North Dakota Industrial Exposition announces county prize list
Great Northwest Industrial Expo at Bismarck October 7 to 19 offers railroad sponsored prizes totaling three thousand dollars for best county exhibits of grains and farm products. Special prizes from Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Great Northern Northern Pacific and Minneapolis St Paul & Saint Marie Railway are offered, plus county prizes for superior corn entries and best artistic exhibits. The Richard county fair is slated for Wahpeton September 30 to October 3 with expanded space for machinery livestock and displays.
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Marck
N. D
North Dakota
Minneapolis, St. Paul & S. S. Marie Railway Company
Northwestern Dent
Billings
Burleigh
Dunn
Emmons
Hettinger
Morton
Stark
Lumbermen of
Minneapolis
Twin City
exposi+tion
Richard County
Wahpeton
U S Mail Held Up by Rattler
Schafer North Dakota August 26 a full grown rattlesnake with head flattened and body extended stood atop a coiled mass in the road west of town. The stage team halted. Driver Allex, due to washed bridges and poor river bottom road, was an hour late with the mail and could not move forward until the snake was killed and moved aside. He preferred river roads in McKenzie county to Williams county mud.
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Schafer
N. D
Williams County
McKenzie
Allex
McKenzie County
Political pot already boils in North Dakota primaries
Minot dispatch notes a swirl of rumor and candidate talk across parties ahead of next June Republican primaries. Burdick of Williston is urged to run for governor while Gunder Olson and Lieut. Governor Kraabel are named possible GOP contenders. Democratic and third party figures including Charles Fisk, John M. Anderson, and others are floated for U S Senate and Congress.
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Minot
N. D
A. L. Burdick
Williston
Burdick
Gunder Olson
North Dakota
Kraabel
Guy Hanna
United States
Gronna
Atty
Andy” Miller
Hanna
Charles Fisk
John M. Anderson
Society of Equity At
Fargo
Anderson
Jones of Rock
U. S
Burke
Treasury
P. D. Norton
Leslie Simpson
D. C
Auto crash near Plentywood injures McKee and Casey
In Plentywood Montana last Tuesday evening W R Ruegsegger and J W McKee suffered severe vehicle damage after a high speed passing attempt by J E Zelch. McKee and Casey were injured while Ruegsegger escaped with cuts and bruises. Wu Ting-fang may visit the United States again with a cordial welcome.
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Wu Ting-fang
United States
Wildrose Branch Extension Planned for 1914
A Great Northern official said Wildrose branch will be extended forty miles in 1914 after discussions in Springbrook with local farmer Andrew Gundrud and others. The plan aligns with Soo Line Ambrose and Crosby actions, and follows the abandonment of Crosby extension, signaling a logical rail expansion for Wildrose. Bonesetter Reese, diverted from an Eisteddfod, was mentioned in the scene.
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Wildrose
N. D
Great Northern Railway
Springbrook
Andrew Gundrud
Ambrose
Soo
G. N
Crosby
Made Long Motorcycle Trip From Cavalier County
Gene Secord returned from Langdon where he attended the Cavalier county fair and took part in motorcycle races. He traveled over 115 miles in two hours and forty five minutes at about fifty miles per hour, accompanied by Costello who will visit Milton for about a month.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Gene Secord
Langdon
Cavalier County Fair
Costello
Milton
Secord
Rate Prober on the Job in Minot N D
E C Walker of Dixon Smith Engineering Co has been chosen to value Consumers Power Co property by the city commission. He is surveying poles wires bulbs and other assets today and may need days to report findings. Citizens face higher electric rates here and the commission may cut them if rates are deemed unfair.
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Minot
N. D
E. C. Walker
Dixon-Smith Engineering Co
St. Louis
Consumers Power Co
City Commission
Walker
Milwaukees Extension Reaches Grass Range Town
Lewiston reports the Milwaukee line extended from Lewiston to Grass Range last week causing strong reactions. The road runs from Great Falls to Grass Range, about 35 miles east of Lewiston, with plans to continue toward Melstone.
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Lewiston
Milwaukee
Grass Range
Great Falls
Melstone
Musselshell Cutoff Nearing Main Line Connection
The Musselshell cutoff will connect with the main line and when completed from Great Falls to the main line it will form one of the wests biggest cutoffs and save time for travelers to Seattle. The Grass Range line will handle the crops from that section this year.
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Musselshell
Great Falls
Seattle
Deitz Family Returns to Cameron Dam Farm
Eau Claire August 26 Clarence and Leslie Deitz sons of the Cameron dam defender were en route to the farm after the death of Oscar Harp and a life term for John Deitz. Mrs Deitz and the family plan to place 100 head of young stock on the farm as they seek a pardon. Appleton lumber dealer T A Bruitt says he will ship logs from the Deitz farm to Milwaukee and has bought the logs after a prior dispute that led to prison time.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Clarence
Leslie Deits
Cameron Dam
Deitz
Oscar Harp
John Deitz
Appleton
T. A. Bruitt
Milwaukee
John Dietz
Stock Yards Rise At New Rockford With 38 Chutes
New Rockford North Dakota August 26 The Great Northern stockyards building crew arrives and work begins on a large yard complex. It will feature thirty eight chute capacity and handle sixty to seventy carloads of stock daily. Cattle will be fed in transit from Montana and western North Dakota to eastern markets.
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New Rockford
N. D
Great Northern
Montana
North Dakota
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News of the
Great Northwest
Bism
RCK
Rattler
Plentywood
Mont
W. R. Ruegsegeer
J. W. McKee
Mr. Zelch
McKee
Ruegsegger
Zelch
Mr. McKee
Bonesetter” Reese
GE Secord
Louis
Lwaukee
E. H. Weil
The
Clothcraft Store
Williston, N. D
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