
a "funkey" in the former bandits
days, Ole Rookie, known as the "Big
Norwegian" died at Regent, fourteen
miles west of Mott. .Rokke had been
going from farm to farm doing chores
for his board. He was more than SO
years old. Rockies duties with the
James and Younger gang was to care
for the horses and assist the camp
cook in preparing the raiders meals.
Fred T. Lincoln, city editor of the
morning edition of The Herald, of
Grard Forks, has been elected secre-
tary of the Thief River Falls, Mimi,
Commercial 3cluD, and will, on May l,
take III that work., abandoning the
newspaper game, after 10 years in
| the harness. Mr.. Lincoln today re-
signed his position with The Herald,
and will, at the end Of this month,
sever his connections with the Times.
Herald Publishing company, after two
wears in the: capacity of city editor.
7 The new Superintendent of the Mi.
not Parks, Will O. Doolittle, arrived
in the Magic City to assume charge
Of the park work. MI. Doolittle comes
from Palestine, O., where he was park
| superintendent and city forester from
1893 AtOsI1l911a He then went toanorth-
eEaa ati and forsthreet years was
engaged in general forestry and park
work at Marquette Munsings and 9TH
ert {MdGhigan cities, also acting as All
instructor in dendrology, s~ilviculture
and o%rnithology at Wyman's school
of the Woods, a we'll known school
OF forestry and logging.
Former Justice B. F. Spalding has
returned to Fargo from his trip to Cal.
ifornia. Mrs. Spalding remained in
Spokane and will visit their daughter
in Missoula, Mont, returning about
May I. The Judge says the financial
and business condition on the coast
are not nearly as encouraging as in
North Dakota. San Diego's streets
are nearly ~lifeless, Notwithstanding
the fair, and in the entire course Of
his Journeys into nearly all the south.
ern California towns he did not see a
total Of so buildings going up He
will shortly resumeJthe practice Of
law here which he aidgdown for pub
lie life some years ago i,
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