Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-26
NORTHWEST BRIEFS

| NORTHWEST BRIEFS
R. S. Skinner Of Mssoula has beer
elected secretary of the Montana state
fair in succession to P. B. Snelson
| Mr.. Skinner was assistant secretary
OF the association.
The new Fargo park board has
been reorganiZed at session of the
body, J. Frank Treat being chosen
president of the board, J. P. Hardy
vice president, and w. J. Clapp, sec
rotary.
John Malrath, formerly of Devils
Lake, has been appointed assistant
trainmaster of the Minot division of
the Great Northern railroad to fill the
place made vacant by the injury of
w. F.. Benton of Minot.
Mrs. Pearl Blough was nominated
for the position of police matron OF
Grand Forks by Mayor James A. Din,
ME, and the nomination was confirm.
ed by the city council. Mrs. Blough
has held the position for some time
The body of Leila Sears, 22-year.
old daughter of J. S. B. Sears of Ink.
ster, who died at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. M. A. Blair Of Grand Forks, was
taken to Inkster and the funeral prob
ably will be held at that place today.
The old jamestown Presbyterian
church building has been sold to John
Fried and several others and work.
men are preparing the building for
removal to site on east Main street
near the Carpenter-Neumann lumber
yard.
Frank Nichols of the Bruce section
met with rather a serious and pain.
full accident. He was engaged in saw
ing wood and the front fingers Of his
right hand came in contact with the
saw in such a manner as to sever
the ends Of the fingers.
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A. T. Whitehouse of Lisbon has
started a greenhouse. AT the back
of his place of business he has built
a glass covered roof about 10 feet
wide and 20 feet long. This is steam
heated and in it will be found all
classes of growing plants.
Mrs E. F. Bacon. aged 49, fiat
of the New Hampshire block Grand
Forks, sustained serious injury
Thursday when a chair on which she
was standing slipped from under her,
causing a fall which resulted in the
breaking of her leg, a few inches be.
low the hip.
Joseph Stewart, a pioneer Of the
Sweetwater valley, reports that
Sweetwater lake is now the highest
that he has ever seen it. Coulees
from the north are bringing torrents
Of water down. LoWlands adjoining
the lake are now flooded and the cresl
has not arrived.
The Lake region has already start
ed the work of preparing a big eX-
hibt for the state fair at Fargo,
Frank Kletzman is president OF the
Lake. Region Pure Seed Growers as
sociation, which recently came into
prominence by establishing a record
in II. l.. Bolleys pure seed show.
The iRichland county fair associa-
ton has refused to accept the resigna-
ton of B. F. Lounsberry, secretary,
and he will again serve in that Ca
pacity. Mr.. Loundsberry has been
connected with the association dur
ing the past ten years as president
and secretary, and the directors were
unwilling to dispense with his SER
vices.
The Minot board of park commits
sioners organized for the year by
electing F. B. Lambert president anu
R. H. IBostard vice president. At a
previous meeting the board had unan-
imously reelected Will o. Doolittle
superintendent of parks and H. E.
Wheeler clerk of the board. DR.. J. T.
NeWlove is the new member Of the
board.
The largest sum of outstanding
warrants in the history Of Stark coun-
ty is now being called in. total Of
$94 400 of county Indebtedness being
retired. In addition to the principal,
about $4,000 in interest will be paid.
When these warrants are paid, the
county's only Indebtedness will be
warrants aggregating $10,062.75, which
will be retired within six weeks.
r. P. Kruger, while operating disc
on the Gavin farm, near Montrose,
received serious injuries and had
narrow escape from death when tie
colts attached to the machine became
frightened and ran away. Kruger
was thrown from the seat and fell in
front of the machine, which was drag
ged over him. He was badly cut and
gashed by the discs.
S. Birch and son, of Fargo were
low on the majority of items and ma
terials. when bids were opened at Mi
not for a city paving contract of SO
blocks, which will cost about $150,000.
The contract will be awarded next
Thursday. Other bidders were:
California and Arizona Construction
Company, Los Angeles: James Ken
nedy, Fargo, and Halan & Cakes,
Sioux City, Iowa.
Farmers in the vicinity of Billings