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Williston Graphic

Location

Williston, North Dakota, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1913

Page

3

Prize Farm Contest draws Grand Forks county farmers

Grand Forks May 1 A plan by the Grand Forks Commercial Club offers cash prizes totaling 250 for the best farm entries in the Prise Farm Contest open to all Grand Forks County farmers tenants or owners. Judging by a committee of a farmer a university man and a North Dakota Better Farming representative allocates 100 points across five categories. No entry fee, information by the club secretary. Meanwhile two Doula motorists faced a case over illegal horn use with a judge defining horn as a single grave note warning of danger.

Grand Forks North Dakota Better Farming Association Grand Forks Commercial Club Doula Die Waalkure

Devils Lake to receive twenty five thousand steel head trout

Devils Lake North Dakota May 1 twenty five thousand steel head trout will be hatched at Devils Lake this spring under Dean Brannon in charge of the state biological station. The eggs come from the federal bureau and will be planted next month. Brannon hopes the project will prove successful and stock the lake, the largest in the state, with fish in a few years. Previous plantings have shown good results.

Devils Lake N. D Dean Brannon University Federal Bureau

North Dakota Ranks Twelfth in School Attendance

Grand Forks May 1 Among all states North Dakota ranks twelfth for the share of children in school. Of 139 802 school age children in public schools 1000 attend private schools and 86544 do not attend at all. About 84 percent are in school while 16 percent are out. Vermont leads with 88 percent and Louisiana lags with about 65 percent. Louisiana has 240 709 out of school from 504 000 total.

Grand Forks North Dakota North Dakota Development League Press Bureau Vermont Louisiana

Paris Halts Musical Auto Horns After Noise Complaint

Paris on May 1 reports the musical automobile horns that played popular or classical airs on main streets have quickly ended in France.

Paris France

Holstein Bull Joins North Dakota Dairyman Herd

Ray North Dakota May 1 J O Solberg a progressive farmer and dairyman east of town received a full blooded Holstein bull by express. He plans to expand his herd into one of the finest Holstein cattle in the country. Test the wanted way of stepping into something better.

Ray N. D J. O. Solberg Express Mr. Solberg

Petition for More Help on Northwest Rail Mail Service

Twenty delegates representing Railway Mail association branches in the Tenth Division petitioned Postmaster General Burleson for more mail clerks on fifty lines between Chicago and Devils Lake. The report shows a 26 percent rise in mail handled in March, with extensive overtime and numerous unassorted mail items carried past destinations due to staff and car space shortages. Test the wanted way of selling real estate selling it to the person who needs it.

St. Paul, Minn Chicago Devils Lake A. L. Burleson Tenth Division of Railway Mail Association St. Paul Northwest

Minneapolis Woman Scarred by Dinner Fire

A Minneapolis wife scorched her hand badly while cooking. she sought help from a neighbor, who applied Allen's Ulcerine Salve. In ten days the hand healed with no scar, and the ad touts the salve as a long trusted remedy for ulcers and burns available at Williston Drug Co. and other druggists. An unrelated U S Interior notice from Williston, North Dakota, lists patent claim proceedings and witnesses for a land filing dated 1911.

Allen America Williston Drug Co Adv

Teachers Examination Set For May At Williston Courthouse

The next regular teachers examination will be held in May at the courthouse in Williston. Thursday morning reviews Pedagogy and Physiology and Hygiene. afternoon U S History Geography Grammar. Friday morning Arithmetic Civil for Second Grade. Friday afternoon Psychology and optional subjects for first grade certificates. Examinations begin promptly. bring pen. Martha P. Tatem County Superintendent of Schools. April 4 1813 North Dakota. Notice in wares ad copy follows.

Williston U. S Martha P. Tatem

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News of the Great Northwest Grand Forks Co Federation Commercial Clubs Near Minneapolis Department of the Interior Ate Jain Ithe Niminian Wattary Wilice BrQne Harry Brilser Thomas B. Murphy Regia Willieton Marek Ayaoyee W. D Kermade William W. Keltner Benjamin H. Frank William Marth James Moall B. Murphy Register E. J. Lander & Co Rugby Minot Agert Bratt Rome Baldwin Williston Music Co C. Hitchcock Mgr Main Street Williston, North Dakota Louie Instruments THE
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