Survey of Western North Dakota planned by government
The government will start a large soil survey in western North Dakota this summer with four three-man crews. They will report to Minot on July 1, use Minot and Williston as bases, and also survey Bismarck and Dickinson. Frank Bennett will lead a detailed Richland county survey from Wahpeton. National and state governments will coordinate labor needs for harvest season workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
H. C. Hansbrough
Milton Whitney
Bureau of Soils
Washington, D. C
Minot
N. D
Macy H. Lapham
Williston
Bismarck
Dickinson
Richland County
Frank Bennett
Wahpeton
Washington
State Agricultural and Labor Commissioner
N. P. Buys New Right Of Way South Of Mandan
A Northern Pacific right of way agent has been in Mandan arranging for the branch line south of the city. The project will start soon boosting Mandan business and land values in Southern Morton county. It will open new farming territory and support a wholesale distribution point for farmers supplies. This creates opportunity for a jobbing house in Mandan to serve the trade tributary to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandan
Northern Pacific Railroad
Morton County
Pen Ines
Bowbells Man Dies After Mistaking Poison for Alcohol
Frank Z Glenn a leading Bowbells resident and furniture dealer died after drinking bedbug poison mistaken for liquor. He took a long draught while treating a cold, rushed to a physician but died in agony. He came to Bowbells fourteen years ago and drove Mall Route No. 1. He left a wife and two children, a son eleven and a daughter five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Z. Glenn
Bowbells
Mr. Glenn
Glenn
Frank Glenn
Rush for hail insurance in Jamestown sets record
Weather remains favorable and crop prospects grow, fueling a booming hail insurance market in Jamestown. A local agency reported pushing past two million dollars in policies for the year as farmers who had balked previously rush to insure. City Attorney Wilder won the dismissal of two suits over town sewage into the James River, noting the city's septic tank has been enlarged and conditions improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Wilder
James River
Adventists Baptize 75 as $22,000 Raised in Velva Campmeeting
The Seventh Day Adventists completed a ten day campmeeting in Velva Park drawing 2000 attendees. Seventy five people were baptized in the Mouse River and about 200 visitors roamed the grounds while $22,000 was raised in one day to support Rome and foreign missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velva
Mouse River
Rome
Tax Judgments Remain Valid Indefinitely in North Dakota
Judge Charles F. Templeton ruled tax judgments do not expire and remain effective beyond ten years in Michael Hansen v. Grand Forks County and State of North Dakota. The land title dispute cites tax judgments from 1893. In Oxender v Grand Forks County Commissioners the court upheld the county board action, and Oxender lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Templeton
Grand Forks
Michael Hansen
Grand Forks County
State of
North Dakota
John A. Johnson
Hansen
Templeton
Oxender
Grand Forks County Commissioners
Arvilla
Socialists Name Complete North Dakota State Ticket at Fargo Convention
Socialists of North Dakota held a state convention at Fargo disregarding the primary law to name a complete ticket. The slate includes presidential electors Robert Grant Lakota J S Lampman Fargo J E B Halstad Grand Forks N E Bjorn sted Ellendale congressmen F Cooper Belmont E D Herring Cayl iga governor R W Dalziel Lynch lieutenant governor Victor Gram Devil s Lake and other statewide officers with candidates for Supreme Court, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, superintendent, attorney general, insurance commissioner, labor commissioner and railway commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
North Dakota
Robert Grant
Lakota
J. S. Lampman
J. E B. Halstad
Grand Forks
N. E. Bjornsted
Ellendale
Arthur Leseur
Minot
Lane
Braddock
M. Blasek
Cavalier
M. C. Montenboe
Hofland
W. F. Ambrist
Ambrose
H. Carrothers
Gratton
Fatal Mistake Kills Bowbella Citizen In Minot
F J Glenn of Bowbella North Dakota drank bedbug poison mistaken for alcohol and died after mistaking a bottle of poison near the alcohol. The incident occurred in Minot on July 2. Glenn was described as a popular local figure and the lethality of the poison proved fatal despite efforts to save him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Glenn
Bowbella
N. D
Minot
Frank J. Glenn
Bowhbell
Glenn
Mr. Glenn
North Dakota to Join International Tuberculosis Congress
Gov. John Burke of North Dakota will serve as vice president of the International Congress on Tuberculosis to be held in Washington from September 21 to October 12 under the auspices of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. A North Dakota committee led by Dr. James Grassick and including Dr. H. H. Healy, Dr. Victor H. Stickney, and Prof. L. Van Es, M.D., V.S., handles arrangements for participation and the related exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burke
North Dakota
Washington
National Association For the Study and Prevention
Grand Forks
Victor H. Stickney
Dickinson
L. van Es
Fargo
J H Hill Elected Grand Master In Fargo Session
Grand Lodge of A F and A M at Fargo concludes grand session with J H Hill of Fargo chosen as Grand Master and H Bendeke Grand Deputy, J J Hull Senior Warden, Robert Morrison Junior Warden, D Lord Grand Treasurer, F J Thompson Grand Secretary. Hill to name appointive officers and committe es.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M
Fargo
J. Hill
H. Bendeke
Grand Forks
J. J. Hull
Wahpeton
Robert Morrison
Pembina
D. Lord
Cando
F. J. Thompson
Hill
Motorman Saves Man Who Napped on Interurban Tracks
John Nicholson lay on the Iowa & Interurban tracks near the Wapsipincon river bridge when motorman John Homer spotted him by the headlight. The car stopped just in time, Nicholson was only grazed by wheels with a scalp wound and is now under treatment at a Clinton hospital.
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Clinton
Iowa
Wapsipincon River
John Nicholson
John Homer
Nicholson
Peacemaker Slain in Sioux City Gunfight
In Sioux City Iowa on July 2 Mel Powers a former steamboat man race horse owner and gambler was shot through the heart while attempting to mediate a pistol duel between Harry Clayton and Al Scheeler Powers died instantly Clayton a bartender was reportedly involved in the incident with Scheeler in a public attempt to act as peacemaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Powers
Sioux City
Iowa
Harry Clayton
al Scheeler
Clayton
Treat
Train Hits Cows Derails Near Ordway
North bound Chicago and North-Western passenger and express train struck cattle near Ordway, derailing the locomotive, express and baggage cars. Engineer Michael Murray and fireman Fred Sirkowski were severely injured. Conductor Prothrow in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Ordway
Prothrow
Michael Murray
Fred Sirkows
Fate cruel to homesteaders near Chamberlain tragedy claims three lives
A Basters family homesteading near Van Meter loses wife to illness on a trip home from Pierre. En route to the claim, the daughter of Mr. Basters and Mrs. Reiter drown with the horse while fording Bad River in a high, swift current. Rescue efforts recover only the daughter’s body. The Easters moved recently from Indiana to the reservation country, twenty five miles northwest of Chamberlain.
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Mitchell
Chamberlain
Basters
van Meter
Pierre
Poison 150 Sheep Threat Taints Range Pasture
Enemies of Wool GrowersDropped arsenic into feed killing over 150 of A Giles Two Top Texas area sheep. Nearby ranchers report losses and guard their flocks with shotguns as stockmen face suspicion. Giles vows vengeance amid rancher consternation.
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Bella Fourche
A. Giles
Two Top
Here
Giles
Winona Store Burglarized. Silk Goods Stolen
The H Choate & Co store in Winona Minnesota was burglarized between Saturday night and Monday morning. Goods valued at about 2000 dollars, mainly silks including plumes silk hosiery and gloves, were taken. No clue to the burglars. a 600 dollar reward is offered by owner H Choate & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
H. Choate & Co
Choate
Oil Tanks Destroyed in Sour Lake Fire
Two oil tanks owned by a Texas company near Sour Lake were destroyed by fire this afternoon. Loss estimated at 130000 dollars. The blaze followed reports of tank damage and involved local authorities in initial containment efforts.
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Houston
Sour Lake
Yease
Texas Company
Losa
Two Die In Mississippi River Near Fort Madison
In Fort Madison Iowa Ezra Parmenter his wife and two children were aboard a launch when it struck an overhanging limb and capsized in the Mississippi River. Parmenter and his four year old daughter disappeared, while the wife and two year old son survived reaching shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Iowa
Ezra Parmenter
Mississippi River
Youthful Murderer in Kasota Slays Boy of His Age
At Kasota Minnesota a ten year old boy named Robert Jardine fatally shot Rue John, another boy, with a revolver. A coroner's jury ruled willful murder and authorities consider if the juvenile can be prosecuted.
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le Sueur Center
Minn
Kasota
Robert Jardine
Ruejohn
Young Jardine
Jal
Burglars Loot Gladstone Mercantile Store
Burglars entered the Gladstone Mercantile Co store in Bismarck North Carolina July 2 and stole $50 in cash a large quantity of firearms and other merchandise a team and vehicle were also stolen no clue yet for the robbers reported from Gladstone Stark County adjustments unspecified.
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Bismarck
N. C
Gladstone
Stark County
Gladstone Mercantile Company
North Dakota News Notes Spark City Fair and State Happenings
North Dakota reports flood this week of items from many towns. Jamestown’s new city directory excites residents as state fair plans include labor-saving farm devices. Governors, officials, and traders move through Bismarck and Cass County with plans for roads, schools, and new businesses while debates over sidewalks, police, and local battles intensify.
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Soil Survey
N. P
Socialists
Raze
Aligh
North Dakota of
Sn Elle
Vale Fey City Fair
Court House
Eee
Brinsmade
Nome
Campbell Baw
Tower City
Valley City
Eae
Adams
Bowman
Lenin
Detter Team
Serview
Great Northern
Ore
Belusmade
Devils Lair
Denny Liwiniln
Richland Ceaniy
Seamon
Page
Casselton
Chaffee
Everest
Lynchburg
American Society
of Equity
Cass County
Ene Devils Lake
Wee
Brown & Ferguson
Richard Sykes
Manchester
England
American Linsged Oil Company
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