The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-09-25
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
we...'s clubs.

Wo0Aase Clubs.
The North Dakota Federation Of
Woman's clubs closed a very success.
full convention at Devils Lake and de-
cided to hold it's next annual meeting
in Grand Forks, in October, 1903. The
officers elected for the coming year
are as follows:
President, Mrs. H. S. Oliver, Lisbon;
vice president-at-large, Mrs. A. NJ.
Powell, Devils Lake; recording Sec
rotary, Mrs. Grant Hagar, st.
Thomas; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. T. A. Bandon. Lisbon; treasurer,
Mrs. ID. A. Holmes. Grand Forks; au-
ditor, Mrs. w. Wilson, Sanborn; gem
eraf federation secretary, Mrs. Alice
w. Davidson. Wahpeton; vice presi-
dents, Mrs. w. L. Stockwell, Grafton;
Mrs. +. j. Lander. Grand Forks; Mrs.
r. NJ. Pollock, Fargo; Mrs. C. A. Nor
rison, Glendale; Mrs. Featherstone,
Valley City; Mrs. Smith, Bismarck;
directors, Mrs. C. j. Lord, the retiring
president, Cando; Mrs. George Ruiz
bora Devils Lake; Mrs. James Boz
sard, Grand Forks; Mrs. Smith,
Jamestown.
Mrs. Oliver was elected president
over Mrs. A. NJ. Powell by one vote.
Found tho Papers.
A party of five men engaged with
threshing crew near Sheldon, found
the bundle of valuable papers stolen
from Mr.. Kraft's store in Sheldon.
The papers. were found in wheat
field but the cash that was stolen
from the store at the same time was
not found. The papers consisted Of
$1,000 in farmers notes, $3.50 certifi-
cate of deposit, and $2,250 in Texas
oil stock. The men had heard of the
burglary and drove to Sheldon where
they called upon Mr.. Kraft and of
fered to tell him where he could find
the papers if he would pay them $40.
Mr.. Kraft did SO and the men turned
the papers over to him. He imme-
diately made a complaint against the
men, charging them with the burg
larry of the store and they were ar
rested. At the hearing the men
proved that they had stopped all night
with farmer some sir. or eight miles
from Sheldon, and that they were in
nocent of any connection with the
crime whatsoever. They were accord
ingly released: . y
| Frosted Flax.
Professor H. L. Bolley has issued
press bulletin in reply to many in
| quiries received at the agricultural
college regarding the advisability of
cutting frosted fax. The farmers
have. always cut frosted wheat as
soon as possible and found that the
wheat matured in the shock, but as
the. hollis of fax are on such a short
STEM, they will not mature and the
large amount of foliage on the stalk
will mould if cut at the present green
stage. The professor advises strong
ly against cutting now, as the farm
ers have everything to gain and
nothing to lose by giving the dam
aged crop chance mature IL
weather conditions are favorable. The
fax is such hardy crop that in
many cases the damage by frost is
thought to have been overestimated.
The professor advises that late fax
be let alone unless all the stalk seems
to have been withered by the frost.
Building Collapses.
The postoffice building at Minot. q
two-story brick. collapsed, burying at
least fifteen people in the ruins.
The crash came without warning
and those, imprisoned were not recov-
cred up to late hour that night.
though the work of rescue. COM
menced at once and with a vengeance.
The postmaster, Mr.. Fugelse, is one
Of three persons in the building at
the time who is known to have es-
capped death.
The Offices of the Minot Optic and
the Minot Independent were located
al
business institutions in the same
| l,1ool, hove Lost ovorv.