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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1913
Page
3
Ambrose North Dakota July 10 news reports a lightning strike last Friday that killed 18 year old George Biberdorf while plowing with horses. The bolt struck as he unhitched the team, killing the horses and injuring a cousin who was unconscious for hours. The boy was found beneath a horse, the skull fractured by the bolt’s impact.
Wright Bros. of Courtenay North Carolina sold 18 nine month old pigs in James town. Each hog averaged 37 pounds and brought seven and a half cents per pound. Pigs were fed on home grown corn and barley, yielding a satisfactory price to James and Rusee Wright.
Fargo fans three Masonic bodies plan a six room cottage at the Dunseth state tuberculosis institution. The project budget is about 6500 dollars with two wings and a central dressing room, designed by Sam F Crabbe. The building will house sixteen patients and be ready for use in early fall this summer season.
Madison July 5 Senator La Follette argues in an editorial titled King Caucus that scientific tariff treatment is blocked by democratic caucus procedures. He warns caucus control creates minority rule and binds legislators, undermining independence and empowering party bosses and machines.
Bids are invited by W. C. Frohlich clerk for the deposit of funds of Bull Butte School Dist No 42 under Sec 922 Code 1911. Bids open until August 1 1913. Parserve North Dakota.
Rochester Minn July 10 J C R the last identity patient at the state hospital submitted to an operation the result of which practically saves no hope of the unknown regain of his mental faculties and speech The operation revealed that the patient had at some time past suffered a hemorrhage of the brain The patient was one hour on the operating table He will undoubtedly recover from the operation but there is little hope that he will ever establish his identity for which the operation was performed.
Fargo July 10 W H Francis editor of Velva is appointed chief game warden in the first district succeeding George Hart. George M Hogue Steele and James Kerr Granville named judicial district officers. board also selects two secret service men for enforcement in areas with game law violations.
Kenmare North Dakota announces the first annual Dairy Picnic on July 17 with Dairyman Merrill as principal speaker. Secretary Griffith of the Kenmare Creamery says other speakers are being lined up and a day of entertainment and profit for farmers and families is planned. The event may be in Tasker Coulee with a big free dinner and sports program.
Grand Forks July 10 The shortage in cattle is blamed on wholesale markets selling calves for slaughter. South St. Paul marketed 130,700 calves in 1912, 11,830 in March 1913, with most calves sold for veal. Holding calves would boost meat and cash gains. education to delay sale until breeding age urged for farmer and local clubs to act.
Registered stallion for sale or trade, Svannara bred Al Logan foaled 1903, seal brown trotter with fine action and kind training. Stands 17 1/2 hands high, weighs 1850 pounds, sure foal getter with colt prospects. Grandson of Al Merton. Nela Johnson, dw-2pd, Stanley, North Dakota.
Government data from the Development League in Grad Forks reports North Dakota's illiteracy rate at 8.1 percent, ranking tenth among states. It notes Ohio at 3.2 percent, Massachusetts 5.2 percent, Pennsylvania 5.9 percent, Texas 9.9 percent, Virginia 15.2 percent, and Louisiana 29 percent, among others.
In a pasture along Kelley creek near Bordulac North Dakota about 250 head of cattle contracted black leg. Thirteen young cattle died before vaccination, none since. Owners include E A Roach Beckley Niccum and others. Disease struck younger stock after a calf was introduced from the south.
Washburn, July 7 Ludvig Peterson star defense witness in the murder trial of banker Funk is jailed for alleged perjury. Bond set at 5000 and Peterson cannot meet it. Circuit court refused smaller bonds. Anderson seeks to flee town amid tense mood and possible grand jury action.
Sam Clark and C H Crockard publishers of Jim Jam Jems were convicted of violating federal postal laws and face two year penitentiaries with 52 000 in fines. Each publisher is on 15000 bond and appeals court steps follow. Jury takings and attorney juror qualification issues fueled the post trial motions as costs rise and sentences run concurrently. A separate note mentions China women abandoning Arjame costumes for European dress amid a government debt context.
Congregationalists and Methodists will unite in Sunday services with Rev. Shaw preaching at the Congregational church in the morning and the Methodist church in the evening. Rev. Wickard is granted an additional week's vacation. The arrangement has drawn a larger audience and shown fraternal church cooperation. A welcome will be extended to all attendees.
Ben G. Ness of Devils Lake paid a $500 fine after conviction for attempting to bribe legislators Twitchell and Diver to oppose the anti snuff bill in favor of the American Tobacco company. Sheriff Barnes of Burleigh County receipted for the money and Ness was released from further jeopardy.
Grand Forks July 10 The tobacco trust and the Pure Food Department of North Dakota prepare for a clash as the trust seeks to evade the new anti snuff law. Pure Food Commissioner Ladd cites snuff as poisonous and notes cases of insanity and a Grand Forks death from excessive use. The trust now pushes a substitute product and the department targets it next.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph writer compares George Washington to Honus Wagner, showing enduring local reverence for the first president. The piece hints at the city’s continuing esteem for historic figures amid civic life.
North Dakota’s new laws began July 1 including strict anti snuff controls and a cigarette crackdown. The marriage and voting provisions include physician certificates, sobriety rules, and non partisan elections for school officials and cities. Gambling is declared a nuisance with injunctions closing for a year, while road supervision shifts to township overseers and the poor’s care moves to township supervisors with shared costs. Officials face removal for misconduct, while false advertising penalties target woods sales. Hotel duties require vermin free rooms.
Weekly notice lists letters remaining uncalled for at the post office ending July 5 1913 with names including Edward Anderson B Arnold J B Burke B H Crisfield John E eg eart Chas Hanna Mae Hougenson Ole Hogenson L L Incandescent Light Co Knute Kleven Leggero Lomer Florence McFarlin Eli Simmers John and Oler Eli Kather's Fountain. 49 tf Ady.
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