Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
BRIEF news ITEMS
Happenings Throughout the
State Terse|y Told.

than 100 members. Fifteen resident
and six nonresident directors we.e
chosen. Among the directors are:
Former Governor Frank White, Sen.
ator George M. Young, President
George A. Mcfarland of the state nor
NAL, Superintendent G.. w. Hanna of
the city schools, E. S. Delaney of the
Northern Seed company, all residents
of Valley City; A. M. Baldwin of
Cooperstown, Rev. e. V. Shaw of
Minot, Superintendent S. A. Danford
of the Bismarck district of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, Alex Wright,
editor of the Cakes Times; James Blu
chanan, late candidate for governor,
n Senator Wesley Mcdowell of
Marion. r. E. Packard was chosen
president and Fred Osborne secre-
tary. The association will hold it's
first assembly July 7 to II. 1t will
open with a labor picnic, with John
Mitchell to deliver the address. 1t is
probable w. j. Bryan will close the
session. Thirty programs have been
arranged and a tract of twelve acres
of beautiful grove one mile from the
city on the banks of the Sheyenne has
been secured for grounds. The asso.
citation expects to have everything in
readiness by the date of opening. A
guarantee fund of $4,000 has been
raised to inaugurate the enterprise.
If the amount of building that is to
be done in Minot, the metropolis of
Western North Dakota, is a true indi.
cation of the financial condition in
this section, there is no cause for
alarm. A summary of the new build
ings already started and those which
are practically sure OF being erected
within the next year places the tota,
amount at over one million dollars,
which is nearly twice the amount of
building in any other one year in the
history of Minot. The site is cleared
for the new 100000 500
station and the contract is supposed
to be awarded by May Is. The Mis-
souri, Valley High Carbon Fuel com
pany, which is planning on erecting
five large briquetting and gas plants
in Western North Dakota, has pur-
chased a site for a $780, 900 plant and
has secured plans from the Mashek
Engineering company Of New York.
The site is also cleared for the new
Emerson theater costing $4,000 and
bricklayers have been at work on the
new four-story Lexington hotel for
two weeks. In addition to these new
buildings repairs or business blocks
will be made, swelling the total build
ing figures for the year to nearly a
million and a quarter, which is the
record for n year in the history of
Minot.
Seeding of wheat in Northwestern
North Dakota is practically finished
and in several places the grain is up
and doing well. Experts state that
the heavy frosts did practically no
damage. The cool weather is having
a tendency to make the wheat stool
well. A. A. Robinson, president of the
Robinson Elevator company, which op-
crates a string Of elevators in West
ern North Dakota, said: practically
all of the early sown wheat in West
ern North Dakota is up and doing
well. This wheat was nipped some
what by the frosts, but no serious
damage was done. l consider condi-
tons favorable thus far. With rain
in two or three weeks there is moth
imp tn nr0vnnt q oOoI oro, - .L-.L
in Northwestern North Dakota" The
farmers are breaking much new land
west OF Minot for flax and the acreage
in this crop will be larger than last
year. Flax seed has been shipped
Into Minot in carload lots for distribu-
ton throughout the western part of
the state and many farmers are putt
ting in an exceptionally large acreage.
Miss Ethel Halves of Turtle Lake.
the teacher who horsewhipped How
ard WATSON, the Northern Pacific
brakeman whom she claimed insulted
her, and Amos Welch and Charlie
Lynch, arrested for taking part in the
affair by holding the victim that he
might receive the lashes, nave secured
their bail of $500 and all will be tried
at Washburn in June. Feeling in the
matter is still growing and it would
seem that "the man in the case" is
getting most of the sympathy. No
papers have yet been served on Was
son.
After suffering terrible agony for
twenty-four hours the little two-year-
old daughter of Herman Golden Of
Grand Forks, who fell into a boiler Of
boiling water, died. The child was
playing about the kitchen while her
mother was washing. She dropped q
cup into the boiler which was stand.
ing on the floor and in attempting tc
reach it n fell in. She was con.
scious until death relieved her of her
pains.
Owen o'Reilly of Minneapolis, who
came to Grand Forks about two weeks
ago to attend the funeral of his sis.
ter's husband, James Coyle. died at