Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-05
NORTHWEST BRIEFS

1t is reported that a large amount
of farm building will be done III eros
| by during the coming building season
The first annual ball of the kllldeel
fire department proved a big success
nearly zoe couples being in attend
ance.
| Sanish is going to have a new at
torney.. r. r. Swendseid of Lakota
expects to locate in Sanish in the
near future.
An examination for professional
| certificates was held by the state
board of education at Bismarck, 81
lendale, Grand Forks, Ruby, Minot
Valley City and Bowman.
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The editors are invited to take an
automobile trip through the bad lands
during the 1917 summer meeting
should they decide to hold that meet.
ing in the Stark county capital.
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The Alumni association of the Uni
versity of North Dakota plans to- put
on a minstrel show at the Forks sim
! liar to the one given a year ago some
time the latter part of this month.
s.
Alderman Herman 'Rabe, owner OF
the Dickinson Bottling works, has
his shoulder. dislocated. Mr.. Rabe
was driving his auto over the frozen
road, when the accident happened.
AT jamestown, Coach WinterWring-
er has his baseball prospective play
ers working out in the local high
school gym three and four nights a
week getting into shape for this COM
ing season.
Mrs. Harry 'B. Wilkes, wife of a
fireman on the 500 Line, running be
tween Hankinson and Bismarck, has
received word that through the death
of an uncle in Sweden she has fallen
heir to over $1,0OO,000
Secretary Haas of the Jamestown
Commercial club has received advice
from the secretary of the North Da-
kota Rural Letter Carriers associa-
ton that the association will meet in
jamestown, May 30 and 81.
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A fire which originated in the boil
er room of the Minot Auto company's
building at Minot, and which for a
time threatened to destroy the entire
plant. did considerable. amount of
damage before it was brought under
control. @
At a special meeting of the James
town city council an ordinance was
introduced and given a first reading
to grant to the Northern Pacific rail
road the right to construct retain
ing wall and sidewalk on Front street
in that town. ,.
A. B. iBrittOn, who was arrested at
Minot on a charge Of committing a
loathsOme crime was bound over to
the district court in $4,000 bonds. It
is possible that an effort will be
made to have him committed to the
insane asylum.
Is
Marion Nashold of Jamestown had
the thumb on his right hand broken
and mashed while attempting to roll
his auto from the garage. Another
car in the same garage moved unex-
pectedly and his thumb was caught
between a brake band and one OF
the spokes.
From the Turtle mountains comes
the report that the prairie chickens
and grouse have wintered we'll in that
section despite the deep snow. The
birds from the surrounding plains
seek refuge in the wooded sections
of the mountains and have picked
up good living.
The Northern Pacific detectives
have recovered $4,000 worth of stolen
goods, merchandise which was taken
from freight cars on this division
of the road. Five of the thieves
are in Jail here, awaiting the return
Of the district Judge, next week.
Four have pleaded guilty already.
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Short courses for retail merchants
Of North Dakota hereafter will be an
nual events, according to a decision
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