The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-05-19

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Drake-The state mill has been tenn
porarily closed.
Minot-Seeding operations are far
ahead Of this time last year.
MohaIi-J. r. Hewett Of Fosston,
Mimi, is now Renville county agent.
Ashley-A mass meeting boosting
good roads is to be held here May 80.
WiIliston-Lewis Danielson, coal
mine manager, has been missing two
weeks. ''. .- M |
CrosbyAF. r. Babcock has resigned
as Divide county agent to farm for
himself. lbs. -.
carson-All Of Grant county was
represented at a road booster meeting
here May 20. ~ *. :
New EngIand-Daily mail service
by stage Is low operating direct be-
tween here and Dickinson.
Devils Lake-Frank Palmer, "a, the
Oldest farmer in the lake region, where
he had lived since 1868, is dead. p.
Misunderstanding a stick of dyna
mite in his mouth and lighting the
fuse. Julius Boehning, So, blew off the
top of his head. "
st. Thomas-G. FL. Garnet Of this
place and j. D. Bacon of Grand Forks
have been named directors of the Mis-
sissippi Valley association.
Fargo-An attractive program has
been arranged for the annual conven
ton of the North Dakota Retail Mer-
chants association here June ITO.
Mandan-Jos. P. Hess succeeds the
late H. r. Lyon as president of the
First National bank here, the Oldest
bank in the western part of the state.
/ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of all faculty
members have been substantially in.
creased, ranging from $500 for in
structors to $1,000 for Dean E. J. Bah.
cock. 5
Mandan-W. s. McClelland Of New
York City has taken up his duties as
superintendent of the state training
school at Mandan, succeeding J. NJ.
Devine. y. - 49,
Apple creek-The arrival of an
extra freight ahead of N. P. train No.
3 probably averted a wreck or a holdup
here, when ties We're found piled on
the track.
Minot-Smoke from the explosion of
a Kerosene stove smothered the ten
months old daughter of s. L. Van Hook
while the parents were absent from
the house. @' ;l
HaIIiday-Buried under more than a
foot OF dirt IN a mine cavein, Floyd
Plant was badly injured. He was
saved from suffocation by the rapid
work OF a fellow miner.
Aorace-Nine horses, two cows, and
hundreds Of dollars worth Of eoufp-
ment were burned in a fire which de-
stroyed the Phillip Tessier barn here
with a loss of ove $4,000.
Fargo-The 1883 seed loans an
proved by the federal seed loan agent
here total $1,S96,842. They cover the
western portion of this state, Montana,
and parts Of idaho and Washington.
5ismarck-Dr. e. P. Quain Is in
charge of enrolling applicants from
this state for the military training
school which will bes operated at Fort
Smelling this summer. A stiff short
course in military drill and tactics
is open to all men between 16 and IS.
Bismarck--A marked increase in the
corn acreage Of the state in the last
three years is revealed in statistics
compiled in office of the commissioner
Of agriculture. 1t jumped from 4S4,OOO
in 1918 to 711,O0O in 1920, the Yield in
1920 being 17,O64,OOO bushels. The.
wheat acreage was 100000 in 1919
and only 100000 in 1920, the 1920
yield being 6s,4OO.OOO. Oats had an,
acreage of 2,485,OOO and d production
Of 59,64O,OOO; barley 100000 acres
and 22,6S0,OOO bushels; rye $4,000
acres, 100000 bushels flax 755,OOO
acres, 3,896,OOO bushels tame hay
715,OOO acres, 17,O64,OOO tons; 10000
acres Of potatoes produced 7,110,OO0
bushels.
Bismarck-"School revenue is be-
coming one Of the big problems before
the people Of the nation" declared
superintendent Minnie q. Nelson III
appointing a special committee TO
study methods Of raising school funds
and generally financing education ID
this state. MIN
Bismarck-The state will carry It'll
fight against raising the interstate
freight and passenger rates to the Ia
terstate level into the United States
supreme court following an order from
the Interstate commerce commission to
make the North Dakota rates conform,
To- Interstate rates.
Wiltiston-An effort IS being made.
to- get farmers Ia the irrigation pro.
ject here To- reduce the size of their
Sarlaml1lss to 81 or q acres md intensify,
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