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Lively'Business Session of City
Council With Plenty of
Harmony.
The city council met last night and
disposed of a considerable amount of
business. Alderman James JaTVls was
present and was fully recognized as a
member of the board. Sherlock and
Bydahl were not present at the open
ing of the meeting though Bydahl
wandered In late in the session.
When the council was called to or
der the recorder gulped a few times
as though swallowing a mallet and
called the name of Jarvls as the al
derman from the First ward. Three
months' accumulation of mlnuteB were
to be read and the recorder proceeded
to the difficult task, and for mone than
an hour the monotonous drawl of the
same was relieved only by the blow
ing of. the curfew whistle. In the mid
dle of the agitation the recorder re
marked as he wiped about four gal
lons of presperation from his face,
that it was warm. Jarvls suggested
that h« reduce the speed. The min
utes included those of .the broken
back meeting at which the writ of
prohibition of the supreme couit re
straining the council from proceeding
further in the ousting of Alderman
Jarvls, and' the prior actions of »,be
council in this matter, and on motion
to approve the minutes iu a bulk Jar
vis voted "no."
The city attorney reported that he
had conferred with the Merchants Na
tional bank of St. Paul in reference
to the Judgment which the batik holds
against the city in the amount of $11,
C73.66, and that the bank was willing
to have a levy of 10 mills made in this
and next year the money arising from
this to be applied on the claim, and
the balance to be »»:d in 1908. A
resolution providing for this was
adopted.
The matter of arranging the flna'.
price of the electr!c supplies which
had been sold McGuire & Prather, and
which had been Invoiced at 134!, was
referred to Alderman Craig, Supt. Al
lard and the city attorney. The trou
ble is that the invoice seems to have
been too high on some of the articles
and the idea is to g-it the matter ad
justed.
Several sidewalk matters were con
sidered, a couple of petitions being
filed. The street commissioner re
pciled that he had servol notice .on a
nTiber of property owners to build
side.walks or the city would proceed
to do so at the expense of the owners
and that this meant an extra cost to
them. Craig called attenti9n to the
raising of the grades and sidewalks
at the Northern Pacific, and stated
that the elevation of the grade had
made it almost impossible to keep the
proper end of the person on the walk.
No action was taken in the matter.
A petition was received from the
residents of Seventh street asking for
the establishment of a grade in that
part of the city. It' was referred-, to the
street committee with power to act.
A petition was also presented asking
for the building of a crossing from
the powers corner to the corner of the
burnt district on DeMers avenue was
also referred to the street committee
with power to act.
The,reading of bills Is usually as
dull and dry as the reading of the
minuses but last night the occasion
was. enlivened by two incidents out
of the ordinary. One!, was the calling
for the item in a bill in which Alder
man Barlow was interested and the
other was the suggestion of Jarvls
Tinware, Etc.
F. BRANDT,
that he be paid tor eight months ser
vices as alderman Instead of one. This
came up on,the reading of the bills
allowing him for one month service.
He asked why he should not be al
lowed $40 instead of $5. The recorder
said he was. willing if the council
agreed. Craig asked Collins whether
or not Jarvls was legally entitled to
the pay. during the time he has been
kept out of his seat. and. as usual the
attorney did not know. The president
stated that he knew Jarvls did not
want the money unless he was entitled
to It, and on Jarvls' suggestion the
matter went over without final action.
The point was raised that if Jarvls
was paid during the time Indicated the
payment og Borchers was not legal
and that a personal liability might
attach to the aldermen.
The report of the superintendent of
the electric light plant showed that
the earnings during the month of July
were $207.16 more than the expenses.
The bond of B. O. Paulsness in the
sum of $3,000 for the faithful perform
ance of his sewer contract' was ap
proved. Collins wanted the certified
check retained for a time but the sug
gestion was not taken seriously.
Craig called attention to the need
of some changes in the Healy fran
chise and announced that he would
take the matter up at once.
The council adjourned to meet Aug.
14, at which time the bids for the pur
chase of the city bonds will be opened
if any are tendered.
Visiting: at Red Lake.
Miss Nora Tessier went to Bed Lake
Falls yesterday for a visit with friends.
Shopping in the City.
Mrs. L. Llndgeen of Northland is
spending the day shopping in the city.
Visited in jCountrjr.
Mrs. H. Halton spent yesterday
visiting friends in the country. It
is needless to say the day was delight
fully spent.
Gallagher Estate Sale.
The sale of the estate of the late
Alexander Gallagher in the firm of
Lynch & Gallagher will take place to
day.
A Correction.
The Evening Times was in error
yesterday in reference to the enter
tainment of the Young Ladles' Guild
of the Zion Lutheran church, as the
event was to transpire this evening
instead. The meeting will be held this
evening and one of the most pleasant
events of the season will be enjoyed.
Anderson Pleads Guilty.
Attorney Swanson of Grand Forks
arrived in the city today from the city
over the Red and straightway appear
ed before Judge Watts in behalf of
his client, Jolof Anderson, accused of
raising a ten dollar check to "Fivti"
dollars. Anderson was yesterday put
on a seven hundred and fifty dollar
bond but bond has not been furnished
up to the trial this afternoon. Upon
hearing the evidence in the case,
Judge Watts passed a sentence of
seven months In the penitentiary at
Stillwater and the gentleman will be
taken down in a few days.
MORRIS PLEADS GUILTY.
After Hard Fight Over Extradition
Papers County Officers Win.
"Blondy" Morris, the much wanted
man who was brought back from Win
nipeg about ten days ago by Sheriff
Gonyea, plead guilty yesterday after
noon in Judge Watt's court. Sentence
was not passed upon him at that time,
but-will be in a few days and he will
probably receive a state's prison term.
The conviction of MorriB is a great
victory for County Attorney Maybury
and Sheriff Gonyea and they deserve
much credit for the successful way in
which they have managed their case.
W. H. Kelsey, real estate, has opened
his hew office at 20 N. Fourth street
Both phones, No. 20. He will do a
general real estate business. Give
him a call.
HARDWARE
Threshers Supplies
Oils'
General Hardware
Builders Hardware
In short everything pertain
ing to hardware. Having
recently added a complete
stock of harness we are in
position,to furnish the farm
er with all his needs in this
line. Call and inspect stock
and prices.
East Grand Forks
It's In the Starching
that makes Shirts from the Star laun
dry stand hot weather, damp weather,
any kind of weather so well. The shirts
we do up keep their shape and polish
the longest. We do all kinds of laun
dry work well. Just try our work and
And out how really good It Is.
THE STAR LAUNDRY
EAST GRAND FORKS. MINNESOTA
Naw Machinery New BaUdinf Bat ol Ev*qr|hia|
BILLINGS & KAISER. Proprietors
Grand Forks Monument Works
R. JEFFREY, Prop.
Marble and Granite Mouments and
Head Stones. Cemetery Fencing.
All kinds of Foreign aid Domestic
Granite.
Snperb Styles and Designs.
Residence Phone Trl-State M5M.
Office Phone Trl*State SMS.
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MACHINE MEN
Immense Business Being Done
.Over the State—Dealers
Are on the Run.
"Rushed to death," is the phrase
which best describes the present con
dition of the machine and harvester
men of Fargo, Bays the Forum and the
same conditions exist in Grand Forks.
At this season of the year when trade
along all other lines la dull and a calm
is being experienced and enjoyed by
the merchants and bankerB of the city
following the strenuoslty and excite
ment of fair week when business was
rushing, the machinery men are at
their busiest
A visit to the various machinery
houses shows that all are In a flurry
and bustle of activity. Orders for new
machines and accessories are pouring
in by the dozen In every mall, and it
keeps the whole force working over
time to fill them. It is not unusual
to see the office men In the different
bouses burning the midnight oil as
they straighten up accounts and write
letters which they have not had time
to attend to In the rush of the day's
business.
This Is always a rush time of year
for the machinery men, but this sum
mer the prospect of bumper crops has
led to an immense Increase In the
number of sales. The machinery men
are almost too busy to talk, an unus
ual condition of affairs, and are so
hard pressed to fill their orders that
during the past week they have not
even had time to figure up their prof
its. However, they are one and all cer
tain that their business has shown a
considerable increase oVer the high
water mark record the' percentage of
Increase being variously estimated at
from 20 to 40 per cent.
Although they have had no time to
make particular inquiry regarding the
crop conditions during the past two
weeks and the agents in different parts
of the state have been' too busy in
most Instances taking orders to send
in any detailed statements, those re
ports which have been received are
for the most part of a glowingly op
timistic character.
B. F. Weston of the Internatlonl
Harvester Co., stated that all the re
ports which are coming In from the
agents of the company were very op
timistic and indicated that the crop
would be the biggest and best North
Dakota has ever had. Oats and flax
are particularly heavy.
The only bad feature Is the report
of some damage to blue stem wheat
from rust, but this only affects certain
localities and the durum wheat seems
to be entirely free from the pest.
A Famous Newspaper Man.
William E. Curtis, the famous cor
respondent of the Chicago Record
Herald, writes a two-column letter for
his paper every day in the year with
out intermission. His powers of sus
tained work are as great a marvel
as his faculty of always -making his
matter interesting. Probably no other
newspaper correspondent in the coun
try is read so regularly and eagerly
by so many thousands of men and
women as Mr. Curtis. Mr. Curtis fcas
traveled several* times around the
world, visiting every country under
the sun, and writing a larger number
of brilliant and interesting letters of
travel than were ever before pro
duced by' a single hand. Many of
these have later been reprinted in
book form. One of his latest expedi
tions for the Record-Herald was
through Mexico, resulting in a series
of letters as entertaining as those he
wrote a few years ago from India,
Turkey and the Holy Land. His forth
coming letters from Ireland, Russia
and Germany will rival in importance
and interest any of his previous con
tributions. Beginning his career in
Chicago as a reporter in 1872, Mr.
Curtis rapidly rose to be managing
editor. He resigned that position to
accept a government appointment as
secretary of the South American com
mission. So brilliantly did he per
form the duties of this office that
James G. Blaine, secretary of state,
placed him at the head of the bureau
of American republics. At the world's
fair In Chicago he distinguished him
self as the executive bead of the Latin
American department. He is a mem
ber of almost every learned society
in Washington and of many in Europe.
It is not strange that the Record
Herald prints Mr. Curtis' letter every
day in. the first column of the front
page, and that nothing but a California
earthquake can displace it from that
station of honor-
While enjoying .an evening stroll,
don't forget that F. J. Cummings, 10
Demers Ave., East Side, makes
specialty of Ice Cream Sundays. Fine
Ice Cream Parlors. Remember h*
keeps Ice Cream Cones nloe and fresh
A large soda fountain, and all good
things for the palate—get the habit
and come over—left hand aide as jroa
go up town.
Now That the Fair
Is over, spend a week at the beautiful
Lakeside hotel at Maple lake. Cheap
fates for August. $7.00 per week for
board and room. A. E. Logan, pro
prietor.
If we made a prayer every day it
would'be to be delivered from the
person going through life using the
tremulo stop.
Baije & Kerch, Leieei. Ctrl Kerch, MJr.
2 to A p, m.
7 to 11 p. m.
NO. 123 DeMERS AVENUE
PROGRAM FOR
THIIBS.^ FRIDAY ft SATIIB.
"May Day"
"Ingenions Dauber"
"Last Witch"
lllutrated Soajt
"When the Fields are White
with Daisies"
By HOWAID WILSON
'From Socialism to Nihilism'
*'fhe Flat Dwellers"
Admission 10 Gents
CUMrea lor Alteraooa Ferlorauct, 8«
^5\JW $
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THE EVENING TIMES, GFAND FORKS, N. D.
WHEAT
The decline In wheat has been
checked and a rally Is now in progress.
The heavy short selling and the throw
ing over of long wheat webelieve is
over for a time at least. The heavy
rains of the past week in the north
west have caused considerable actual
damage by lodging and laying wheat
flat. The winds following these rains
have been responsible for a lot of
broken stalks and shelling. There are
also grave fears now lest we have a
wet harvest. In such an event, there
would undoubtedly be a lot of grain
lost by rotting, mildewing and sweat
ing.
There has been any number of re
liable estimates made of the northwest
epp this year and with but one or two
exceptions, they have figured the
spring wheat crop at from 10,000,000
under to 10,000,000 over last year.
From our numerous private reports,
we would place the spring wheat
yield at about 200,000,000 bushels or
the same as last year.
Snow, the eminent Chicago statis
tician says that the condition of the
spring wheat on August 1st was 86.2
against 88.4 July 1st. He says the
decrease Is mostly confined to the
Dakotas where the rust and the failure
of stpols to produce vigorously caused
the lowering of the previous estimates.
The statistical news is also a little
more inclined to be bullish also. The
visible supply east of the Rockies ac
cording to Bradstreet last week, in
creased but 1,578,000 bushels, while
Europe's stocks decreased 600,000
bushels, making the grand world's
stocks increase but 978,000 bushels,
against last week's Increase of 1,516,
000 bushels.
The world's shipments of wheat con
tinue very small with America furnish
ing the largest contribution by far.
Last week they were only 8,640,000
bushels against 7,872,000 bushels the
previous week and 9,008,000 bushels a
year ago. The amount of wheat on
ocean passage again showed a big
SEA OF LIGHT
Interesting Sight at Local
'Phone Office When Fire
Alarm Rings.
".If you wish to witness an inter
esting sight and to learn something
of the curiosity of Orand Forks peo
ple, you should be in the operating
room Of our exchange when the fire
whistle blows," said one of the ladies
in the local exchange of the North
western Telephone company this
morning. "It certainly provides a
strange view for the uniniated. The
operating board is one blaze of small
red lights, showing that hundreds of
telephones are in use. Ninety-nine
out of every hundred calls, which, by
the way, come in by hundreds when"
there is a fire, are for 'information.'
They all wish to Unow where the fire
is. Some are not satisfied with know
ing the location of the fire—they want
to know how much the damage will
be, and one fellow the other day had
the temerity to ask the operator if
she knew how long it would take the
department to put the fire out.
Every time a patron of the exchange
takes down his receiver to call, "cen
tral," a little red light shows beside
his number on the operating board at
the exchange. At times of fire there
are hundreds of culls, as noted above,
and the operating board is a sea of
little bright lights. The force of oper
ators Is kept so busy that there isn't
even time to breathe.
The company keeps on "information
department" and the young lady pre
siding over this desk makes it her
business to locate fires and supply an
swers for other numerous questions
which are constantly being propound
ed. The telephone companies are very
obliging in this particular and one can
almost discover bow old Ann was by
inquiring of the information depart
ment.
THE BRYAN RECEPTION.
Arrangements an* Completed for Big
Meeting in Sew York.
Associated Pnm «o The Er»li| Times.
New York, Au«. 10.—At a meeting
of the executive committee of the
William J. Bryan reception commit
tee today, Thomas F. Smith was chos
en recording secretary to serve at
Madison Square Garden.
Judge Feitner reported that an ef
fort would be made to seat all state
delegations as far as possible.
Oeorge W. Sweeney, chairman of the
committee on hotel arrangements, re
ported that from what he had learned
at least 500 persons will come from
Nebraska. The executive committee
has asked John C. Collins to call upon
hotel men for subscriptions to the re
ception fund.
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Large as were the weekly require
ments abroad last year, they are said
to be exceeded by something lik 100,
000,000 bushels the season now entered
upon.
Argentine is not likely to supply
more than an average of 1,000,000
bushels weekly from now to January
1st next, India not above 1,000,000
bushels, the Danubian countries, which
have excellent crops this year, prob
ably 2,500,000 bushels, and Russia,
which came close to keeping up an
average of 4,000,000 bushels weekly
last year might easily be wiped out
of the account entirely for the season,
under the present political condition
in that uncertain empire. Australia
need hardly be included, as that coun
try's supply is giving evidence of prac
tical exhaustion, but if it should sup
ply 250,000 bushels weekly, the total
thus suggested exclusive of America
and Russia would amount to only
4,750,000 bushels.
The world's weekly shipments from
August 5th last year to December 30th,
averaged 11,250,000 bushels which
was entirely absorbed by the import
ing nations, so that without including
the very large additional supplies, they
are reported to require this year, there
remains 6,775,000 bushels to be fur
nished by America and Russia, and
WRITE FOR OUR DAILY MARKET LETTER
LOCAL OFFICE: No. 16, Clifford Building, Grand Forks, N. D. Both Phones 400 F. B. WADSLEY, MffPftrfyr
LAKE GENEVA
Messrs. H. 0. Eaman and Earl
Crary Return From T. M.
C. A. Conference.
H. O. Eaman, secretary of the local
Y. M. C. A. boys' department, and Earl
Crary, delegates to the Lake Geneva.
Wis., conference of older boys and
boys' work directors, have returned
home and are busy recounting the
pleasures of their visit.
There were delegates to the number
of 255 present, some coming all the
way from California on the west, Ten
nessee on the south, and Ohio on the
east. The conference lasted through
a couple of weeks and during that
time many prominent speakers, among
them the following, addressed the con
vention: Governor Mickey, Nebraska
C. W. Ober, New York city F. H. Burt
and Walter M. Wood, Chicago C. A.
Helm, Tokio, Japan, and C. D. Harvey,
New York.
There were sessions every morning
from 8 to 10 for the boys' and for the
men's department from 10 to 12. The
afternoons were devoted to recreation.
The Y. M. C. A. owns land and main
tains a number of tents on the shores
of Lake Geneva, which is a beautiful
sheet of water about 10 miles long
and the summer home of many Chicago
millionaires.
There were exhibited at the confer
ence printing and photographic work
from Y. M. C. A.'s all over the middle
west. The Grand Forks exhibit, it is
reported, was the largest and most
unique.
Next year the local Y. M. C. A. hopes
to send fully eight members. Messrs.
Eaman and Crary, who went this year,
report a delightful time and a most
successful conference.
THE SI'l.TAN SUI.KS.
Unwilling to Receive Ambassador
Leishman In Official Capacity.
Associated Pnn The Btnlif Timra.
Washington, Aug. 10.—Since the ar
rival of John G. A. Leishman, the new
ambassador to Turkey, In Constanti
nople several weeks ago, the state de
partment has had no advices whatever
from him and it is assumed here that
the sultan of Turkey Is still unwilling
to receive Leishman in his ambassa
dorial capacity. The elevation of the
American mission to Constantinople
from the legation to an embassy was
distasteful to the sultan, who has
taken no action to raise the Turkish
legation in Washington to an em-
David Whitehead of Elmore, Canada,
was arrested by custom officers at
Sherwood, charged with selling eight
dozen eggs without having paid the
duty of five cents per dozen.
RAINS IN NORTHWEST
Great Fears—A Wet Harvest Would Mean die Loss of KMUnnq
in Wheat
FOREIGN SITUATION IS BECOMING ACUTE
PRODUCTION OF CURED HEATS EXCEEDS THE DEMAND
decrease and now totals only 27,688,
000 bushels against 28,382,000 bushels
the previous week, and 34,450,000
bushels the year before.
A Chicago newspaper has the follow
ing to say about the Russian situation:
The famine now existing in twenty
four provinces is verv calamltlous,
and 12,000,000 to 20,000,000 people
must be fed,'and that the government
must also furnish them seed for next
year. This authority also states over
the signature of its Russian corres
pondent, that the total yield of the
fifty provinces of Russia last year was
less than 50 per cent of normal, and
that this year, according to official re
turns, tt will be smaller. He adds
that these terrible facts have been
successfully concealed both from the
emperor and the public.
failure of the latter country, would
leave nearly 7,000,000 bushels for this
country to supply weekly.
With our very large crop which is
as yet uncertain, it is very Improbable
that we shall have any such immense
surplus to spare. In view of these
facts and many others too numerous
to mention, it seems to us that the
short side is a vwy dangerous one to
follow at this time.
We believe that conditions are about
ripe for a good advance and think pur
chases of September or December
wheat at present low levels will prove
highly profitable.
CORN
Market for corn has been inclined
toward firmness in the past week's
trading. The rather liberal rains of
the past few days while relieving the
late corn to a certain extent, were
nevertheless too late to help the early
corn. The bears who predicted that
receipts would increase this week,
have switched and are now arrayed
on the buying side, on the failure of
arrivals to show any material .tendency
In that direction. For the present we
believe that it will be largely a ques
tion of weather in this market. The
greater part of the corn country has
undoubtedly received sufficient rain
to carry the corn that is not too far
gone, out of danger for the time being,
but it must not be forgotten that In
the course of its growth, the plant
has to encounter not only the possi
bilities of damage from extreme heat,
but also what might arise from pre
mature cold of no great intensity.
The heated term is not bridged en
tirely and the other is still a matter
of possibly six weeks farther exten
sion into its immature condition. In
the meanwhile there will be plenty
of sharp breaks and equally sharp
rallies and we think that purchases on
the breaks will prove very profitable
for quick scalps or for permanent in
vestments.
(INCORPORATED)
Dealers In=
STOCKS GRAIN=PROVISIONS
Fifth and Robert Sts., St. Paul, Minn.
Minneapolis, Minn. Duluth, Minn. Aberdeen, S. D. Winnipeg, Man.
Grain & Stock Go.
WAS A CANARD
Story of Drowning of Tom
Kennedy and Dave Moor
head Was a Hoax.
The report in circulation here dur
ing the past week or more that Thos.
Kennedy and D. Moorhead, both of
this city, were drowned in the Sas
katchewan river, Canada, a fortnight
since, has turned out to be simply
nothing more or less than a canard.
Dr. Irwin and others of this city have
been investigating and bave learned
that the story had its origination in
Grand Forks and was started for the
purpose of "scaring" a certain party.
Dr. Irwin has heard through the
Canadian mounted police that Ken
nedy atad Moorhead are both safe and
sound.
INVESTIGATION
John Haverland Being Ex
amined This Afternoon for
Alleged Insanity.
Chief of Police Lowe this morning
filed a complaint of insanity against
John Haverland, a prisoner in the
county jail serving a thirty-day sen
tence for disorderly conduct and using
abusive and threatening language.
Haverland, it will be recalled, is the
fellow who has been threatening per
sonal harm to County Attorney Wine
man and members of the local police
force for causing his arrest some
months ago.
The board of insanity commissioners
is engaged this afternoon at press
hour in examining into the condition
of the fellow. He has been conduct
ing himself rather queerly for two
or three weeks past.
THE GRAND JURY
SEEMS DAZED
Associated Press to The Bvralif Times.
New York, Aug. 10.—As a result
of the investigations of the cases of
alleged rebating by railroads the
United States grand jury today re
turned six indictments. They are said
to be dazed on the rebating on sugar.
I'. 8. TREASURY STATEMENT.
Associated Press to The Bvealig Times.
Washington, Aug. 10. Today's
statement of the treasury balances in
the general fund exclusive of the
$150,000,000 gold reserve' shows:
Available cash balances, $182,899.
346 gold coin and bullion, $105,340,
533 gold certificates,-'$44,493,660.
PAGE FIVE
PROVISIONS
Prices for the products have been
Inclined to be heavy. Receipts con
tinue large at all packing centers and
consumptive demands do not begin to
keep pace with the production of the
manufactured article.
Foreign 'markets come lower with
clock like regularity. Packing inter
ests deal out their offerings with a
liberal hand and on little rallies that
occur from time to time on short cov
ering and commission house buying.
Meat and lard shipments continue
to run from 40 to 60 per cent under
those of a year ago.
Considering the attitude of the large
packing interests and lack of public
interest, we believe that sales of Sep
tember or December pork on the
bulges will net the seller handsome
profits before the expiration of the
option.
FLAX
Trading in flax has been very limit
ed. About the only feature in the
past week has been the covering of
disgusted shorts, who have become
discouraged and closed their trades
and transferred their active operations
to the grain pits.
Receipts are large, being several
times those of a year ago. Stocks are
increasing everywhere. Crop reports
continue excellent and the late rains,
that have hurt the chances of wheat
and oats, have been of great benefit
to flax.
The linseed qil business is at a
standstill and prices for oil are de
clining steadily.
With a continuance of present fine
promises for the growing crop and
no improvement in domestic demands
for the seed, we believe that prices
will work considerably lower.
WORKING DOGS
Canines Entered in Field Trials
Being Taught the "Gibson
Walk."
There will be a fine string of dogs
entered in the forthcoming North Da
kota Field Trials association's annual
meet, which opens at the course near
Larimore Sept. 11. Upwards of fifty
'swell' canines have been listed in the
different events and birds are reported
to be numerous.
Louis Weller, a professional trainer
of dogs, has for the last three weeks,
up till a week ago, been camped on the
course, training a string. He has
between seventeen and twenty in the
bunch, and some of them are very
likely "lookers," with their summer
millinery and "Gibson stride." They
are great "stalkers'," every last one ot
them. The latter part of last week
Mr. Weller moved his camp to a place
near Ojata, where he Is completing the
working out of the dogs.
The entries for the annual trials
do. not close until the week of the
meet when a number of dogs that are
entered in the Winnipeg trials are ex
pected here to try for the mun. Some
first class prizes and purses have been
hung up, prizes sufficiently large to be
worth going after.
The program for the trials which
will last through two days has already
been published In' these columns. It
includes events in which any dog may
enter and events open only to dogs
of members of the association. More
interest is manifest this year than was
ever the case, and It is expected that
a large number of sportsmen from
here and elsewhere will be on hand
when the trials come off.
THE DEFUNCT BANK
DIRECTORS ARE SUED
Special to The Bmtac Times.
Minot, Aug. 10.—G. W. Swords, re
ceiver of the defunct Mlnot National
bank, commenced suit today in the
United States circuit court against E.
B. Page of Leeds, C. T. Studness and
A. H. Noltimier, both of Churchs Fer
ry, to recover $2,500 from each. They
were directors of the defunct bank
and the complaint alleges that they
knowingly took that amount from the
bank funds in payment for stock sold
to J. A. Erickson, president of the
bank, who is now serving time at
Sioux Falls.
The pennant of the Northwest-Da
kota baseball league was won by
Tagus. There was a tie between that
city and Willlston, and In the final
game the score was 4 to 5.