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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1904
Page
4
A local column lists residents and moves around Rose Valley Rose Center and Trenton. It notes homestead filings, arrivals from Missouri and North Dakota, road conditions, a growing general store and ferry prospects, and plans as river concerns loom. Major Thoms Richards, longtime Missouri river valley settler, dies at 72 in Minot.
J.J. Havens, long associated with a large ranch near Hiddenwood, Ward County, and former Indian Agent at Fort Bart Hold, died unexpectedly while bedridden with kidney disease. He left four sons and one daughter, plus many friends. His son Rev. John Richards preached at a Minot Baptist church service, then returned home. An obituary notes his decades of service and a final cure by Electric Bitters, praised for liver and kidney relief, though the drug’s claims are asserted by a local pharmacy.
The state spans 70,172 square miles with a 1903 population around 480,000. Railroads reach 3,480 miles and 240 newspapers publish statewide. Dairy and creamery output totals 3 million dollars. farm product value hits 135 million and wheat and flax yields are 18 and 12 bushels per acre. There are 3,728 schools with 5,041 teachers and school property valued at 3,178,101. Endowment from land grants could reach 50 million.
North Dakota Williams County probate petition notices David B Lang as petitioner seeks probate of the Last Will and Testament of Ispahane Booed deceased with a request for letters testamentary. Respondents and interested parties are summoned to appear before the court on the specified date to contest or support the petition. The notice dated February 28, 1904, directs all respondents to answer before the Judge of the County Court.
The notice names witnesses for continuous residence and cultivation verification. W. D. Wilson and 72 F. Johnson of Minot are among the witnesses with others listed, including James Heffernan and John Trapp, with registering official B. C. Saxponn. The document references election or recording deadlines in December and February in North Dakota.
A partially readable 1902 notice lists a homestead entry contest by Rory against a prior claimant for lands described as northwest quarter and section near Tenge title. It notes abandonment and lack of improvements, with dates in March 1902 and a schedule for testimony before officials at Wilmington and Fort Osage, including a march 23 hearing and publication details.
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