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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1900
Page
4
Weather Bureau report from Williston North Dakota for March 1900 notes mean monthly temperature 24 degrees, high 63 and low 15, total precipitation 1.29 inches. Monthly data include 17 clear days and 0 cloudy days with some partly cloudy and windy conditions, no days below zero. E W Oates, Weather Bureau agent.
Notice to all Democratic party members of North Dakota to attend the state convention at the Opera House Grand Forks on July 19 1900 at 10:00 a m for nominating non nation candidates and business. Representation: one delegate per over fifty votes or major fraction for Bryan in 1904 and two delegates per county. Wise county allotted four delegates.
Government sugar beet seed program seeks several capable individuals as managers for office tasks in North Dakota. Positions are permanent, with a salary and expenses covered, requiring self-addressed envelopes for response. Applicants from Williston and nearby areas encouraged to apply to The Domestic Department in Chicago. The notice mixes April Fool’s day anecdotes with job ads and local school events.
The United States leads in grain production and relies on an automatic binder aided by grass based twine. Grass from Wisconsin and Minnesota marsh lands is processed through combing spinning weaving and winding to produce twine for binders and mats. The system yields twine about three sixteenths of an inch thick and 250 feet per pound.
Smearvalls Items reports horses sold from a church sale this week and a lively event in Smearville last Saturday. Residents petition to set a boundary between school districts 1 and 8 along ranges 100 and 101, impacting Muddy region residents including H. V. Smith and Thos. Freeman. Stony Creek school district has paid for a schoolhouse and is debt free. The Ror family moves back to Stock Yard College, and Joseph Weducknon returns to Madison, Wisconsin. Horse wranglers are numerous as broncos fall in price to about sixty dollars.
A field discovery in Woodburn Bucks turns up a found watch and chain identified after over 16 years by Mr Arthur Cripps of Great Marlow. The London Telegraph notes the watch survived long confinement with its works scarcely damaged.
A brief notice describes a six to seven year old steer that is totally blind. The owner is identified as I Ey Fopeny and the item is offered for sale with payment required at pickup in Hoftland North Dakota, dated February 10, 1900.
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