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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
4
Missouri River Navigation Congress Opens at Sioux City
About 100 delegates from Missouri basin towns gathered January 22 23 and 24 in Sioux City to discuss making the Missouri navigable for steamboat traffic. Governor Burke chaired the meeting with appeals for federal funding and durable river improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River Congress
Sioux City
Towa
N. D
Missouri River Navigation Congress
Missouri River
Burke
Congress
Pgeson
Mississippi
Missouri
Ellis
Nebraska
Soo
Liverpool
North Dakota
Committee On Resolutions
National Congress
Bismarck
Fort Benton
Special Labor Message On Employers Liability Act Read In Senate
Washington January 31 The presidents special message on employers liability act and injunctions in labor cases was read in the senate shortly after noon. Vice president opened the envelope and an assistant secretary began the reading as copies were distributed to senators. Senator Davis Arkansas called for printing 10000 copies as a public document before the reading ended. The message was referred to the committee on interstate commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne
Pennsylvania
Committee of the State of the Union
Washington
Congress
Senate
Latta
Davis
Arkansas
Committee On Interstany Commerce
Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Conspiracy Arson Case
Devils Lake February 1 The jury in the conspiracy to burn the I X L store case for Chris Dahl and John Thompson failed to agree after a long deliberation and was dismissed a second trial will be held. The panel reportedly favored conviction eight to four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devils Lake
Chris Dahl
John Thompson
Cowan
Houghton
Dahl
Thompson
Daniel McDonald
Ruth Gill
McDonald
Mandan Pig Trial Opens in Barnes County Court
In Valley City North Dakota on February 3 Judge E T Burke opened an adjourned December session to try Mandan pig cases transferred from Morton county. Peter Schanitz led the docket with seventeen Mandan witnesses present. Froelich Thompson and Koch slated for trial this week as prohibition law violators. Attorneys for defense and prosecution argued indictments and demurrers before Schanitz went to trial as jurors were chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley City
N. D
E. T. Burke
Barnes County District Court
District Court
Morton County
Peter Schanitz
Alexander Froelich
W. T. Thompson
Charles Koch
Mandan
Leslie Simpson
Dickinson
J. M. Hanley
W. E.campbell
A.T. Faber
Glenulin
Representative Mockler
Bismarck
McCue
B. W. Stoe
Morton County Cent
Supreme Court
Tlas
Schanitz
The Resourceful Husband Tricks Wife Amid Travel Lies
A New York Sun anecdote tells of a husband who hides his infidelity by bragging of his wife’s photo on his dresser. On a Chicago trip he forgets the picture and recalls it in a letter, prompting his wife’s shock when her photo appears unexpectedly at home. The ruse collapses as he reveals a second print carried for trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeu
New York Sun
Chicago
New York
Farmers Institute Draws Large Attendees At Williston
The Williston farmers institute held in Gates Opera House on Friday and Saturday drew strong interest. Professors Gregg Shaw Tripp Churchill Hoverstad led sessions on dry farming seeds irrigation and project questions with Chief Engineer Storrs and E R Brownson addressing irrigation benefits and needs for a dedicated irrigation expert. John Bruegger and Herman Nelson shared irrigation progress urging rapid land preparation and project development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Institute
Gates Opera House
Thos. Shaw
Arthur Tripp
Churchill
T. A. Hoverstad
Williston
Storrs
Reclamation Service
E. R. Brownson
Williston Water Users Association
John Bruegger
Bruegger
Herman Nelson
Nelson
Ex Gov Eli C D Shortridge Dies at 73 in Devils Lake
Ex Governor Eli C D Shortridge died at 10 45 in Devils Lake after a yearlong illness from cancer. He was 73, survived by a wife and four children. funeral Thursday at 2 pm conducted by the Masonic lodge, with burial in Macon Missouri. He served North Dakota as governor 1893 1895 and later worked at the U S land office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devils Lake
E. C. D. Shortridge
Macon
Shortridge
North Dakota
Commonwealth
Eli C. D. Shortridge
Great West
Larimore
Devils Take
United States Land Office
Dave Stewart
Washington
Masonic Lodge
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