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From the Flaxton Times.
Mr. and Mrs. John Fossum and
ilauvhter, Lena, took the train
Monday morning for Rothsay.
Minn., where they will spend a^
few days with friends before their i
departure for Norway. They will
leave Minneapolis on the 4th of
the month and expect to sail from
New York 011 the 7th instead of
the 10th as statel in last week's
issue.
In this issue appears the an
nouncement of D. .1. Lynch, candi
date on the democratic ticket for
county commissioner. Dan, as he
is better known to I'Maxton friends,
has all the necessary qualifications
l'or the office to which lie aspires.
His chances for success at the prim
aries are very good, as he will
likely be the only nominee on the
democratic ticket l'or this office.
Dr. Paulson went to ICenmare
with Chas. Christian Friday last for
an X-ray examination of the lat
t.er's arm which was broken two
weeks ago. The fractured bones
were found to be in proper position
and healing as rapidly as could be
expected.
C. C. Aller, the plant man. has
a proposition he will take up at the
next board meeting with the city
fathers: whereby he agrees to fur
nish juice for one year if the board
will buy brackets and lamps and
have them placed on the principal
streets of the city. This idea if
adopted will be a splendid adver
tisement for the Gateway City.
Davidson & Olsen have built an
addition to their garage. They in
form The International that they
have plenty of room and light and
can stow away from 18 to 20 au
tomobiles.
POWERS LAKE
From the Powers Lake TCcho.
Leonora Clementson returned
Welnesday from Rochester, Minn.,
where she had been in the hospital.
We are told that Ole Breding
will plant forty acres of corn this
yeair, Thorvald Hovland :i0 acres,
while a number of our farmers will
plant from ten to twenty acres
each.
One week ago Wednesday, at
.McGregor, Henry C. Overland had
one of his legs so badly broken by
being caught in a wreck with a
runaway team that he was taken
to Minot for treatment at a hospi
tal. There it was found adpisable
to amputate the leg in an effort to
save his life. He failed to rally
from the operation and died Friday
night. McGregor loses a good citi
zen by this accident.
J. D. Lucy is loading a car of
fat hogs for shipment to St. Paul.
Most of these are of Hflr. Lucy's
own raising, and are as fine a bunch
as will go to market from here this
year.
Lau'ritz Nelson left Tuesday for
Minnesota. After visiting a couple
of days there he will proceed to
New York City, and next Tuesday
sail from that port to visit his
mother in Norway. He expects to
be away about three months.
Mr. and Mirs. Ole Bjerkness re
joice over the birth of a fine baby
girl.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Olaf
Ruden is gladdened by the birth of
a baby girl.
Mrs. Ben O. Munson and two
children returned home from Min
nesota Wednesday.
Born—to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Nor
stead, a baby boy.
Mrs. T. P. Borgen was summoned
to Minneapolis Saturday for a
meeting with her brother who is
preparing to talce a trip to Norway
for his health.
A little son of Bernard Lein was
brought to town Sunday suffering
from a dislocated thumb. Dr. Lan
caster soon gave relief to the little
sufferer.
John Aagren of Fergus Falls,
Miring this week purchased a half
section of lanjl fronj Charles and
Lizzie Olson, and \y111 move here
in a short time.
Try a Tribune want ad.
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I BURKE COUNTY!
Interesting News Items Clipped from Our Exchanges
FLAXTON COLUMBUS
A "Dago", who had been posing
:n
this cit.v the past week as a gen
tleman of leisure, was ai rested and
taken to Ken mare Wednesday to
answer to the charge of stealing a
watch and a suit of clothes of a
companion.
Chas. Stevens has bought a Velie
automobile of the Benson garage
of Ken mare. The car was formerly
owned by Martin Ledene of Pow
ers Lake.
Barn, to Mr. and Mrs. Close of
this city, Wednesday morning. a
baby girl.
Clarence Ronning, mail dark on
the branch train, bruised his hand
severely Monday while loading the
mail.
PORTA!
From the Portal International.
J. B. Parsons moved the Iver
Simmons house from the lot back
of the Zema pool hall to a lot back
of the Ceglowski residence. Mon
day.
Mrs. S. O. Crosby and Miss Gun
111 Rudh left Saturday night for
the Twin Cities, where they will
visit for several weecs.
"Bud" Fischer, the popular book
keeper at the Portal Stat'' Bank,
cut his foot on a piece of glass
while playing ball Sunday. The
wound is a rather severe one, and
Bud has been laid up this week
for repairs.
From the Columbus Reporter.
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A party in honor of Miss Ida
Kragerul was given by her young
friends at the opera house last
Saturday evening.
Nels Duckstad is having an auto
and storage shed' built on his lots
at his residence place.
Enoch O. Grina and bride arriv
ed in Columbus Wednesday morn
ing. both looking happy as larks,
and for the present are staying at
the Oscar Grina home where they
will remain until ready to com
mence house keeping, which will *be
soon.
The Columbus band is practicing
twice a week these days, and the
boys are showing much interest in
their work. We are most fortun
ate in having a gool band in our
midst, and it will prove a big draw
ing card for our contemplated
Fourth of July celebration.
For the consideration of $500
the Gullickson property passed in
to the possession of F, W. Moore
yesterday. The buildings on the
place amount to practically nothing
but the land embraces between
live and six acres, all situated in
the north part of town. At
the time of Mrs. Gullickson's sick
ness and death several months ago
the city was put to the expense of
over $400 for nurses, medical at
tention and burial, and for supplies
furnished the family. By this deal
the city is reimbursed for its out
lay, and some other bills owing
were paid. Mr. Moore expects to
erect a modern home on the pl?.ce
in the near l'utui'.-e, which will help
materially in beautifying this part
of Columbus.
XOTICK OF MORTGAGK
FORECLOSURE SALE
Notice is hereby given that that
certain mortgage executed and de
livered by Fannie Shelden, form
lv Fannie T-Ierter, and William A.
Shelden. her husband, mortgagors,
to Porter J. McCumber, mortgagee,
dated the 2Sth day of February,
1907, and filed for record in the
office of the Register of Deeds for
and within Ward County, North
Dakota, on the 4th day of March,
1007 at 8:30 o'clock A. M. and
recorded in Book 68 of Mortgages
on page 432 and assigned by the
said mortgagee, by an instrulnent
in writing, to A. C. Wiper, said
assignment dated the 15th day
of October, 1913 and filejl for
record in the office of the Register
of Deeds within and for Burke
County. North Dakota, on the 25th
day of April, 1914, at 2:10 P. M.
and recorded in Book 18 of Mort
gages at page 377 will be fore
closed by a sale of the premises in
such mortgage and hereinafter de
scribed. at the front door of the
Court House in the City of Bow
bells, in the County of Burke and
State of North Dakota, on the 8th
day of June, 1914, at the hour of
two o'clock P. M. to satisfy the
amount due upon said mortgage
on t.he day of sale.
The premises described in such
mortgage and which will be sold to
satisfy the same are described as
follows, to-wit: The South Half
of the Southeast. Quarter (S 1-2
of SE 1-4) of Section Twenty-five
(25) and the Southeast Quarter
(SE 1-4) of Section Thirty-five
(35), in Township One Hundred
Sixty-two (1C2) North, of Range
Ninety-one (01) West of the Fifth
Principal Meridian.
There will be dun on such mort
gage on the date of sale the sum
of Thirteen Hundred Forty-one
Dollars and four cents ($1341.04)
which sum includes the taxes on
said premises for the year 1912,
paid by the said mortgagee, under
the terms of said mortgage, with
interest thereon from the date of
payment.
Dated at Bowbells, North Dakota,
this 27th dav of April, 1914.
A. C. WIPER,
Assignee of Mortgagee.
Geo. H. Phelps,
Bowbells, N. Dak.,
Attorney for Mortgagee.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the matter of the Estate of
Thomas B. Hurly, Deceased:
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned. Charles R. Hurly,
Administrator of the Estate of
Thomas B. Hurly, late of the city
of Bowbells, in the County of
Burke and State of North Dakota,
deceased, to the creditors of, and
all persons having claims against,
said deceased, to exhibit the'm
with the necessary vouchers, with
in 4 months, after the first publi
cation of this notice to said ad
ministrator at his residence, in the
City of Bowbells, in said Burke
County.
Dated April 27th A. D. 1914.
CHARLES R. HURLY,
Administrator.
First publication on the 1st day
of May, A. D. 1914.
CALL FOR WARRANTS
Notice is hereby given that
there is sufficient money in the
treasury of Burke county to pay
all outstanding warrants on the
General fund, up to and including
Register No. 2715.
All persons holding warrants
under this register number, will
please present same for payment
as soon as possible,.as interest will
cease May 15, 1914.
Dated at Bowbells. North Dako
ta, this 28th day of April, 1914.
M. C. HAGEN,
County Treasurer.
If you want a mart and fot^r
horses to help you get your spring,
work done see? R. E. Knowlton tf
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The Ghost
Locomotive
By fHOIVJAS DEAN
The address of a president of a so
ciety for the advancement of science
containing a statement that was taken
to reflect favorably on the investiga
tions of societies for psychical re
search has revived the interest in ghost
stories. Now that scientists are begin
ning to look with more favor, or at
least with less indifference, upon
ghosts these stories wiH, be more likely
to begin again to come from the grave
yard where scientific contempt has for
many years buried them. Here is one
that has recently been resurrected.
Nearly a quarter of a century ago,
away out on the Canadian Pacific rail
road, Bill Burton, while driving his en
gine on a misty night over a road that
had been washed by heavy rains for
four days, came suddenly upon a land
slide. Bill reversed the lever and jump
ed, striking Ills head on a bowlder, and
was instantly killed. The locomotive
stopped within a few feet of the slide,
then began to back. There was noth
ing behind it but a caboose, in which
were two trainmen playing seven up.
They noticed the shock, but, being in
tent on the game, paid no attention to
it and didn't know a few minutes after
it occurred that they were moving
backward at breakneck speed.
The first thing they knew they didn't
know anything, for they doubled up on
a passenger train standing on the track
and were both killed.
One who knew Burton intimately
remarked at the time of his death
that it was perhaps best he had been
killed. He was a very sensitive man.
and the knowledge that he had saved
his own life by jumping at the expense
of such a disaster as resulted from
his leaving bis engine reversed with
steam on would have driven him to
suicide. Another friend, also an en
gineer, added, "Yes. and it will trouble
Bill dead just as much as it would
have troubled him living.''
One night, just such a night as the
one on which this catastrophe took
place, Joe Bigley, an engineer, was
approaching the place of the landslide,
only he was going in the opposite direc
tion. when suddenly he saw a loco
motive headlight, full glare, right in
front of him. With a gasp for breath
he threw hack the lever. As he did
so he judged that the engineer of the
other engine also reversed, for simul
taneously both came to a stop and
then began to move backward.
Bigley, seeing that the danger was
passed, stopped his engine and. then
moved ahead again. The light before
him receded. He let it get far enough
to avoid danger, then put on his regu
lar speed. He was expecting every
moment to get a signal that the back
ing engine was about to switch off.
but no such signal came. Bigley whis
tled, but got no reply. Thinking to
get nearer the other locomotive, he
put on speed, but Just as much speed
was put on the other engine, and al
though Bigley opened her up as wide
as he could the retreating engine kept
her distance.
All of a sudden the engineer heard
a terrific crash come from where the
other engine was, and the light went
out. He had no more doubt that the
locomotive had smashed into some
thing than that he waa holding a throt
tle. He kept on to give assistance,
slowing down when approaching the
place where the smashup had occur
red, but he went on and on and didn't
come to any wreck.
In fact, there wasn't any wreck that
could .be found. The road was perfect
ly free, and Bigley pulled on to the
terminal. When he got there he col
lapsed. When asked if he had run
anybody down or anything like that he
couldn't answer for a time, and when
he righted himself he would not say
anything about his experience, but
went to the superintendent and told
him that nothing could induce him to
run over that part of the road again.
The superintendent got the story out
of him and knew what it all meant
but he didn't let on. If he had given
out that "Bill Burton's ghost was ca
vorting around the place where he had
been killed be wouldn't have beeD able
to get an engineer to take trains past it
for love or money.
"All right. Bigley," he said. "I'll
give you a different run entirely. But
I don't want you to say anything about
this business. I think your nerves
have been overstrained, and that has
caused the apparition. But the men
on the road are easily influenced by a
superstitious story, and it wouldn't be
well to have your illusions get out."
As this occurrence was kept pretty
.close, the date was not noticed, but
just a year from that time another en
gineer had the same experience. Then
it leaked out, or, rather, he told all
about it, and somebody suggested that
perhaps Bill Burton's ghost was up
and doing on the anniversary of his
death. They looked up the date and
found that the accident and the two
occasions on which the backing light
was seen all occurred on the 23d of
November, the day Burton was killed.
After that the only trouble the man
agement had to get engineers to take a
train past the place was on the night
of the anniversary One of the men.
Tom Logan, who had been connected
vtfth the road for many years and had
nerves tough as an elephant's hide,
used to do the job. The president and
superintendent went on the locomotive
on one anniversary, and they must have
scared Burton away, for nothing was
seen of the headlight nor has anything
been seen oif .it irtncei $
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i\OT1C'I3 f*OK 1'IUL.ICATION
—ISOLATED THAC'T.
PUBLIC LAND SALE.
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Minot. North Dakota,
May 1, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that, as
directed, by the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, under provisions
of Act of Congress approved March
28. 1!)12 (37 Stat., 77), pursuant to
the application of T. .1. Devaney,
Serial No.- 010746, we will offer at
public sale, to the highest bidder,
but ,at not less than $3.00 per acre,
at 1X1:00 o'clock a. m., on the 16th
day of June, 1!)14, at this office, the
following tract of. land:
Sec.
2, T.
160
NT.,
R. ill \V. nth P. M.
Land will be sold subject to the
provisions and reservations of the
Act of June
22.
1910 (36 Stat., 583)
Any 'persons claiming adversely
the above described land are advis
ed to flip their claims, or objections,
on or before the time designated for
sale.
F. FRITZ.
Kegister.
V. A. (,'ORBETT,
Receiver.
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE SALE
Notice in hereby given that that
certain mortgage, executed and de
livered by Anna Walleen and Jo
seph B. Walleen, her husband,
mortgagors, to the First National
Bank ol' Bowbells. North Dakota,
a corporation under the laws of
the United. States, mortgagee, dat
ed the eighth day of October,
One Thousand Nine Hundred and
Nine, and filed l'or record in the
office of the Register of Deeds for
and within Ward County. North
Dakota, on the 22nd day of Octo
ber, 1909, at 4:10 (/clock P. M.
and recorded in Book 157 of
Mortgages at page 49, will be
foreclosed by a sale of the prem
ises in such mortgage and herein
after described' at the front door
of the Court House in the City of
Bowbells. in the County of Burke
and State of North Dakota, on the
8-th day of June, 1914, at the hour
of two o'clock P. M. to satisfy the
amount due upon such mortgage on
the day of sale.
The premises described in such
mortgage and which will be sold
to satisfy the same are described as
follows- to-wit: Lotis number
Nine (9) and Ten (10) of Block
number Fifteen (15) in Coteau,
N. D., according to the map or
plat thereof now on file and of
record in the office of the Register
of Deeds in and for said County
and State aforesaid.
There will be due on such mort
gage on the date of sale the sum
of Seven Hundred Eighty Dollars
($780.00).
Dated at Bowbells, North Dakota,
this 27th day of April. 1914.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
BOWBELLS, N. DAK.
Mortgagee.
Geo. H. Phelps,
Bowbells, N. Dak.,
Attorney for Mortgagee.
Origin of Life Again.
Others besides Dr. Bastiau have been
working upon the question of the ori
gin of life. At the meeting of the
British association Dr. Benjamin
Moore of .Liverpool made the claim
that he had proved that .strong sun
light or the light from a mercury lamp
acting upon certain solutions can con
vert the lifeless into living matter. Sir
Oliver Lodge objected that the investi
gator had only succeeded in securing
potential living matter, a physical and
chemical vehicle which could be made
use of by life. Most of the specialists
dealing with chemical reactions de
ceive themselves in just this way. mis
taking the appearance of life for life
itself.-—New York World.
The Demand For Meat.
Manifold are the reasons advanced
for the high meat prices, one of the
principal being that the inland produc
tion is insufficient to coven £lie de
mand. As a matter of fact, the Ger
man production has kept pace with
the increase, but not with the demand
of the population. The German of to
day eats more meat than formerly
Thirty or forty years ago the consump
tion averaged eighty-eight pounds pei
capita, whereas it now amounts to 119
pounds. Germany is producing from
95 to 90 per cent of the total consump
tion. only 4 to 5 per cent being im
ported.—New York Post.
Iron Plated Roads.
In France experiments are being
made with an iron plated road with
the view of discovering some form of
road surface which is suitable to with
stand the wear and tear of'modern
traffic. The plating consists of the in
troduction of fine pieces of iron, some
thing of the character of the refuse
from lathes and similar ipetal cutting
machines, which are incorporated with
the top dressing of the roadbed, and
the result is a hard and yet elastic
roadway, which is capable of severe
wear.—Indianapolis
News.
What Smoke Does,
It has been said in defense of soft
coal smoke In the air that Pittsburgh
has less tuberculosis than o£her cities
similarly situated in which there is
much less smoke. But the Journal of
the American Medical Association
points out that this, if true, is offset
by the fact that catarrh, pneumonia
and other "bad air" diseases are prev
alent and that "the Pittsburgh ophthal
mologists are said to be busiest after
a heavy fog accompanied by smolsb
Two Points of View.
Cook (aghast)-rOcti. mum, I've spbllt
a taycup o' milk over, the front gt me
besht dress, an' I'm thlnkin' I'm afther
Bpllin' It lntoirely! Mistress Oh,
Mary, how could you! Was it all we
had?—Boston Commonwealth.
Ttfe Alliance Hail Association
paid in full for. 1913 on 5 1-2 per
cent We don't know what will
happen thiB year, except that the
insurance will be at cost. Write'
all applications with R. E. Knowl
ton. t£. i „5
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Repairing and Overhauling Automobiles
Filtered Gasolene, Lubricating Oils and a
Complete Line of Auto Supplies Kept in
Stock For Sale.
LIVERY IN CONNECTION
autoes ready at all times of either day or night to go
on a trip -of any distance on three minutes notice.
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