Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-17
State News and Comment

Rev. Albert Amundsen arrived in
New England the first of last week
to take up his duties as pastor of the
Congregational church.
Morio Berghini, an 1S.year-old Ital-
ian laborer, was instantly killed at
C0gswell Friday, when a SO calibre
revolver he was cleaning was acct.
dentally discharged.
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When Turnkey Charles Kennedy of
the Ramsey county Jail was checking
up the prisoners, Edward Carter, who
had concealed himself under a table
in the Jail lobby, made his escape.
He is believed to be hiding in grain
fields.
As a result of the continuous high
water in the Little Missouri river
this year the Marmarth.Austin.Con
cord mail route has been changed to
run from Rhame instead of from Mar:
marth, and the mail has been going
over the new route for the past week.
New England will soon have an
other long distance, or toll telephone
line, connected up with the locaA X.
change. The change will put Amidon,
Midway, Bowman and New England
on a straight toll line, which will
mean. a big improvement over the
present service between these towns.
j. N. Clark, said to be the last re-
manning member of KID Taylor's
NICE famous band of horse thieves,
is under arrest here, charged with
stealing a team from George Wood of
Assiniboine, Sask. He was captured
near Fortuna, n. D., and is being held
pending action by the Canadian and
United States authorities.
John Nelson of Larimore brought
in the hide Of a full grown timber
wolf to the county auditors office and
collected the regular bounty of $3.50.
Nelson reports that he had an eXcit-
ing chase after the wolf near Lari-
more, but finally ran him down and
shot him. Quite a number of wolves
have been seen in the vicinity of Lar
more and Niagara recently.
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Plans are under way in Grand
Forks Tor the maintenance of a cere-
mony Of a company of infantry and a
machine gun company. Unsettled
Mexican conditions have aided the re-
cr1titing materially. Grand Forks is
maintaining a company of infantry,
with two %platoons of machine gunner
1t is 10 proposed to establish an
entirely independent machine gun or
g%aniZa.ion.
Twenty members Of the summer
school class of the MiEot normal
school will receive diplomas in rural
education. The class roll was an
nounced today as follows: Mary Bak-
Nhaugen, Carpio; Myrtle Champlin,
Osakis; Alice Copeland, Glenburn;
Ida Demrese, Columbus; Alma Cor
don, Carbury; Normal Jorgenson,
Battleview; Title, Iinderlouf, McKin-
ney; Anna Mahoney, Minot; Esther
Mork, Drary; Agnes Nordsuist, Mi
noto Cora Olson, Esmond; Renia
Ross, Logan; Hattie Spooner, Nonan;
Opal Trapp, Minot; katherine Tuy,
Rugby; Julia Vedevig, Mabel Wing
Grelland.
Lewis Backstrom, formerly Of Cas-
selton, was found dead at the foot of
a G0-foot bluff in Minneapolis. Auth
critics believe he met with oWl play.
In addition t., Ignite and the reports
of gold in the Medora vicinity, North
Dakota is now coming into the Lime
light as a producer Of precious gems.
Mrs Michael Kelley OF Hazen has re-
Gently found a number Of emeralds,
topaz and stones of other kinds near
here, which are now being cut and
mounted at Mandan. While the Ordi-
nary persons could not tell the gems
in the rough from any ordinary stone,
Mrs. Kelley recognized what they
we're. They were probably deposit
ed here during the glacial period, be-
ing found in what is believed to be
glacial drift.
Instead Of p%arceling the automo-
bile license money out among the
various townships levying 2 Chill
road tax, the Ransom county COM
missioners this year spent it all in a
bunch on one road in an attempt to
begin the establishment Of a trunk
road leading through the county.
This year the money expended erect
ed and repaired abou. six miles of
roadDed, at an expense of something
over S1,40O. Many low places were
filled in, the grades widened and hills
cut down. The roads that we're work
ed are in fine condition, a good road
bed established. which in later years
will be covered with gravel.