The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-17
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Vital Statistics.

N Vital Statistics.
Vital statistics in North Dakota for
the month of January show 23l
births and 10l deaths. Cass county
leads with 81 births and deaths.
Walsh county comes next with 25
births and 10 deaths and Grand
Forks county follows with 23 births
and 10 deaths. Barnes county report.
Ell , births and a deaths: Burleigh
county 6 births and Z deaths: Cava.
lier, 9 births and 2 deaths; Eddy. 8
births and 4 deaths; Griggs, . births
and . deaths; Kidder. 3 births: La.
Moure, 5 births and 3 deaths; Logan,
9 births and . deaths; MclIenry. S
births and 6 deaths; Mcintosh,
births and death; Morton. Is births
and 4 deaths; Ramsey, 10 births and
2 deaths: Ransom, births and l
death; Mchland. Is births and
deaths; Sargent. II births and
death: Stark, ) births and IL deaths;
Steele. II births and 3 deaths: Suits
man. Is births and IL deaths; Will
liams. births and deaths; Ben.
son, Bottineau, Dickey, Foster. Me-
lean. Oliver, Pembina, Pierce, Ro.
lette, Towner, Ward and Wells coun-
ties have made no reports for several
months. During January there were
10 cases of tuberculosis reported and
10 deaths: cases of typhoid fever
and deaths; ~ cases Of diphtheria
and 6 deaths; 81 cases of scarlet fe.
YER, 6 deaths; 81 eases of smallpox,
/ death: 5 eases of mumps, no
deaths; l6 eases of measles, nc
deaths.
Fire at Fargo.
Fire at Fargo did about $4,000
damage. the flames starting in the
Christianson Drug company's store
The entire stock was destroyed and
the building was seriously damaged
Hagen's iewelry stock in the same
building was badly damaged, while
the stock of the Luger Furniture
company next door was badly sn.ok-
ed. The origin of the fire has not
been learned. but it seemed to have
been on the, floor of the store room
two or three explosions assisted i'll
scattering the fire over the store
The losses are estimated as follows:
Lars Christianson Drug company
sl3, 900, fully insured; lars Christian,
son building. $4,000, fully insured; NJ
A. Hagen, jeweier, $4,000; fully in.
sured; Olson & I.und, tailors, 5000
no insurance; DR.. ]. #. Frenette. den.
tai parlors, $4,000, $1,000 insurance;
C. j. Nerhaugen, music studio, $500
no Insurance.; n. J. Sorcnson E. Com.
pany, office fixtures, $3.50, no insur.
ance; r. p. Perrine, manager Cor.
respondence school, $500, no ins,,r.
ance; Taylor Cr,lm. law library, ST..
600, $500 insurance: Luger Furniture
company, $1,000. fully insured.
President Approves.
Among the presidents callers wal
Senator Hansbrugh who exhibited 4
photograph Of ''Chimney Butte
ranch" in Billings county, whic:
President Roosevelt occupied twent,
years ago when he was branching
on the Little Missouri.
1T was decided by the North Da
kota people to remove the building,
to the St. Louis fair as q part of tn.
state exhibit and Senator Hans
brough's mission was to obtain from
the president some proof that the
cabins were the same he occupied
After examining the photograph, the
f,l1 4
slip of paper:
''Joe and Sylvane Ferris can tell
If this is the ranch house. It looks
like it. 1t was theirs and l lived
in it in 's3 and part of "a, while
ranching on the Little Missouri"
Senator 1Iansbrough said he would
have the penciled proof framed and
hung in the ranch house when 1t was
rebuilt at the fair.
Stock Raising.
West Superior people have organ
ized big stock company for the pur
pose of raising cattle in North Da
kota. They have organized under tho
name of the Northwestern Improve
ment company and will control s.,
600 acres of grazing land in Wallace
county, North Dakota. The land
touches the Missouri river OH the
border Of North Dakota. They fig
,,re on putting in 1000 head Of cat
tie Immediately. o. Dodge of the
Head of the Lakes already has about
$500 cattle near where the Superior