Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-09-20
STATE BRIEFS

Bottineau.-The substantial brick
addition to the rear of the Grand the
alter is rapidly nearing completion.
The addition will provide additional
stage space an dressing rooms.
Fargo.-Ole Bottom, aged "A years,
manager of the farm four miles west
of Galesburg, Cass county, owned by
Alex Stewart of this city, was killed
by the flywheel of a gas engine at
that farm.
Dunn Center.-The Dunn County
| Hospital association, with Dunn Cen
ter as headquarters, has been planned
| and papers for incorporation are be-
| ing drawn up as the next step IT,
ward the locating of $4,000 hospital
| in Dunn Center.
Devils Lake.-Denny NEWMAN, aged
IS years, is the first victim of the
North Dakota hunting season, being
killed at the Maher farm, near here.
| Newman received a full charge from
a shotgun carried by companion,
while they were crawling through
high grass, toward covey of chick
ems.
Souris.-Rev. and Mrs. John Mac
Donald and daughter received the
news that Mrs. MacDonald's father
had died at Minneapolis, where he
had gone for medical aid. He was
about IS years old. Some time ago
he had stroke of paralysis, from
which he never recovered. The Mac
Donald family left to be present at
the funeral at Buffalo, N. d.
Grand Forks.-Grand Forks Cour-
Gil No. Ga, United Commercial Travel
ers of America, met in the Odd Eel
lows hall Saturday evening in the
first get-together of the fall season.
A regular business session was held
at which a large amount of routine
business which had accumulated dur
ing the summer was cleared up.
Fargo: Word has been received by
friends in the city that Mrs. Alfred
Wallin, wife of Judge Wallin who for
merly resided in Fargo and for 13
years was justice of the North Da-
kota supreme court, died in San Diego,
CAL, Sept. 4. The body was taken to
Chicago, their home, by Judge Wallin
and interment made in the family lot.
Fargo: The executive committee
on arrangements for the annual con-
vention Of the North Dakota Educa-
tional association, here Nov. 1917,
met yesterday afternoon and made
preliminary plans for the entertain
ment.:of one of the biggest gatherings
that comes to Fargo. The committee
is composed of w. B. Hoover, J. P.
Hardy and J. w. Riley. !
Fargo: "A case of infantile paraly.
sis, the first to appear in Fargo, has
been discovered in the home of A.
Miller, 1112 Eighth avenue north. A
daughter, two years and eight months
old, who was taken i'll last Monday,
was discovered yesterday to be afflict-
ed with mild case of the plague. No
physician had been called before. The
home is now under quarantine. DR..
Paul Sorkness, city health officer,
made, the diagnosis.
Grand Forks: The police of East
Grand Forks were called to the home
of Joseph Melborne on Dakota avenue
Wednesday evening at about II o'clock
from call saying that some man had
entered the Melborne home and was
assaulting Mrs. Melborne. Chief of
Police Albert Hurst, accompanied by
Officer Quigley went to the place and
found, it is said, Walter Utsinger in a
fight with Mrs. Melborne and her hus-
band and one Chris Olesburg.
Fargo.-Earl Yunkins, one of the
four men arrested some time ago,
charged with robbing three Firms OH
train enroute to Grand Forks, has
been released on $4,000 bonds, provid-
ed by friends in Barnes county He
was taken to his brother-n-laW's farm
in that county. Yunkins is 4 minor,
it is declared. Relatives believe that
he came, under the intluenc of /. w.
VS. and was not responsible for his
acts. He turned States evidence
shortly after the arrest.
St. Thomas. Robert Strachan lost
his separator by fire. Just how the
fire started is not known, as the top
of the machine was all in flames
when the fire was discovered At the
time of the fire Mr.. Strachan and
the separator man were engaged in
making some repairs to the machine,
the former being inside of the sepa-
rator. They were using lantern and
whether the lantern was accidentally
upset or the fire was caused by spon-
taneous combustion is not known.
Mr.. Strachan experienced some diff
Guilty in getting out of the SEPARATOR.
Cavalier.-Mrs. Lukka Christianson,
mother of Mrs. Einar Scheving, one OF
the pioneer ladies of western Pembi-
ma county, died at the home of her
daughter, above named, in Cavalier
township. The deceased was aged
Sc years. She was the wife of Aey-
jolfur Christensen, who passed away
some 10 years ago. She was born in
Iceland and came to Lake Winnipeg
in 1877. In 1882 she located with her
husband in South Akra township and
had since lived in that vicinity. She
leaves two sons and two daughters,