Williston Farmer Institute Meets February 4 5 6
North Dakota and Montana agricultural experts will lecture at the Williston court house for three days February 4 5 and 6 offering practical instruction on crop rotation soil preparation pest control irrigation and dry farming. Attendees can learn seed selection weed control and profitable farming methods from noted authorities and a state college president.
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Ifso
Farmer’s Institute
Williston
Court House
Montana and
North Dakota Institute Corps
Institute
Worst
State Agricultural College
North Dakota
Onstad
Montana
Residence rule extended for settlers in eight states
Washington January 26 A joint House resolution grants extra time to establish residence on homestead land in North Dakota South Dakota Idaho Minnesota Montana Washington and Wyoming. Those required to settle by December 1 1906 may finalize by May 15 1907 including soldiers declaratory statements. The measure, tied to a winter leave of absence, aids settlers whose six month period falls in winter.
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Washington
North Dakota
South Dakota
Idaho
Minnesota
Montana
Wyoming
House
Hansbrough
Williston Concert Band earns praise in cold weather show
The Williston Concert Band delivered a strong evening performance last Thursday in a crowded courtroom venue. The program surpassed earlier concerts, drawing the season’s largest audience as patrons praised the ensemble despite frigid conditions.
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Williston
Willis ton to get new opera house before next winter
A report notes that the current room cannot accommodate growing audiences and officials hope Willis ton will inaugurate a new opera house before the upcoming winter season.
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Williston
Snow blockade broken opens passenger train service
The snow blockade on the Great Northern line was broken Saturday and passenger trains started arriving in bunches. Seven westbound trains passed through the city Saturday afternoon and evening. East of Minot, delays were severe and mail service resumed only after the blockade ended. Nearly a thousand men along the line from Larimore west were shoveling snow as Great Northern shipped workers out from the twin cities last week.
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Twin Cities
Larimore West
Land Office Orders Examination Before Patents
The Local Land Office issued an order stating no certificate or patent will be issued to parties making proof until the land has been actually examined by a special agent.
White House Order Tightens Public Land Patent Rules
President Roosevelt issues a new Interior Department directive delaying final land patents until ground examination by an authorized officer, with seven specific exceptions. The order supersedes the December 13, 1906 directive and directs staff to issue needed instructions to enforce the measure across public land titles.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
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Farmers Institute
Congress
Roosevelt
White House
Bruegger's
Bruegger Mercantile Co
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