Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-09-19
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rule in many of the towns of the state.
People who sold their Towner county
claims last year now wish they hadn't.
Dickinson people want the September
term of court postponed until Novem-
Der.
There is said to be remarkably fine
lawn around the school house at Graf
ton.
Violators of the game law are being
prosecuted in some sections of the
state. e"
Reynolds boy was run over by
threshing machine and his skull frac-
tured. =
The dead body of an infant was dis
covered in the weeds on vacant lot in
Fargo. 1855
Wells county gets first prize of the
season for explosions Of threshing ma
chimes.
| Over 100000 worth of new buildings
have been erected at Kindred since tbs
last fire.
A company is being organized by
properties.
Some of the wheat in Barnes county
Is said to be sprouting, as result of
recent rains. r-.-.
Jacob Seward of McCauley gets a Sc
pension, and Colvin Jeffries of And
rews $40. f
N. J. Bohlke of Wahpeton has ac-
cepted a position in a dry goods store
in Devils Lake. stt.ttt,=
Contracts have been let in Washing
ton for the erection Of the new build
ings at Fort Lincoln. i +"a
James Maloney, ST., of Rolla is said
tc have lost several horses of late from
poisoning by eating weeds.
Ducks are said to be plentiful in Mel
son county. The water. courses are full
and the birds have done we'll. ~.
The Imperial Elevator company is
shipping quarried stone for the founda-
ton of it's new elevator at Cando. ...
Steele county crops are said to be
!. first class this year, and 1t is the same
all over the state, with few exceptions.
Not many good, words are being said
bbout anarchists these days. Most per-
sons seem to desire their @extermina-
ton. ta.,.,. @ ...-.-. 49,.
T Valley City has appropriated $1,000
for: library maintenance, and now in
vites Carnegie to come On with his do
nation.
| Sneak thieves entered the residence
| Of o. M. Nelson of Fargo, and got away
with watch and chain and other val
tables.
Arni "A: sukke Of Milton reports hav-
Ioc E,,o o. yoiC his ia
| as good in quality as any coming
from the state. 3'..'s"
SPan-American visitors from North
Dakota are said to be greatly increas-
| ing In numbers this month. Wheat is
being marketed. 800
Joseph, the .fve-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. F. Turk. was run over
and inste ntly killed by threshing
machine last week. .9
The normal school at Mayville is UNI
dergoing repairs that will greatly ada
| to its conveniences. The improvements
are in line with modern IDEAS.
S. w. Derrick has been appointed SUI
perintendent Of the Fifth division of
the 500, with headquarters at Cakes.
w. r. Corbett is train dispatcher.
The General Federation of Women's
| clubs draws the color line In member
ship, and so do the Florence Crittenton
clubs of North Dakota, according to
come. ~ 5+--' '' " ~ i
North Dakota seems to be keeping up
its record for new school houses, ana
the average Of one for every day dur
ing the past two years is likely to pc
exceeded. f,i.g,z..s ..-.,,. III .-
Early reports of the shooting of the
president said that he died within a.
few minutes, and this statement crept
into some papers before 1t could be
corrected. '4'"'+ ="
Attorney Hooper of Darlington has
been appointed states attorneyiof Eos
ter county to fill the vacancy caused
nv the RESIGNATION of MI. Soliday, who
goes to Illinois. :, =. ....;...! ID
At Grafton a guest of one of, the no.
tells claimed to have been robbed, aqds
ran into the street in his night clothes.
The officials concluded he was trif1e
off in his upper works.
: DR.. Smith Of >Cando was trying to,
tame a fractions broncho. and the AMI
NAL got away from him. got tangled up
in q lot of machinery. sustaining 1n)ur-
les from which he died. ....s - b.. .
The resignation of Rev. S. S. klyne
as pastor of the First NJ. Il. church at
Drayton has been accepted. and he will
supply the pulpit Of Inc Roberts street
M. E.. church in Fargo. r.. o. .,Fi
People Of North Dakota no, longer
feel entirely dependent on the coal bar
ons of the East. II the trust sees fit to
raise the price Of anthracite unreason-
ably, wo can dispense with it's use alto
gether and burn. Ignite, which is fast
becoming popular. -n.
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LaNoure was one of the counties that
furnished seed to farmers under the
new law. Now there is a merry row on
because some of those who We're as
sisted are trying to give the county the
double cross. and prosecutions may re-
suit. The county expended $4,000 help
ing these who were In tough luck.