The Bowbells tribune., 1920-04-16

with corn and are better drought and
frost resisters. Several of the leading
farmers will build pit silos. and many
have already started. 1t is said that a
good sized pit silo will not cost more
than $50. Z =. -
Grand Forks.-Frank Morris of this
Getty has been making a practice of
calling police headquarters and asking
for AN officer to be sent to certain
number where there was no evidence
of 'trouhse. He found, however, that
his joke. was reacting seriously when
he faced local police magistrate and
was given an option of paying a fine
of 500 or serving 80 days in Jail.
Observation-Disclosures state taxes be-
came delinquent on March l, only 60
per cent Of the amount levied has
been received by the state auditor.
Counties in the eastern part of the
state find little difficulty in paying
their 1919 taxes, but the western coun-
ties are finding the situation different.
All taxes delinquent March 1 must pay
per cent interest the first month and
an additional amount for each subse-
quent month. w. FL ~ Sa: !
Starkweather.-As special election on
a proposed $4,000 school house was
held here last week.
Sheyenne-Ray Jones of this city
is dead as the result Of a self-inflicted'
wound from a .38-caliber revolver.
suit In
a visit at the home of Miss Harriet
Carlson with whom he had been keep
ing company for some timee AS he
was about to leave her he drew a
revolver and aimed 1t at her, In the
struggle the gun was. discharged.
wounding the young lady in the arm.
Jones then turned the weapon upon
himself and fired. q. s.: e.. ..ss
Fargo. Parties smuggling Canadian
liquor into North Dakota We're. ar
rested here last week after police of
this city had fired five shots in order
to compel them to surrender. John
Burgess, proprietor of a cigar store in
Moorhead, and Eugene Basson, al
laborer are two Of the parties impli-
Gated. <T e5El
Fargo.-The large Dilworth car of
the Fargo-Moorhead> Street Railway
company was badly damaged last week
when it was hit by switch engine on
railroad crossing in .A1oorhead.
There We're only two male passengers
in. the car, and outside of slight
shaking up no one suffered any physi-
cal harm. Z.
Bismarck.-Contracts for the con-
struction of the state-owned mill and
elevator to be built at Grand Forks |
have been let by the industrial COM
mission Jointly to Seagles Co1struc-
ton company of Minneapolis and Fort
William, Ont, and the Northern Con-
struction company Of Grand Forks,
with the former in charge SOf the
work. The guaranteed price for the
construction of the mill and elevator
building is S922,85O This exclusive of
the milling machinery and power plant,
for which. competitive bids will be re-
ceived May Is and 20 respectively.
Bismarck. Miss Minnie j.. Nelson,
state superintendent Of public instruc-
tion, has announced the appointment
of r. ]. Taylor, former superintendent,
as deputy, and G. L. Robertson of
Hebron as state high school inspector.
s Binford. Plans for the ablishing
of a summer resort at Red Willow lake
are being pushed by d. number of local
citizens The Red Willow Lake, Park
association has been organized and
articles Of incorpo with 90, 600 |
capital stock will be- filed. The plans
include the purc and improve
lnent lof Zoo acres Of land borde dering
the lake. / n ls;s $35