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On July 4, 1905, the 7-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Welsh took a .22 rifle from his home on the Sheyenne River and went out to shoot gophers, against the wishes of his mother. While he was either looking down the barrel or blowing into it, the rifle discharged and the bullet knocked out a couple teeth and lodged in his cheekbone, just below the eye. Dr. Bartley was called, fixed up the wound, but left the bullet in the cheekbone, and went back to Sheyenne. The boy was conscious, but unable to speak. Even though he “was very low,” hopes...
In North Dakota, November is celebrated for a number of holidays including Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and another that is steeped in tradition – Opening Day of Deer Season. More than 57,000 hunters were successful in harvesting nearly 33,000 deer during the 2021 N.D. deer season. That's a lot of sausage! Trees and shrubs are important habitat for deer, providing cover and food. Between May and August, most of a deer's diet consists of forbs and the tender growing stems of trees and shr...