The Dickinson press., 1916-09-30
STATE NEWS NOTES
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Henry Surdblad of Reeder, while
driving toward a threshing rig, fell
from the seat dead from heart fail
ure. He was SO years old and is sur
vived by his parents, two sisters and
one brother.
Wyndmere has three adept women
hunting enthusiasts in the persons of
Mesdames Joe Dvorak, Geo. Wright
and Howard Murphy. The ladies'
seem to be able to bring in the game
about as fast as the men do.
Theodore Skoien, riding in an auto
mobile near De Lamere with his en-
ployer, Gilbert Rud, was almost in
stantly killed when the car skidded
and turned over. Rud is being held
pending an investigation.
George Rosen, aged 6, falling from
a wagon at Steele on which he was
attempting to climb, was run over by
ore wheel, suffering a fracture of the
skull. The lad is now in a hospital
at Steele, and may recover.
The coroncr's jury that investigated
the death of Mrs. Phoebe Leach, u
down by an automobile at Devils
Lake, exonerated Mrs. Dora Bryan
from blame-the jury finding the VIC
tim lost her life by becoming confused
in crossing the street.
With his left arm badly fractured
in three of four places, Peter Cooper
smith, a l:borer employed on a farm
south of Jamestown, was brought to
a local hospital, the result of being
caught in the belt on a threshing ma
chine.
The first hunting accident of the
season in Divide county happened
when Chauncy Davies of Kermit lost
the first two fingers on his left hand
| when his shot gun went off accident
ally while he had his hand over the
end of the barrel.
Martin Johnson of Ray was the
| victim of a painful accident while
setting a line for a chimney. He had
| driven a rail in the wall of the Chin
ney, tied a line to it, and was at the
other end Tightening the string, when
the nail pulled out and with great
force struck him in the right eye.
The Society of Equity has launched
an active organization Campaign in
Mckenzie county, preliminary plans
having been completed for the organi-
cation of nine new loc;.ls. Officers
of the state organization are conduct
ing the work, and they expect to make
this n of the best organized coun-
| ties in the state.
Fire for a time threatened the
downtown district Of Bismarck Satur-
day night, the absence Of wind con-
filming the flames to the Clooten livery
barn, a restaurant and a shooting gal
lery; with q total loss of only $15, 900.
Twenty-Five horses in the barn at the
time were saved.
Steel laying operations have COM
menced on the Great Northern extern
sion from Wildrose into Williams
county. Every effort is being made
to complete the line before snow flies.
Towns on the extension ere Corinth,
Alamo, Appam, Zahl, Mesa, Grenora,
and Wildrose.
Fifteen lots were sold at the lot
sale at the new village of Shell Creek,
about nine miles west of Makoti.
Two banks, two general stores, a
hardware store, two restaurants, four
elevators, two lumber yards and a
livery barn will be established short
ly. George j. Smith will put in a
newspaper, it is stated.
While Jacob Rogglestad was shoot
ing rats in his butcher shop at Bux-
| ten, a bullet, which had killed a rat
struck the head of a nail, glanced,
went through the wall of the frame
building and struck Tom Barry.
Little damage was done, the bullet
being spent but still had sufficient
! force to cut through one of Barry's
trouser legs.
Burglars who raided the bank of
Melville, at Melville, early Saturday,
obtained $1,9O5 in negotiable notes
in addition to $4,000 in cash, accord
ing to announcement made by the
bank officials. Nitro glycerine, ex-
pertly used, indicates the presence Of
a well organized gang of profession
| ais in this state, a series of robberies
having taken place recently.
Her hair caught in the gearing of
a windmill, Myrtle Natwick, of Gran
| vile, Is years DID, was scalped, but
will live. The girl, with a luxuriant
growth of hair, was at the mill to get
a pail Of water, when the wind blew
her hair into the revolving gears. The
entire scalp was torn from the skull.
| She managed to get to the house, a
hundred yards distant, before faint
ing.
James Flanagan, a young insur-
ance man of Jamestown, suffered in
juries to such an extent when thrown
under the wheels Of c westbound
freight train at Bismarck last Satur-
day evening that he died two hours
later in a hospital. One leg was sew
cred from the body, his head was
badly crushed and his right arm bro
ken in three places. His parents, MI.
and Mrs. James Flanagan, were en
route to Jamestown from a visit to
st. Paul when they were informed by
message on the train Of the accident.
They had planned on going through
to Bismarck but word reached them
before they reached Jamestown that
! +hoir. con had c11co11rnhnd RI tho in.