Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-02-05
NORTHWEST BRIEFS

The knights OF Pythias will organ
| ize q lodge at New England In the
near future.
The baseball fans of Stanton are al
ready organizing their forces for the
coming season.
Ward county last year licensed l,0SS
automobiles, and spent $$2,927 on the
construction of good roads.
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Rev. Geo. r.. Sarles, pastor at Bent.
ley for two years, has left Elgin and
gone to Buffalo, N. Y, to reside per
manently.
The Wentz meat market al McClls'
ky took fire and considerable damage
was done before the flames were put
under control.
Mrs. John Carroll of New England
had an arm broken, when she Tell
down feeding chute in barn on
the Carroll place.
Hot Goals left in ashes banked
against the building were responsible
for a fire which destroyed the resi-,
dence Of J. Chairman at Beach
Material is arriving al killdeer for
the Standard Oil company, prepare
tory to the erection of al Office build.
ing, warehouse and storage tanks.
The board of commissioners of Bot
tineau county have decided to build
pile bridge across the Mouse river
between Stone creek and Tacoma
township.
The McChsky firemen will give
their annual dance on the evening Of
February H. Elaborate preparations
are being made for the entertainment
of the guests. ~.
Goodnight! The Linger Longer
club is New Rockford's latest social
organization: The club has men,
bership of u ladies and IS q purely
social organization.
The Valley City Normal School
Women's league has been organized,
the principal object being to place the
girls of the institution in closer
touch with the women of the city.
Rev. FIR. Higgins has taken charge
of st. Bernards church vt Drlska and
said his first mass there Sunday. He
has been assistant priest at Valley
City for the past several months. "
Fiser was born in England in
1850. He lived at Portland for about
sixteen years and had farmed in this
vicinity for four years. He was a
member Of the Fargo Order of Elks.
It is reported that there is a scar
city of water all the way from Minot
to WiIliston. At .Des Laos the Great
Northern drillers are down over 300
feet, and but little water has been en-
cOuntered.
! John Fisher, sc years old, former
resident of Fargo and Portland, N. D.,
died of heart failure here Tuesday.
Remains will be laid to rest at May
Vile, N. D., Friday He is survived
by a widow. .a.
Chief of Police e. l.. Jay of Kill
deer will open a roller skating rink
in the old Dunn County State tank
building, and has engaged seven or
eight pieces Of the Kildeer band to
play the opening night.
Mrs. Rhoda I. Babcock, mother of
George w. E'abcock who resides
southwest of Mott, died in Augusta,
Wis, aged sc years. Mrs. Babcock
filed on homestead and was a resi-
dent of Hettinger county until about
two years ago.
Work will be started at once at
Dunn Center on the rebuilding of
brick block destroyed by fire, with
loss of $35,000 This was onnounc-
ed by the owners. Bert iNyhaken.
postmaster John Thompson, the gro
GER, and A. B. Rosendahl, hardware
dealer.
F. F. Tull manager of the Stoddard
farm near Sentinel Butte, secured 20
900 bushels of macaroni wheat from
455 acres and has just started to
market it. Dollar wheat was his slo-
gan and he is getting that and more
because he waited. 50
A dog belonging to Jens Jensen of
FlaXton awoke him and his friend,
Henrik Hendrickson, by licking their
faces and paving over them. They
were nearly suffocated by smoke, and
found that the wall of the house and
part of the floor were on fire. The
fire was soon under control.
When the janitor removed old fur
niture from the county treasurer's Of
fee at Manning, four checks totaling
$3.50 were found. These were signed
by taxpayers and had disappeared
over two years ago. County Treasurer
Larson making good the loss person
ally. His money has now been re-
turned to him by the county.
A couple of enterprising farmers of
Logan county are Willing away the
winter hours, baling and shipping
OF sailing IL n a nanufa ctur.