Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-25
NORTHWEST BRIEFS

shape for the concert season.
The Standard Oil company at Brins
made is erecting new oil station.
| ~ i
The Hannaford band held social
recently, at which between $50 and
SIS was realized.
The Neville council met and or.
ganiZed. Martin Klemesrud was elect.
chairman of the board. .
A deal was completed at Tolna
whereby j. S. Jacobson became own.
err of the Geo. Halverson stock Of
merchandise.
At Ray 4 committee is soliciting
finances for baseball for the coming
season. 1t is reported that Ray is to
have a fast team.
The little 5-year-old daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Allison of Garrison
| fell down the cellar steps and broke
her arm. The break is considered a
bad one
The Hotel Lafayette at St. John is
having the kitchen finished with steel
ceiling and the whole interior will be
refnished with paint, paper and kali
somine this spring.
At a meeting of the st. John school
board E. w. Jerabek was appointed
clerk of the ward in place of Mrs.
clerk of the board in place of Mrs.
Wheaton, who resigned.
A contract has been let for the con
struction of the new Masonic temple
at Cooperstown. The successful bid.
der on the general contract got the
work on bid Of $21,SGI
A new organ has been purchased
for the Sherbrooks church and ar
rived recently. The organ was paid
for by contributions from a number
of interested men of that place.
The Sidney, Mont, gun club organ
lied for the season last week and
have been doing considerable practic.
ing, preparatory to the interstate.
shoot which will be held May 20.
A beginners band has organized at
Havana, with Mr.. VIM as instructor.
Those interested in taking up the
study of band music with the idea o.
joining the old band later on are
members.
II. H. Kniefel Of Neville has pur-
chased the lot next to the CONNER.
cial hotel at that place and began
the construction of building 24x90
feet. 1t will be used as billiard hail
and bowling alley.
A meeting of the Neche board was
held recently and f. P. Holmes was
reelected chairman of the board for
the ensuing year and a street super
visor was appointed. w. J. Watts
was appointed as village justice of
the peace.
People of Garrison decided that
Garrison should be a city, only one
vote being cast against the PROPOSE
ton. The election of city officers will
be held in the near future, and the
question of sewer system and water
works will be decided upon.
The village trustees of Donnybrook
inaugurated the ringing of the cur
few bell recently. 1t was decided to
have the bell rung at s O'Clock for
month or SO in the spring and later
on, when the days become longer, the
hour will be changed to 9 o'clock.
At FeSSenden a committee which
has the matter of a public auditorium
in hand reports that the project is be
ing favorably received and plans are
now being prepared. 1t is expected
that an organization will soon be per-
fected to carry the project through.
R. w. Weaver of Crystal had the
misfortune to slip on the ice and fall
and sustained quite a severe cut on
his right hand. He was carrying his
baby on his left arm and was unable
to protect himself in the fall and save
the baby from injury at the same
time.
Ole X. Dahle of Neville had a mar
row escape from serious mishap. He
had Just ignited the gas welding ap-
paratus at his shop when a strong
pressure blew out the packing, caus-
ing an explosion. The flame severely
burned both his hands and face, and
scOrched his hair.
The Speiser garage, which has been
conducted by Henderson & Hanson
at Fessenden since last sumer is now
! under the management of A. E. Spell
ser. The Speiser Motor company has
been incorporated with Mr.. Speiser
and associates as stockholders and
the new firm will conduct the garage
and auto livery.
A petition to the board of county
commissioners asking that the roac
west of iWatford across Madison fiat
and east of jWatford across Cherry
flat be surfaced with sand, was cir
culated in Watford and was literally
signed. Cherry fiat is the worst part
of the road and it becomes impassa-
BILE in wet weather.
w. l.. Richards and Robert Wilcox
have received their water right from
! the state for using the Spring creek
| supply for irrigating purposes at thier
farm three miles west of Killdeer