The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1921-09-08
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What the Folks in Other Towns Are
Doing

Yeggs early Tuesday entered the
State Bank Of Revere, Griggs county,
by forcing open q window, blew open
the door Of the safe with nitroglycer-
inc, and finally abandoned their efforts
to open the inner strongbox containing
money and valuable papers. Tracks
indicated the yeggs arrived from the
east BY auto and departed the same
way, apparently using . small car.
No trace of the robbers has been Oh.
tained.
Thieves broke the lock on Harry
Mellor's garage at Ray and stole his
auto, together with . lot Of valuable
telephone line tools in the car. Two;
other autos in the garage were left.
4 Fire, caused by the explosion Of .
gasoline engine, destroyed dairy
house on the Birlea Ward farm on
the river. near Bismarck. The fire
burned fiercely, fed by 1876 gallons e.
gasoline stored in the building.
Wheat yields III the vicinity 81
sLangdon vary'gfeatly, ranging from q
to Is bushels. Rye yields Of 20 and
80, bushels ana have been reported.
Fred Jensen, Grand Forks brake
man; received q bad scalp wound
which required several stitches, when
his head was struck by bridge tim
ber as, looking backward, he leaned
from q caboose window.
Fire Of unknown origin destroyed
the barn on the William Nickolay
farm near Park River, together with
three horses and q mule. Hard fight
ing prevented spread Of the flames
to an adjoining granary. The loss
was not insured.
Two men who entered the store of
g. s. Collette at New Rockford and
held him up, obtained his gold watch
and $3.50 in change from his pocket,
but they missed wallet containing
several hundred dollars, which Mr..
Collette, unobserved as the men were
searching his companion in the store,
was able to toss behind him.
Vaughn WeinbergerJ of Kenmare is
strong for potatoes. He dug an acre
one day last week and realized $137.5O
from the sale Of the yield.
Three hundred acres Of wheat on
the Hakney ranch south Of Mckenzie
yielded Alta bushels Of wheat, or an
average Of about 15.9 bushels an acre.
Threshing is under way en- about 900
more acres of wheat. The wheat is
the durum variety, and is said to be
especially hard.
A few nights ago thieves stole a
Buick Six from the farm Of Alfred
Evenson near Plaza. George McShane,
who lives near Ross, has reported the
loss Of a Ford. The Rev. j. Prince
Beasom Of Spring Brook is searching
for his Ford and Harry Mellor Of Ray
suffers from the same complaint. War
rem McElwain's Ford was stolen in
Lansford and thieves tried to steal
Buick roadster, owned by j. K. Mes
vik, from Dammann's garage in Lans-
ford: They failed to get Nesvik' g ma
chine started, 50 abandoned it. Nc
'Elwain's Ford was found near Minot
with the tires, tools and accessories
stolen.
Jacob Rothshiller of Dickinson, a
native Of Germany, is assisting to
make canvass of3the slope to obtain
donations Of cattle and money to aid
poverty striker sections Of Germany.
About 80 cows and $500 in cash were
pledged at Hebron, it is stated. When
the canvass is completed, Mr., Roth
schiller plans to accompany the ship
rnent to Germany, according to re-
ports. 4.
s The cost Of running the Darlington
public school has increased from $751;
658 in 1911, and $50, $50 in 1918, to
Tan estimated $42, 900; for the school
year 1921 ~, according to figures pre-
pared BY former Superintendent Err
nest Smith. Costs last year were
81 ,655. Teachers, salaries lat year
amounted to ~, ,557.