The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-12
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than $1,000
Mandan-t il strongly rumore,
that railroads OF the northwest ma.
revoke al1passes except those for com
pany employees 0n company business
Bismarck-J. IA. Kitchen, commits
sioner of agriculture, is taking step.
to reduce the expenses of operating
the state employment bureaus.
Washburn-Th9 residence OF "Kins
john" Satterlnnd of Mclean count,
and an adjoining store were burned
with a $4,000 loss. 1l->
selfridge-Ffre caused by the "a
plosion Of an OIL lamp destroyed q
Milwaukee passenger coach on the
branch line here H.
Agricultural colIege-Professor J
H. Shepherd viii speak at a grain
growers convention at Saskatoon the
middle Of January.
Valley. city-A prosperous future
for the horse raising business in this
state is predicted by Ed S. Delaney,
prominent breeder.
Bowbelis-Breakin through the ice
while crossing Des Laos lake, a valua-
BILE team owned by Enger FERN was
drowned. s-
Fargo-Of applications for $17,Oo0,-
600 in loans from the War Finance
corporation during the past few weeks
from North Dakota banks, more than
$4,000 900 has been allowed.
Fargo-Many problems, chief among
them the prevailing price level for
the current year, will come before the
state convention of implement dealers
here January 1921.
Dickinson-The office of police mat
ron, at a salary of SIS a day, has been
created blythe city commission. One
of her main duties will. be the super
vision of dancing.
VeIva-Summer projects in the city
schools netted the students last sea-
sol $4,000 in cash and products. Po-
tatoes and corn headed the list of
profit makers.
Fargo-The driver of a truck which
struck a small automobile and killed
the young driver on Christmas eve,
was e~xonerated from blame by a cor
oner's jury. ~
Hiiisboro-When Walter Drengson
attempted to start a fire In his cream
station with gasoline, the can was
blown through the roof and his cloth
ing was set afire. He rolled in the
snow and escaped with few burns.
Bismarck-Taxes levied for state
hail insurance were delinquent in the
sum Of 81, 957 .936.O5. on November 80.
More than $4,000 of these unpaid
taxes are due from 1919 and the re-
mainder from the 1920 levy. T ;.
Fargo-AfterTa search of Is years, q
now wealthy st. Paul woman found,
living in humble circumstances on the
west coast, her only daughter who had
been left with the North Dakota chill
dren's home when a wee tot.
Bismarck-Intrastate reductions on
freight rates for grains and forage to
conform North Dakota charges with
the interstate level just established
have been ordered by the state rail-
road commission.
West Fargo-The Equity Co-opera-
tive packing plant may apply for fin
ancial assistance to the War Finance
corporation, endeavoring to obtain the
necessary capital to continue opera
lions.
Milnor-Herbert L. Warner, newly
elected president of the, boys and
girls clubs of the state, is the North
Dakota corn champion, having raised
1,26S bushels this year on a %three-acre
plet.s
Bisnnarck-Crop acreage covered by
state, hail insurance and on which
losses were reported totaled 10000 In
1919, 1900 in 1920, and 21,069 In
1927. Twenty thousand nine hundred
efghty-three of the last years losses
have been paid at $4,S74,36O.
Powers Lake-A % rifle was acct.
dentally discharged while Clifford Oh.
son was playing with it and the bullet
struck him in the abdomen, ranging
downward and lodging in the hip
from where it was removed without
| serious consequences. 1% ,~, =.
BerthoId-Eleanor Hagen, 9, injured
In al automobile accident at the rail
road crossing neal here Christmas
eve, died later. Her two brothers were
killed at the same crossing six years
ago when a school bus was struck by
a passenger train. 4 a. = E
+ Tokio-As his would-be slayer en-
tered the penitentiary to serve a Life
term, John Meyers left the hospita
where he had been confined since thu
attack. Earl Mosher drew a life sen
tence for beating the old man into in
sensibflity for the rifiing of $3.50 from
his pockets. +
Faruo-Senator e. y. Ladd of this
state is reported to be$a moving spiri'
in the new congressional factor
known as "the farm bloc" The bloc
Is composed Of both Republican ant
Democratic members and operates IL
the interest Of rural Legislation.
Beach-The Advance, published b,
w. ]. Gushing, was one Of the frs
papers 10 accept q lower rate for pub
fishing the delinquent TAX list last fall
than that allotted by law. IT Is believed
that most all IL mot NIL OF the Iega
papers throughout the state will make
some concession III the collection o
the fees.
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