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Newspaper
Golden Valley Chronicle
Location
Beach, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1907
Page
3
A cluttered page mixes a National Lead Company fragment with odds and ends of health remedies, patents, and promotional blurbs. It references Mrs Jones, medical claims about cures, disinfectants, and various products like CHENEVaco and Dip solutions, with scattered lines from advertisers in Minneapolis and Toledo.
North Dakota notes report various town updates and civic interests. Bismarck seeks a foundry, Adams plans delivery expansion, Coleharbor reports four serious fires, Medina eyes a commercial club, Wahpeton notes new well work, Mellenry barber shop fire, market day at Man dan, Dawson bachelor club prospering, militia company proposed for Hankingon, gardening expands Cada program, Tilton and Medina civic actions highlighted.
State official E C Cooper praised for column work as fire damages Pingree cemetery trees and a two headed calf is reported near Hankinson. Widespread testing of weights, lighting, and dairy inspections continue with officials visiting the south. Hood River strawberry prospects draw interest as farmers fix faces. Barn fire near Binton kills four horses. a man in Ramsey County is jailed on a separate assault charge. Mixups of town and county names cause occasional confusion. bird protection rules face editor warnings.
Gustave M Thorne, a Northern Pacific machinist, was found drowned in the Bell river the day after his wife, from Clinton Iowa, arrived in Fargo. A coroner's jury ruled death accidental or by his own hand, noting a $30 check and small change on the body. His wife, aged about 38, believed to be Swedish, could not trace him. he had previously used aliases and has recently disappeared from his boarding house.
The body of Mrs Wallin, missing since November, was discovered in a cistern behind the Merchante hotel in Lidgerwood. Believed to have fallen from a train during a blizzard while seeking shelter, the victim was a farmer's wife from ten miles south.
Williston shoals sit on milling talks as two firms seek to build 300 barrel plants. Ex Mayor Dunn and R J Anderson inspected ground and promised a high grade 800 barrel mill soon. Charles W Jennihan of Rugby Milling announced a 300 barrel mill and river navigation toll plans to revive Missouri river traffic.
In Cooperstown Fred Smith was acquitted of murder in the Eddie Corbett case. The chief witness Willan O'Brien was arrested on perjury charges after the verdict. Other notes include Mrs. Allen declared insane at Grant Forks, a divorce case from Richland county investigated in England, and telephone line organization efforts in the region.
The North Dakota temperance commission law is struck down as unconstitutional. Judge Corliss faced grand jury issues after being disallowed from grand jury access, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Townsend opposing. The Supreme Court memorandum cites safeguarding constitutional rights of elected officials and local government against delegated powers for enforcement officers.
A Fargo man sought a warrant from Police Magistrate Hyon for his wife’s arrest on a charge of illegally selling liquor after accusing her of skimming profits from a joint liquor venture. He claimed she had proposed skimming earnings and later fled to her father’s home after a quarrel. Judge Ryan refused to issue the warrant.
Field Officer EF R Steinbrueck of the state historical society spent eight days examining the old Mandan village at Fort Lincoln. He locates eighty lodges with signs twenty five more destroyed by a landslide and dates occupation to twenty to thirty years before Lewis and Clark. Finds include a well preserved Mandan skeleton and war spear head four inches long. artifacts will be cataloged and stored at the state capitol museum.
Judge Winchester in Bismarck declares a law forcing uncharged witnesses before a grand jury to answer potentially incriminating questions unconstitutional. In the Patterson blind pig case Beer faces contempt, with writ of habeas corpus to appeal to the supreme court. Indictments so far remain absent.
Badger and Pakink of Mandan to deliver 8000 cows and heifers to the United States government at Fort Yates by July 15. The cattle are part of a 25000 head annual delivery to Standing Rock and other agencies, with contractors to receive about 250000 dollars for their work.
The Fargo College quarterly bulletin reports a new year schedule with a reformed eight-term calendar and elective senior and junior work. It notes a required major with one related minor, new department focus, and clearer guidance from studies groups to balance courses. The report praises the college’s overall quality and appeal to prospective students.
J Timmerman of the First National Bank of Mandan reports from Braniling Rock Indian reservation that an Indian judge and jury sentenced a man to eight toads of hay after a week long trial over alleged alienation of his wife’s affections. The husband received seven loads and the wife was to sit by the roadside keeping toads of hay as they yawned. An interpreter said the sentence reflected that better home life might have prevented the affair.
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