Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-05
State News and Comment

The George Coons farm residence
and barn, in the Bowbells vicinity,
were burned to the ground. Practical.
ly everything in both structures was
a total loss. .rf
Five counties in Montana are going
TO try and go dry, which will be about
as much interest to the western part
Of North Dakota as Minnesota was to
the eastern section.
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The mayor of Larimore has issued
an order to the chief Of police of the
town i%nstructing him to enforce the
ordinance prohibiting the playing of
ball on the Streets of the town.
Arrangements are going forward at
Rolla for the Fourth Of July celebra-
ton, which will be held at the time Of
the annual mid-snmmer fair on July
2 and 3. A big time is being planned.
A colt with five legs was born on a
farm in the vicinit of Churchs Ferry.
The animal is perfect in every other
way and the residence of that vicinity
are now trying to figure out what kind
Of a gait it will have when it grows
up.
The farmers residing in the hills
country in Burke county say that the
crop OF ducks and prairie chickens is
better this year than for many years
and they expect, with ordinary wealth
ar conditions, that the fall sports will
have some excellent hunting.
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The sheriff's Office at Minot, acting
on a search warrant issued from the
states attorneys office, seized a guam
tity of liquor at the Great Northern
express tiot1lce The stuff seized by
the sheriff consisted of twelve barrels
and two kegs of beer and ten cases Of
Whiskey. ....
There are twenty-five in the Minot
high school graduating class this year.
The graduation ceremonies will be
held at the armory On June 10. The
address to the graduating class will
be delivered by DR.. A. y. Thibodeau
Of Chicago, q scholar with a national
reputation.
Sixteen barrels of beer, shipped to
Latona, Walsh county, for a big pic
mic in that district, have been seized
by Sheriff n. o. Nelson of Walsh W
ty,y and it will be destroyed. Nearly
1000 persons had gathered for the
picnic when the sheriff made his ap-
pearance. He discovered the beer
plant, and seized the entire supply.
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The charge Of grand larceny in the
case Of Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Uhlen, at
Grand Forks, accused Of the theft Of
$3.50 from Gustav Rouse, a transient,
dismissed by Justice of the -'eace
Phil Mclaughlin on motion of States
AttorneY@A. b. Buitness and the
charge of robbery was preferred
against the mar and the charge of re-
ceiving stolen property was lodged
against the woman.
The silver anniversary of the estab-
,lishment Of the grand lodge Of the
Knight sof Pythias in North Dakota
will Sbs celebrated at the state meet
ing of the Organization at Fargo here
June 2S-24.< Supreme Chancellor
Young and Supreme Keeper of the
Records Wheaton will address the
meeting while representatives from
other states will assist in the cere-
monies incident to the celebration.
The lisbon lodge Of the knights of
Pythias will confer the D. 0. K. X.
degrees on the night of June %.
Trail county officials are investi-
eating the death of John Uldig, a
farm hand, whose body was found
floating in Goose river lear Mayville,
with q view to discovering whether or
not he was murdered. A coroner's
jury returned a verdict today of "ac-
cidental drowning, CT a combination
Of circumstances, accidental or feloni-
GUS, unknown to the jury" az the
cause Of the death. Residents of the
vicinity state that they heard cries
and groans coming from the river
bank on the night ef May is, when
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