The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-06-22
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Happenings Throughout the:
State 1erse|y Told.

North Dakota's first statewide
Elk jubilee will be held at Grand
Forks June 81 and % and upon that
occasion local Elks anticipate they
will entertain 1000 of the antlered
herd. Preparations for the gathering
ars being made with that crowd in
view and every feature will be
planned on 4 scale that will provide
entertainment for all. A year ago the
state Elk association was organized
at q meeting held in Grand Forks and
it was determined at that time that
the first annual gathering should take
place in Grand Forks. 1t is for this
first annual general session that ar
rangements are now being made. At
the present time there are nine Elk
lodges in North Dakdta, those in ad.
dition to Grand Forks being located at
| Fargo, jamestown, Valley City, Bis
marck, Dickinson, Williston, Minot
and Devils Lake. From each one Of
those cities there will be delegations
of about 100 members, while other
Elks are expected from points in
Northern Minnesota.
| A change in the time of the annual
meeting of the North Dakota County
| Auditors association has been made,
June IA and Is being the new dates
that have been decided upon. This
session takes place in Devils Lake
and had been fixed originally for June
and z, but it has been found that
the new dates will be much more
practicable and therefore the change
is made Within the next few days
the program for the annual session will
be completed and announced by the
committee having the matter in
charge One of the most important
matters for discussion by the associa-
ton is that of the new laws passed
by the last legislative assembly, with
special reference to their effect upon
the duties of the county auditors.
Rapid approach OF the time when
they will be matched with the Ham
line field and track men has spurred
! the North Dakota thinly clads to &C
! tive work On May 81 the two in
situations meet at Hamline, while on
June 3 the North Dakota Agricultural
college track men come to Grand
Forks. Prospects at the university
are for a very good team this year.
c. o. Stee is captaining the aggrega-
ton and working with him for places
In the events are Dahl, Kemerer Rob
ertson, Mcknight, Barnes, Hemp. Gnl-
dickson, Chittick, Owen. McFadden,
Solveson, Baerson, Wells, Van Or
mum and ZipOy.
/ Through resolutions passed by MI
not Socialists Arthur Leseuer. one OF
their number, is requested to resign
rs president of the board of city COM
missioners The Socialists in their
resolutions make the charge that the
church people and a majority Of citi.
zens are Indifferent to moral govern.
ment. They assert that Leseuer In
his present position Is unable to en-.
force the law. They say they do not
want him Identified with an unlawful,
immoral government l.. G. McGahan,
leader OF the Lesener opposition and
a police commissioner, says the city
was never better morally than now.
With the appointment by Judge c.
A. Pollock of Miss Lillian Grace Top
ping, superintendent OF the Florence
Crittenden home at Fargo. as juve-
nile Officer for the Third district OF
North Dakota, an active campaign for
J the care Of boys and girls under the
age Of eighteen years was inaugural
cd The appointment is the second
of the kind TO be made in the state
Judge Cowan OF Devils Lake havinE
. recently appointed Miss Stevens in his
district
| Former Speaker Twitchell g the
North Dakota house OF representa-
tives, a member OF the Flickertail del
egatiub ~ Washington olpnsinE The
, Canadian reciprocity pact. declared X
. telegram received al Grand Forks
there appeared to be strong possibil
ity Of defeat Of the measure. Opposi
, tton Is growing stronger, he said, will
administration senators admitting
their mistake.
/ .Iohs H. Roddy Of Fargo took three
) fourths OF pound Of paris green
+ Doctors worked on him for hours, Blu
|. he had absorbed SO much Of the poison
! he died. He was sixty.fonr years old
e He moved to Fargo about clever
2 years ago from De Gran, Mimi, an
operated dray line No cause is az
? signed for his act
:, Work in the enforcement of IN
prohibition law Of the state, as PAL
] Of the mission Of the f!orth Dakoi
Enforcement, league has charm g
! Rev T. ]. Watkins pastor of ST. l'a,
3 Methodist EpiscipoI church in i,tcs
n iHson. who has resigned to enter INT
. the scstvs work ofsthe aleaE'ie